Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 1987· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Alexander, C. N.; Larimore, W. E.; Dash, P.; Titus, B.; and Israelson, L. Distinguishing between Transcendental Meditation, sleep and other forms of rest according to electrophysiological criteria. Findings presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 1987.

  A quantitative meta-analysis of 11 studies indicates that the state of restful alertness produced through the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique is clearly distinct from napping and sleep according to EEG criteria.

  • Electroencephalographic: EEG Differentiation between the Transcendental Meditation technique and Napping
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Cavanaugh, K. L.; King, K. D.; and Titus, B. D. Consciousness and the quality of economic life: Empirical research on the macroeconomic effects of the collective practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Management Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 1989, and published in Proceedings of the Midwest Management Society, ed. R.G. Greenwood, pp. 183–190. Chicago, Illinois, USA: Midwest Management Society, 1989.

  Using another method of analysis, this study replicates previous research by showing that increased numbers of participants in the group practice of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were followed by substantial declines in an index of inflation and unemployment, controlling for changes in other major economic variables.

  • Sociological—Improved Economy: Improved Quality of National Life as Measured by a Monthly Index of Inflation and Unemployment (USA, 1979–1988), Controlling for Changes in Major Economic Variables
• 1990· Modern Science and Vedic Science· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Cavanaugh, K. L.; King, K. D.; and Titus, B. D. Improving the national economy through alliance with nature’s government: Effects of the group practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Modern Science Vedic Science 4: 3–41, 1990.

  This paper reviews a series of studies that document improvements in the national economies of the U.S. and Canada, as indicated by an index of decreased inflation and decreased unemployment, when the number of participants in Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program exceeded the square root of one per cent of their national populations.

  • Review Paper—Society: Review Paper—Economy