“At every moment, infinity whispers: I am with you. Don’t worry”
Betere academische resultaten bij studenten
Improved Postgraduate Academic Performance
Master degree engineering students who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed improved performance on their standard examinations after six months, compared with randomly assigned control students from the same academic programme.Ref.British Journal of Educational Psychology 55: 164–166, 1985
Betere resultaten in het onderwijs
Students who learned the TM-Sidhi Programme were found to increase over a nine-month period in integration. Integration, which was defined as the degree of integration of the person’s system of valuations—that is, how much the person’s valuations were centered around one fundamental valuation or philosophy of life—was measured as one dimension among several in an open-ended interview, rated by independent interviewers, designed to elicit expression of experiences that the subject values in life.Ref.Modern Science and Vedic Science 1: 471–487, 1987
Betere school gedrag
Adolescent children with high normal systolic blood pressure were randomly assigned to either learn Transcendental Meditation or participate in a health education control group. After four months, the students practicing the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased absenteeism, decreased school rule infractions, and decreased suspension days.Ref.Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1: 10, 2003
Meer energie bij scholieren
Secondary school students who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed increased energy levels after 14 weeks, in contrast to control students.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 38(7): 3372B–3373B, 1978
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
A doctoral dissertation at Harvard University found that inmates in a maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased return to prison after at least 36 months, in comparison to random samples of participants of four other prison rehabilitation programmes, controlling for time of release from prison.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 161–180, 2003
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
Parolees of the California Department of Corrections who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme while in prison showed significantly fewer new prison terms in comparison to matched controls, at one year after release and overall from six months to six years after release. In contrast, prison education, vocational training, and counseling programmes had no consistent effect.Ref.Journal of Criminal Justice 15: 211–230, 1987
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
Parolees of the California Department of Corrections who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme while in prison showed significantly decreased recidivism, combining all parole outcomes over a five-year period after release, in comparison to matched controls.Ref.Journal of Criminal Justice 15: 211–230, 1987
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme reported increased experiences of higher states of consciousness in comparison to controls.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 127–160, 2003
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were found to have decreased suspicion in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978
Gevangenis Rehabilitatie
Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were found to have decreased resentment in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During the three-week period of the Taste of Utopia Assembly, compared to the three weeks before, there was a significant increase in positive events associated with the Middle East conflict in Lebanon, as principally seen in the rapid evolution of an agreement on a national security plan. In the three weeks after the Assembly the situation quickly deteriorated. Control data from the previous year showed that the specific time of year of the Assembly was not associated with improved conditions in this conflict.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers (Vol. 4, 1989, pp. 2730–2762)
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During the three-week period of the Taste of Utopia Assembly, compared to the three-week period before the Assembly, the balance of negativity to positivity in events pertaining to international conflicts in the trouble-spot areas of the world shifted significantly towards increased positivity, as indicated by content analysis of the news. In the three-week period after the Assembly the balance of events reverted towards the previous condition of increased negativity. Such trends were not found during the same time the previous year.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers (Vol. 4, 1989, pp. 2730–2762)
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
There was a significant decrease in fatalities and injuries due to international terrorism during the periods of three assemblies approaching or exceeding 7,000 experts in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme (the square root of one per cent of the world’s population at the time), as indicated by time series analysis of an independent data bank.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 283–302, 2003
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During the periods of three assemblies approaching or exceeding 7,000 experts in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme (the square root of one per cent of the world’s population at the time), there was a significant decrease in international conflict worldwide.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 283–302, 2003
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods from 1979 to 1986 when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the United States was larger than 1,700, creating the strongest influence of the Maharishi Effect in the United States, there was a significant increase of positivity of actions of the Soviet Union towards the United States. This result, found by time series analysis of an independent data bank, was independent of the effect of US actions towards the Soviet Union.Ref.Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, pp. 297–302. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 1990
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
As indicated by time series analysis of an independent data bank, during periods from 1979 to 1986 when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the United States was larger than the square root of one per cent of the US population (a little over 1,500 at the time), there was a significant increase in the positivity of actions of the United States towards the Soviet Union, compared to periods when the size of the group was below 1,500.Ref.Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, pp. 297–302. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 1990
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods when a large group was participating in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme, there was a significant drop in war intensity and war deaths in the neighbouring Middle East conflict.Ref.Journal of Conflict Resolution 32: 776–812, 1988
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods in 1983–1985 when groups of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme of sufficient size were established, there was a significant increase in progress towards peace in the Middle East, as measured by an index comprising increased cooperation, reduced level of conflict, reduced war fatalities, and reduced war injuries.Ref.Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17: 285–338, 2005
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
There was a significant decrease in degree of conflict, war fatalities, and war injuries in the Middle East during periods in 1983–1985 when groups of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme of sufficient size were established.Ref.Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17: 285–338, 2005
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During Maharishi’s World Peace Project of October–December 1978, groups of experts in Maharishi’s TM-Sidhi Yogic Flying Programme went to the world’s regional trouble spots in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, southern Africa and Central America. Time series analysis of data from an independent data bank showed that during the period of the project there was a significant worldwide decrease in international hostile acts and verbal hostility, and an increase in cooperative events; this global effect was due to the fact that the primary international conflict areas were being influenced locally by the groups of experts in the TM-Sidhi Programme.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers, Vol. 4: 2532–2548, 1989
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During Maharishi’s World Peace Project of October–December 1978, experts in Maharishi’s TM-Sidhi Programme went to the world’s regional trouble spots in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, southern Africa and Central America to create a calming influence through the group practice of Yogic Flying. During this time period, in comparison to a baseline period prior to the project, analysis of data from an independent data bank showed reduced hostile acts and increased cooperative events in those areas and among nations involved in these conflicts.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers, Vol. 4: 2532–2548, 1989
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Time series analysis indicated that during three assemblies approaching or exceeding 7,000 experts in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme (the square root of one per cent of the world’s population at that time), there was a significant increase in the World Index of international stock prices, indicating improved confidence in the world economy. During control periods at the same time of year in the five years prior to these assemblies, there was no significant change in the World Index.Ref.‘Time series impact assessment analysis of reduced international conflict and terrorism: Effects of large assemblies of participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program’. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1989
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During the three-week period of an assembly participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme numbering more than the square root of one per cent of the world’s population, international economic trends improved compared to the combined periods before and after the assembly, as measured by the World Index of international stock prices.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers, Volume 4: 2730–2762, 1989
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During the three-week period of an assembly of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme numbering more than the square root of one per cent of the world’s population, content analysis of news reports indicated more positive statements and actions of heads of state throughout the world and greater national and international support for their policies and leadership.Ref.Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme: Collected Papers, Volume 4: 2730–2762, 1989
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Increased approval ratings for the U.S. head of state were found when a large group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme was established. This effect was replicated during three presidential administrations.Ref.‘Transforming political institutions through individual and collective consciousness: The Maharishi Effect and government’. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 1997
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the USA exceeded the square root of one per cent of the national populations of the USA and Canada together (between 1,500 and 1,700), the sum of the Canadian monthly inflation and unemployment rates declined significantly, as indicated by time series analysis.Ref.Proceedings of the Business and Economics Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, Virginia: American Statistical Association): 799–804, 1987; Modern Science and Vedic Science 4: 3–41, 1990
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme exceeded the square root of one per cent of the national population (approximately 1500), the sum of the U.S. monthly inflation and unemployment rates declined significantly, as indicated by time series analysis.Ref.Proceedings of the Business and Economics Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, Virginia: American Statistical Association): 799–804, 1987; Modern Science and Vedic Science 4: 3–41, 1990
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the USA exceeded the square root of one per cent of the national populations of the USA and Canada together, there was a significant improvement in a comprehensive quality of life index comprising behavioural variables (reduction in the total of homicides, suicides, motor vehicle fatalities, and cigarette consumption), controlling for changes in national economic trends (unemployment).Ref.Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, Virginia: American Statistical Association): 38–43, 1996
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme exceeded the square root of one per cent of the national population, there was a significant improvement in a comprehensive quality of life index comprising behavioural variables (reduction in the total of homicides, suicides, motor vehicle fatalities, deaths due to other accidents, notifiable diseases, alcohol consumption, and cigarette consumption), controlling for changes in national economic trends (unemployment).Ref.Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (Alexandria, Virginia: American Statistical Association): 38–43, 1996
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
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 Sidhi Programme in Jerusalem.Ref.Journal of Conflict Resolution 32: 776–812, 1988
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Weekly fatalities (homicides, suicides, and auto accidents) decreased significantly in the United States and in Canada during periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme exceeded the square root of one per cent of the national populations.Ref.Social Indicators Research 22: 399–418, 1990; Psychological Reports 76: 1171–1193, 1995
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Time series transfer function analysis indicated that monthly rates of traffic fatalities, crime, and unemployment decreased significantly after a permanent large group of participants in the TM-Sidhi Programme was established at Maharishi International University (now Maharishi University of Management) in the state of Iowa, USA.Ref. Abstracts International 51(12): 6155B, 1991
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Quality of life improved in the State of Rhode Island, in comparison to a control state, during periods in which groups of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme were established. Quality of life was measured by improvement in a comprehensive index that includes crime, auto accidents, motor vehicle fatalities, deaths due to other causes, alcoholic beverage consumption, cigarette consumption, unemployment, and pollution.Ref.The Journal of Mind and Behavior 8: 67–104, 1987
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods in which large groups of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme were established, crime totals decreased significantly in the Union Territory of Delhi (India) and in Metro Manila (Philippines).Ref.The Journal of Mind and Behavior 8: 67–104, 1987
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Improved quality of life, as measured by an index comprising reduced emergency psychiatric calls, reduced trauma, fewer complaints against police, and fewer accidental deaths, was found when a large group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme was established.Ref.‘Transforming political institutions through individual and collective consciousness: The Maharishi Effect and government’. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 1997
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Violent crime in Washington, DC, decreased significantly when a large group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme was established during an eight-week National Demonstration Project. As the size of the group increased, the reduction of violent crime also increased, reaching a 23% reduction by week 8.Ref.Social Indicators Research 47: 153–201, 1999
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
The quality of life in Jerusalem, as assessed by an index measuring reduced crime, reduced automobile accidents, and reduced fires, improved immediately during periods when a large group was participating in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the city.Ref.Journal of Conflict Resolution 32: 776–812, 1988
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
Metropolitan Merseyside, England, showed decreased crime when the number of group participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in an adjacent community reached the square root of one per cent of the metropolitan area.Ref.Psychology, Crime, and Law 2: 165–174, 1996
Onderzoek sociale effecten TM
Cities in which one per cent of the population were instructed in the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased crime rate trend in subsequent years in contrast to matched control cities.Ref.Journal of Crime and Justice 25–45, 1981
Onderzoek sociale effecten TM
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.Ref.Journal of Crime and Justice 4: 25–45, 1981
Onderzoek sociale effecten Yogisch Vliegen
During periods from 1979 to 1986 when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme in the United States was larger than 1,700, creating the strongest influence of the Maharishi Effect in the United States, there was a significant increase of positivity of actions of the Soviet Union towards the United States, as shown by the left bar. As indicated by the right bar, during the specific periods of several assemblies in North America and in Europe that approached or exceeded the square root of one per cent of the world’s population, about 7,000 at the time, there was an even greater increase in positivity of actions of the Soviet Union towards the United States. The study, using time series analysis of an independent data bank, the Zürich Project on East-West Relations, confirmed that this influence of increased positivity was independent of the actions of the US towards the Soviet Union and independent of changes in Soviet leadership. In addition, during periods when the size of the group in the United States was sufficient to create the Maharishi Effect in the US, the behaviour of the United States towards the Soviet Union also became more positive.Ref.Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, pp. 297–302. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 1990. (2) ‘U.S.–Soviet relations and the Maharishi Effect: A time series analysis.’ Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1991
Groei in zelf-actualizatie: Transcendente Meditatie vergeleken met andere meditatietechnieken
Statistical meta-analysis of all available research (42 independent study results) indicated that practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme increased self-actualization by about three times as much as procedures of contemplation, concentration, or other techniques.Ref.Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6: 189–248, 1991
“Never be afraid to expect the best. Never feel we are unworthy or not justified in having the best. I tell you this is your heritage. But you have to claim it, you have to accept it and expect it.”
“I call my method meditation, but it is, in fact, a technique of self-exploration; it enables a man to dive into the innermost reaches of his being, in which dwell the essence of life and the source of all wisdom, all creativity, all peace, and all happiness…The word meditation is not new, nor are the benefits of meditation new…But for centuries the technique of meditation of this kind has been forgotten. This is why man suffers, or seems to suffer.”
Groei in zelfactualizatie bij universiteitsstudenten
University students who were practising the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme increased significantly on self-development (ego-development) when measured after graduation, in contrast to control students at three other universities who were not participating in this programme.Ref.Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17: 93–121, 2005
Meer altruïsme
Personen die de Transcendente Meditatie techniek leerden, toonden een grotere bezorgdheid voor het welzijn van anderen in vergelijking met de normen.Ref.Western Psychologist 4: 104–111, 1974
Meer appreciatie van anderen
Universiteitsstudenten die de Transcendente Meditatie techniek beoefenen waren significant meer positief over de belangrijke mensen in hun leven (ouders, echtgenoot) dan controle studenten.Ref.Perceptual and Motor Skills 64: 1003–1012, 1987
Betere moraal
University students who were practising the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly higher levels of moral maturity in comparison to control students who were not practicing the technique. Controls who were about to learn Transcendental Meditation displayed the same level of moral maturity as those who were not planning to learn, indicating that the observed difference among the Transcendental Meditation participants was due to changes after learning the practice.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 36(7): 4361A, 1976