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The Transcendental Meditation technique enlivens one's inner connection to the source of natural law within and lays a
foundation for health and well-being.
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by Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA, The Review
16 December 2010
Last month Maharishi University of Management faculty member Dr. John Hagelin addressed a symposium of Native American nations in Ottawa on connecting to the source of natural law within the individual to bring fulfillment to every cultural tradition.
Referring to the First Nations speakers who had spoken prior to him in the symposium, Dr. Hagelin said, "What we have understood today is that the origin of natural law is not 'out there,' but rather, the fundamental origin of natural law is within, at the very core of everyone, and at the very core of everything. The universe is superficially diverse, but unified at its core."
The Symposium, hosted by the Assembly of First Nations of Canada, was part of the three-day 17th Annual Canadian Conference on Global Health. The
conference was sponsored by the University of Ottawa, and attended by 450 delegates from 40 countries, representing agencies such as Doctors Without
Borders, The World Health Organization, Oxfam, UNICEF, Pan American Health Organizations, the International Red Cross, and United Nations Health agencies.
The presenters also included Native Americans who had attended a conference at MUM last year and who have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique.
In his talk, Dr. Hagelin also spoke about a concept paper, titled Turtle Island Foundation, that was recently developed by the First Nations and Native American leaders in cooperation with the Global Country of World
Peace.
The paper describes how indigenous Americans have sought to maintain harmony and balance on Turtle Island (North America) and have enlivened natural law
through their cultural traditions, languages, and ceremonies. And it characterizes how the Vedic system of knowledge, revived by Maharishi, enlivens one's inner connection to the source of natural law and lays a
foundation for health and well-being.
The Turtle Island Foundation plan builds on a five-point plan presented at the MUM Native American conference last year and focuses on restoring strength to First Nations communities across North America by 1) developing the innate potential of the brain, 2) incorporating health plans that include indigenous medicinal herbs and the Transcendental Meditation technique, 3) establishing economic self-sufficiency through programs of sustainable energy and organic farming, 4) restoring and preserving Native American culture and languages, and 5) recovering land to sustain First Nations and Native American traditional culture and economic self-sufficiency.
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