Maharishi AyurVeda
Gandharva Veda Music Therapy

‘It is very necessary that every generation of human life lives in peace, because on the ground of peace alone are progress, prosperity, and happiness possible.
Now our efforts are to have groups of 7,000* TM-Sidhas in order that the whole worldconsciousness can remain in peace.
Thinking what more we can do from the field of transcendental consciousness to bring world peace, and investigating into the Vedic literature, I found there is yet another field we can promote—the field of Gandharva-Veda.
When the people of the world violate the laws of nature, they create stress and disharmony, which results in pain and suffering. … Cries and failures and problems, terrorism and war—all these negative values spring from the violation of natural law by the whole population of the world.
To neutralize this stress there has been a knowledge in India—Vedic knowledge from Vedic times. The Vedic civilization was that civilization which enjoyed Heaven on Earth, which means that life was lived according to natural law. Supported by natural law, everyone enjoyed increasing waves of happiness all the time.
Gandharva music is the music of the Vedic civilization. It is that style of melody which matches the swings of nature that control the passage of evolution in waves of bliss. Gandharva music is the eternal melody of nature spontaneously sung in all levels of creation, from the most minute to the huge, enormous, ever-expanding universe. Gandharva music creates a powerful melody from morning until morning to neutralize the negative trends and tendencies born of the violation of natural law by the whole population of the world.’ – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

* at the time of this quote the world´s population was less than now and the required group was 7,000; now the required number is 10,000 (1% of the square root of the world´s population).