By Brian Tracey
Associate editor
U.S. stocks have had a tough time recently, with the Dow Jones Industrial
Average suffering its worst one-week point drop in five years. No worries
though, as a Midwest meditation group promises their good vibrations will send
the blue-chip index past 17,000 within a year.
A group calling themselves the Invincible America Assembly made that claim and
more last week, insisting they have America's prosperity under control and
their positive vibes will bring fewer hurricanes and better U.S.-North Korean
relations.
Using group transcendental meditation, the assembly — which has 1,800 people
meditating daily in Iowa since it was formed in July 2006 — releases harmonious
waves which benefit all aspects of U.S. life, spokesman Bob Roth told Reuters.
And the group's leader, John Hagelin, said when that number reaches 2,500
within the next 12 months, America will see a major drop in crime and the
virtual elimination of all major social and political woes.
Asked what it would take to achieve world peace, Hagelin said such a utopia
would need 8,000 meditators.
The group takes credit for, among other things: The Dow Jones Industrial
Average reaching a record high of 14,022 before its most recent downturn,
unemployment rates falling to a six-year low at 4.5 percent, and North Korea
shutting down its nuclear reactor.
It operates two facilities in Iowa, where followers practice several hours of
transcendental meditation each day.
And while most people may be skeptical of the ability of meditation to bring
such change, Roth said the Assembly was not going to try to change people's
opinions.
"We're not trying to convince anyone of anything," Roth said.
"We're just doing it."
Great, after they fix all our 401k plans, here's hoping they tackle the
slumping housing market next.
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