This is called PR science. It is a pile of shit and any serious scientist knows it. I'd love to see them try to publish this "research". What a joke. It is an insult to MMY and this tradition.
--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.businessportal24.com/de/Investigating_The_Field_Effects_Of_67514.html > > Investigating The Field Effects Of Consciousness On > Socioeconomic Indices > 2006/11/06 08:03 > Pressemeldung von: > Medical News TODAY Mexico, 5th November 2006 > > Can the large collective practice of a > scientifically documented stress-reducing meditation > > technique positively impact a larger population > through the "field effects of > consciousness"--reducing societal stress, crime, and > violence, and improving economic > and climatic trends? > > Yes, according to a rigorous, controlled econometric > analysis of the first 100 days of a $12 > million scientific demonstration project to monitor > the effects of 1200 advanced > Transcendental Meditation practitioners on U.S. > quality of life indicators. > > The research shows that since the project began > on July 23, the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the > S&P 500 have posted total gains of > approximately 12%, and the Nasdaq has climbed nearly > 18%--with the Dow repeatedly > hitting all-time record levels, the S&P reaching a > 5.5-year high, and the Nasdaq climbing > to a five-year high. > > "The group of advanced meditators are 'creating > coherence in national consciousness'-- > generating confidence, optimism, and positivity in > the national mood," said quantum > physicist John Hagelin, Ph.D., the demonstration > project director. "Sociologists as well as > economists are aware that the markets are an > extremely nimble and sensitive barometer of > the collective consciousness." > > The results were presented during a news conference > on Wednesday, November 1, at 10 > a.m. CST at Maharishi University of Management in > Fairfield, Iowa. > > Panelists included > > * John Hagelin, Ph.D., director of the Institute of > Science, Technology and Public Policy; > > * Ken Cavanaugh, Ph.D., professor of applied > statistics and senior research scientist at the > Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy; > > * Fred Travis, Ph.D., director of the Center for > Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition; > > * Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., director of the > NIH-funded Institute of Natural Medicine > and Prevention > > Dr. Hagelin also lodged a new set of predictions for > the demonstration project, since an > additional 500 advanced meditation experts from > India are now joining the group to > further intensify its positive impact. The > predictions include a continued bullish rise in the > stock market, a reduction in violent crime rates > nationwide, and progress towards peace in > the Middle East and North Korea. > > > # > > The new research on the effects of collective > meditation on society follows 23 previous > studies published in peer-reviewed journals over the > past 25 years. (See http:// > www.permanentpeace.org/.) > > The benefits of the Transcendental Meditation > program for individual health are > scientifically well documented. The National > Institutes of Health has provided $25 million > to study the effects of Transcendental Meditation > practice on reducing stress and > preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. The > research been published in such peer- > reviewed journals as the American Medical > Association's Archives of Internal Medicine and > the American Heart Association's Hypertension. > > Contact: Ken Chawkin > Maharishi University of Management > www.mum.edu > > Source: > http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=55688 > > > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service http://www.getpacket8.net/yahoo2 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
