Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 2
  Hatchard, G. Influence of the Transcendental Meditation Program on crime rate in suburban Cleveland. Cleveland World Plan Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1977.

  A correlation was found between crime rate decrease and percentage of the population instructed in the Transcendental Meditation technique in suburban communities.

  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Decreased Crime Rate in Suburban Communities (USA, 1974–1976)
• 1996· Psychology, Crime, and Law· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Hatchard, G. D.; Deans, A. J.; Cavanaugh, K. L.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. The Maharishi Effect: A model for social improvement. Time series analysis of a phase transition to reduced crime in Merseyside metropolitan area. Psychology, Crime, and Law 2: 165–174, 1996.

  This study found decreased crime rate in Merseyside, England, from 1988 to 1991, after the establishment of a permanent group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying, which exceeded in size the square root of one per cent of the population of the metropolitan area.

  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Decreased Crime Rate (Merseyside, England, 1988–1991)
• 2000· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Hatchard, Guy D. Maharishi Vedic economy: Wholeness on the move. Dissertation Abstracts International 61(4B): 2271, 2000.

  After reaching one percent of the population instructed in the Transcendental Meditation program, the economies of New Zealand and Norway showed increased international economic competitiveness in 1993 on a multivariate index, and stable growth of balanced economic health over the next four years, as measured by high growth, low unemployment, and low inflation. A separate study found reduction of crime in Merseyside, U.K., when a large group of TM-Sidhi program experts was established.

  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Increased International Economic Competitiveness (New Zealand and Norway, 1993)
  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Stable Growth of Balanced Economic Health (New Zealand and Norway, 1993–1997)
  • Sociological—Reduced Crime: Reduced Crime (Merseyside, U.K., 1988)