Marathon Pundit: Iowa I Opener: Maharishi Vedic City and the Global Country of World Peace

Monday, December 27, 2010

Iowa I Opener: Maharishi Vedic City and the Global Country of World Peace

Iowa's newest town is Maharishi Vedic City. It is just north of Fairfield and Maharishi University of Management; it was incorporated in 2001. It's also the capital city the Global Country of World Peace. The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi declared the nation in 2000, a year later America was attacked on 9/11. His Yogic Flyers have been unable to win the War on Terror or even provide air support to our effort.

Wikipedia, not always the most reliable source of information on such subjects, lists the population of Maharishi Vedic City as either 222 or 1,200. Outside of the unusual architecture, my impression of the place was emptiness--it was void of people. I only saw a dozen cars. Do the town folk park in Fairfield? The Census will provide the final answer, but I believe that even 222 seems to be a stretch. Unless the most of the town is hidden, Brigadoon-like.

One of the initiatives of Maharishi Vedic City is to create a peace palace in the world's largest cities. None of them has answered the call.

As for the Global Country of World Peace, it has a cabinet and its own currency, the raam. And Vedic defense, which of course includes Yogic Flying. Here is a video of "the early stages" of Yogic Flying, which is really yogic hopping. Oddly, there is no video of actual Yogic Flying. Why not? Because it is a hoax.

Maharishi Vedic City is the home of The Raj, which is listed Patricia Shultz's 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die. If you are in need of Ayurvedic cleansing, also called a panchakarma, then head to southeastern Iowa.