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Davies & Alexander, 1989a

Davies, J. L.; and Alexander, C. N. The Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field and improved quality of life in the United States: A study of the First World Peace Assembly, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1979. Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1983.

The collective practice of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field by a group of approximately 2,500 individuals in the U.S.A. was found to result in a holistic improvement in the quality of life throughout the nation, as reflected by reductions in violent crime, motor vehicle fatalities, air transport fatal accidents, and fatalities from accidents, suicides and homicides, and by improvements in important national economic indicators.

Year
1989
Publication type
Collected Papers
Paper type
Empirical
Collected Papers
Vol. 4, pp. 2549–2563
Section
Quality of Life

Findings (8)

Sociological—Reduced Crime

  • Decreased Violent Crime (USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

  • Decreased Violent Crime (Massachusetts, USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

Sociological—Reduced Accidents

  • Decreased Motor Vehicle Fatalities (USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

  • Decreased Air Transport Fatal Accidents (USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

  • Decreased Motor Vehicle Fatalities (Massachusetts, USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

  • Decreased Air Transport Fatal Accidents (New England, USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

Sociological—Improved Quality of Life

  • Decreased Number of Fatalities from Accidents, Suicide, and Homicide (USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal within group · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

Sociological—Improved Economy

  • Rise in Stock Market Indices (USA, 1979)

    TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect

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