A seventeen-year landmark study finds that group meditation decreases US national stress

World Journal of Social Science published a study showing that group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi techniques by √1% of a population decreased multiple stress indicators in the U.S.. Scientists call for a group to create world peace.

Every year during 2000 to 2006 there were tens of thousands of stress-related tragedies in the U.S.. The current study is the longest and most comprehensive of 50 studies to demonstrate what has been named the Maharishi Effect. The blue line indicates that during the Baseline period of 2000 to 2006 the size of the TM and TM-Sidhi group at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa increased to reach √1% of the U.S. population (1725 people) and stayed there for five years during the Demonstration period from 2007 to 2011. All stress indicators immediately started decreasing.

Lead author Dr. David Orme Johnson said: “What is unique about this study is that the results are so visually striking and on such a large scale. We see reduced stress on multiple indicators at the predicted time for the entire United States over a five-year period. And when the size of the group declined, national stress began increasing again.”

The paper concludes with a call to create a permanent √1% group for the whole world, 8,000 participants practicing the TM and TM-Sidhi program together in one place.

Journal: World Journal of Social Science | DOI: 10.5430/wjss.v9n1p1 | Article published: 14-Dec-2022

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