(August 30, 2004) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi pledged to move faster to transform today’s problem-ridden world into a world of permanent affluence and peace, and said that his first step will be to appoint 108 Rajas as administrators of his Peace Governments around the globe. Maharishi will announce the new Rajas during his next global news conference on September 1.

“We have the key to open the door of a bright new destiny for all mankind,” Maharishi proclaimed during his August 25 global news conference. “Now, I want to reduce the time it takes to turn the key. In the next global news conference, I will announce the 108 Rajas who will impart to the whole population the knowledge of total Natural Law so people do not have to face problems, sickness, or suffering now or in the future.”

Maharishi said his announcement came in response to the “silent, humble, positive desire” by Dr. John Hagelin, President of the US Peace Government, for Maharishi and His Majesty Raja Raam, First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace, to move faster in creating a world of affluence and permanent peace.

Maharishi will hold his next global news conferences on September 1 and 2, which will bebroadcast live via satellite and Internet webcast from the Capital of the Global Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland.

The Raja has a parental role for all the people of the nation

Maharishi said the Rajas will have a parental role—loving, caring, and supporting—for all the people in every nation. “The Raja is the custodian of total knowledge, and he will make total knowledge the guiding light of the nation so that everyone is always healthy, wealthy, and wise,” Maharishi said.

Democracy is a wretched system of administration

Maharishi said Rajas are needed to quietly administer society because democracy has proven to be a wretched system of administration. “Democracy is a failure,” Maharishi said. “The national integrity of every country is shattered by opposition within every government. It is a barbaric system that should be thrown out. And the way to throw it out is to quietly bring in the light—quietly create coherent national consciousness—to establish peace, prosperity, order, and affluence in the nation.”

Maharishi also denounced the negative impact that the constant turnover in government leadership has on the lives of the people. “Consider what would happen if a child changed his parents every four years. The same thing happens to the people of a country when their president is changed every four years through this bad system of democracy,” Maharishi said.

Maharishi to train the Rajas in the skill of ideal administration

Maharishi announced that he will train the Rajas in the skill of ideal administration. “Administration should promote evolution,” Maharishi said. “The Unified Field promotes the sequential evolution of everyone and everything, from point to infinity, in the ever-expanding universe. This sequential flow of evolution is the skill of administration of the Government of the Universe. The Rajas will enliven the Unified Field in individual and collective consciousness to raise every national government to this supreme level of administration of total Natural Law. Then fulfillment and harmony will prevail in individual life and coherence and peace will prevail in national consciousness.”

Rajas must have total knowledge and live in a proper home

Maharishi emphasized that the economic status of the Rajas—whether they are rich or poor—is not a consideration in his program to create permanent world peace. What is important, Maharishi said, is that the Rajas are rich in the knowledge of total Natural Law and live in a proper home. “The Rajas must have total knowledge lively in their awareness and radiate that totality in their thought, speech, and behavior,” Maharishi said. “The Rajas must also live in proper homes—Peace Palaces—that have been constructed according to Vedic architecture in harmony with Natural Law. Then their cosmic desires will be supported by the almighty power of Natural Law, and the whole world family will rise to a bright new fortune of prosperity and peace.”

“This is a practical, proven program to create
a world of happiness and fulfillment”

Maharishi concluded by announcing that the Rajas will establish in every country Vedic universities, colleges, and schools to apply total knowledge in every area of society—education, health, agriculture, economics, defense, politics, administration, and architecture and city planning. Maharishi said these educational institutions will provide the principles and practice of total knowledge to every student. “The result will be enlightened citizens of every nation and permanent world peace,” said Maharishi, who then added strongly, “This is not a fanciful idea—this is a practical, proven program to create a world of happiness and fulfillment for all times to come.”