DOCSLIB.ORG

Fairfield, Iowa

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

FAIRFIELD, IOWA COMMUNITY & POSITION PROFILE Date Prepared – October 28, 2014 Apply by November 10, 2014 Contact: Patrick Callahan Callahan Municipal Consultants, LLC [email protected] 417 Kaitlynn Avenue Anamosa, IA 52205 Phone: 563-599-3708 1 CITY OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA COMMUNITY PROFILE CITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT The City of Fairfield is currently accepting applications for the position of City Administrator. Persons interested in this position should submit a cover letter, resume, five work-related references and salary history before November 10, 2014 to Callahan Municipal Consultants, LLC, 417 Kaitlynn Avenue, Anamosa, Iowa 52205 or by e-mail to [email protected]. Additional information regarding Fairfield can be obtained by visiting the City’s website at www.cityoffairfieldiowa.com, the Chamber of Commerce site at www.fairfieldiowa.com and at the Fairfield Economic Development Association’s site at www.growfairfield.com. COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS Unique. Sustainable. Wonderful. Green. Diverse. Metropolitan. Innovative. Ideal. The attributes echoed around and about Fairfield are more than just community boosterism. Fairfield’s Economic Development Association and Chamber of Commerce cite the community’s many successes as evidence of it being one of the most “philanthropic, entrepreneurial and technological small communities in the nation”. The next city administrator will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing improvements to a city that is at the forefront of rural development in technology, advanced manufacturing, 21st century services, and community sustainability. Fairfield was rated by the Smithsonian magazine as one of the nation’s best small towns, and has earned distinction from media as diverse as Oprah and Mother Earth News magazine. The downtown area has been designated as an Iowa Culture District. Fairfield was identified as an Iowa Great Place in 2006. The community earned the Iowa Tourism Award in 2005 and 2008. The Fairfield community is currently seeking the Iowa Blue Zone Certification. Fairfield was recognized as the Most Entrepreneurial City in America for cities under 10,000 population in 2013. The City garnered the Iowa Entrepreneurial City Award in 2004. Smithsonian Magazine recognized Fairfield as the Number 7 “Best City in America to Visit” in 2013. In addition, Buzzfeed.com rated Fairfield as the Number 2 “Best Place to do a Road Trip.” FAIRFIELD, IOWA: LOCATION Fairfield has a population of 9,464 residents within its corporate boundaries. It is the county seat for Jefferson County, located in southeastern Iowa at the intersection of U.S. Route 34 and Iowa Highway 1. Fairfield is 62 miles south of the University of Iowa at Iowa City, 111 miles southeast of the state capital at Des Moines, 235 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri, and 280 miles west of Chicago, Illinois. The closest airport with international service is located 80 miles north at Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids. Fairfield also boasts an all-weather General Aviation airport having a 5,500 concrete runway. Amtrak rail service on the California Zephyr line is just 25 miles away at Mt. Pleasant (east) or Ottumwa (west). Freight rail service is provided by the BNSF railroad. 2 Geographically located in the Southern Iowa drift plain, Jefferson County consists of rolling farmland, just 55 miles west of the Mississippi and the Great River Road at Burlington, Iowa. Fairfield and Jefferson County are home to some of the richest agricultural land in the world. Fairfield has an annual growing season of 165 days and receives an average of 38 inches of rain per year. Temperatures range from an average summer high/low of 85/65 F (July) to winter averages of 33/16 F (January). FOUNDING AND HISTORY Fairfield was first settled in 1836 and founded as the county seat of Jefferson County in 1839, recording a population of 110. By 1847, Fairfield reported a population of 651 and was host to numerous businesses including dry goods, grocery, blacksmithing, woodworking and manufacturing businesses, hotels and drug stores. Fairfield was the site of the first two state fairs in Iowa, held in 1854 and 1855. The first grain mill was in operation in 1836, and the railroad (now the BNSF) extended through the community in 1858. During the time leading up to the American Civil War, Fairfield was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Some 1,600 men from Jefferson County served in the Union Army during the conflict. Fairfield opened the first public library in Iowa in 1853; the first Carnegie Library built outside of Pennsylvania or Scotland was completed in 1893 in Fairfield. Parsons College was founded in 1875 and remained in operation until closing in 1975. The campus was subsequently purchased by the Transcendental Meditation leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for what came to be Maharishi University of Management. The City of Fairfield purchased an electric generating plant in 1882. Two Fairfield companies, Louden Machinery Company and Joel Turney and Company Wagon Works, both employed hundreds of workers by the late 1800’s, producing agricultural equipment sold across North America. Fairfield’s growth continued over its history to its present population of 9,464. LOCAL ATTRACTIONS Central Park and Town Square In the middle of the community’s historic downtown district, Fairfield’s manicured Central Park hosts live summer music concerts from the gazebo on the square and other arts and public events throughout the year. Fairfield Arts and Convention Center Strategically located in the downtown district, the 30,000 square foot center hosts the performing and visual arts, meeting and convention activities, and is home for the 522- seat Sondheim Center’s performing arts auditorium. The Arts and Convention Center schedules live performances throughout the year, from classical solo piano and orchestral artists, to magic and comedy acts, to Elvis and Buddy Holly tribute bands. 3 Carnegie Historical Museum Formerly the 1893 Carnegie Library, the building was repurposed as a local history museum following the construction of the new public library. The Carnegie Library has displays of Native American artifacts, Civil War photos and memorabilia, Parson College and other items of local historic interest. Park and Recreation Facilities The City of Fairfield’s Park and Recreation Department operates 11 park areas, which combined include walking paths, exercise areas, a skate park, picnic facilities, playground equipment, a Farmers’ Market, and outdoor swimming in Bonnifield Lake at Waterworks Park. Most of the community’s parks are linked by the 16-mile long Fairfield Loop Trail. The Roosevelt Recreation Center features weight and cardio workout rooms, indoor pool and sauna and hot tub facilities. The Loop Trail is integrated with the JeffersonCounty Trail System, and connects with Jefferson County Park, which features eight miles of its own hiking trails, picnic and camping areas. Abundance EcoVillage Leading edge techniques of community sustainability are on display on this 15 acre development, featuring solar and wind generation, passive heating and cooling, water and storm water management systems. Fairfield Transcendental Meditation Center Two large golden domes located adjacent to the internationally-known Maharishi University of Management located on the north side of Fairfield, constructed in Vedic-style architecture, provide daily opportunities for Transcendental Meditation (TM) for community members and visitors. The Center practices TM as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. COMMUNITY EVENTS Fairfield Fairfest There is a three-day annual music event in late June with national and regional artists performing on the town square, the Sondheim Center and other downtown venues. The 2014 event drew some 15,000 visitors for the music, food and vendor booths. All Things Italian This event includes Italian food, music, art and games in the town square, held annually on a Saturday in mid- June. It also includes Opera, accordions and cannoli by the thousand, magicians, jugglers and chalk artists. This family event draws thousands each year. Picture from Facebook page: All Things Italian Street Festival 4 Vintage Power Wagon Rally Week long gathering of vintage Dodge Power Wagon owners and enthusiasts during the first week in June, drawing hundreds of the iconic vehicles for demonstrations, parts and info swapping and a parade. Art Walk Event held the first Friday of every month, with a seasonal focus on art, music, performance and holiday events are at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, town square, and other downtown venues. Oktoberfest and German Heritage are celebrated at the October Art Walk, a juried art show in November, and a Gingerbread and Christmas lighting extravaganza in December are favorites. Fairfield Farmer’s Market It’s an event and a local attraction. The Farmer’s Market is held at Howard Park, at the north side of the downtown district, from May through October on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Maasdam Barns Museum and Visitor Center Located at the south side of town, the restored barns were originally home to the largest Belgian draft horse in the world. The barns were recently restored to their early 20th Century condition. The Visitor Center is a restored 1928 home with displays highlighting Fairfield-area industry. Dining and Lodging Fairfield’s Chamber of Commerce lists 43 eating establishments in the community, from the convenience of franchised fast-food restaurants, to
Recommended publications
  • Click on the Download Sign to Download the Book

    Click on the Download Sign to Download the Book

    Click on the download sign to download the book. 1 Dedicated to all the messengers of the Field Paradigm throughout history… …who were brave enough to try to tell us we are far bigger, far more beautiful, and far more powerful than we could imagine in our wildest dreams. There are far more such messengers than you’d think… © 2017 Joachim Claes 2 Table of Contents Foreword: It’s a kind of magic Part 1: The Field Paradigm at a glance - Meeting the president - The Field Paradigm: how it works, how it was forgotten, and how it was rediscovered - Rediscovering our true Selves - The Field Effect Part 2: The Field Paradigm as a new scientific reality - The Field Paradigm, rediscovered in physics - Everyday examples of connectedness in nature - The science of miracles: how paranormal experiences make sense - Eternal life: the ultimate challenge to the Machine Paradigm - The law of action and reaction from a Field Paradigm perspective Part 3: Using the Field Paradigm - The too-good-to-be-true problem - Changing lives - Twenty experiments that will change the world - Five ways to make it happen – at virtually no cost - Why we have good reason to hope Part 4: Will you keep this a secret? Appendix: Fifteen more experiments that will change the world 3 Foreword: It’s a Kind of Magic Have you ever experienced magic? This may be a strange sentence to open what is essentially a story about a scientific revolution, but bear with me. Have you ever had magic in your life? Not the David Copperfield stuff – I mean the real thing.
  • Warming US-Soviet Relations During the Cold

    Warming US-Soviet Relations During the Cold

    Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute Warming U.S.-Soviet Relations During the Cold War as Measured by U.S. Presidential Statements: Impact of the Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi Program Paul Gelderloos, Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, Martin J. Frid & Xiaoping Xue ____________________________________________________________________________________ Citation: Gelderloos, P., Cavanaugh, K. L., Frid, M. J., & Xue, X. (201 ). Warming U.S.- Soviet relations during the Cold War as measured by U.S. presidential statements: Impact of the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi9 program. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 9, 93-134. Corresponding author: Dr Paul Gelderloos; E: [email protected] © 2019 Maharishi Vedic Research Institute ____________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Currently, 25 empirical articles published in independent peer-reviewed journals or in scholarly conference proceedings have reported that the collective, or group, practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM- Sidhi program enhances the societal quality of life and reduces violence, conflict, and war. The present study retrospectively investigated the impact of this program on U.S.-Soviet relations during the Cold War era, as reflected in public statements of U.S. President Ronald Regan concerning the U.S.S.R. Such statements are regarded as one of the most sensitive and relevant indicators of superpower relations. All 478 pertinent statements published in the Weekly Compilation
  • University Report 2016 -2017

    University Report 2016 -2017

    MUM trustees pitch in Alumna Anna Bruen helps clean Enrollment surges in online on all areas of campus life up Iowa’s abandoned coal mines master’s degree programs MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY REPORT 2016 -2017 U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan commencement address inspires graduates MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER he process of education takes place in the MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT field of consciousness. The prerequisite for gaining complete education, complete UNIVERSITY REPORT “T 2016 - 2017 knowledge – the prerequisite for knowing everything, experiencing everything, and doing everything – is to bring the awareness to the level of pure intelligence, CAMPUS NEWS FEATURES pure knowledge, self-referral intelligence, self-referral consciousness, Transcendental Consciousness.” 4 | Program in regenerative organ- 10 | U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan ic agriculture launches delivers commencement address – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 6 | President Hagelin leads peace summit in Ukraine “We need leaders who are established in that un- derlying unity of life” 7 | Students learn sustainability in Hawaii MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT 7 | New screenwriting program off to strong start n this past year, our University has competitors in science, arts, and athlet- 8 | Sustainable Living Center made tremendous progress across ics, demonstrating the power of Con- extraordinarily energy efficient Ian impressive range of new initia- sciousness-Based education in devel- tives – even as many more tantalizing oping the full potential of life. Campus improvements opportunities are quickly unfolding But all these accomplishments are before us. This 2016 – 2017 Universi- just the beginning. Even though last 8 | Outdoor amphitheater ty Report provides a quick overview of year we graduated (and thereby lost) constructed these latest inspiring achievements and a record number of students, by Fall 9 | Over 175 trees planted emerging opportunities.
  • The Field Paradigm As a Scientific Re- Ality

    The Field Paradigm As a Scientific Re- Ality

    Copyright © 2017 by Joachim Claes. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic, photographic, or mechanical means, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in an information storage or retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private use, other than for “fair use” as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews, without prior written permission from the author. To obtain permission or to contact the author email: [email protected] The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any tech- nique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer infor- mation of a general nature. The author assumes no responsibility for actions taken based on the information in this book. Claes, Joachim The Field Paradigm: 20 Experiments That Can Change The World Edited by: Lilla Nemeth, Howard Chandler Cover Design: Razvan Petre First edition, June 2017 Trade paper Printed in the United States of America Dedicated to all the messengers of the Field Paradigm throughout history… …who were brave enough to try to tell us we are far bigger, far more beauti- ful, and far more powerful than we could imagine in our wildest dreams. From Plato to Einstein…There are far more than you’d think. 1 Table of Contents Prologue: It’s a kind of magic 1 Part 1: The Field Paradigm at a glance 9 - Meeting the
  • HIS HOLINESS MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI in the World Today MAHARISHI in the WORLD TODAY by Raja John Konhaus

    HIS HOLINESS MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI in the World Today MAHARISHI in the WORLD TODAY by Raja John Konhaus

    HIS HOLINESS MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI In the World Today MAHARISHI IN THE WORLD TODAY By Raja John Konhaus is Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is a Hrenowned and revered world teacher from the Vedic tradition of India, the tradition of supreme knowledge. His supreme gift to the world has been to make the diffi cult simple—to take the highest techniques for achieving enlightenment, or full human potential, and offer them as simple, natural, effortless procedures available to every citizen of our world. Maharishi is therefore regarded today as the foremost scientist in the fi eld of human development, having brought out in the last 50 years the full potential of human consciousness in every area of life, including education, health care, agriculture, architecture, economics, and government. Maharishi’s story begins with his homage to the feet of his teacher Guru Dev, Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Himalayas, from whom he received the perfect and complete Vedic knowledge, and under whose guidance he achieved the highest state of consciousness. After 12 years with his Master, Maharishi retired to the silence of Uttar Kashi in the Himalayas. The recluse life, however, was not meant to be his destiny. Maharishi had found something so useful and precious for all mankind that the need of the time moved him to share it with everyone. He had learned from his Master the natural tendency of the mind to experience its own inner nature—self-referral consciousness—a fi eld of infi nite creativity and bliss, and the basis of all success and happiness in life.
  • CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION Introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

    CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION Introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

    CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION Introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi By Dr. Bevan Morris Consciousness-Based education, introduced in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is unique in its ability to effectively develop the total brain potential of every student. onsciousness-Based education awakens and integrates the total brain through the Cexperience of the unifi ed, silent, self-referral level of the student’s consciousness, Transcendental Consciousness, during the practice of Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental Meditation, practiced at the beginning and end of each academic day, is a simple, effortless, natural mental technique, enjoyed by millions of students around the world from every nationality, culture, and religion. It automatically develops coherent brain functioning, bringing holistic benefi ts to all aspects of the student’s life. This fi eld of pure transcendental consciousness, equated today by leading theoretical physicists to the Unifi ed Field of Natural Law discovered by modern science, opens to every student the home of all the Laws of Nature in their conscious awareness, giving them command of Natural Law for all success and fulfi llment in life. Figure 1: The equivalence of consciousness and the Unifi ed Field of Natural Law Failure of the Present Segmented Approach of Education n the present fragmented approach to education, students study only specifi c areas Iof knowledge like the sciences, business, and the arts. This fragmented study enlivens only specifi c areas of the brain, and never the total brain—the student experiences localized functioning but not holistic functioning. Lack of holistic brain functioning is the root of many problems and mistakes that students make in their lives, which creates so many diffi culties for the government and the nation.
  • Cultivating a Culture of Sustainability in Fairfield, Iowa

    Cultivating a Culture of Sustainability in Fairfield, Iowa

    A Taste of Utopia? Cultivating a Culture of Sustainability in Fairfield, Iowa Lane Atmore Grinnell College ’16 Department of Anthropology Advisor: Jon Andelson Mentored Advanced Project, July 31, 2015 2 I meet up with my guide in the Argiro student center just as she finishes a summer class she's teaching. She’s a Maharishi Vedic Science (MVS) Ph.D. student at Maharishi University of Management and she’s agreed to show me the domes today. Vastu architecture requires all buildings to be surrounded by a white fence, and as we enter the gate I have a feeling that I've just passed a metaphorical threshold. There's no going back now, you're really in it this time! I think as I close the latch behind us and make sure my face is composed to reveal none of my incredulity, excitement, and skepticism. I turn around and face the Bagambhrini Golden Dome for the lady meditators. Here we go…. We go through a set of glass double-doors and then we're in a coatroom with shelves for shoes, much like in a Hindu temple. We take off our shoes, go through another door, and we're in a small foyer with a plush rug and a few bulletin boards. The room reminds me of a modern church; the room you enter before going into the sanctuary, where the old women meet, have coffee, and gossip and community events are advertised. A sign that recommends silence greets us as we go through another set of doors, this time into the Dome itself.
  • Transcendent City, Inside the Meditation

    Transcendent City, Inside the Meditation

    Transcendent City Transcendental Meditation practitioners in Fairfield, Iowa, meditate twice daily in one of two Golden Domes of Pure Knowledge. A flatbed truck whizzing around the town square kicks up dust on Burlington “I haven’t really come across a place inside the meditation capital of the Avenue. A repairman with his morning coffee in hand tosses a smile my way. like this anywhere else.” midwest. All cornstalks and cool spring breeze, Fairfield, Iowa, wouldn’t seem unlike —Fairfield, Iowa resident Lauren Webster any other Midwestern city, ones such as by dan hyman. photographed Pleasantville, Swan, or Oskaloosa, which “I haven’t really come across a place can further immerse themselves in all by logan clement dot the map from here to Des Moines. like this anywhere else,” says 26-year- things meditation by majoring in, say, old New Orleans native and current Maharishi Vedic Science, which, among And then they come into view. Fairfield resident Lauren Webster of the other big-ticket subjects, aims to help approximately 9,500-person town that, them understand how they can maxi- The Golden Domes of Pure Know- in addition to housing the aforemen- mize personal growth and contribute to ledge: orblike, almost shimmering, tioned twin Maharishi Golden Domes, world peace. vaguely extraterrestrial in appear- is home to the Maharishi University of Every year, hundreds of new faces ance, 25,000 square feet each. “Your Management (MUM), a school at which from roughly 85 countries pour into the imagination could go wild,” says local the principal mission is to provide a small town, and, according to Webster, resident Kathy Petersen, who has lived “Consciousness-based education” and who recently completed her MBA at the in the Fairfield area for nearly 35 years, Transcendental Meditation is part of university, almost all are here on a quest with a laugh.
  • Utopian Studies the Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies Vol

    Utopian Studies the Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies Vol

    Utopian Studies the journal of the society for utopian studies vol. 25, no. 2, 2014 UTS 25.2_FM.indd 1 18/09/14 10:34 AM UTS 25.2_FM.indd 2 18/09/14 10:34 AM Contents ARTICLES Factories, Utopias, Decoration and Upholstery: On Utopia, Modernism, and Everyday Life Antonis Balasopoulos 268 Sex in Utopia: Eutopian and Dystopian Sexual Relations Lyman Tower Sargent and Lucy Sargisson 299 Organizing the Impossible: Constitutional Law and Practice in Icaria Theodore Georgopoulos 321 Transcendental Meditation and the Remaking of an Iowa Farm Town Joseph Weber 341 As You Like It: The Thin Line Between Legitimate Utopia and Compensatory Vacation Ryan Farrar 359 Pop Goes Utopia: An Examination of Utopianism in Recent Electronic Dance Pop Carter F. Hanson 384 INTERVIEW “There Is No Silence”: An Interview with Marge Piercy Elton Furlanetto 416 RESPONSE Discrimination and Violence in Alfarabi’s Virtuous City: A Response to Alireza Omid Bakhsh Robert L’Arrivee 432 CONTRIBUTORS 450 UTS 25.2_FM.indd 3 18/09/14 10:34 AM subscription information Utopian Studies is the official journal of the Society for Utopian Studies. For membership and pricing information, please contact the SUS Treasurer: Gib Prettyman, Penn State Fayette, 2201 University Drive, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456, [email protected]. The society’s website is located at www.utoronto.ca/utopia. Institutions interested in subscribing should contact Johns Hopkins University Press, P.O. Box 19966, Baltimore, MD, 21211-0966, phone 1-800-548-1784 (outside USA and Canada please call 410-516-6987), email: [email protected]. All correspondence of a business nature, including permissions and advertising, should be addressed to The Pennsylvania State University Press, 820 N.
  • Copyright by Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt 2013

    Copyright by Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt 2013

    Copyright by Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt 2013 THE REPORT COMMITTEE FOR DÉJÀ CRESENCIA BERNHARDT CERTIFIES THAT THIS IS THE APPROVED VERSION OF THE FOLLOWING REPORT: RETURNING TO ANANDA !!!!!!APPROVED BY !!!!!!SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: !!!!Supervisor: ___________________ !!!!! Cindy McCreery !!!!! ___________________ !!!!! Andrew Garrison !!!!! ___________________ !!!!! Charles Ramirez-Berg !!!!! ___________________ !!!!! Richard Lewis !!!! !!!!!!!! RETURNING TO ANANDA by Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt, BFA REPORT Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master Of Fine Arts THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN December, 2013 DEDICATION For, my husband, my lovely daughter and my entire family who have supported me and given me a rich life full of stories to tell. Abstract Retuning To Ananda Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt, M.F.A. Th University of Texas at Austin, 2013 Supervisor: Cindy McCreery !From the sprouting of the idea for the series to the final stages of post-production for Returning to Ananda, a one-hour, made for cable-television pilot, directed by Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt; this report details the pre-production to post-production phases of its development. Included in this report are the final screenplay and various other production notes. v TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Sprouting of a Thought.........................................................................1 Chapter One: Writing the Pilot........................................................................................10
  • Because Intelligence Is Absolutely No Barrier to Cult Recruitment

    Because Intelligence Is Absolutely No Barrier to Cult Recruitment

    Because intelligence is absolutely no barrier to cult recruitment. This is because a person's intelligence is totally bypassed during the process of cult recruitment. When reality testing is suspended then one's intelligence is not applied at all in order to ascertain the reasonableness of the cult's teachings. http://suggestibility.org/ (Note: Anyone with more than a casual interest in TM will want to view the new film "David Wants To Fly.") 1 This site is critical of Transcendental Meditation® My name is Joe Kellett. Although I am a former "Transcendental Meditation"® (often just called "TM"®) teacher I no longer in any way represent the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi or any or his organizations. On the contrary, the purpose of this site is to provide information and arguments recommending against involvement with any of his organizations. If you want the official TM position, go to an official TM organizational source. You also can find links to many additional official TM organizational sources at AllTM.org. They want to do much more than just teach you how to relax! However, after researching those sites then come back here. What you will have read is that TM produces very deep relaxation which has been scientifically proven to have both physical and psychological health benefits. (You may have read some outrageous things about "world peace" too but let's skip over that for now.) What that scientific research does in fact show is that (a) TM produces deep relaxation in some people, and (b) deep relaxation can have physical and psychological health benefits.
  • University Report 2015 -2016

    University Report 2015 -2016

    David Lynch delivers This is your brain on Creating peace commencement address Transcendental Meditation through group meditation MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY REPORT 2015 -2016 Fireworks celebration in front of the Golden Dome on Founder’s Day PRESIDENT BEVAN MORRIS RETIRES, JOHN HAGELIN TAKES THE HELM MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER he potential of every human brain is unbounded, infinite. Everyone is equipped with the physical machinery in his “Tbrain physiology to experience that level of intelligence which is the ocean of all knowledge, the ocean of all energy, intelligence, and bliss.”—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ince accepting the reins of first Regenerative Organic Agricul- Yet these achievements are just Maharishi University of Man- ture program and associated Petra the beginning. In the coming se- S agement last September from Stanley Center for Regenerative and mester, we are focusing on student our extraordinary former president Organic Agriculture (now under satisfaction, retention, and enroll- Dr. Bevan Morris, I have been great- construction). Our inspiring facul- ment; improving faculty skills, cre- ly inspired by the amazing progress ty and their enthusiastic students dentials, compensation, and bene- taking place at our University—and continue to receive national rec- fits—including retirement benefits; by the multitude ognition for their increasing our ability to inspire our of tantalizing op- groundbreaking re- students with Maharishi’s unique portunities that search, professional knowledge and vision, as well as lie just before us. achievements, and deepening their experiences with This 2015–2016 artistic creations. Advanced Techniques and the University Report At the center of all Sidhis; and expanding programs provides a quick this creative activity with the greatest positive financial overview of these is Maharishi’s great impact, thus providing the econom- inspiring achieve- gift to us of Con- ic engine to fulfill all our vital goals ments and emerg- sciousness-Based and commitments.