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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.
This was called the "Extended Maharishi Effect", referring to the "Maharishi effect" with a threshold of 1% of the population. [87] [88] These effects have been examined in 14 published studies, including a gathering of over 4,000 people in Washington DC in the summer of 1993.
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".
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 191? [Note 1] – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious.
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.
In 2006, Orme-Johnson was the principal investigator for an NIH grant sponsored collaboration between Maharishi University of Management and the University of California at Irvine to conduct the first neuroimaging study on the effects of meditation on pain.
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Maharishi Jyotish asserts that the solar system has an influence on the human brain, cells and DNA. [58] According to the Maharishi and his successor, Tony Nader, there is a correspondence between the nine Grahas of Vedic Astrology and the structure of DNA, the brain and the structure of