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THE SIXTH BEATLE 57
Such critical analyses aside, however, there seems to be little
doubt within the ranks as to the beneficial effects of TM on the
course of world history:
[A]ll the social good—the move away from potential worldwide
disaster toward global enlightenment—that has developed
in the last few years I naturally consider to be the result
of more people practicing Transcendental Meditation.
After all, Maharishi did say that this would happen way
back then [i.e., in the late 1950s], and it has (Olson, 1979).
More recently, “the Maharishi said he intends to bring about
world peace by establishing huge Transcendental Meditation centers
with thousands of full-time practitioners all over the world”
(Falsani, 2002).
Maharishi explains that every government, just by creating
and maintaining a group of Yogic Flyers, will actualize the
ideal of Administration [of the Natural Law “Constitution of
the Universe”], the supreme quality of Administration of government
in every generation (in Maharishi, 1995).
“Natural Law” is “the orderly principles—the laws of nature—
that govern the functioning of nature everywhere, from atoms to
ecosystems to galaxies” (Maharishi, in [Kraus, 2000]).
Governmental “administration,” further,
is a matter of expert intelligence. It shouldn’t be exposed to
voters on the street [i.e., to democracy] (Maharishi, in [Wettig,
2002]).
Soon every government will maintain its own group of Yogic
Flyers as the essential requirement of national administration,
and every nation will enjoy the support of Natural Law.
All troubles on Earth will fade into distant memories, and
life will be lived in perfection and fulfillment by every citizen
of every nation, now and for countless generations to come
(Maharishi, 1995).
Such anticipated “fading of all troubles into distant memory”
will undoubtedly have been aided by the formation, in 1992, of the
politically “green” Natural Law Party, on the campus of MIU/
MUM. The party has since fielded U.S. presidential candidates,
and legislative hopefuls in California. The late magician and disci-