M A H A R ISH I U N I V ER SI T Y OF M A NAGE M EN T

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Founder of Maharishi University of Management
Maharishi has opened the gateway to enlightenment
for millions of people in the world for more than 50 years.

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 M ESSAGE F ROM T H E F OU N DER

“T he potential of every human brain is

unbounded, infinite. Everyone is equipped
with the physical machinery in his brain
physiology to experience that level of intelligence which
is the ocean of all knowledge, the ocean of all energy,
intelligence, and bliss.
“Fragmented, intellect-predominant education in uni-
versities today does not utilize the total creative potential
of the brain. Utilizing only a small part of the brain, such
education over time disables other parts of the brain from
functioning.
“Through Consciousness-Based education, Maharishi Uni-
versity of Management will take away the inadequacies
of education by offering Total Knowledge to unfold the
total brain potential of everyone so that man may use the
full creative potential with which he is really born to live
perfection in life.” — Maharishi

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Message from the President
DR. BEVA N MOR R IS
A
A warm invitation to you to visit
s we celebrate the University’s 40th
anniversary, I warmly invite you to
visit Maharishi University of Man-
agement and its enlightened commu-
nity. It is a magic place on earth. Even approaching
from a distance you can feel the glow of the atmo-
sphere of peace created by the enlightened peo-
ple from 85 countries gathered here.
Waking up here after just one night,
as our Founder Maharishi once said,
you feel you are living in heaven.
The experiences of higher states
of consciousness in the Golden
Domes of Maharishi University of
Management are reaching heights
unprecedented in modern times —
experiences of pure Being becoming manifest,
bliss becoming blissful, deep silence flowing
with unlimited dynamism, profound intimacy
with the laws of nature themselves, and rising
support of that great power of nature in thinking
and action.
Uniqueness of Maharishi
University of Management
Maharishi University of Management is in fact
unique in America, as it is the only university
of enlightenment and permanent world peace.
It develops intellectual rigor while simultane-
ously unfolding the treasures that lie within our
consciousness. The transformation that takes
place in the students over the course of their edu-
cation is remarkable. On the day of graduation,
everyone is dazzled by the sight of the graduating
students and the manner in which they speak and
the depth and universality of their understanding.
Holistic versus fragmented approach
Higher education until now had developed
only part of the brain because of its fragmented
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approach, in which students focus on specific
fields of the laws of nature, such as scientific
laws, or principles of management or art, etc.
This approach only enlivened specific parts of
the brain, and never the total brain. Conse-
quently, students’ total creative potential and
intelligence have remained undeveloped. This
inadequate and incomplete education is the
cause of all stress and strain and
problems that have been witnessed
in the world.
There is no other university or
school in America like ours, where
students experience their own Self
— the most silent, peaceful, blissful
level of consciousness. This holistic
experience of consciousness itself
is the only experience that awakens total brain
functioning. The result: Our students grow
in the ability to achieve anything they desire
— not through hard work but through soft-
est thought — thinking from the most refined
level of consciousness where thought begins,
where it is most creative, and where it engages
the support of nature’s intelligence for the steps
of activity needed to achieve the goal.
Scientific research on
Consciousness-Based SM education
Scientific research, for example the studies
conducted by Professor N.N. Lyubimov at the
Brain Institute in Moscow, has demonstrated
that the Transcendental Meditation® technique
optimizes brain functioning, allowing students
to use the hidden reserves of brain potential.
Other scientific findings on the Transcen-
dental Meditation program include increased
creativity and intelligence, improved mem-
ory, better academic grades, reduced anxiety,
improvements in moral reasoning and in self-
development.
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Unification of all
fields of knowledge
Also unique at Maharishi University of Man-
agement, students focus with their professors on
the discovery of the unified field — the unity of
all the laws of nature in a single universal field
— from both the modern scientific and ancient
scientific perspectives. Students study the total-
ity of the laws of nature through different dis-
ciplines of science, arts and commerce, but also
through their common basis in the unified field
— which can be experienced by everyone in the
self-referral field of their own consciousness.
Through special charts the faculty have pre-
pared, students understand the parts of each
field of knowledge they study in relation to the
total knowledge of the field, the total field in
terms of the source of all laws of nature in the
unified field, and the reality of that unified level
of intelligence as their own consciousness in its
self-referral state.
This is Consciousness-Based, unified field-
based education. In the future all education in
the world will be Consciousness-Based. This is
truly a holistic and complete approach to gain-
ing knowledge. It develops our students’ innate
creative potential to become global citizens of
our dear planet. It develops the balance and
leadership needed for a new golden age of the
human race to dawn and for life to be sustained
perpetually in harmony with the laws of nature.
Global effectiveness of
Consciousness-Based education
Consciousness-Based education has been intro-
duced in Maharishi universities and schools
and in public and private schools in different
parts of the world. Professors and teachers
have reported that the result is a more focused
and disciplined educational environment, with
greater creativity and enthusiasm for knowl-
edge and an atmosphere of serenity and mutual
respect pervading the classrooms.
In cities with Consciousness-Based universi-
ties and schools, the quality of life improves,
as measured by declining crime and violence,
strong economic progress, and greater societal
harmony.
It is easy now for any university or school
to incorporate the Transcendental Meditation
program and give the opportunity for students
to experience the limitless potential creativity
of their total brain.
Focus on permanent world
peace and global invincibility
Maharishi University of Management is also
dedicated to creating permanent world peace
and national invincibility for the U.S. and for
every nation — such that no nation in the world
can be damaged any more by such negativity as
terrorism, crime, disease, and war from outside
or inside the nation.
Our students, by practicing the Transcen-
dental Meditation program and its advanced
programs including Yogic Flying ® in the
Golden Domes at the heart of our campus,
have created a great “particle accelerator of
consciousness.” With more than 2,000 partici-
pants, this group generates a more coherent and
peaceful national consciousness. The field effect
of consciousness created by this group practice
of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying
has been measured in 50 scientific studies. So
every student and faculty member at Maharishi
University of Management is a peace creator for
the world and the creator of a more intelligent,
balanced, and sustainable world.
There is no other place that feels like this,
and no other group of people on earth living
like this — focused on enlightenment and
profound unifying knowledge, eating organic
food, living in Fortune–Creating buildings,
practicing prevention-oriented natural health
care, setting an example to the world in sustain-
able living, living in harmony as a global fam-
ily from 85 nations, and devoting themselves to
the perpetual peace of the human race.
We welcome you with all our hearts to come
soon.
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The University at a Glance

Founded In 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the world’s foremost scientist of con-
sciousness and scholar of the Vedic tradition of enlightenment, the world’s
most ancient continuous tradition of knowledge.

Location Fairfield, Iowa, in the southeast corner of the state — 60 miles west of the
Mississippi River and 60 miles south of Iowa City in the center of the U.S.

Accreditation Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, part of the North Central As-
sociation of Colleges and Schools (ncahlc.org). Business programs accredited by
the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (iacbe.org).

Affiliation Nonsectarian — the University has students from every major religion.

Degree programs Bachelor’s Master’s

• Art
• Business
• Computer Science
• Education
• Literature and Writing
• Maharishi Vedic Science
• Mathematics
• Media and Communications
• Physiology and Health
• Sustainable Living
• MBA / Sustainable Business
• MBA / Accounting Professionals
• Computer Science
• Maharishi Vedic Science
• Educational Innovation
Doctoral
• Management
• Maharishi Vedic Science
• Physiology (research)

Enrollment • 1,109 students (fall 2011)

• 335 undergraduate students / 966 graduate students
• Students from 85 countries around the world in 2010
• Enrollment has more than doubled in the last six years:

Total MUM Fall Enrollment Since 2000

1400
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Uniqueness Maharishi University of Management is unique in American higher educa-

tion in offering a Consciousness-Based approach:
• All students practice the Transcendental Meditation technique to develop
their total brain potential.
• Our approach to teaching is unified field-based. In contrast to fragmented
approaches of other colleges and universities, our students gain total knowl-
edge in terms of the unified field, the field of pure intelligence that gives rise
to the ever-expanding universe and to all streams of knowledge.
• The health and well-being of students is paramount. We offer organic veg-
etarian dining, teach the value of staying rested, require daily exercise, and
create a nurturing environment.

Campus Over 270 acres surrounded by wooded areas, fields, and two lakes. As of 2011,
the University had over 45 buildings on campus, including 17 main class-
room and administrative buildings.

Memberships • Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

• U.S. Green Building Council
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Financial aid More than 90% of the University’s students receive Federal, State of Iowa,
and/or other forms of financial aid. The typical award for U.S. students covers
80–90% of the tuition and fees.

Job placement More than 90% are placed within 6 months of graduation. Our graduates
have been employed by hundreds of companies in the U.S. and around the
world. Many have started their own successful businesses. Our graduates have
also been accepted at more than 100 graduate schools.

Research grants More than $32 million in Federal and other grants awarded to date, to the
University and to Maharishi University of Management Research Institute in
collaboration with leading academic medical centers around the country, for
scientific research and academic development, including more than $25 mil-
lion from the National Institutes of Health for research in natural medicine.

Community Fairfield is known as the entrepreneurial capital of Iowa, and has 25 art gal-
leries around the town square, an active theater and music scene, and more
restaurants per capita than San Francisco.

Campus visits Our monthly Visitors Weekends offer the opportunity to meet faculty and
students, learn about our education, visit classes, tour the campus, sample our
food, and explore the community. For information call 800-369-6480 (out-
side the USA: 1-641-472-1110) or visit www.mum.edu/visitors.

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1971 | The founding of the University

In 1971, after teaching the Transcendental Meditation program around the world for the
previous 16 years, Maharishi began to formulate a new science that would offer a complete,
systematic understanding of consciousness. He called the new discipline the Science of
Creative Intelligence (SCI).
Maharishi envisioned SCI as a supplementary course that could be taught at universities
around the world. It would make all fields of knowledge meaningful, revealing the laws of
nature at the basis of math, art, biology, and every other area of study. After studying SCI,
a student would easily be able to connect any subject to his or her own Self.
In 1971, SCI was introduced at such universities as Yale and Stanford with great suc-
cess. That summer, Dr. Robert Keith Wallace, a post-doctoral researcher at Harvard
whose Ph.D. dissertation had included the first research on the Transcendental Medita-
tion program, organized a large SCI symposium on the Amherst campus of the University
of Massachusetts.
At that conference, in the presence of leading scientists like Buckminster Fuller,
Maharishi announced his intention to create a university whose entire curriculum would
incorporate the Science of Creative Intelligence. Its name would be Maharishi Interna-
tional University.

Dr. Robert Keith Wallace, Founding President of Maharishi University of Management

and pioneering scientific researcher on the Transcendental Meditation technique
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“For complete fulfillment, complete knowledge is necessary.”

The original MIU catalog was a striking 420-page document that laid out Maharishi’s vision
of Consciousness-Based education — education for enlightenment — along with BA, MA,
and PhD programs, programs for global education, institutes and centers, summaries of the
symposia he had held with noted scientists and scholars from numerous disciplines, scientific
research on the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program, and more.
“Knowledge is for action, action for achievement, achievement for fulfill-
ment. Thus, knowledge is directly concerned with fulfillment. For complete
fulfillment, complete knowledge is necessary. Complete knowledge should
mean total knowledge of the object of inquiry and total knowledge of the sub-
ject: total knowledge of both the known and the knower. When the knower
does not know himself, then the basis of knowledge is missing. In this situation
of baseless knowledge, fulfillment will always remain baseless. This is what
mankind had been left to face concerning life throughout the ages.
“Now in this scientific age, it is high time for knowledge to be complete and
for fulfillment to be profound for every man, for every society, for the whole
human race.”— Maharishi, from the original MIU Catalog

September 3, 1974
Arosa, Switzerland
It is my delight to receive you in this new campus
where you will be developing your full potential. Let
every day structure a new step of progress. Infinite
is the range of knowledge and so is your conscious-
ness. Rise to wholeness and prepare to lead the world.
Jai Guru Dev
Maharishi
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1979 | The first Golden Dome – generating invincibility and peace

In October 1979, the University and the community began construction of a 25,000-square-
foot wooden dome in the center of campus — a Golden Dome. This would be the first
building in the world dedicated to group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and
TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying.
Construction companies had advised allowing 2 ½ years to build such a dome. But the
crew was intent on completing the building by January 12, just over 100 days later.
People from all over the country came to help, working around the clock.
To meet the deadline, the construction schedule specified eight separate, specific days
for pouring concrete. On each of these days, the temperature would have to rise above
32 degrees and remain there until the concrete dried. And on each of these days, it did
— sometimes rising as much as 40–50 degrees in a single day. And on each occasion, the
concrete dried in a single day.
The inauguration took place on January 12, 1980, right on schedule, one of the most
moving and exhilarating events in University history. A year earlier on January 12, the
temperature had been just 8 degrees. On this day it was a sunny 54 degrees.
The dome structure was named the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome of Pure Knowl-
edge, after the Vedic sage Patanjali, who brought forth the Yoga Sutras, the source of the
TM-Sidhi program and Yogic Flying. A second Golden Dome was completed in 1981.
Throughout the world, these two Golden Domes symbolized group practice of Yogic Flying
— Maharishi’s technology for creating invincibility for every nation and peace for the world.

Maharishi visited the campus

at the end of 1979 while the
Golden Dome was being
constructed. He said:
“This first Dome will create
a very powerful influence
of coherence in the world
consciousness. We’ll continue
to purify world consciousness,
day after day and week after
week and year after year —
generation after generation.
It’s going to prove a blessing
for the whole of mankind.”

The first Golden Dome was constructed practically around the clock in the middle of
winter, and in a fraction of the predicted time.

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Maharishi University of Management Firsts

1971 Maharishi founds Maharishi University of Management as the world’s first Conscious-
ness-Based educational institution and a global model for higher education.

1973 The University opens its doors to its first students, in a motel complex in Santa Barbara,
California.

1974 The University moves to Fairfield, Iowa.

First research on the Maharishi Effect, discovering that even 1% of a city’s population
practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique is sufficient to reduce the crime
rate and thus improve the quality of life of society.

1977 First students graduate from Maharishi University of Management.

1978 Maharishi University of Management becomes the first university in the world to offer
the TM-Sidhi program as part of its curriculum.

1979 Maharishi University of Management becomes the home of the world’s first permanent
national coherence-creating group — group practice of the Transcendental Meditation
and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying.

1980 Inauguration of the world’s first building designed and constructed for group practice
of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs — the Maharishi Patanjali
Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge.
Maharishi University of Management gains accreditation from the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools, becoming the first accredited Consciousness-
Based institution in the world.

1981 Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment founded as the first Consciousness-
Based K–12 school in the world.

1982 First time the size of a Yogic Flying group surpasses the square root of a nation’s popu-
lation for an extended period — when the number of Yogic Flyers in Fairfield reaches
1,500 and sustains that number for the rest of the decade — transforming U.S. quality
of life, softening U.S.-Soviet relations, and contributing to the end of the Cold War.
University faculty work closely with Maharishi to develop Unified Field Charts, a
landmark new teaching technique.

1983 First demonstration that it is possible to create world peace from one place on earth,
when more than 7,000 Yogic Flyers from around the world — the square root of 1%
of the world’s population — gather in Maharishi’s presence at Maharishi University of
Management. This was the historic global Taste of Utopia Assembly, which created a
worldwide wave of coherence, harmony, and goodwill.

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1983–1984 | Giving the world “a sweet taste of Utopia”

— 7,000 Yogic Flyers create a global wave of harmony

In 1974, scientists at Maharishi University of Management discovered that when just 1%

of a city’s population was instructed in the Transcendental Meditation program, the qual-
ity of life in those cities began to rise, reflected in reduced crime rate. They called this effect
the Maharishi Effect.
When Maharishi brought out the advanced TM-Sidhi program in 1977, he predicted
that an even smaller number would be required to begin to transform society — the square
root of 1% of a population practicing together in one place.
At the end of November 1983, Maharishi called for Yogic Flyers from all over the world
to come to Fairfield to give the world a sweet taste of utopia. The goal was to assemble
7,000 Yogic Flyers in one place for several weeks —the square root of 1% of the world’s
population at that time. This would be the largest social experiment in history — and it
would be held in just three weeks.

Yogic Flyers participating in the historic Taste of Utopia Assembly gather in front of the
Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge on the campus of
Maharishi University of Management at the end of December 1983.
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Over the next three weeks, the campus was transformed. A 60,000-square-foot
Grand Assembly Hall was built. A 200-unit mobile home park was installed. Another
15,000-square-foot building was constructed.
And by the end of December, 8,000 Yogic Flyers from 46 countries had arrived. Dur-
ing those magical three weeks, a wave of harmony and goodwill swept the world. Stock
markets soared all over the world, many setting new records repeatedly. International con-
flict eased. Heads of state became more positive and cooperative. Throughout the coun-
try, crime, air traffic fatalities, and highway traffic fatalities dropped significantly. Traffic
fatalities dropped in countries as far away as Australia and South Africa. Infectious disease
rates dropped throughout the country and as far away as Australia. These outcomes were
predicted in press conferences in advance of the Assembly.
Based on this success, Maharishi called for a permanent group of 7,000 Yogic Flyers in
the United States — to create the Maharishi Effect on a permanent basis and transform
the world. Maharishi said, “The world can never remain the same old suffering world.”

Maharishi gathers with more than 7,000 Yogic Flyers in the

Grand Assembly Hall during the Taste of Utopia Assembly.
“The knowledge of the laws of nature in our possession today,” he declared,
“is sufficient to eliminate all suffering and raise life to its full dignity.”

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1984 | Breakthrough research on cardiovascular disease

— the Institute of Natural Medicine and Prevention

In 1984, University scientists established the Laboratory for Health and Aging Studies.
Later renamed the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, this was the first insti-
tute dedicated to research on Consciousness-Based Health Care.
By the early 1990s, the Institute had received its first grant from the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). In the last two decades, the NIH has invested more than $25 million in
this ongoing research, and the Institute, under the leadership of Dr. Robert Schneider and
working in collaboration with leading universities and medical schools around the U.S.,
has produced study after study documenting the benefits of the Transcendental Medita-
tion technique for cardiovascular health and other disorders.

The research studies conducted by the University’s Institute for Natural Medicine
and Prevention have been greeted with national and international press coverage.
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Maharishi University of Management Firsts

1984 Establishment of the Laboratory for Health and Aging Studies (later renamed the
Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention), the first institute dedicated to research
on Consciousness-Based Health Care. This institute has received more than $25 mil-
lion in funding from the National Institutes of Health and has produced study after
study documenting the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique for car-
diovascular health and other disorders.

1985 First master’s degree program in Maharishi Vedic Science begins.

1986 First bachelor’s degree program in Maharishi Vedic Science begins.

1987 First publication of an academic journal — Modern Science and Vedic Science — dedi-
cated to exploring the relation between the modern academic disciplines and Maharishi
Vedic Science, with articles by University faculty tracing the origin of each discipline to
the self-interacting dynamics of the unified field of natural law.
First academic article, by Dr. John Hagelin in Modern Science and Vedic Science, showing
that pure consciousness is identical with the unified field of all the laws of nature.

1988 First PhD program in Maharishi Vedic Science begins.

1989 First widespread teaching of the Transcendental Meditation program in a Soviet

Republic, Armenia, organized and led by faculty and administrators of Maharishi
University of Management. More than 35,000 individuals were instructed in the Tran-
scendental Meditation technique, more than 1% of Armenia’s population.

1990 First widespread teaching of the Transcendental Meditation program in Russia, led by
University faculty and administrators. By the year’s end approximately 150,000 people
had learned the Transcendental Meditation technique in Russia. Courses were also
offered in the TM-Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying, as well as Transcendental
Meditation Teacher Training courses.

1991 First PhD in Maharishi Vedic Science awarded.

“Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield has already created

an ideal spot — an oasis in the desert of the whole world. That highly intensified,
pure atmosphere of Fairfield will raise that light of purity which will disallow
ignorance to remain in any part of the world.” — Maharishi

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1993 | Reducing crime in the nation’s capital —

the National Demonstration Project

In the summer of 1993, under the leadership of Dr. John Hagelin, the University orga-
nized a National Demonstration Project in Washington, DC This would be the most
highly public demonstration of the Maharishi Effect to date, testing its efficacy in reducing
crime and social stress and improving the effectiveness of government. In particular, Dr.
Hagelin predicted violent crime would drop by 20%.
In this carefully controlled experiment, the peace-creating group increased from 800
to 4,000 over the two-month period. Although violent crime had been steadily increas-
ing during the first five months of the year, soon after the start of the study, violent crime
(measured by FBI Uniform Crime Statistics) began decreasing and continued to drop until
the end of the experiment (maximum decrease 23.3%), after which it began to rise again.
The likelihood that this result could be attributed to chance variation in crime levels
was less than two parts per billion. The drop in crime could not be attributed to other pos-
sible causes, including temperature, precipitation, weekends, and police and community
anticrime activities.
The study was published in Social Indicators Research, one of the leading social science
journals.
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Decreased crime in Washington, DC correlate with increasing numbers of people practicing the
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program in the US national capital (Hagelin et al., 1999)

Immediately following the National

Demonstration project, Dr. John Hagelin
established the Institute of Science, Technology
and Public Policy, an international center
spearheading a wide range of cutting-edge
national initiatives in the fields of peace,
national health care, and education. He said:
“There has been more scientific evidence on the
effects of collective Yogic Flying for diffusing
social stress and resolving international conflict
than any previous approach in the history of
the social sciences.”

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2000 | Rebuilding the campus – in harmony with natural law

In 2000, we embarked on an ambitious multi-year project to reconstruct the campus. The
buildings would not simply be new — they would be in accord with natural law, as specified
. These build-
by the ancient and highly precise principles of Maharishi Vedic Architecture
ings promote the health and well-being of the people within them. The main elements of
this ancient, mathematically precise approach (also known as Maharishi Sthapatya Veda
design) include eastern orientation, precise proportioning, and proper placement of rooms
within the building according to function.
The reconstruction announcement opened a flood of financial support, and the face of the
campus was transformed. Thus far we have demolished 43 buildings, and 70 new buildings
have been built, all using this ancient design approach. These include the 48,000-square-
foot Argiro Student Center and classroom and administrative buildings as well as private
homes, condos, and an office building.

Maharishi Veda Bhavan Building

Argiro Student Center Headley Hall

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The Sustainable Living Center, a revolutionary 7,000-square-foot building,

will combine for the first time ever all the features of four different sustainable building philosophies:
LEED Platinum certification, the healthy-building principles of Baubiologie, the Cascadia
Living Building Challenge, and Maharishi Vedic Architecture.

The McLaughlin Building

The Dreier Building The Gate Ridge Court Building

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2006 | Creating national coherence —

the Invincible America Assembly

In July 2006, inspired by Maharishi, the University launched a major initiative to create
coherent national consciousness, the basis of a peaceful, prosperous, invincible country.
This was the Invincible America Assembly.
Its aim: to build the size of the Yogic Flying group at the University to the square root
of 1% of the U.S. population. This would be the largest scientific experiment ever to moni-
tor the effects of a large group of advanced meditation experts on national economic and
social trends.
Since 2006, we have seen signs of rising national coherence and positivity. In 2010, for
example, the FBI reported an unexpected 50-month decrease in violent crime in the U.S.
Federal law enforcement officials neither anticipated the sustained drop in violent crime,
nor have they identified a cause. But before the Assembly started, Dr. John Hagelin pre-
dicted a dramatic crime decrease to the global press.
Almost every day Assembly participants report extraordinary experiences of higher
states of consciousness — experiences of the highest levels of human development,
unique in the world’s spiritual literature. They simply close their eyes, dive within using
Maharishi’s technologies of consciousness, experience the dynamically silent bliss of their
own Self — and the world around them is enriched and transformed.

“With 2,000, you will begin to see the desired

changes in society.” — Maharishi

In 2008, the University built

the Tower of Invincibility to
commemorate the Invincible
America Assembly.
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Maharishi University of Management Firsts

1993 First national demonstration project on the Maharishi Effect, the Group for a Govern-
ment Assembly, led by Dr. John Hagelin and other University leaders. A highly public
demonstration in Washington, DC, the project brought together 4,000 Yogic Flyers
from around the world to create coherence in the nation’s capital. The result: a 23%
reduction in Washington’s violent crime rate, improved quality of life throughout the
city, and restored public approval for the President.

1995 Establishment of the first radio station, KHOE, playing Maharishi Gandharva Veda
music, the melodies of nature, 24 hours a day to enliven peace and harmony in nature.

2000 Inauguration of the world’s first university building, the Dreier Building, designed and
constructed in accord with natural law using the principles of Maharishi Vedic Archi-
tecture, Fortune-Creating architecture — and the launch of a multi-year campaign to
rebuild the campus using this approach.

2001 Founding of Maharishi Vedic City by University faculty, the world’s first city based on
the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science. All buildings are designed and constructed
in accord with natural law, using the principles of Maharishi Vedic Architecture.

2002 First of Maharishi’s Global Press Conferences, organized from Maharishi Univer-
sity of Management, continuing on a regular basis until 2007. Maharishi responds to
questions from the press on a wide range of topics — health, personal development,
religion, national invincibility, world peace, and many more.

2003 First academic program in Sustainable Living in the world begins.

2006 The Invincible America Assembly inaugurated, to create a permanent group of at least
2,000 Yogic Flyers — the square root of 1% of the U.S. population plus a safety margin
— to create coherence and invincibility for the nation and peace for the world.
The first Yogic Flying Maharishi Vedic Pandits come to the U.S. from India, residing
initially on the MUM campus, increasing the number of Yogic Flyers to the square
root of 1% of the U.S. population.

2007 First Maharishi Tower of Invincibility constructed, on the University campus.

2011 The Sustainable Living Center opens, the first building in the world to combine four
major building philosophies — Maharishi Vedic Architecture, LEED Platinum Certifi-
cation, the Living Building Challenge, and the healthy building principles of Baubiologie.

Planned The world’s first completely integrated medical school, offering a traditional MD along
with knowledge of the full range of natural, prevention-oriented medical approaches,
with special emphasis on the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health.

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“Soon we will have a beautiful world, a new history,

and you’ll be the writers of new history.”

Maharishi’s address to the graduating students

AT T H E 2 0 0 3 C O M M E N C E M E N T

J
ai Guru Dev. The students graduating today, you will always remain a joy
of the University. You will remain a joy to your parents, to your families, to
your tradition, and you will be fulfilling the need of our time.
The need of our time is to create the basis You have the ability through your morn-
of a new history of the world. To say in short, ing and evening long programs to engage the
the world needs really good leadership. One total infinite organizing power of natural law
good leader in the world will create a new to work for you. It’s a great achievement, and
history in his country, and create an example you have been very special in your age, and
of prevention-oriented, problem-free admin- very fortunate that you will be able to fulfill
istration. the aspiration of your parents. Parents always
Of course, money anyone can earn, but like to see their children on the top of suc-
your earning will be a good, graceful fortune cess. They want to see their children success-
of all the millions of people of your countries. ful for themselves and for their environment,
A peaceful, prevention-oriented administra- for their country, for everyone.
tion you will provide to the country by just So you will be fulfilling the aspiration of
following the advice of your university. You your parents, the aspirations of your profes-
have been trained under top scientists, under sors. And above all, I invite you to fulfill my
top enlightened people, and under those who aspiration, and my aspiration in the world
have taken the responsibility to correct the — what remains to be achieved — is a per-
wrongs of our civilization peacefully and manent ground for peaceful life everywhere
establish the fortune of the world, the for- in affluence and fulfillment for everyone.
tune of the people in every country, to be on You have that technique, that technology
a high level of fulfillment. whereby you can utilize total natural law to

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fulfill your desire, and your desire will be
nothing less than a bright civilization for the
people of your country to become an exam-
ple to the people of other countries.
There is a proverb in Sanskrit, that one
moon rising in the darkness of the night is
enough to bring the light everywhere — one
single moon. So you will be the expected
bright moon of your country, when now you
will be going home to your different coun-
tries, or if you are in the U.S. itself, you will
be the guiding light. You have that basis
in knowledge of your Self, which you have
achieved quietly inside yourself during your
hopping periods in the Golden Domes of
Maharishi University of Management, and
of course, in the classes, with all the man-
agement skills that you have gathered.
Your task will be to create beautiful
lotuses on the muddy pond. And that will
be from within your Self, from within your
Self, from within your Self.
I am telling you my experience of 50
years working in the Movement, giving
lectures, persuading people, individually
training teachers, and all — opening uni-
versities, all that — but I have come to the
conclusion that now creating the effect is
necessary. This is beyond publicity. This is
beyond lecturing. This is beyond talking
to the people. From one’s own inner self-
referral consciousness, unified field within
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oneself, this Consciousness-Based edu-
cation, Consciousness-Based health care
system, Consciousness-Based agriculture,
Consciousness-Based administration, Con-
sciousness-Based defense, Consciousness-
Based progress will bring great progress
with least effort.
There is a phrase, safety first. Where is
the safety? The safety is in not being lost in
the diversity of the world. Maintain your
steadfastness in your own inner silence, be
self-referral consciousness. You have all the
knowledge, you have all the knowledge, and
you have all the programs for life.
Be a guiding light for your entire environ-
ment, wherever you are. Wherever you are,
your environment will have you as a guiding
light. So take the advice of your professors,
of your parents, and make hay when the sun
shines. When you are fresh in your experi-
ences of the inner Self, spread the light by
cultivating your inner awareness more and
more day by day.
Bless them all [the students] and send
them with cheers everywhere. Wherever
they’ll be, they are going to ring the bell of
Eureka for themselves and for all their envi-
ronment.
All Glory to Guru Dev, and soon we will
have a beautiful world, a new history, and
you’ll be the writers of new history.
Jai Guru Dev
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