FYI: New Vedic City Aims to Create Ideal Municipality

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New Vedic City Aims to Create Ideal Municipality

 

Residents Voted “Yes” on Referendum to Incorporate in state of Iowa

 

A new city dedicated to creating maximum health, well-being and success

for its inhabitants was approved by residents in a vote late last month.

Located 2 miles north of Fairfield in southeast Iowa, Vedic City is

Iowa’s first new city since 1982 and the 950th city in the state.

 

Vedic City is the first city in the modern world to be based entirely on

the ancient principles of Maharishi Sthapatya-Veda® design and other

aspects of Maharishi Vedic Science. “Veda” is the Sanskrit word meaning

knowledge. Rogers Badgett, one of the city’s developers, said Maharishi

Vedic Science is comprised of 40 approaches, including architecture,

community planning, health care, education, music, agriculture, etc. Its

goal, he said, is to bring the life of the individual and society in

tune with the laws of nature and thus gain support of natural law for

every undertaking.

 

State of Iowa Approved Petition to Incorporate

 

Earlier this year, the State of Iowa City Development Committee approved

a petition to incorporate the 654-acre site for the new city. The area

currently has over 40 buildings, including The Raj, a nationally known

health spa and clinic based on Maharishi Vedic Medicine, two hotels,

many businesses, housing developments, condominiums, and a Vedic

observatory. More than $30 million has already been spent on development.

 

Maharishi Vedic Science Programs Attract Families

 

Over the last 27 years, more than 2,000 individuals and families from

across the US have moved to the neighboring city of Fairfield to take

advantage of the programs offered by Maharishi University of Management.

Founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the University integrates the study of

traditional academic disciplines with the practical technologies of

Maharishi Vedic Science to develop the students’ full potential.

 

“Vedic City will provide this Vedic knowledge to its citizens in every

aspect of their lives and will provide visitors access to Maharishi

Sthapatya-Veda designed hotels, health clinics, and other amenities so

they can also experience improved health and well-being,” said Bob

Wynne, a Vedic City developer.

 

Incorporation of Vedic City will allow financing such as general

obligation bonds that will help the new city to create necessary

infrastructure and municipal services.

 

The city is projected to grow from 125 to several thousand permanent

residents within a few years and to attract many more to its hotels,

clinics, and other amenities.

 

For more information, please call 641-469-7000.

 

Overview of the Unique Components of Vedic City

 

“The goal of every community should be to promote the highest level of

health, happiness and success for its citizens,” said Vedic City

developer Rodgers Badgett. “The profound insights of Maharishi Vedic

Science give us a comprehensive framework for enlightened living. This

city will set the standard for all other cities.”

 

Maharishi Sthapatya-Veda

 

This science of healthy buildings and enlightened community planning

includes recommendations for building and street orientation, room

placement and dimensioning, landscaping, building materials, etc. Vedic

City and its buildings are built in accord with these principles.

 

Maharishi Vedic Medicine

 

Maharishi Vedic Medicine programs provide knowledge and techniques to

unfold the inner intelligence of the body. The Raj, currently a central

amenity of Vedic City, has already gained an international reputation

for its success in addressing a wide range of chronic disorders.

 

In addition, developers of the new city donated 58 acres to Maharishi

University of Management for the construction of the UniversityÕs

College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, which recently received $7.9

million in grants from the National Institutes of Health. The College’s

Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention is one of 12 specialized

centers of research in complementary and alternative medicine in the

country sponsored by the NIH.

 

Consciousness-based Education

 

The new city is just down the highway from Maharishi University of

Management and the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment (K-12).

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the

University offers bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. programs in the

sciences, arts, and humanities and integrates Maharishi Vedic Science

into its curriculum. Research on the University students has shown

improved brain functioning, increased IQ and creativity, less anxiety

and stress and improved health, all fundamental components of a

successful education. Students at the K-12 school consistently score in

the top 1% on standardized achievement tests and have won more than 70

state titles in the past decade. Twenty-five percent of the students in

last year’s graduating class were National Merit scholars and finalists.

 

Maharishi Vedic Observatory

 

Ancient observatories are found in almost every country in the world

either as physical remains or a myth or legend — Stonehenge in England,

Maachupichu in Peru, and observatories in Mexico, China, Egypt, and

India. The Maharishi Vedic Observatory, which sits on two acres

centrally located in Vedic City, consists of ten full-size working

astronomical instruments based upon ancient designs. The precise

measuring instruments of the observatory reflect in their form and

function the movement of the stars and planets with relation to the

individual, and display this mathematical relationship.

 

Coherence-Creating Group Meditation

 

Every morning and afternoon Vedic City residents create a harmonious

influence in the environment through their group practice of the

Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® program, including Yogic

Flying, in the Golden Domes of Maharishi University of Management.

Rodgers Badgett said, “The desire to create perfect health and a

peaceful world and to unfold our full potential is the shared priority

of everyone in this community. It’s the purpose of Vedic City.”

 

 

 

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