So, after reading Thom Krysto's Weekly Reader article about how the TMorg sanitizes things to their own benefit, who would you believe more here about this PR science report? Dr. Pete's review on FFL or Ken Chawkins of the MUM public relations department with this press release of the MUM public relations department?
--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
