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This proposal calls for the timely establishment of a permanent group of 40,000 experts in “technologies of consciousness,” including Transcendental Meditation and related technologies. Previous research clearly indicates that a group of approximately 8,000 experts (the square root of one percent of the world’s population) practicing these technologies can markedly reduce violence and terrorism worldwide. However, with the current global crisis and the increasingly widespread availability of weapons of mass destruction, it is vitally important that we not just reduce the incidence of terrorism, but that we effectively eliminate it. For this reason, a group of 40,000 experts is being proposed.
For the combined reasons of cost and the availability of trained experts, this group would be most practically situated in India. The critical task of assembling and training the needed 40,000 experts in the technologies of consciousness is well under way. There are currently 175,000 experts being trained in villages and cities around India. Of these, 8,000 are in residence in 11 major campuses, and the rest are in smaller facilities. From these will be culled the most proficient to comprise the core group of 40,000 experts.
The project organizers have located a site of 5,000 acres on the Ganges River, large enough to accommodate the 40,000 experts. A portion of this land, 400 acres, has already been secured. The architectural and design team has prepared its site plan. Local contractors have been identified and the construction management team assembled. The remaining land acquisition and final governmental approvals await only the finances.
At an estimated cost of $125 per month per expert, the annual operating expense for the requisite experts is $60 million. To ensure continuity of the group and its predicted positive impact on world events and global terrorism, a World Peace Endowment Fund of $1 billion is being sought. The principal from this fund will be preserved in perpetuity; the interest generated on the basis of this principal would be used to fund the project on a permanent basis.
Sponsoring Organizations
The principal sponsoring organizations, Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in the United States and Maharishi Ved Vigyan Vishwa Vidyapeetham in India (MVVVV), are highly experienced in managing large projects.
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Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa USA
Role: Project design, financial supervision and reporting, fundraising, scientific evaluation and program coordination.
History: Maharishi University of Management is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university accredited at the doctoral level by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Established in 1971, the University has been in Fairfield, Iowa, since 1974. Maharishi University of Management has been awarded approximately $20 million in research grants from both the U.S. government and the private sector, and it also runs an award-winning K-12 college preparatory laboratory school. Highly qualified research professors and administrators from the Treasurer’s Office, Office of Sponsored Programs, College of Business, and the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy will participate in the project.
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