Gelderloos, Cavanaugh, & Davies, 1990
Gelderloos, P.; Cavanaugh, K. L.; and Davies, J. L. The dynamics of US-Soviet relations, 1979–1986: Effects of reducing social stress through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, pp. 297–302. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 1990.
This time series study of an independent data bank found that when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program in the United States was larger than the square root of one per cent of the U.S. population (a little over 1500 at the time—from 1979 to 1986), there was a significant increase in the positivity of actions of the United States towards the Soviet Union compared to periods when the size of the group was below 1500. When the group of participants in the TM-Sidhi program was larger than 1700, creating the strongest influence of the Maharishi Effect in the United States, there was also an independent significant increase of positivity of actions of the Soviet Union towards the United States.
- Year
- 1990
- Publication type
- Conference Proceedings
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 4130–4147
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (1)
Sociological—Improved Quality of Life
Improved USA Statements and Actions Towards the USSR and Improved USSR Statements and Actions Towards the USA (USA and USSR, 1979–1986)
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Paul Gelderloos, SScD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Kenneth L. Cavanaugh, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- John L. Davies, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA