PROGRAMMES ADVOCATED
BY THE NATURAL LAW PARTY
SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED
IN
MOZAMBIQUE
Zambeze River
(Data
on Mozambique)
The world's first Natural Law based national administration
With the enthusiastic participation and guidance of President Chissano and his government, programmes such as Transcendental Meditation and the ancient natural health system of Ayur-Veda have been introduced into many parts of Mozambique life in recent years including the armed forces. Although no Natural Law Party has been formed in Mozambique (in these circumstances it could be said to be unnecessary) programmes such as these form vital components of Natural Law Party platforms around the globe as part of a world-wide effort to create national administrations based on prevention oriented problem-free government.
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Thousands of people were taught Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi Programme throughout the armed forces in Mozambique. According to the size of groups remarkable reductions in crime and car accidents were noted, as well as an economic growth of 19% compared to an expected 6% during 1993.
A report in the British Sunday newspaper "The Observer" in November 1994 confirmed President Chissano's view that these programmes had brought peace to his country after more than 25 years of non-stop war. For the first time people were returning to the countryside after years of enforced internal migration as a result of the conflict.
Such dramatic effects from the practical application of Natural Law based programmes by a national administration support earlier research work on conflict resolution around the globe carried out on an experimental basis in places as far apart as the Lebanon and Nicaragua. A number of published studies on this effect, know as the "Maharishi Effect" named after its discoverer Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, have confirmed both the theory and practical reliability of this approach.
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According to Lt. Gen. Tobias Dai, Chief of the Delegation for the creation of the new Armed Forces for the Defence of Mozambique and Former Commander of the Armed Forces:
"After having completed a thorough evaluation of the proposal, the Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to implement the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme in the Armed Forces of Mozambique with the aim to create the Maharishi Effect in our country. It was a matter of decision. Either to try it or to leave it aside. Our decision was to try. This occurred before the arrival of the UNO forces in Mozambique."
At a subsequent international conference on defence, Lt Gen. Dai noted that the maintenance of peace has been possible, and that free and just elections have been carried out - the only successful UNO mission in the world.
"Back from the Brink" - a Time magazine report
A country profile of Mozambique published in the international edition of "Time" magazine August 1997, whilst recognising that a great deal remains to be done in the country, confirms the remarkable transformation currently taking place in the destiny of the Mozambique people.
Outside the capital Maputo, Mozambique is now producing enough food to feed itself for the first time in years. Refugees from the civil war have returned to the land, and in the fertile north crops are abundant after years of the worst droughts in southern Africa's history. Inflation has fallen from 70% to 5% . " ... the country once rated as one of the poorest in the world is beginning to look like an African success story", claims Time magazine, and "... the U.N monitoring of the end of the civil war and ensuing general election was a rare African success for the organisation. International assistance was once the only growth industry in Mozambique, but today there are many more new private cars in Maputo than aid agency vehicles."
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A Time Magazine follow up article, "Africa Rising", March 30th 1998, revealed that the transformation taking place in Mozambique has it roots in something more human than mere political change: "Theirs is a people's peace, driven by a popular refusal to continue the conflict and a fierce determination to live a normal life," and "What really fuels Mozambique's climb, though, is the energy of individuals tackling problems from the bottom up."
TIME MAGAZINE AFRICA RISING ARTICLE
"Who is responsible for all the good things which are happening in
Mozambique? It may be the Mozambicans who are there; but also those people in the world
who have been meditating for the change in the world from bad to good. Therefore the
honours which are being bestowed on us are honours which should be bestowed on all those
who practice this technique of Transcendental Meditation."
President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique
(July 1993, on receiving an honorary doctorate from Maharishi Vedic University, Holland, for his work towards creating the Maharishi Effect in his country, with many thousands in the country learning Transcendental Meditation, including 12,000 in the military)
Speaking at a fund raising Peace banquet in December 1999 held to inform the New York community about the creation of Maharishi’s University of World Peace campuses around the world guest of honour President Chissano reconfirmed the success of coherence creating programmes in Mozambique. He spoke about how he ended his country’s 20-year civil war and has maintained peace, stability and democracy in his nation for the past seven years, using the technologies that will be offered by the new university.
"The culture of war has to be replaced by the culture of peace," said President Chissano. "For that purpose, something deeper has to be changed in our mind and in our consciousness to prevent the recurrence of war." President Chissano pointed out that when people have always lived in a peaceful country, they may not comprehend the influence of war on the daily life of a nation. "In Mozambique we know very well what we are talking about when we say, ‘No more war,’ and ‘Peace forever.’"
President Chissano stated that stress is the root cause of fear and conflict. Stress in the family generates domestic violence. Stress in the government generates misperceptions, power struggles, and lack of achievements for the country.
In 1992 the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique were introduced to President Chissano. He successfully applied them to his family life and implemented them in the administration of his country. "I had a group of coherence creating individuals next to my office," said President Chissano. "When representatives from other organizations came to me for a meeting, they were all expecting strong disagreements. However, the atmosphere was so relaxed, we were like old friends meeting after a long time." (Source: December 1999, Enlightenment - report by Jennine Fellmer).
On-line Media Articles on Mozambique's consciousness-based
initiatives
Preventing war with
consciousness-based defence - South Africa Mail and Guardian
Mozambique's Prevention Wing of the
Military - Africa Economic Analysis
Meditation is path to peace, Mozambique leader says - London Guardian
BBC News
Africa - South Africa and Mozambique launch road project - June 98
BBC News
Africa Queen's praise for Mozambique - Nov 99
Mozambique Gateway
