Transcendental meditation prevents war, terrorism ANI, Mar 23, 2010, 01.11pm IST
Source: TOI A new research paper has pointed how militaries worldwide could use the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programme, 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 programme 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-let