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Journal of Mind and Behavior, 9(4), 6.Rees, B., Travis, F., Shapiro, D., & Chant, R. (2014). Significant reductions in post- 457486.This work . . . deserves the most serious consideration.traumatic stress symptoms in Congolese refugees after 10 days Transcendental21.Dillbeck, M. C. (1990). Test of a field theory of consciousness and social change: The claim can be plausibly made that the potential impact of this research exceeds that of any otherMeditation practice. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27(1), 112-115. Time series analysis of participation in the TM-Sidhi program and reduction of ongoing social or psychological research program. The research has survived a broader array of statisti- 7.Rees, B., Travis, F., Shapiro, D., & Chant, R. (2013). Reduction in post traumaticviolent death in the U.S. Social Indicators Research, 22, 399-418. cal tests than most research in the field of conflict resolution. I think this work, and the theory thatstress symptoms in Congolese refugees practicing Transcendental Meditation.22. Assimakis, P. D., & Dillbeck, M. C. (1995). Time series analysis of improved quality Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26, 295-298.informs it, deserve the most serious consideration by academics and policy makers alike. 8.of life in Canada: Social change, collective consciousness, and the TM-Sidhi Brooks, J. S., & Scarano, T. (1985). Transcendental Meditation and the treatment ofprogram. Psychological Reports, 76, 11711193.David Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin post-Vietnam adjustment. Journal of Counseling and Development, 64, 212-215.23. Dillbeck, M. C. & Cavanaugh, K. L. (2016). Societal violence and collective con-Rees, B., Travis, F., Shapiro, D., & Chant, R. (2013). 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As unlikely asOperation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Pilot25.Dillbeck, M. C. & Cavanaugh, K. L. (2017). Group practice of the Transcendental Study. Military Medicine, 176(6), 626.the premise may sound, I think we have to take these studies seriously. 10. Heffner, K. L., Caine, E. D., Crean, H., Franus, N., Moynihan, J. A. , & Talbot, N.Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and reductions in infant mortality and drug-related death: A quasi-experimental analysis. SAGE Open, JanuaryMarch, 115.Ted Robert Gurr, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Government and Politics, (2014). Meditation for PTSD demonstration project: Final report to Mental Health University of Maryland Services, Department of Veteran Affairs Final report to Mental Health Services,26. Cavanaugh, K. L., & Dillbeck, M.C. (2017). Field effects of consciousness and re-Department of Veteran Affairs (pp. 172). Rochester, New York: Department ofduction in U.S. urban murder rates: Evaluation of a prospective quasi-experiment. Psychiatry at the University of Rochester. Journal of Health and Environmental Research, 3(3-1), 3243.The work is sound. 11. 27.Rainforth, M. V., Bleick, C., Alexander, C. N., & Cavanaugh, K. L. . (2003). The Tran- Cavanaugh, K. L., King, K. D., & Ertuna, C. (1989). A multiple-input transfer The hypothesis definitely raised some eyebrows among our reviewers. But the statistical work isscendental Meditation program and criminal recidivism in Folsom State Prisoners:function model of Okuns misery index: An empirical test of the Maharishi Effect. A 15-year follow-up study. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 36, 181-204. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics sound. The numbers are there. When you can statistically control for as many variables as these stud- 12. Alexander, C. N., Rainforth, M. V., Frank, P. R., Grant, J. D., Von Stade, C., & Walton,Statistics Section, 565570. ies do, it makes the results much more convincing. This evidence indicates that we now have a newK. G. (2003). Walpole study of the Transcendental Meditation program in maxi- 28. Goodman, R. S., Orme-Johnson, D.W., Rainforth, M.V., & Goodman, D.H. (1997).technology to generate peace in the world. mum security prisoners III: Reduced recidivism. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,Transforming political institutions through individual and collective consciousness: Raymond Russ, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Maine; 36(3), 161-180. The Maharishi Effect and government. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of 13. the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C.editor, Journal of Mind and Behavior Alexander, C. N., Robinson, P., & Rainforth, M. V. (1994). Treating alcohol, nicotine and drug abuse through Transcendental Meditation: A review and statistical meta- 29. Soares, Claire (23 October 2007). Joaquim Chissano: Democrat among theanalysis. Alcohol Treatment Quarterly, 11, 13-87. despots. The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/joaquim-chissano-democrat-among-the-despots-397608.htmlThis research . . . demands action. 14. Gelderloos, P., Walton, K. G., Orme-Johnson, D. W., & Alexander, C. N. (1991). Effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation program in preventing and treating30.I have been following the research on the Maharishi Effect [Brain-Based Approach to Peace] as it hasChissano, J. A., & Dai, T., Proceedings of the International Conference on Invincible substance misuse: a review. International Journal of Addictions, 26(3), 293-325. Defence, 1013 (1984). MVU Press, The Netherlands; Chissano, J. A., & Dai, T., developed over the last twenty years. There is now a strong and coherent body of evidence showing15. Schneider, R. H., Grim, C. E., Rainforth, M. A., Kotchen, T. A., Nidich, S. I., Gaylord- Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Invincible Defence, 1013that [this approach] provides a simple and cost-effective solution to many of the social problems weKing, C., Salerno, J. W., Alexander, C. N. (2012). Stress reduction in the secondary(1985). MVU Press, The Netherlands; Chissano, J. A., & Dai, T., Proceedings of the face today. This research and its conclusions are so strong, that it demands action from those respon- prevention of cardiovascular disease: Randomized controlled trial of TranscendentalThird International Conference on Invincible Defence, 1013 (1985). MVU Press, The sible for government policy. Meditation and health education in Blacks. Circulation: Cardiovascular QualityNetherlands.Outcomes, 5(6), 750-758. 31. Villamil, J. M., & Leffler, D. (29 January 2003).Project: Coherence. Whats Hot Huw Dixon, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, York University, England 16. Hagelin, J. S. (1987). Is consciousness the unified field? 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