Orme-Johnson & Granieri, 1977
Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Granieri, B. The effects of the Age of Enlightenment Governor Training Courses on field independence, creativity, intelligence, and behavioral flexibility. Centre for the Study of Higher States of Consciousness, Maharishi European Research University, Switzerland, 1977.
Controlled, longitudinal studies showed that field independence, creativity, intelligence, and behavioral flexibility are increased by Age of Enlightenment Governor Training Courses in which course participants learn and practice the "sidhis"—procedures in which natural and evolutionary desires are effortlessly projected from the deepest level of the mind to result in materialization at the level of experience and physiological performance.
- Year
- 1977
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 1, pp. 713–718
- Section
- The TM-Sidhi Program
Findings (5)
Cognitive Performance
Increased Field Independence (Growth of a More Stable Internal Frame of Reference) through TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Increased Creativity—Increased Figural Fluency and Originality through TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Increased Intelligence through TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Motor Performance
Increased Psychomotor Speed through TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Increased Motor-Cognitive Flexibility through TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi
Authors
- David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
Maharishi European Research University, Weggis, Switzerland
- Barbara Granieri, MA
Maharishi European Research University, Weggis, Switzerland