The document describes the principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, an ancient system of architecture based on natural law. It discusses how properly orienting and designing buildings according to these principles, such as having an east-facing entrance, promotes health, happiness, and prosperity for residents. It provides an example community developed using these principles called Maharishi Garden Village in the UK.

1. The Art & Science behind Maharishi Garden Village Rendlesham, Suffolk, England

2. His Holiness His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has bequeathed to the world the complete knowledge of Natural Law for designing and constructing buildings that support the health and happiness of everyone — creating ideal housing in harmony with Natural Law.

3. “ Because the individual is cosmic, everything in life should be in full harmony with Cosmic Life.”

4. Three Central Principles RIGHT DIRECTION the importance of orientation RIGHT PLACEMENT the ideal layout of rooms RIGHT PROPORTIONS & DIMENSIONS

5. Health, Happiness & Fortune are all influenced by the ORIENTATION of our Buildings

6. Maharishi Sthåpatya Veda The most ancient and complete system of architecture and planning according to the solar, lunar and planetary influences on the earth with reference to north and south poles and the equator ~ connecting individual life with Cosmic Life, and individual intelligence with Cosmic Intelligence.

7. Every humanly designed, man-made structure should conform to the structure produced by Natural Law if that structure is to be in harmony with the structure of the Universe – the expression of Cosmic Intelligence.

8. EAST WEST On its path from East to West, the Sun generates many different qualities of energy. Thus, design the home so that the different energies of the Sun correspond to a specific function or activity for each room. The strongest influence of Natural Law on Earth comes from the Sun

9. Auspicious and Inauspicious Influences caused by the Orientation of Buildings From 8 possible directions, only East & North produce auspicious influences. This means that in every existing city on earth, at least 75% of all buildings have inauspicious orientation. INAUSPICIOUS Entrance faces SOUTH-EAST Influence of Constant Fear INAUSPICIOUS Entrance faces NORTH-EAST Influence of Less Outer Success INAUSPICIOUS Entrance faces SOUTH-WEST Influence of Quarrelling INAUSPICIOUS Entrance faces NORTH-WEST Influence of Mental Inconsistency & Instability INAUSPICIOUS Entrance faces SOUTH Destructive Influences – Problems & Suffering AUSPICIOUS Entrance faces NORTH Influence of Prosperity, Happiness AUSPICIOUS Entrance faces EAST Influence of Enlightenment, Affluence, Fulfilment INAUSPICIOUS Entrance facing WEST Influence of Poverty Lack of Creativity & Vitality

10. This natural tendency of the brain to function according to DIRECTION follows the same laws of Maharishi Sthåpatya Veda that guide the structuring dynamics of creation, underlying all individual and cosmic values that sustain order in the Universe.

11. People do not know that many misfortunes and even disease arise from the lack of proper orientation in the homes where they live and work.

12. This means that at least 75% of all buildings contribute to ill health and all the other problems seen in society. Such improper planning and construction of buildings must be corrected in order to prevent inauspicious effects.

13. When one is facing EAST , the brain’s physiology functions differently from when one is facing North, South or West.

14. The latest neuro-scientific research shows that your brain cells “fire” according to their orientation… Neuron firing-patterns in the Thalamus are altered by the direction one faces ~ influencing both the entire brain function and that of your whole physiology. EAST WEST BRAIN CELLS FIRING Optimal Alignment Thalamus Thalamus

15. OUR COSMIC COUNTERPARTS The sun, moon and all the planets have a one-to-one relationship with different parts of our brains – basal ganglia, thalamus and hypothalamus.

16. There is a precise one-to-one relationship of the brain physiology to its Cosmic counterparts in the structure and function of the Cosmos.

18. When planning a house, the DIMENSIONS of each room, as well as their length, width and elevation, are precisely calculated to obtain the auspicious measurements of every part of the building, which then resonate with corresponding mathematical values of the Cosmic Counterparts ~ Sun, Moon, Stars and Planets

19. Våstu is the design and structure of a building in harmony with Natural Law, which takes into consideration, for example, the proper orientation of the house with its entrance facing due East .

22. “ Auspicious Våstu ” promotes POSITIVE, evolutionary influences. But buildings without auspicious Våstu produce NEGATIVE effects.

23. The inner intelligence of everything is COSMIC in such a way that it sustains every individual structure in Nature; at the same time, permeating everything in creation, this inner intelligence sustains the holistic value of the Universe .

24. Modern architecture and planning does not have this knowledge of ORIENTATION PARIS ~ An example of chaotic city planning, with roads in all directions, producing inauspicious orientation to buildings. In an average city, buildings are facing any random direction.

25. MEISSNER EFFECT An example of invincibility in nature Coherent collective functioning of the electrons spontaneously excludes an external magnetic field, and maintains its impenetrable status. MAGNETIC FIELD Incoherent, disorderly electrons allow penetration by an external magnetic field. ORDINARY CONDUCTOR SUPER CONDUCTOR

26. This principle of Physics ~ that coherent collective functioning excludes disturbing influences ~ directly corresponds to the principle of the MAHARISHI VÅSTU EFFECT

27. MAHARISHI VÅSTU EFFECT Creating an Invincible City Roads are running in all directions, creating chaotic orientation of houses, which leads to chaos, problems and violations of Natural Law in individual life and in society. In the Våstu of an ideal city, all roads are aligned to North-South, East-West around the central square, automatically creating order, coherence and support of Natural Law in the city. ORDINARY CITY IDEAL CITY NEGATIVE INFLUENCES

28. If the CITY IS INVINCIBLE then the Mayor will be invincible in his own city . No harm will come from outside and nothing wrong will spring up inside when the full evolutionary support of Natural Law is spontaneously available to everyone.

29. The principle of Invincibility in Nature is illustrated by the Meissner Effect of quantum physics, which shows that the ability to resist disorder is based on coherent collective functioning of the system.

30. This effect of proper Våstu , which brings the support of Cosmic Structure to the individual structure of proper Våstu buildings , is further strengthened through the Maharishi Effect – coherence and integration in the Collective Consciousness emerging from the practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and its advanced techniques leading to Yogic Flying.

33. Bearing in mind the Meissner Effect previously described, the grid formation of our development is mirrored in that of the original housing, and one of the reasons Rendlesham was such an exciting proposition for MSV Homes.

34. East-facing front doors on the most easterly edge of the development

35. East West With their generous windows, these Fortune-Creating homes maximise the internal light available via windows facing onto the four cardinal directions (North, South, East & West). A rooftop Lantern window also allows light to penetrate the centre of the building as the sun travels over the house.

36. The development includes apartments as well, but each apartment block is still built according to the three central principles

37. From an energy efficiency view point, the snow on the rooftops also shows how well insulated these beautiful buildings are