Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

62 papers found

• 1977· Journal of Clinical Psychology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Dillbeck, M. C. The effect of the Transcendental Meditation technique on anxiety level. Journal of Clinical Psychology 33: 1076–1078, 1977.

  The Transcendental Meditation technique was found to be more effective in reducing anxiety than passive relaxation.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased Trait Anxiety
  • Psychological Health: Decreased Trait Anxiety
• 1979· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Wallace, R. K.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Kay Rosenberg, N. Recent biochemical and physiological research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Clinical and epidemiological applications. Center for the Study of Higher States of Consciousness, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented at the American Psychiatric Association, 132nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 17 May 1979.

  This paper provides an extensive discussion of electrophysiological and biochemical research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, including some interesting findings on EEG coherence not previously reported in the literature. Research is reviewed from the theoretical perspective of the nature of consciousness and the principles of its development as systematically expounded by Maharishi in the Science of Creative Intelligence. The authors emphasize the value of Maharishi's insights in relation to some major constructs within psychiatry and discuss important clinical and epidemiological applications of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Review Paper—Physiology: Review Paper—Electrophysiological and Biochemical Research
• 1979· Educational Technology· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C.; and Dillbeck, S. L. The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: An educational technology for the development of the knower. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1983. See also Dillbeck, M.C.; Aron, A.P.; and Dillbeck, S.L. The Transcendental Meditation program as an educational technology: Research and applications. Educational Technology 19: 7-13, 1979.

  This paper presents the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program as a scientifically validated educational technology for the full development of the knower, which has been successfully implemented at all levels of education. Furthermore, the application of this technology in educational institutions is found to contribute directly to the quality of life of the whole society.

  • Review Paper—Education: Review Paper—Education
• 1981· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Dillbeck, M. C.; and Bronson, E. C. Short-term longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on EEG power and coherence. International Journal of Neuroscience 14: 147–151, 1981.

  Frontal EEG coherence increased over a two-week period in subjects who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique compared to measurements taken prior to instruction.

  • Electroencephalographic: Longitudinal Increase in Frontal EEG Alpha Coherence
• 1981· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Wallace, R. K. Frontal EEG coherence, H-reflex recovery, concept learning, and the TM-Sidhi Program. International Journal of Neuroscience 15: 151–157, 1981.

  Frontal EEG coherence and H-reflex recovery were found to be correlated with flexibility of concept learning in subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique. Instruction in the TM-Sidhi program was seen to improve efficiency on a concept-learning task.

  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Efficiency of Concept Learning as a Result of the TM-Sidhi program
  • Electroencephalographic: Greater Flexibility of Concept Learning Correlated with High Frontal EEG Alpha and Theta Coherence during the Transcendental Meditation technique, and with Greater Neurological Efficiency (Faster H-Reflex Recovery)
• 1981· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Wallace, R. K.; Dillbeck, M. C.; Alexander, C. N.; and Ball, O. E. Improved functional organization of the brain through the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field as indicated by changes in EEG coherence and its cognitive correlates: A proposed model of higher states of consciousness. Departments of Psychology and Biology, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA; Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Department of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California, USA, September 1981.

  The effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were studied in terms of the functional organization of the brain, as reflected in patterns of EEG coherence and in the correlations of these patterns with measures of cognitive performance and emotional health. Findings indicated that higher levels of coherence in the frontal cortex relative to the occipital area are, in general, correlated with higher levels of cognitive performance and greater emotional stability. Furthermore, results showed increases in both alpha and theta EEG coherence levels as a result of learning the TM-Sidhi program, with proportionately greater increases taking place in the frontal lobes compared to the occipital lobes. The authors discuss their findings in terms of the development of higher states of consciousness through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Electroencephalographic: Higher Frontal EEG Coherence Correlated with Superior Cognitive Performance (Verbal Intelligence, Principled Moral Reasoning, and Grade Point Average) and Greater Emotional Stability (Lower Neuroticism)
  • During the Practice—Electroencephalographic: Increased EEG Coherence During the Transcendental Meditation Technique
  • Electroencephalographic: Stabilization of Increased EEG Coherence Following the Transcendental Meditation Technique
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• 1981· Journal of Crime and Justice· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Landrith III, G. S.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. The Transcendental Meditation Program and crime rate change in a sample of forty-eight cities. Findings also published in Journal of Crime and Justice 4: 25–45, 1981.

  In a five-year follow-up study of Borland and Landrith's pioneering work on the Maharishi Effect, an analysis of 48 cities confirmed that crime rate decreases when one percent of a city population practices the Transcendental Meditation technique. A reduced crime trend was found to continue throughout the follow-up period.

  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Decreased Crime Rate (Cities, USA, 1973–1977)
• 1981· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Raimondi, D.; and Dillbeck, S. L. Maharishi International University’s educational index: Psychophysiological assessment of holistic development. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented at the 89th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, California, USA, 26 August 1981.

  This paper discusses a unique method of student assessment being pioneered at Maharishi International University, which includes an evaluation of psychophysiological correlates of the growth of higher states of consciousness. The findings of the student assessment program indicate that the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program not only makes an important contribution to the realization of traditional academic goals but also promotes a holistic development of the student's life.

  • Review Paper—Education: Theoretical and Review Paper—Student Assessment
• 1982· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Orme-Johnson, D.; Dillbeck, M. C.; Wallace, R. K.; and Landrith III, G. S. Intersubject EEG coherence: Is consciousness a field? International Journal of Neuroscience 16: 203–209, 1982.

  EEG coherence was found to increase between subjects practicing Transcendental Meditation at precisely the time at which 2,500 individuals were engaged in the group practice of the TM-Sidhi program over 1,000 miles away. The authors propose that consciousness is an underlying, unbounded field which is enlivened during the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. This study therefore helps to explain the mechanics of the Maharishi Effect, whereby even a small fraction of a population practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program creates coherence in the collective consciousness of the whole society.

  • Electroencephalographic: Increased Intersubject EEG Coherence Associated with Group Practice of the TM-Sidhi program
• 1982· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Wallace, R. K.; Mills, P. J.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Jacobe, E. The paired H reflex and its correlation with EEG coherence and academic performance in normal subjects practicing meditation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 8: 537, 1982.

  Paired H-reflex recovery was found to be correlated with EEG coherence and academic performance in participants in the Transcendental Meditation program.

  • Electroencephalographic: Greater Neurological Efficiency (Faster H-Reflex Recovery) Correlated with High EEG Coherence and Superior Academic Performance
• 1982· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Wallace, R. K.; Dillbeck, M.; Jacobe, E.; and Harrington, B. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on the aging process. International Journal of Neuroscience 16: 53–58, 1982.

  The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program was found to reverse the aging process. The mean biological age of short-term meditators was found to be 5 years younger, and that of long-term meditators 12 years younger, than expected from population norms. A correlation was found between length of time practicing the Transcendental Meditation program and younger biological age.

  • Health—Aging: Younger Biological Age Compared with Control Subjects and Population Norms
  • Health—Aging: Length of Time Practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program Correlated with Reduction in Biological Age
• 1982· Memory & Cognition· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Dillbeck, M. C. Meditation and flexibility of visual perception and verbal problem-solving. Memory & Cognition 10(3): 207–215, 1982.

  The Transcendental Meditation technique was found to improve visual perception both on tasks in which habitual patterns of perception aid performance and on those for which habitual patterns hinder performance.

  • Perceptual Acuity: Improved Visual Perception Immediately and Longitudinally Independent of Habitual Patterns of Perception
• 1982· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C.; and Abrams, A. I. The application of the Transcendental Meditation program to corrections and crime prevention. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented in part at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 26 March 1982.

  This paper reviews research demonstrating that the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program produces consistent beneficial effects for both criminal rehabilitation and crime prevention.

  • Review Paper—Rehabilitation: Review Paper—Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
• 1982· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Orme-Johnson, D.; and Dillbeck, M. C. A proposal to establish a U.S. Academy of Peace. In Proceedings of the hearing before the Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs and on International Operations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session, on bills H.R. 5088 and H.R. 6182, 21 July 1982, pp. 241–250. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982.

  This proposal presents the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program as the practical technology for creating coherence in national and world consciousness, thereby establishing a permanent state of social harmony and world peace.

  • Review Paper—Society: Theoretical and Review Paper—World Peace
• 1983· Experimental Neurology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Wallace, R. K.; Mills, P. J.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Jacobe, E. Modification of the paired H reflex through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program. Experimental Neurology 79: 77–86, 1983.

  The amplitude of the paired H reflex was facilitated as a result of the TM-Sidhi program, indicating improved neurological efficiency.

  • Motor Performance: Facilitation of the Paired H Reflex through the TM-Sidhi program
• 1983· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Wallace, R. K.; Silver, J.; Mills, P. J.; Dillbeck, M. C.; and Wagoner, D. E. Systolic blood pressure and long-term practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Effects of TM on systolic blood pressure. Psychosomatic Medicine 45(1): 41–46, 1983.

  Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were found to have lower systolic blood pressure than norms for the general population. Furthermore, long-term meditators were seen to have lower systolic blood pressure than short-term meditators.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Lower Systolic Blood Pressure Compared to Population Norms for Age
• 1983· Psychologia· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, M. C. Testing the Vedic Psychology of the Bhagavad-Gita. Psychologia 26: 232–240, 1983.

  Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program is found to provide experimental evidence for the Vedic description of human psychology and the growth of higher states of consciousness, as contained in the Bhagavad-Gita. In particular, the known effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program are shown to verify three concepts that are central to the Vedic Psychology of the Bhagavad-Gita: the existence of the experience of transcending; the growth of the qualities of enlightenment as a result of this experience; and the nature of the transcendent as a universal `field' of consciousness.

  • Review Paper—Psychology: Theoretical and Review Paper—Human Development
• 1984· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Dillbeck, S. L. Maharishi’s integrated system of education: Offering excellence in American education. In Proceedings of the hearing before the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session, on Examination of the Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, 22 September 1983, pp. 522–531. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984.

  The Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field is found to fulfill the highest goals of education by bringing life in alliance with the total potential of natural law. Research on the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field and experience of its application at all levels of education have shown that unified field based education not only fosters academic excellence, but also unfolds the full potential of individual and collective life.

  • Review Paper—Education: Theoretical and Review Paper—Education
• 1986· International Journal of Neuroscience· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Dillbeck, M. C.; and Araas-Vesely, S. Participation in the Transcendental Meditation Program and frontal EEG coherence during concept learning. International Journal of Neuroscience 29: 45–55, 1986.

  Findings showed that participants in the Transcendental Meditation program displayed high frontal EEG coherence associated with more efficient performance on a cognitive task. They also responded to a cognitively challenging situation with greater physiological stability.

  • Electroencephalographic: Increased Frontal EEG Coherence during Acquisition of New Information
  • Cognitive Performance: More Settled Physiological Response during Cognitively Demanding Tasks
• 1986· Perceptual and Motor Skills· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Assimakis, P. D.; Raimondi, D.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Rowe, R. Longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on cognitive ability and cognitive style. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62: 731–738, 1986.

  Undergraduates practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were found to increase significantly on intelligence and field independence over a three- to five-year period.

  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Fluid Intelligence among University Students
  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Field Independence among University Students