Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Abou Nader, T. M.; Alexander, C. N.; and Davies, J. L. The Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field and reduction of armed conflict: A comparative, longitudinal study of Lebanese villages. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1984.

  The practice of the Transcendental Meditation program by one percent of the population of a Lebanese village, situated in a major conflict area of Lebanon, was found to result in an immediate and continued cessation of hostilities, and improvements in social, economic, and ecological conditions in the village. These improvements were in sharp contrast to the continuing violence in surrounding control villages.

  • Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict: Cessation of Attack on a Community and Protection from Ongoing Armed Conflict in the Surrounding Area (Baskinta, Lebanon, 1982–1984)
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Alexander, C. N.; Abou Nader, T. M.; Cavanaugh, K. L.; Davies, J. L.; Dillbeck, M. C.; Kfoury, R. J.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. The effect of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field on the war in Lebanon: A time series analysis of the influence of International and national coherence creating Assemblies. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1984.

  On three separate occasions during a six-month period, substantial progress towards peaceful resolution of the Lebanese conflict was found to result from the collective practice of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field.

  • Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict: Increased Progress towards Peaceful Resolution of Conflict and Decreased War Intensity (Lebanon, 1983–1984)
  • Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict: Decreased War Deaths and War Injuries (Lebanon, 1983–1984)
  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Improved Foreign Exchange Rate (Lebanon, 1984)
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Cavanaugh, K. L.; Alexander, C. N.; Gelderloos, P.; Dillbeck, M.; Lanford, A. G.; and Abou Nader, T. M. The influence of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field on world events and global social indicators: The effects of the Taste of Utopia Assembly. Department of Psychology and Department of Management and Public Affairs, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, and Department of Nutrition and Food Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1984.

  The collective practice of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field by one group of 7,000 experts-the square root of one percent of the world's population-assembled at Maharishi International University, U.S.A., was found to create coherence in the entire world consciousness, leading to an improved quality of life throughout the world. This was reflected in increased progress by heads of state in reversing negative trends and accelerating positive trends; increased harmony in international affairs; increased worldwide economic prosperity, as expressed in the simultaneous rise of stock markets in many different countries; decreased traffic fatalities; decreased air traffic fatalities; increased creativity, as measured by increased numbers of patent applications; decreased incidence of infectious diseases; and decreased crime.

  • Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict: Increased Harmony in International Affairs—Increased Progress towards Peaceful Resolution of Conflict (Worldwide, 1983–1984)
  • Sociological—Improved Quality of Life: More Positive, Progressive Statements and Actions of Heads of State and Greater National and International Support for Their Policies and Leadership (Worldwide, 1983–1984)
  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Rise of the World Index of Stock Prices and Simultaneous Increases in the World’s Major Stock Market Indices (Worldwide, 1983–1984)
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