b'34 GLOBAL UNION OF SCIENTISTS FOR PEACE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE AND GLOBAL CONFLICT 35GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION The longest and most intense border conflict in South America has persisted since colo-nial times between Ecuador and Peru. In December, 1994, a face-off along a disputed INDIAborder in the high jungle escalated into a major confrontation, and subsequent skirmish-es created the risk of a generalized conflict. Establishing a permanent supergroup of We managed to gather six hundred civil volunteers in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador,peace-creating experts for the worldand three thousand reserve soldiers in a nearby city. The main responsibility of these Coherence Project volunteers was to practice meditation [the evidence-based, stress- Previous published research [17] involving three very-large-scale interventions has shown that a single reducing Transcendental Meditation technique] collectively, to promote calm and socialgroup of 9,000 advanced meditating experts (approximately the square root of one percent of the coherence in Ecuadors disturbed, chaotic, pre-warlike state. worlds population) gathered together in one place is sufficient to produce a powerful, demonstrable These three thousand soldiersofficers, cadets and troopsmeditating together cre- peaceful influence on a global scalean influence sufficient to defuse global tensions and reduce the ated a formidable wave of positive energy that could be felt at a great distance, generat- incidence of violence and conflict throughout the world. This global effect of peace is often referred to ing an upsurge of patriotism in Ecuador and a powerful new spirit of unity. The Presidentas the Global Maharishi Effect, named after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who first made effective decisions and was able to galvanize the national will. The middle rankspredicted, produced, and documented this effect through a series of large-demonstrated their capabilities in combat, while small units and individual soldiersscale implementations.fought with discipline and courage. It was the first time in modern history that EcuadorFor the combined reasons of lower per-capita costs, widespread availability of did not suffer a retreat. I am convinced that the Coherence Projects collective meditationtrained experts, and currently secured land and facilities, this global group of was the key factor that brought about this change. Gen. Villamil 9,000 peace-creating experts would be most practically situated in India. The critical task of assembling and training these 9,000 experts is well under way, with a group of 2,000 experts currently in place and growing quickly.Following this implementation of the Brain-Based Approach to Peace, commerce and diplomacyMaharishiIndia is the home of the ancient Vedic wisdom, which is the knowledge source between Ecuador and Peru started to improve, and these trends continue today. Cultural ties haveMahesh Yogi of the powerful, peace-creating technologies of Transcendental Meditation been strengthened and tourism has increased. The two armed forces are currently planning combinedand its advanced technique, the TM-Sidhi program. Consequently, instruction maneuvers to confront common threats. in these techniques can be integrated easily and cost-effectively into the current training of the custo-Gen. Villamil is now working with fellow GUSP leaders, generals and defense experts to establish a new,dians of the Vedic tradition in India, who are known as Vedic Pandits. Thousands of these experts have larger, more powerful peace-creating group in Ecuador to boost economic and social progress andalready been trained in these specific technologies of consciousness, and many thousands more are help lead Ecuador out of underdevelopment by 2025. being trained in villages and cities across the country. From these will be culled the most proficient to comprise the core group of 9,000 experts.Today, every nation should protect itself by establishing its own peace-creating groupwhether in a university, within the military, or within a large-scale business or corporation. The benefits of reduced stressincluding reduced stress-related disease, reduced crime and social violence, and increased national harmony, creativity and economic prosperityvastly outweigh the trivial cost of training andGlobal Capital of World Peace. The 1,800-acre campus in central Indiamaintaining such a group. The number of peace-creating experts required to generate a significant, demonstrable benefit is roughly (according to both theory and experiment) the square root of one percent of the national populationas few as several hundred for a small country, and up to a few thousand for the very largest countries.The Global Union of Scientists for Peace stands ready to provide the necessary training for any country that is prepared to implement this innovative, highly effective, proven approach to peace.'