Orme-Johnson et al., 1982
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.
- Year
- 1982
- Journal
- International Journal of Neuroscience
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 1724–1731
- Section
- Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes
Findings (1)
Electroencephalographic
Increased Intersubject EEG Coherence Associated with Group Practice of the TM-Sidhi program
TM-Sidhi program · State changes with control condition · TM-Sidhi
Authors
- David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Michael C. Dillbeck, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- R. Keith Wallace, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Garland S. Landrith, MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA