World Culture Festival - An extraordinary event for World's peace and happiness

Universe is a remarkable place and what you do has an effect on society and people around you. Have you ever noticed that looking at a carefree child also brings a sense of freedom and joy within you. If you are happy you spread positivity around and if you are sad, people around you will catch sadness too. A commander of an army who is is afraid of enemy, will lessen if not pulverise the morale of his troops. It is also seen that not just people but environment too affect the peace. In places like temples and churches, one can feel a kind of peace. Thus environment which constitutes people, pets and places too affect the way you feel.

Presence of Mahavira and Buddha

It is said that in the presence of Mahavira and Buddha, even animals forgot their violent nature and became peaceful. History is a witness how Angulimal, the dreaded robber got transformed in his presence. Spiritual practices like meditation have an effect on the person who does them and millions across the world have discovered peace, happiness and compassion through spiritual practices. Surprisingly these practices have effect not only on the people who practise them but on the environment around too.

Maharishi Effect

In 1960, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi predicted that one percent of a population practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique would produce measurable improvements in the quality of life for the whole population. This phenomenon was first noticed in 1974 and reported in a paper published in 1976. Here, the finding was that when 1% of a community practiced the Transcendental Meditation (TM®) program, the crime rate was reduced by 16% on average. Astonished at the findings, a review board was set up in 1993 and it too found out that maximum reduction in crime rate was 23.2% and probability of this event as a chance happening was 2 in a billion. So yes spiritual practices, do affect the world around and spread peace and happiness. This phenomena in known as Maharishi effect.(https://www.mum.edu/about-mum/consciousness-based-education/tm-research/maharishi-effect/)

World Culture Festival

The Art of Living is organising, perhaps the largest meditation program conceived till date in world. In Delhi where 35 lac people from 150+ countries are expected to attend the World Culture Festival. Delhi will welcome guests from across the world and shall also celebrate diverse cultures of mother earth. When 35 lacs people will sing, celebrate and meditate, vibrations of peace and happiness are bound to spread across the world. In these troubled times when organisations like ISIS have made entire world a battle ground, it holds the promise of much needed solace to the world. 

When diversity will be celebrated in India and not merely tolerated, the dream of one world family or vasudhaive kutumbkam as the ancient scriptures of India proclaim. Do attend the program and be a part of this historical event in New Delhi on 11, 12th and 13th March.