Word: maharishi
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...pace" (In His will is our peace), wrote Dante of the joys of heaven, where all choice is excluded by contemplation of the Divine: perfect obedience, perfect happiness, no worries. For God, substitute adepts, the People, the Charismatic Leader, or any one of a number of beguiling gurus, from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to Jim Jones with his refreshing drafts of Kool-Aid in distant, steamy Guyana. The Utopian state of mind indicates a yearning to be released from history, to shed the burdens of free will, failure, improvisation...
...That way, around the corner in the Performing Arts theater, was the group now led by John Hagelin, a nuclear physicist who believes wind power and transcendental meditation are the way to start solving the country's problems. Hagelin, a soft-spoken professor at Maharishi University who is getting his first taste this week of national media exposure, has adopted most of Ross Perot's platform and won the support of most of the Texas billionaire's supporters. He plans to merge his current presidential candidacy with the Natural Law party with the Reform banner, rise above the current fray...
...sighs] You know, I love having fans and I love the support, but it's hard. I totally understand what Ricky Martin means when he says he needs his "alone time." Every day, I need that hour of silence where I do Ashtanga Yoga in my Maharishi pants and I chant "Om" into the silence of my darkened dorm room. When I'm doing promotional tours and junkets in Asia, it really gets out of control. The States aren't such a zoo, but I get no privacy here either. The other day, this woman comes running...
...loftier projects is coming under fire in Brazil, where the Maharishi Global Development Fund proposes to construct the first of 1,000 buildings planned for the planet's largest cities. This one, in Sao Paulo, is a four-sided, pyramid-shaped structure with Hindu carvings that will surpass the 1,483-ft.-tall Petronas Towers in Malaysia to become the world's tallest skyscraper. Opponents say Sao Paulo, virtually bankrupt as it is, would have to shoulder enormous infrastructure costs, and environmentalists claim the site is dangerously near a floodplain that is awash in the rainy season...
Back in Holland, the Maharishi has been in a prolonged legal battle with the Dutch government over a plan to tear down the brick-and-stone monastery, a national landmark, and replace it with a building that has an entrance facing east, like his residence. "We think it's better to renovate than tear down," says Gos Saes, a spokesman for Vlodrop's mayor. A court decision is expected in May, and if the Maharishi loses, many followers will decamp to other centers in the U.S. or Switzerland. He says he will stay, however, because, says one disciple, he considers...