I cut and pasted this claim from a MUM web page claiming that Where
as little as 1% of population is practising TM "the trend of rising
crime rates is REVERSED.
This is the actual cut and paste.
We can split hairs all we won't on actual wording but given this
claim by the University the "spirit" of the message would suggest
that the town of Fairfield should be enjoying a crime rate far below
the national average...
In 1975, Maharishi inaugurated the dawn of a new era, proclaiming
that 'through the window of science we see the dawn of the Age of
Enlightenment'.
Scientific research 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 Maharishi's Movement (started in
Madras, India in 1957).
The Maharishi Effect establishes the principle that individual
consciousness affects collective consciousness. Nearly 50 scientific
research studies conducted over the past 25 years verify the unique
effect and wide-ranging benefits to the nation produced by the
Maharishi Effect. These studies have used the most rigorous research
methods and evaluation procedures available in the social sciences,
including time series analysis, which controls for weekly and
seasonal cycles or trends in social data. (Refer to: Scientific
Research on Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation ProgrammeCollected
Papers 98, 166, 317-320, 331, and 402.)
Research shows that the influence of coherence created by the
Maharishi Effect can be measured on both national and international
levels. Increased coherence within the nation expresses itself in
improved national harmony and well-being. In addition, this internal
coherence and harmony generates an influence that extends beyond the
nation's borders, expressing itself in improved international
relations and reduced international conflicts.
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.
(Refer to: Scientific Research on Maharishi's Transcendental
Meditation ProgrammeCollected Papers 321-323, 325-330, 332-335, and
401-410.)
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.
Research has shown that groups of individuals practising Yogic Flying
all enjoying very high brainwave coherencecreate 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 societysuch 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 individuals practising Yogic Flying can produce
this coherence-creating effect on a global scale, reducing violent
and negative trends worldwide.
Research studies have repeatedly confirmed the Maharishi Effect on a
global scale. For example, during assemblies of ten days to three
weeks in which the number of individuals practising the TM-Sidhi
Programme of Yogic Flying approached or exceeded the square root of
one per cent of the world's populationabout 7,000 peopleglobal
social trends improved immediately, including improved international
relations as measured by reduced international conflict and reduced
incidence of terrorism. (Refer to: Scientific Research on Maharishi's
Transcendental Meditation ProgrammeCollected Papers 335-337, 410,
and 411.)
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 correlationthe self-referral
field of least excitation of consciousnessthe field of
Transcendental Consciousness, which is basic to creation and
permeates all life everywhere.
Through the Maharishi Effect, Extended Maharishi Effect, and Global
Maharishi Effect, with positive trends and harmony rising in
individual and national life, the problems of the nation will
disappear, as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
EEG Research Locates the Seat of the Maharishi Effect in the
Coherently Functioning Brain Physiology of the Individual
The Maharishi Effect, like the phenomenon of the Meissner Effect in
Physics, establishes the principle that individual consciousness
affects collective consciousness. A universal principle in Nature is
that internally coherent systems possess the ability to repel
negative external influences, while incoherent systems are easily
penetrated by disorder from outside. This principle of invincibility
is clearly illustrated in the Meissner Effect, and in the functioning
of a nation as the Maharishi Effect.
References to Scientific Research on the Maharishi Effect
Over 600 scientific research studies conducted at more than 200
independent universities and research institutions in 30 countries
have demonstrated the profound benefits of Maharishi's Transcendental
Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme for all aspects of individual life
and the well-being of society.
These studies have been documented in over 5,000 pages of Scientific
Research on Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation ProgrammeCollected
Papers, Volumes 15 (Volumes 67 are in progress). Following are two
of the over forty scientific research studies conducted todate on the
Maharishi Effectpapers 318 and 333.
Cities in which one per cent of the population were instructed in the
Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased crime rate the
following year, in contrast to matched control cities. Reference:
Journal of Crime and Justice 4: 2545, 1981.
Cities in which one per cent of the population were instructed in
the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed a trend of decreased
crime rate in subsequent years, in contrast to matched control
cities. Reference: Journal of Crime and Justice 4: 2545, 1981.
318. DILLBECK, M.C.; LANDRITH III, G.; and ORME-JOHNSON, D.W. The
Transcendental Meditation Program and crime rate change in a sample
of forty-eight cities. Findings previously published in Journal of
Crime and Justice 4: 25-45, 1981.
Quality of life in Israel improved significantly, as measured by an
index comprising decreased crime, increased Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
index, and improved national mood (analysis of daily news), when a
large group was participating in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-
Sidhi Programme in Jerusalem. Reference: Journal of Conflict
Resolution 32: 776812, 1988.
333. ORME-J3OHNSON, D.W.; ALEXANDER, C.N.; DAVIES, J.L.; CHANDLER,
H.M.; and LARIMORE, W.E. International peace project in the Middle
East: The effect of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field.
Journal of Conflict Resolution 32: 776-812, 1988.
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