Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1

Foreword Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation 3

Introduction John Hagelin, PhD 7

Chapter 1 Overview 14

Consciousness and collective consciousness 15

The Maharishi Effect 16

War, peace and the Transcendental Meditation technique 18

Understanding the Maharishi Effect 20

The root of all peace 21

Chapter 2 Creating peace in Baskinta 23

The story of Baskinta 24

The experiment

Transformation in time of war 25

Implications of the Baskinta study 26

Chapter 3 Dare to consider 27

Galileo's telescope 28

Rocks falling from the sky

Heavier than air? 29

The theoretical basis for Marconi's wireless

Continental drift and ice ages 30

The transformation of bacteria: experimental data that led to a theoretical explanation 31

Understanding the known

The quantum world and common sense

New paradigm 33

Changing paradigms

Chapter 4 Sixteen strengths of the Maharishi Effect 35

1 Research results have been replicated with over 150 outcomes.

2 Research has been published in peer-reviewed journals. 36

3 The research has been checked by independent experts.

4 Over 30 scientists have been involved in the Maharishi Effect research. 37

5 Maharishi Effect researchers are experts in their field.

6 The measured changes were predicted in advance. 38

7 The research design used publicly available data.

8 The research results are statistically significant.

9 The experimental designs are stronger than other international conflict designs.

10 In some studies, different methods of selecting control groups were used. 39

11 The studies examined diverse and normally unconnected variables. 40

12 The studies have shown a dosage effect.

13 Studies have controlled for or investigated other explanations for changes.

14 The research has utilized a variety of experimental contexts.

15 The research utilized time series analysis and seasonality. 41

16 Selection of the statistical model reduces the risk of bias.

Conclusion

Chapter 5 A brain-based approach to peace 42

Silence and dynamism 45

Transcendental Meditation practice, hypertension and other risk factors 46

Post-traumatic stress disorder 49

Stress, Father Mejia and the David Lynch Foundation 51

Research in prisons 53

Chapter 6 Are all meditations essentially the same? 55

Distinct EEG signatures

The EEG signature for transcending 58

Default mode network 59

Brainwave coherence and future behavior 61

Chapter 7 Collective consciousness 63

The underlying governor of government

Wheels within wheels 4

Familiar examples of collective consciousness 65

Scientific explanations of collective consciousness 66

Chapter 8 Collective consciousness: its influence on society 70

Power, violence and collective consciousness 73

Economics, national mood and the collective consciousness 75

Chapter 9 Tipping points 79

Phase transitions and the Meissner Effect 82

A safety factor 84

Chapter 10 First indications of social transformation 86

Repetition 88

Randomization 89

Chapter 11 Explanations for the Maharishi Effect 93

A unified field explanation 94

The power of nature 101

Chapter 12 Unity and diversity 103

Against dogma 108

Summing up 111

Chapter 13 Unfreezing human development 112

Transcendental Consciousness 113

Cosmic Consciousness 115

Refined Cosmic Consciousness 118

Rising to unity 120

Experience over ideology 122

Chapter 14 A taste of peace 126

The mechanics of the program 127

The power of the group 128

Increased events as a sign of increased interactions 131

Nicaragua

More case histories 132

A taste of world peace 134

Intermediate causes 135

Chapter 15 EEG and biochemistry 137

Measuring the invisible 138

The physiology, the biochemistry and the decrease in stress 140

A field effect? 142

Chapter 16 Lucky chance or causal connection? 144

Reverse causation? 148

Controlling for vacations, politics, military events and the weather 149

Statistical controls 151

Collective versus individual variables 152

The timing of troop withdrawals 154

Chapter 17 Eliminating alternative explanations 156

Time series analysis and Maharishi Effect research 157

A beginner's guide to time series analysis 159

Time series analysis and the IPPME

Further tests on the IPPME 160

Checking the validity of the model

The value of statistics 162

Chapter 18 Seven repetitions 164

An analysis of political negotiations 168

A missed opportunity 169

Delays in publication 170

Chapter 19 Overcoming conventional wisdom 172

Chapter 20 A public demonstration 178

A public sociological experiment

Project review board and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 180

Homicides and robberies 182

Reducing homicide 184

Crime and temperature 185

President Clinton's approval ratings and a Washington DC quality-of-life index 187

Extra tests 191

Blue walls and white coats

Chapter 21 Improving the quality of life in the USA 193

Not just car accidents 196

1 Reduction in US violent crime 198

2 Reduction in homicides in US urban areas 200

3 Reduction in US motor vehicle and other accidental fatalities 201

4 Reduction in drug-related fatalities and infant mortalities 203

Chapter 22 Queries and suggestions 207

Indications from the existing research 209

Adaptation effects 212

Chapter 23 Mozambique: a government ahead of its time 216

Not just Mozambique 220

National consciousness 222

Chapter 24 Norway and New Zealand 225

Alternative explanations 227

Chapter 25 Averting the danger before it arises 229

A group of 7000 231

A global influence 232

Can international conflict and terrorism decrease? 234

Enemies without borders require solutions without boundaries 235

Chapter 26 Improved US-Soviet relations 238

The Zurich Project on East-West Relations 241

Strengthening the research 242

The larger the group, the bigger the impact 245

Government as a mirror 249

Chapter 27 A golden age? 251

The long peace and the new peace 252

The growth of reason-a sufficient explanation? 253

Maharishi's contribution to the creation of a better world 254

Expansion of awareness: the basis of tolerance and love 255

Chapter 28 Spiritual regeneration 257

The heart of the matter 259

Epilogue 262

About the authors 264

References and Notes 265

Index 310