Transcendental Meditation
Maharishi’s
Transcendental Meditation is a
simple, natural, effortless
procedure whereby the mind
easily and naturally arrives at
the source of
thought, the settled state of
the mind—Transcendental
Consciousness—Pure
Consciousness, self-referral
consciousness, which is the
source of all
creative processes. The
experience of Transcendental
Consciousness
develops the individual’s latent
creative potential, while
dissolving
accumulated stress and fatigue
through the deep rest gained
during the
practice. This experience
enlivens within one’s awareness
creativity,
dynamism, orderliness, and
organizing power, which results
in increasing
effectiveness and success in
daily life.
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EEG
coherence
increases during
the practice of
the
Transcendental
Meditation
Technique. This
indicates
greater
orderliness of
brain
functioning. EEG
coherence has
been found to be
correlated with
higher levels of
creativity,
intelligence,
moral
reasoning,
neuromuscular
efficiency, and
with experience
of higher
states of
consciousness.
Reference:
Proceedings
of the San
Diego
Biomedical
Symposium
15 (1976):
237–247;
Psychosomatic
Medicine
46(3) (1984):
267–276;
International
Journal of
Neuroscience
14 (1981):
147–151.
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Maharishi
Effect
Scientific
research
has found that in cities and
towns all over the
world where as little as one
per
cent of the population
practises
the
Transcendental Meditation
Technique, the trend of
rising
crime rate is
reversed, indicating
increasing
order and harmony.
Research
scientists
named this phenomenon of
rising
coherence in the
collective consciousness of
the
whole society the
Maharishi
Effect, because
this
was the realization of
Maharishi’s promise to
society made in the very
early
days of the Movement.
The
Maharishi
Effect establishes
the
principle that individual
consciousness affects
collective
consciousness. The success
of
Maharishi’s
Global Administration
through
Natural Law in bringing
peace to
the
individual has given rise to
a
global undertaking to
effortlessly create
an ideal society—Heaven on
Earth—in which life will be
characterized by
ideal education, perfect
health,
dynamic progress, and peace
and
harmony
in the family of nations.
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The
appearance
of
spreading
areas
of EEG
coherence
during
the
TM-Sidhi
Programme
is
entirely
analogous
to the
neurophysiological
principle
of
recruitment,
whereby
more and
more
individual
elements
are
brought
into
simultaneous
action
to
accomplish
more
and more
difficult
tasks—more
and
more
Laws of
Nature
are
spontaneously
recruited
to
fulfil
the
desire
without
resistance.
Practitioners
of
the
TM-Sidhi
Programme
with
the most
stabilized
Transcendental
Consciousness
(the
simplest
form of
awareness)
were
found to
have
maximum
coherence
of
brainwave
functioning
as
measured
by EEG,
indicating
maximum
mind-body
coordination.
This
subtlest
level of
consciousness
is
a field
of all
possibilities,
correlated
with
maximum
creativity
and
experience
of
the
‘Siddhis’—procedures
for
producing
effects
in the
body and
environment
by
mere
intention
of the
mind,
which
results
in
increased
ability
to
fulfil
desires.
Reference:
Scientific
Research
on
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme—Collected
Papers,
Volume 1
(1977):
102.
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TM-Sidhi
Programme
The TM-Sidhi
Programme is an advanced
aspect
of Transcendental
Meditation. It trains
the
individual to think and
act from
the level of
Transcendental
Consciousness,
greatly enhancing the
coordination between
mind and body, and
developing
the ability to enliven
Natural
Law to
support all avenues of
life to
fulfil one’s desires.
Extended
Maharishi Effect
In 1976,
with the
introduction of the more
advanced TM-Sidhi
Programme,
including Yogic Flying,
a more
powerful effect of
coherence in
collective
consciousness was
expected.
The first
major test
of this prediction took
place in
1978 during
Maharishi’s Global Ideal
Society
Campaign in 108
countries: crime
rate was
reduced everywhere.
This global
research
demonstrated a new
formula: the
square root of one
per cent of a population
practising
Transcendental
Meditation and the
TM-Sidhi Programme,
morning and
evening together in one
place,
is
sufficient to neutralize
negative tendencies and
promote
positive trends
throughout the whole
population.
Yogic
Flying
Yogic Flying
demonstrates perfect
mind-body
coordination and is
correlated with maximum
coherence, indicating
maximum
orderliness and
integration of brain
functioning. This
coherence
indicates action from
Transcendental
Consciousness,
the Unified Field of
Natural
Law, where
infinite organizing
power is
lively.
Even in the
first
stage of Yogic Flying,
where the
body lifts up in a
series of short hops,
this
practice gives the
experience of
bubbling bliss
for the individual, and
generates coherence,
positivity,
and harmony for
the environment.
Global
Maharishi Effect
Research has
shown
that groups of
individuals
practising Yogic
Flying—all enjoying very
high
brainwave
coherence—create
coherence in
collective
consciousness, and
generate a unifying and
integrating effect
in the life of society.
This
results in a decrease of
negative trends
throughout society—such
as
crime, accidents, and
sickness—and an increase
in positive social,
economic,
and political trends.
Scientific
studies on
this phenomenon have
demonstrated that a
group of at
least 7,000 Yogic
Flyers can produce this
coherence-creating
effect on a
global scale,
reducing violent and
negative
trends worldwide.
The
Global
Maharishi
Effect was
created by the group
practice
of 7,000 Yogic Flyers
(7,000
being approximately the
square
root of one
per cent of the world’s
population) during three
large
‘World Peace
Assemblies’ which were
held over
a period of two to three
weeks
in the
USA, Holland, and India.
The secret
of the
Global Maharishi
Effect
is the phenomenon
known to Physics as the
‘Field
Effect’, the effect of
coherence
and
positivity produced from
the
field of infinite
correlation—the
self-referral field of
least
excitation of
consciousness—the
field of
Transcendental
Consciousness,
which is basic to
creation and
permeates all
life everywhere.
Every
government
must have a group of
Yogic
Flyers—‘A Group for A
Government’—in their
capital
city to bring success to
the
government. With
the establishment of ‘A
Group
for A Government’,
national
consciousness
will become aligned with
the
Government of Nature,
the
evolutionary power
of Natural Law, which
administers everything
in
creation with perfect
order. With the support
of
Natural Law—positive
trends and
harmony rising
in national life—the
problems of
the nation will
disappear, as
darkness
disappears with the
onset of
light.
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During
the
period
1979–1986,
the
number
of
participants
in
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme
at
Maharishi
International
University
in
the
U.S.
frequently
exceeded
the
required
amount
to
create
the
Maharishi
Effect
for
the
U.S.
During
those
months,
the
U.S.
actions
toward
the
Soviet
Union
became
more
positive,
as
indicated
by
time
series
analysis
of
an
independent
data
bank.
When
the
number
of
TM-Sidhi
Programme
participants
was
at
its
highest
level,
the
Soviet
actions
toward
the
U.S.
also
improved.
Reference:
Proceedings
of
the
American
Statistical
Association,
Social
Statistics
Section
(August
1990):
297–302.
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During
Maharishi’s
‘World
Peace
Project’
of
October–December
1978,
experts
in
Maharishi’s
TM-Sidhi
Programme
went
to
regional
trouble
spots
around
the
world
to
demonstrate
the
ability
of
group
practice
of
this
programme
to
radiate
a
calming
influence
in
the
turbulent
areas
of
Lebanon,
Kampuchea,
Iran,
Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe),
and
Nicaragua.
During
this
time
period,
in
comparison
to
a
baseline
period
prior
to
the
project,
an
independent
data
bank
showed
reduced
hostile
acts
and
increased
cooperative
events
in
those
areas
and
among
nations
involved
in
these
conflicts.
Reference:
Scientific
Research
on
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme—Collected
Papers,
Volume
4
(1989):
2532–2548.
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Crime
decreased
significantly
during
periods
in
which
the
number
of
group
participants
in
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme
exceeded
the
square
root
of
one
per
cent
of
the
population
of
these
three
capital
regions—Metro
Manila,
Philippines
(August
1984–January
1985);
Washington,
DC,
USA
(October
1981–October
1983),
Union
Territory
of
Delhi,
India
(November
1980–March
1981).
Reference:
The
Journal
of
Mind
and
Behavior
8
(1987):
67–104;
and
9
(1988):
457–486.
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Two
studies
using
time
series
analysis
found
significant
reductions
in
violence
in
the
United
States
and
Canada
during
periods
when
the
number
of
participants
in
the
group
practice
of
Maharishi’s
TM-Sidhi
Programme
exceeded
the
square
root
of
one
per
cent
of
the
North
American
population.
Reference:
Social
Indicators
Research
22
(1990):
399–418;
Dissertation
Abstracts
International
50(5)
(1989):
2203B.
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This
study
shows
that
during
three
experimental
periods
when
7,000
experts
(the
square
root
of
one
per
cent
of
the
world’s
population)
practised
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme,
there
were
significant
global
reductions
in
international
conflicts
and
terrorism.
Reference:
American
Political
Science
Association
(1989).
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During
Maharishi’s
World
Peace
Project
of
October
to
December
1978,
in
comparison
to
a
baseline
period
prior
to
the
project,
an
independent
data
bank
showed
reduced
hostile
acts
and
increased
cooperative
events
internationally.
This
worldwide
effect
was
due
to
the
fact
that
the
trouble-spot
areas
influenced
by
the
visiting
groups
of
TM-Sidhi
experts
were
the
key
areas
of
international
conflict
and
interaction
at
this
time.
Reference:
Scientific
Research
on
Maharishi’s
Transcendental
Meditation
and
TM-Sidhi
Programme—Collected
Papers,
Volume
4
(1989):
2532–2548.
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