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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi claimed that the quality of life would noticeably improve if at least the square root of one per cent (1%) of the population practised the Transcendental Meditation technique. This is known as the "Maharishi effect" and according to the Maharishi, it was perceived in 1974 after an analysis of crime statistics in 16 cities.
David W. Orme-Johnson (born January 17, 1941) is a former professor of psychology at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. He is the author of over 100 papers investigating the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique. [1]
The technique is recommended for 20 minutes twice per day. [10] According to the Maharishi, "bubbles of thought are produced in a stream one after the other", and the Transcendental Meditation technique consists of experiencing a "proper thought" in its more subtle states "until its subtlest state is experienced and transcended".
This is termed the Maharishi Effect. While empirical studies have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals [96] they have been met with both skepticism and criticism. Skeptics have called TM's associated theories of the Science of Creative Intelligence and the Maharishi Effect, "pseudoscience".
The Maharishi said: "The good effects of transcendental meditation — increased creativity and long life — should not be given to a dangerous country that is constantly busy destroying the world." After Tony Blair 's Labour Party won reelection in May 2005 , the Maharishi withdrew all instruction in Transcendental Meditation in the UK.
A list of 'effects' that have been noticed in the field of psychology. [clarification needed] Ambiguity effect;
Maharishi European Research University (MERU) was founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Seelisberg, Switzerland in 1975. [1] [92] The university's purpose is to conduct research into the effects of Transcendental Meditation and higher states of consciousness. [1] [92] The original campus was located in a Victorian-era hotel above Lake Lucerne.
Maharishi claims that individual practice has a net effect on the collective consciousness: "Now millions of Vedic Scientists practising Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation, researching in their own field of consciousness, are busy creating purity in world consciousness, the fertile ground for Heaven on Earth."