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March 20, 2010 | How transcendental meditation can prevent war and terrorism |
Washington: A new research paper has pointed how militaries worldwide could use the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, founded by Indian spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, as a non-religious and scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. When used in a military context, these meditation
practices are known as Invincible Defense Technology (IDT). The research paper
describes the concept of a 'Prevention Wing of the Military,' a group of military
personnel that practices the advanced TM-Sidhi program twice daily as a group. A
group that reaches a critical threshold
in size has been scientifically shown to reduce collective societal stress. The
paper hypothesizes that war, terrorism, and crime are caused by collective societal
stress. The absence of collective stress translates into the absence of tension
between countries, between religious groups, or even within individual terrorists.
The paper proposes that, by applying this non-lethal and non-destructive technology,
any military can reduce societal stress and prevent enemies from arising. If IDT
prevents the emergence of enemies, the military has no one to fight, so the nation
becomes invincible. Over 50 scientific studies have found that when 1percent of
a given population practices Transcendental Meditation, or when sufficiently large
groups practice the TM-Sidhi program together twice daily, measurable positive
changes take place throughout society as a whole. The studies show decreased
violence,
crime, car accidents, and suicides, and improved quality of life in society. The
paper reviews IDT research, such as a study published in the Yale University-edited
Journal of Conflict Resolution showing that an intervention by a civilian group
in Israel resulted in a 76 percent reduction in war deaths in neighboring Lebanon.
Seven subsequent, consecutive experiments over a two-year period during the peak
of the Lebanon war found that war-related fatalities decreased by 71 percent,
war-related injuries fell by 68 percent, the level of conflict dropped by 48 percent,
and cooperation among antagonists increased by 66 percent. A follow-up study
published
in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality found that the likelihood that
these combined results were due to chance is less than one in a quintillion. A
global-scale study published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation documented
a 72 percent drop in international terrorism when IDT groups were large enough
to affect the global population. According to David R. Leffler, the research paper's
author, "This new approach, derived from the ancient Vedic tradition of India,
is supported by over 50 scientific studies. IDT can create victory before war,
and can assist in peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding." |
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