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Peace in the Middle East: Wed, Jul 07 2009 Peace in the Middle East is easily within our grasp, as indicated by a new scientific paper published in the "Journal of Scientific Exploration" on 29 June 2009.
The hypothesis is not new. Fifty studies have found that when 1% of the population practises Transcendental Meditation, or sufficiently large groups practise the TM-Sidhi programme together twice daily, it can have a positive influence on society as a whole. The studies show, for example, decreased violence, crime, car accidents, and suicides, and improved quality of life in a society. Critics had questioned the credibility of the evidence in light of the unconventional nature of the proposition. Reduced conflict and improved quality of life in the Middle East: August-September 1983 A composite sociological index closely tracks the size of a group practising the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programme. (See details in text below.)
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The new analysis addresses this question more thoroughly than previously. It presents new statistical evidence that all credible conventional explanations - such as military and political events, public holidays, and the weather - could not explain the observed statistically significant changes in sociological variables shown in an earlier study on the influence of groups practising the TM-Sidhi programme (Orme-Johnson DW, Alexander CN, Davies JL, Chandler HM, & Larimore WE. International peace project in the Middle East: The effect of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field. Journal of Conflict Resolution 1988 32:776-812, findings illustrated above). The observed changes in the Middle East included reductions in war deaths of 75%, war intensity of 45%, in crime of 12%, in fires of 30%, plus there were improvements in national mood of 27% and the stock market of 7% during the experimental period. Although conventional factors did have a measureable influence on the level of violence and other sociological variables, the effect of the Transcendental Meditation group was, according to the researchers, both independent of these other factors and approximately two to five times stronger. Brain research has found that Transcendental Meditation increases coherence in brain functioning. Lead author of the new study David Orme-Johnson, former Chairman of the Psychology Department at Maharishi University of Management, suggests that: "Given the assumption of Maharishi’s theory that individuals are the units of collective consciousness, increased coherence at the individual level could be expected to have a positive effect on the population level". According to a number of earlier studies, this effect is magnified when, in addition to Transcendental Meditation, the more advanced TM-Sidhi programme, which includes Yogic Flying, is practised in a group. In this case, the square root of 1% of a population practising Yogic Flying in a group is the threshold at which changes in social trends begin to be observed. Interestingly, this effect appears to be irrespective of national borders and different cultures. According to the theory, a group of 10,000 generating such an influence of coherence would be sufficient to noticeably influence the collective consciousness of the whole world. If the science is so watertight, and the potential benefits so great, the obvious question, then, is: Why has no one yet established such a group anywhere in the world? One reason why policy makers have been reluctant to do so is that they take the view that conventional military and political factors must have more influence than Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying. However, the new research has shown that this assumption is quite incorrect. A coherence-creating group of 10,000 people could be established for less than 0.2% of the world's military expenditure, and yet, according to the research, could ensure a stable state of world peace. | |||||||||||||||||
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The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, founded by the award-winning filmmaker, joined with Paul McCartney in April to raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation to one million at-risk children. The benefit concert in New York is said to have raised £2m on ticket sales and fund raising continues. The philanthropic Foundation is already involved in teaching Transcendental Meditation in schools in the Middle East with the explicit aim of creating permanent peace in the region. Dr. Orme-Johnson is available for interview: Tel 001 850-231-2866 See his website: www.truthabouttm.org Dr. David Leffler is available for
interview and to set up interviews with
other military-related people. See this
website:
http://www.invinciblemilitary.com APPENDICES A: What academics have said about the
Maharishi Effect A: What academics have said about the Maharishi Effect "The hypothesis definitely raised some
eyebrows among our reviewers. But the
statistical work is sound. The numbers are
there. When you can statistically control
for as many variables as these studies do,
it makes the results much more convincing.
This evidence indicates that we now have a
new technology to generate peace in the
world." "I was initially sceptical, but having studied the research completed to date, I have concluded that these studies on the Maharishi Effect have subjected theory to proper empirical tests. They have shown sound results which demand serious interest." | |||||||||||||||||
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Ken Pease, Professor of Criminology at the University of Huddersfield, Chairman of the Belfast-based Centre for the Independent Research and Analysis of Crime, and Home Office adviser. "In the studies that I have examined on
the impact of the Maharishi Effect on
conflict, I can find no methodological
flaws, and the findings have been consistent
across a large number of replications in
many different geographical and conflictual
situations. As unlikely as the premise may
sound I think we have to take these studies
seriously." "I want to express my support for this
research. What we are really looking at
here, I think, is a new paradigm of viewing
crime and violence; and the new paradigm
says, look to the individual acting in
concert with other individuals to reduce
crime constructively.... Having worked
extensively on social problems in the
District of Columbia for some 24 years at
the University of the District of Columbia
... I'd like to encourage taking this new
idea very seriously ... I would like to
recommend that this new model that is being
offered and advanced here, after a number of
exhaustive and very carefully controlled
studies, be considered, and that we think
about ways that it might be implemented in
the inner city with youth and community
people who live here." B: Key facts about Transcendental Meditation
C: TM-Sidhi programme
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D: Brief history of the Maharishi Effect 1974-1976 1981 1983 1983-1985 Aug. 1993 Aug. 2006 Sept. 2008 E: Selected research articles on the Maharishi Effect, showing changes in conflict, crime and other sociological indicators. P. Gelderloos, M.J. Frid, P. Goddard, X. Xue, and S.A. Loliger, "Creating World Peace through the Collective Practice of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field: Improved U.S.-Soviet Relations,"Social Science Perspectives Journal 2(4) (1988), 80-94. D.W. Orme-Johnson, C.N. Alexander, J.L. Davies, H.M. Chandler, and W.E. Larimore, “International Peace Project in the Middle East: The Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field,” Journal of Conflict Resolution 32(4) (1988), 776-812. D.W. Orme-Johnson, C.N. Alexander, and J.L. Davies, "The Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field: Reply to a Methodological Critique," Journal of Conflict Resolution 34 (1990), 756-768.
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D.W. Orme-Johnson, M.C. Dillbeck, C.N.
Alexander, H.M. Chandler, and R.W.
Cranson, "Effects of Large Assemblies of
Participants in the Transcendental
Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on Reducing
International Conflict and Terrorism,"
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
36(1-4) (2003), 283-302. J.L. Davies and C.N. Alexander, “Alleviating Political Violence: Impact Assessment Analyses of the Lebanon War: Impact Assessment Analysis of the Lebanon War,” Journal of Social Behaviour and Personality 17(1) (2005), 285-338. M.C. Dillbeck, G. Landrith, D. Orme-Johnson. "Transcendental Meditation Program and Crime Rate Change in a Sample of Forty-Eight Cities," Journal of Crime and Justice 4 (1981), 25-45. M.C. Dillbeck, C.B. Banus, C. Polanzi, and G.S. Landrith III, "Test of a Field Model of Consciousness and Social Change: The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program and Decreased Urban Crime," The Journal of Mind and Behavior 9(4) (1988), 457-486. M.C. Dillbeck, "Test of a Field Theory of Consciousness and Social Change: Time Series Analysis of Participation in the TM-Sidhi Program and Reduction of Violent Death in the U.S.," Social Indicators Research22 (1990), 399-418. P.D. Assimakis and M.C. Dillbeck, "Time Series Analysis of Improved Quality of Life in Canada: Social Change, Collective Consciousness, and the TM-Sidhi Program,"Psychological Reports 76 (1995), 1171-1193. G.D. Hatchard, A.J. Deans, K.L. Cavanaugh, and D.W. Orme-Johnson, “The Maharishi Effect: A Model for Social Improvement. Time Series Analysis of a Phase Transition to Reduced Crime in Merseyside Metropolitan Area," Psychology, Crime, and Law 2(3) (1996), 165-174. M.C. Dillbeck, K.L. Cavanaugh, T. Glenn, D.W. Orme-Johnson, and V. Mittlefehldt, “Consciousness as a Field: The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program and Changes in Social Indicators,” The Journal of Mind and Behaviour 8(1) (1987), 67-104. D.W. Orme-Johnson and P. Gelderloos, "The Long-Term Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field on the Quality of Life in the United States (1960 to 1983)," Social Science Perspectives Journal 2(4) (1988), 127-146. J.S. Hagelin, M.V. Rainforth, D.W. Orme-Johnson, K.L. Cavanaugh, C.N. Alexander, S.F. Shatkin, et al. "Effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation program on preventing violent crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June-July, 1993." Social Indicators Research 47(2) (1999), 153-201. Brown, C.L. "Overcoming Barriers to Use of Promising Research among Elite Middle East Policy Groups," Journal of Social Behaviour and Personality 17(1) (2003), 489-546.
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F: Peer-reviewed journals that have
published research on the Maharishi Effect Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly G: Publications that recently run articles on this topic Pajhwok Afghan News, USA Today "Topics", The Huffington Post, The Seoul Times 1, The Seoul Times 2, Aljazeera Magazine, PakTribune, Alarabiya, Congo Forum, Sri Lanka Guardian 1, Sri Lanka Guardian 2, Nepal Monitor, Pakistan Daily, The Bottom Line, Arab News, Pakistan Link, The Colombo Times, Middle East Online, Hi Pakistan, India Features, Soldier of Africa, Frontier India Strategic & Defense, Sentinel Review, Congo Watch, Beirut-Online, India Defence Consultants, The Pakistani Spectator, Senegambia News, Media For Freedom, Broadcast India, Fiji Daily Post, News From Bangladesh, Muslim, Webnewswire, Intent, United News Network, News Wing, Frontier India World Affairs, Muslim World Today, Sinhala, Defence Talk, MEPeace, Southern Asian Outlook, Northern News Lines, Sudan Watch, Blitz, New Age Islam, Haalkhabar, The Earth Times, Rantburg, Newstrack India, Uganda Watch, The Morung Express, Chowk and Islam And Muslims. H: Military-related academic publications and presentations Dr. David R. Leffler, (18 March 2009) Terrorism Trends, 54. Militant Islam Continues To Spread and Gain Power. International Exposure Includes a Growing Risk of Terrorist Attack - Expert Comments - Leffler [about Invincible Defense Technology]. In "55 Trends for Cyberwar." Presented by Dr. Marvin J. Cetron, President, Forecasting International at Future of Information Warfare and Information Operations, Sponsored by JIOPO, CIA, DIA, and NSA U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, Dr. Leffler's comments appear on pages 136-138 and page 141. Dr. Michael Larrass, Major General Kulwant Singh (Indian Army, Retired) and Dr. David Leffler (18 May 2009). "Bomb of Silence" - Invincible Defence Technology for Sri Lanka, The Colombo Times and Sri Lanka Guardian. This paper was originally accepted for publication by the Defence Review Committee for the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence. Unfortunately, it was never published there and the publication is now defunct.M
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Dr. David Leffler, (2008) presentation
on the topic of Invincible Defense
Technology at the Marcus Evans Defense
sponsored "5th
Annual Countering IEDs - Assessing the IED
Threat and its Evolution on the Battlefield
and in the Homeland" conference in
Washington, DC. This three-day conference
attended by scientists and leaders with the
military, FBI, and police included his
presentation entitled: "Invincible Defense
Technology (IDT) as a Means to Prevent the
Implementation of IEDs". See also the
Invincible Defense Technology News article
entitled
"Dr. Leffler Presents at Military and Law
Enforcement Conference." Dr. David R. Leffler, (in press). A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising-Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace. Paper is accepted for publication in the Journal of Management & Social Science (JMSS), Institute of Business & Technology BIZTEK in Pakistan. The abstract appears in Session 6, p. 44 of the proceeding of the "International Sociological Association Research Committee 01 Seoul National University & Korea Military Academy International Conference on Armed Forces & Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World." July 14 - 17, 2008, Seoul, Korea. Also presented at KIDA, the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses. "55 Trends Now Shaping the Future of Terrorism," is a 254 page (PDF document) US government-sponsored report aimed at governmental and military leaders includes sections by Dr. David Leffler on Invincible Defense Technology, including an appendix entitled: "An Overlooked, Proven Solution to Terrorism." Edited by Dr. Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, published by the Proteus Management Group at the US Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Note: Excerpts about Invincible Defense Technology from the anti-terrorism report are available at: http://www.DavidLeffler.com/terrorism-trends.html Dr. David R. Leffler, (2008, November). News from RC101 members. Letter about Invincible Defense Technology by Dr. David Leffler, Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) at the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy to retired Italian General Giuseppe Cafrio, the President of the Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution RC01 for the International Sociological Association. Dr. Cafrio published the letter in the Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution November 2008 Newsletter. Col. Brian M. Rees & Dr. David R. Leffler, (Abstract). Stress reduction using the TM program: Solution to problems arising from combat stress. In the proceeding of the " Col. Brian M. Rees (Abstract). The Application of Strategic Stress Management in Winning the Peace. In the proceeding of the " Col. Brian M. Rees (2007). US Army War College masters program degree research paper "The Application of Strategic Stress Management in Winning the Peace. Available at: Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S. (AMSUS) convention on 12 November 2007. Rees, B (2006): The application of Strategic Stress Management in winning the peace. Academic Workshop sponsored by: The Proteus Management Group, USA. Hosted by the Center for Strategic Leadership United States Army War College 22-24 August 2006. Link: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/proteus/docs/Proteus-Workshop-2006-Report.pdf Dr. David R. Leffler & Lee M. Leffler (2000). Preventing war and terrorism. Security And Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA) Bulletin, Available at: http://www.subcontinent.com/sapra/research/military/img_1999_12_001.html
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Dr. David R. Leffler, Dr. Kurt Kleinschnitz, & Dr. Kenneth G. Walton (1999, May 1). An alternative to military violence and fear-based deterrence: Twenty years of research on the Maharishi Effect. Security And Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA), (Available at: http://www.subcontinent.com/sapra/research/military/m_1999_05_01.html Dr. David R. Leffler (1997). A Vedic approach to military defense: Reducing collective stress through the field effects of consciousness. (Doctoral Dissertation, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997). Dissertation Abstracts International, 58(08), 3298A. Available at: http://www.davidleffler.com/doctoraldissertation.html Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd.) Gunter Chassé (1995) White Paper On the New Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany and on the Future of the Bundeswehr -- English translation of the groundbreaking White Paper on why Germany should implement Invincible Defence Technology. David R. Leffler (1992 Spring). A new military science in Moscow. Insight, 3(1), pp. 14-15. I: Military-related leaders who support implementation Colonel (Dr.) Brian M. Rees, former Battalion Surgeon for the 310th Military Police Battalion at Camp Bucca, Iraq, builds a case for America to utilize Invincible Defense Technology to end terrorism. "There is research in the field of conflict resolution [Invincible Defense Technology] that shows great promise. But it requires that we think way outside the box. Hold on to your hats and I will introduce you to an approach that has held up under rigorous evaluation. Col. Rees completed his US Army War College research paper entitled on the topic of the Invincible Defense Technology, "The Application of Strategic Stress Management in Winning the Peace." See his recent coauthored editorial on the topic of Invincible Defense Technology in The Huffington Post. Project: Coherence - Lieutenant General José Villamil, the former Vice-Minister of Defense of Ecuador, used Invincible Defense Technology to quickly end Ecuador's war with Peru. He thinks the United States could prevent more wars and terrorist attacks. Article published by India Defence Consultants, a defense think tank. Operation: World Peace - Article in Defence India by Major General Guru Israni (editor of Combat Journal). He argues that the attacks of September 11th could have been prevented with this technology. Invincible Nepal: An Ancient Vedic Technology for Modern Security Challenges of Nepal - Article in Shreenath Journal, a military magazine in Nepal by Lt. Col. Jitendra Jung Karki. "Nepal's perspective in vedic studies is completely different than other countries and nepal has the capability for not only to explore the vedic concept of defence but also to lead the world with total concept of peace and security with its vedic population and vedic security forces."
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Major General Kulwant Singh In his press conference on the morning of 9/11/01 he said "I think with all of this [terrorism] today, America needs a new approach to protection." Invincible Defense Technology Proposed As Homeland Defense* - Article published in U.S. Medicine. Major Werner Klokow, an officer in the military of South Africa and the editor of Soldier of South Africa writes: "I find Quantum Physics fascinating and support a more holistic and/or unconventional approach to safeguarding South Africa. Foremost here is the practice of Invincible Defense Technology based on the Maharishi Effect. This proven technique has as its main obstacle in ignorance, which I hope to dispel to some degree." Dr. David R. Leffler served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years and later received his Ph.D. in Consciousness-Based Military Defense. He is a special columnist for The Seoul Times and serves on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Management & Social Sciences at the Institute of Business & Technology BIZTEK in Pakistan. David served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College and is currently the Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS). Dr. Leffler gave an IDT briefing about preventing IEDs to military and law enforcement personnel in Washington, D.C. at The Fifth Annual Countering IEDs: Assessing the IED Threat and its Evolution on the Battlefield and in the Homeland on 18 November, 2008. Lieutenant Colonel Gunter Chassé (Ret.) served 39 years in the German Air Force, mainly in the Integrated NATO-Air Defence. "[Invincible Defense] Technology is not just an idea. It is a practical method and is available immediately. It only needs to be applied. It has been shown to work many times, and its effect has been scientifically verified." Chassé was instrumental in the writing of the alternative White Paper on the New Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany and on the Future of the Bundeswehr. Recent article on Col. Chassé. He will give a presentation to NATO and EU leaders about using Invincible Defense Technology to prevent the implementation of IEDs at the "Countering IEDs Europe" conference in the Berlin, Germany on 21-22 October 2009.
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The
study addresses the possibility that a
relatively small group of people practising
the Transcendental Meditation™ and TM-Sidhi
programme®, as founded by Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, twice daily together in a group can
create peace in the Middle East.
