Hagelin Promotes Peace Plan

Natural Law Party presidential candidate in Washington
for the first time since the election to mobilize support

NEWS CONFERENCE
Friday, September 28, 10 a.m.
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Live via satellite from Vlodrop, Holland)				Download Photos Maharishi Mahesh Yogi John Hagelin Major General Kulwant Singh
John Hagelin, Ph.D. Natural Law Party presidential candidate in the 2000 election
Major General Kulwant Singh Highly decorated military leader in India and an expert in anti-terrorism

Why John Hagelin Is In Washington

Natural Law Party presidential candidate John Hagelin, Ph.D., is returning to Washington for the first time since the election to lend his support to a peace plan proposed by Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Hagelin will speak at an international news conference announcing the proposal on Friday, September 28, 10 a.m., at the National Press Club.

The proposal calls for establishing one group of 40,000 experts in stress-reducing advanced Transcendental Meditation techniques in India to “dramatically reduce acute ethnic and religious tensions which underlie terrorism and fuel the current global crisis.” (see photo)

Hagelin, a Harvard-trained quantum physicist, had taken a sabbatical from politics to pursue fundamental research into physics and consciousness. But the terrible attacks in Wasington and New York, and the “very real threat that there could be more attacks—and even worse” moved Hagelin to return to Washington for this news conference.

“On the campaign trail I spoke often of Maharishi’s programs to avert war and promote peace through group meditation practices, but few people listened,” Hagelin said. “I think most Americans were convinced that our great military might would save the country from any attack. Now, suddenly, the times have changed. We realize more clearly than ever before that offensive means of defense provide no defense at all. America has a choice now: Do we wage war against an invisible enemy and risk moving the world to the brink of a devastating war? Or do we first try waging peace by eliminating the root cause of all terrorism and violence through time-tested, scientifically proven technologies of peace?”

Hagelin will be in Washington and available for interviews from Wednesday, September 27 until Tuesday, October 2.

(For the complete news release, click here.)