Doug
      Henning
      visits
      U.P.E.I.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Famous
      magician
      speaks
      on
      behalf
      of
      Natural
      Law
      Party
     
    
   
   
    
     
      r.
      Doug
      Henning
      visited
      the
      Barn
      last
     
    

    
     
      Wednesday,
      bringing
      a
      message
      of
      en-
     
    

    
     
      lightenment
      through
      Transcendental
     
     
      Meditation
      to
      the
      Political
      Studies
      Association
     
     
      and
      other
      interested
      students.
      Dressed
      in
      a
      three-
     
     
      piece
      suit
      and
      carrying
      a
      brief-case,
      Henning
     
     
      described
      Transcendental
      Meditation
      in
      broad
     
     
      terms
      and
      using
      colourful
      metaphors.
      Henning
     
     
      likened
      the
      experience
      of
      T.M.
      to
      a
      voyage
     
     
      down
      the
      petals
      of
      a
      rose,
      proceeding
      through
     
     
      the
      cellular,
      molecular
      and
      atomic
      levels,
      and
     
     
      ending
      up
      in
      the
      realm
      of
      sub-atomic
      space,
     
     
      similar
      to
      intergalactic
      space
      but
      on
      a
      microcos-
     
     
      mic
      level.
      Mental
      coordination
      radiates
      from
      a
     
     
      person
      in
      contact
      with
      the
      unified
      field,
      the
     
     
      union
      of
      all
      energies
      at
      the
      sub-atomic
      level.
     
     
      The
      radiation
      can
      go
      through
      solid
      objects
      like
     
     
      walls
      as
      easily
      as
      do
      radio
      waves,
      and
      wherever
     
     
      it
      goes
      it
      causes
      people
      to
      exist
      in
      a
      more
     
     
      mentally
      cohesive
      manner
      and
      ‘‘enlivens
      the
     
     
      infinite
      organizational
      power
      of
      Natural
      Law’’.
     
     
      Ultimately,
      the
      result
      is
      reduced
      stress.
      The
     
     
      practice
      of
      T.M.
      brings
      people
      closer
      to
      what
     
     
      Henning
      called
      ‘
      “Natural
      Law’’
      .
      ‘“Natural
      Law’’
     
     
      is
      the
      fundamental
      reasoning
      behind
      all
      the
     
     
      workings
      of
      a
      government
      that
      would
      be
      in
     
     
      place
      if
      the
      N.L.P.
      obtains
      power.
      The
      benefits
     
     
      of
      stress
      reduction
      is
      the
      N.L.P.’s
      main
      drawing
     
     
      card.
      According
      to
      Henning,
      because
      of
      re-
     
     
      duced
      stress,
      people
      will
      be
      more
      creative
      and
     
     
      governments
      can
      rely
      on
      people
      who
      are
      best
     
     
      suited
      to
      do
      a
      job
      rather
      than
      being
      influenced
     
     
      by
      interest
      groups
      and
      people
      appointed
      for
      the
     
     
      purposes
      of
      patronage.
      Henning
      likened
      the
     
     
      -
      country
      to
      a
      plant
      that
      is
      wilting.
      Traditional
     
     
      governments,
      he
      said,
      try
      a
      superficial
      approach
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      create
      a
      healthy
      plant,
      painting
      the
      brown
     
     
      leaves
      green,
      perhaps.
      The
      N.L.P.’s
      methods,
     
     
      he
      claims,
      will
      water
      the
      plant
      at
      its
      roots
      and
     
     
      cause
      a
      real
      change
      for
      the
      better.
      Henning
      is
      a
     
     
      well-known
      magician
      who
      has
      performed
      all
     
     
      over
      the
      world,
      including
      appearances
      in
      sev-
     
     
      eral
      Broadway
      shows.
      He
      has
      also
      appeared
      on
     
     
      major
      television
      networks,
      including
      the
      C.B.C.
     
     
      Born
      in
      Winnipeg,
      he
      obtained
      a
      Bachelor
      of
     
     
      Science
      degree
      in
      the
      field
      of
      neurology
      at
     
     
      McMaster
      University.
      He
      obtained
      a
      doctoral
     
     
      degree
      at
      the
      Maharishi
      Institute.
      Henning
      said
     
     
      the
      genesis
      of
      the
      Natural
      Law
      Party
      in
      Canada
     
     
      occurred
      in
      Great
      Britain.
      Henning
      witnessed
     
     
      an
      election
      race
      between
      Labour
      and
      the
      Con-
     
     
      servatives
      in
      which
      many
      people
      were
      disillu-
     
     
      sioned,
      unwilling
      to
      vote
      for
      either
      party
      be-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      6/X-Press/October
      21,
      1993
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘LP's
      Doug
      Henning
      (left)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cause
      of
      their
      equally
      poor
      track
      records.
      It
      was
     
     
      then
      that
      a
      practitioner
      of
      T.M.
      decided
      to
      create
     
     
      a
      new
      political
      party
      based
      on
      Natural
      Law.
     
     
      Henning
      was
      recruited
      as
      a
      candidate
      in
      that
     
     
      election
      in
      order
      to
      ‘‘learn
      politics’’.
      Subse-
     
     
      quently,
      he
      returned
      home
      to
      Canada
      to
      join
      in
     
     
      the
      formation
      of
      the
      Canadian
      chapter
      of
      the
     
     
      Natural
      Law
      Party
      along
      with
      Hillsborough
     
     
      riding
      candidate
      Peter
      Cameron.
      The
      N.L.P.
      is
     
     
      currently
      the
      fourth
      largest
      party
      in
      this
      election
     
     
      with
      two
      hundred
      and
      thirty-one
      candidates.
     
     
      Henning
      said
      that
      rock
      stars
      and
      screen
      idols
     
     
      such
      as
      Burt
      Reynolds
      practice
      Transcendental
     
     
      Meditation.
      In
      response
      to
      a
      question
      about
      the
     
     
      enforcement
      of
      the
      practice
      of
      T.M.,
      Henning
     
     
      said
      that
      because
      of
      the
      small
      numbers
      required
     
     
      to
      have
      an
      effect
      on
      the
      population
      as
      a
      whole,
     
     
      it
      would
      be
      relatively
      easy
      to
      find
      enough
     
     
      people
      with
      an
      interest
      in
      learning
      the
      tech-
     
     
      nique.
      He
      added
      that
      T.M.
      would
      be
      taught
     
     
      along
      with
      traditional
      skills
      in
      retraining
      pro-
     
     
      grammes
      for
      those
      who
      are
      currently
      unem-
     
     
      ployed.
      Addressing
      students
      in
      particular,
     
     
      Henning
      said
      that
      there
      will
      be
      student
      repre-
     
     
      sentation
      in
      the
      senate
      (the
      federal
      senate,
      he
      -
     
     
      pointed
      out,
      not
      university
      senates).
      Henning
     
     
      says
      the
      N.L.P.
      does
      not
      blame
      the
      government
     
     
      for
      the
      country’s
      ills.
      In
      fact,
      he
      personally
      likes
     
     
      the
      other
      candidates
      because
      they
      are
      sincerely
     
     
      concerned
      with
      the
      state
      of
      the
      country.
      He
      said,
     
     
      “*We
      can’t
      blame
      the
      government
      (for
      wanting
     
     
      to
      raise
      taxes)
      because
      of
      spiralling
      costs.’’
      He
     
    
   
   
    
     
      does
      not,
      however,
      agree
      with
      the
      cynicism
      he
     
    
   
   
    
     
      said
      is
      displayed
      by
      the
      more
      traditional
      parties.
     
     
      Now
      more
      than
      ever,
      he
      said,
      we
      should
      have
     
     
      high
      ideals.
     
    

    
     
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