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266And world peace?World peace is a problem of individual peace. For a forest to be green, each individual tree must be green. For us to have world peace we must start with each of us becoming fulfilled. This consciousness-based approach to peace is the only possible basis for lasting world peace. And it is a real basis.Governmental and community leaders around the globe have praised and endorsed the promise of the Transcendental Meditation program to establish a stable, better world. An appeal to the governments of the world, made by Members of Parliament from all the States of India, puts it very beautifully:Live in peace or perish is the challenge of the nuclear age. The state of increasing tension cannot continue indefinitely; it must give way to peace or annihilation ... Maharishi%u2019s simple Transcendental Meditation program bridges the gulf between the inner and outer aspects of life. It regenerates the personality, improving all phases of life, resulting in a harmonious development of body, mind, and soul.... It is our national duty to alleviate atmospheric tensions as soon as possible by eliminating the tensions in the lives of every individual. This can best be accomplished by giving the people a simple technique of creating powerful influences of peace and harmony from the deepest level of their consciousness%u2014by a few minutes of daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.... Increased consciousness means greater energy, creative intelligence, better health and also greater harmony in social relationships. Maharishi%u2019s simple Transcendental Meditation technique is a direct way to it. It is only necessary for us all to adopt it.Taken from the text of an appeal made by Members of Parliament from all the States of India, 1963.