Maharishi to build peace center in Kansas

[MuseRider]

http://www.cjonline.com/stories/040406/bre_maharishi.shtml

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SMITH CENTER -- Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, known for founding the transcendental meditation movement, recently broke ground on a complex they are calling the World Capital of Peace.

The $14 million project will sit on 480 acres of land in north-central Kansas, near the Nebraska border and close to the geographical center of the continental United States.

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Smith Center is the centerpiece of a number of "Peace Palaces” the group intends to build across the Midwest, Boyum said. Two such single buildings are planned for Lawrence and the Kansas City area.

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"The rumors are it's a cult and they are going to make underground bunkers and build nuclear weapons,” said Archer, who estimates about 95 percent of the population is on board for the project. "That's not what they are about.”

[BuelahWitch]

1. Are these the people who are always at the library?

The ones who say you shouldn't have sex, even if your'e married, unless you want to have kids?

[MuseRider]

2. Not that I am aware of.

Check this link and see if it leads you to your answers http://www.maharishi.org/.

I honestly have no clue but I am interested in learning about it.

[BuelahWitch]

3. It looks like them, but I can't say for sure

I attended one of their sessions at the Lawrence Public Library. It was interesting, but I was disappointed that they seemed to espouse many of the same tenets as the Mormon Church. I guess it's all about control, no matter what the religion.