Global Reconstruction
The Maharishi's Global Reconstruction Program for Permanent World Peace entails replacing the existing cities and buildings of the world with plans and structures that follow MSV principles. The project is estimated by the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) Finance Minister to cost $300 trillion. A goal of the MGDF is to achieve "heaven on earth". The Director of the Global Country of World Peace's Financial Capital, Paul Potter, said "we hope to be able to rebuild the whole world to be fortune-oriented buildings, to be heaven on earth".
MSV principles were mandated in the platform of the Maharishi's "Invincible India Party" (Ajeya Bharat Party). In 1998, it called for an overhaul of building laws to require all new buildings to comply with MSV. One month after its 2001 founding, the Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, the council passed a resolution saying that city planning should be in accord with MSV principles.
A 2000 document from the Maharishi Global Development Fund outlines a proposed method for cities to transition to Vastu buildings. The first phase is "controlling the expansion of the city by establishing a masterplan with parallel roads in east/west, north/south directions". The second phase is "construction of ideal villages and satellite towns around the city, free from pollution". The third is "starting to demolish congested areas in the city center, replacing them with beautiful gardens, parks and fountains". The fourth is "final stage of the expanded garden city, providing ideal living conditions, including a modern communication and transportation system".
The Maharishi said that "improperly oriented" building should be demolished, including the White House and the U.N. Building. He is quoted as saying that national leaders should vacate inauspicious buildings immediately, "as if an earthquake had hit them". In 2001, he ordered numerous TM centers around the world to close due to inauspicious locations. In 2005, the Maharishi told "everyone in the world to live and work in buildings constructed according to Sthapatya Veda or Vastu architecture". He said then that he would no longer talk or deal with any member of the TM community unless they lived in Vastu structures.
He designated 2006 as the "Year of Reconstruction for the Whole World to be Heaven on Earth". The following year he included reconstruction in his seven-point plan for creating "invincibility for every nation". According to the Maharishi, "All the problems of the world will go away with our Global Reconstruction Programme". The elements of the world reconstruction program, as they appeared in movement newsletter in 2005, includes buildings such as:
- "Maharishi Peace Palaces"
- "Maharishi Vedic Universities"
- "Maharishi Colleges and Schools"
- "Maharishi Spas—Health and Rejuvenation Centers"
- "Maharishi Fortune-Creating Office Buildings, Malls, and Hotels"
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