Shangri-La |
Vedic City |
| "Have you ever dreamed of a place far away from it all? Where the air you breathe is soft and clean, and children play in fields of green and the sound of guns doesn't pound in your ears. "Have you ever dreamed of a place |
Fairfield, Iowa USA - far from the stress of large cities. The air is clean, and pollution-free (although there are winter winds) |
| "Friendly doors open wide. Come and share the peaceful life you will find inside. Share the Joy ... Love is in all things... |
Through regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation and
TM-Sidhis program, one spontaneously grows in consciousness, to see others as themselves,
and the Unified Field in all things, and naturally treats others kindly. Life
becomes more of a joy. Scientific Research: Self-Actualization, Reduced Conflict |
| "People live to a rather ripe old age here" –
Chang
Note: In the story, Olivia, who appeared to be 20 but was 180 chronologically, left the "Valley of the Blue Moon" and experienced rapid physiological aging. |
Regular practice of the TM and TM-Sidhis program has been
found to slow down the biological aging process, even reversing some of the effects of
aging. Scientific Research: Aging Process, Improved Health The accumulated health benefits do not suddenly disappear, regardless of travel outside Fairfield, as long as one maintains a regular routine. |
| "And just because you think you're small that doesn't mean that you're small at all... To someone else you are big... The world is a circle without a begining... |
In the Maharishi School of the Age of
Enlightenment, children are taught universally applicable principles of life, through the
Science of Creative Intelligence. They become able to comprehend such abstract
concepts as infinity, self-referral, and the co-existence of opposite values. Scientific Research: Growth of Intelligence, Broad Comprehension |
| "Living together, working together, growing together"  |
The community in Vedic City
is growing together towards Enlightenment. "Let us be together, Let us 'eat' together, Let us radiate truth, the light of life together." Scientific Research: Relations at Work |
| "Will I find there is really such a thing as peace of mind, and what I thought was living was truly just confusion, the chance to live forever is really no illusion, and this all can be mine? Why can't I make myself believe it? " |
Peace of mind can be quickly gained through the simple,
natural, and effortless practice of the Transcendental
Meditation program. One gains deep rest as the mind settles down to the state of least excitation of consciousness. Scientific Research: Deep Rest, Reduced Anxiety Doubts are natural, and do not interfere with the effectiveness of the practice, or gaining its benefits. |
| "Different people look at life from different points of view" |
Knowledge is
structured in consciousness Knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. Scientific Reseach: Field Independence |
| "There are things that you see. Other things you feel. Feelings can't be seen yet we never doubt they are real. When you search for the truth Where knowledge ends, faith begins" |
The objective means of gaining knowledge, through the
scientific method, has greatly helped the development of mankind. But
empirical observations can only go so far into the depths of life.
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| "From the day that we're born, we start asking why. There is more to life, more than it would seem meets the eye. When you've learned all you can Where knowledge ends faith begins..." |
Consciousness is naturally curious, and seeks to know more and more in life. At the basis of relative existence, there is the transcendental Absolute. The objective means of gaining knowledge alone can be dissatisfying, as there is always more to know. The subjective means of gaining knowledge gives the fruit of all knowledge along the way. |
| "Question me an answer" "These kids are great. - Harry Lovett |
Students are welcomed to question on all levels, the knower, known, and process of knowing: "Complete knowledge should mean total knowledge of the object of inquiry and total knowledge of the subject: total knowledge of both the known and the knower." |
| "Everything you do reflects on you... Doing something
for someone else, |
Reflections
of MUM Students When giving knowledge, the teacher can gain as much, if not more, than the student. Through regular practice of the TM program, one sponteously grows to experience one's individuality, and all others, as the part of the universal Self. Doing something for someone else, literally is doing something for one's Self. Newton's Law of Equal and Opposite Reaction, "As ye sew so shall ye reap", and the principle of karma, are expressions of a similar natural law. |
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For when the day comes that the world begins to look for a new life, it is our belief that they will find their reservoir of hope here. So here we shall stay, with our books and our music and our meditation. |
Inaugurator of the Dawn of the |
