--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:29 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > I'm also on the record many times as saying that even > > if the ME *does* exist, I don't think it can be > > conclusively demonstrated scientifically. > > Well, two comments. One, I think it can be demonstrated and has-- but > it was not called the "Maharishi effect" and Two, I don't believe > anyone did any scientific research when it did. There may have been > some sociological research. One example was one of the former Soviet > republics which slowly converted to Buddhism and there was a huge > upsurge in people practicing meditation and taming their own minds. > It became a peaceable country. They also integrated western medicine > with Tibeto-Ayurvedic medicine. > > The downside of course was, their neighbors didn't. > > In the case I'm thinking of, and I'll have to try and relocate the > article I had read on this as it might interest some here, no > "research" was necessary. It was obvious that this positively > affected their entire population. High level of Gross National > Happiness.
But an entire country practicing meditation wouldn't be an example of the "maharishi effect" unless their practice DID have an effect on surrounding countries. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
