The Studies in the First Two Sections Document Changes during the Practiceof the Transcendental Meditation Technique Unless Otherwise Stated.
A: Metabolic, Biochemical, and Cardiovascular Changes
431. GLASER, J. L.; BRIND, J. L.; VOGELMAN, J. H.; EISNER , M. J.; DILLBECK,M. C.; WALLACE, R. K.; and ORENTREICH, N. Elevated serum dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate levels in practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) andTM-Sidhi Program. A version of this paper was published in Journal ofBehavioral Medicine 15(4): 327-341, 1992.
Indications of Younger Biological Age: Increased DHEAS Levels in Femaleand Older Male Practitioners of the TM and TM-Sidhi program.
432. PUGH, N. D.; WALTON, K. G.; and CAVANAUGH, K. L. Can time seriesanalysis of serotonin turnover test the theory that consciousness is a field?Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 14: 372, 1988.
Increased Serotonin Turnover Correlated with Group Size of TM-Sidhi Participants.
433. HILL, D. A. Beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity, autonomic balanceand serotonergic activity in practitioners of Transcendental Meditation.Doctoral dissertation, Maharishi International University, U.S.A. DissertationAbstracts International 50(8): 3330-B, 1989.
Decreased Sensitivity to Stress Hormones; Increased Autonomic Balance;More Stable Balance of the Physiology.
434. WALTON, K. G.; BROWN, G. M.; PUGH , N.; MACLEAN C.; and GELDER-LOOS,P. Indole-mediated adaptation: Does melatonin mediate resistance to stressin humans? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16: 273, 1990.
Decreased Melatonin Turnover; Decreased State-Trait Anxiety.
435. WALTON, K. G.; GELDERLOOS, P.; PUGH, N.; MACRAE, P. ; GODDARD, P.;MACLEAN, C.; and LEVITSKY, D. Stress and serotonin turnover in normal subjects:relation to serotonin deficiencies in mental disorders. Abstract presentedat the 5th International Congress of Psychophysiology, Budapest, Hungary,9-13 July, 1990.
Increased Whole Body Serotonin Metabolism; Reduced Mood Disturbance.
436. MACLEAN, C. R. K.; WALTON, K. G.; WENNEBERG, S. R.; LEVITSKY, D.K.; WAZIRI, R.; and SCHNEIDER, R. H. Alterations in Plasma Serotonin Reactivityto Laboratory Stress after Four Months Practice of the Transcendental Meditation(TM) program. Presented at the Second International Symposium on Serotoninfrom All Biology and Pharmacology Therapeutics. Houston, TX, September,1992.
Decreased Baseline Plasma Serotonin Relative to Controls. (In contrastto whole body serotonin metabolism, low plasma serotonin indicates deceasedstress and decreased risk of high blood pressure.)
437. MACLEAN, C. R. K.; WALTON, K. G.; WENNEBERG, S. R.; LEVITSKY, D.K; MANDARINO, J. V.; WAZIRI, R.; and SCHNEIDER, R. H. Altered cortisol responseto stress after four months practice of the Transcendental Meditation program.Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18(2): 1541, 1992.
Improved Adaptation to Stress: Reduced Cortisol Levels in Non-StressfulSituations and Enhanced Cortisol Response During Stressful Challenge withRapid Return to Baseline.
438. LÖLIGER, S. A. Relationship between subjective bliss, 5-hydroxy-3-indoleaceticacid and the collective practice of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditationand TM-Sidhi program. Summary of Doctoral Dissertation, Maharishi InternationalUniversity, U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International 52(1): 551,1990.
Increased Serotonin Turnover and Subjective Experience of Bliss duringMeditation and in Daily Activity Correlated with the Size of a Group ofTM-Sidhi Participants.
439. MACLEAN, C. R. K.; WALTON, K. G.; WENNEBERG, S. R.; LEVITSKY, D.K.; MANDARINO, J. V.; WAZIRI, R.; and SCHNEIDER, R. H. Altered responsesof cortisol, GH, TSH, and testosterone to acute stress after four months'practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM). Presented at the New York Academyof Sciences meeting on Brain Corticosteroid Receptors: Studies on the Mechanism,Function, and Neurotoxicity of Corticosteroid Action, Arlington, VA, March2-5, 1994.
More Adaptive Biochemical Response to Stress: Decreased Baseline Cortisoland Decreased Overall Cortisol During Stress Session; Decreased TSH Responseto Stress; Increased GH Response to Stress; Increased Testosterone Responseto Stress.
440. INFANTE, J. R.; SAMANIEGO, F.; MARTINEZ, M.; ROLDAN, A.; HORTAS,M.; LOPEZ, E.; CASTEJON, J.; POYATOS, R.; PERAN, F.; and GARRIDO, F. Circadianrhythm alteration by a mental technique for stress reduction. EuropeanJournal of Endocrinology (formerly Acta Endocrinologica) Supplement2, Vol. 130, Oslo, Norway, 1994.
Biochemical Indications of Decreased Stress (Lower Levels of ACTH; Beta-Endorphin;CD4 Lymphocytes; and Higher Levels of Natural Killer Cells, Implying IncreasedProtection from Cancer).
B: Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes
441. LYUBIMOV, N. N. Mobilization of the hidden reserves of the brain.Program Abstracts of the 2nd Russian-Swedish Symposium "New Researchin Neurobiology," Brain Research Institute, Russian Academy ofMedical Sciences, Moscow, May 19-21, 1992.
Mobilization of the Hidden Reserves of the Brain: Wider Distributionof the Brain's Response to Sensory Input.
442. ORLOVA, T. V.; PETRENKO, E. V.; and LYUBIMOV, N. N. Cerebral controlof afferent somatosensory projections. Presented at the International Symposiumof Macro and Microlevels of Brain Organization in the Norm and Pathology,Moscow, 1992.
Increased Amplitude of Cortical and Brain Stem Responses to SomatosensoryStimuli.
443. SPLITTSTOESSER, W. EEG analysis during meditation: A literaturereview and experimental study (Original title: ElektroencephalographischeUntersuchung bei der Meditation: Literatur und eigene Erfahrung). Unpublisheddoctoral dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, 1983.
EEG Indications of Restful Alertness: Coexistence of High and Low AmplitudeTheta Activity with Alpha Activity; Occurrence of Delta Waves with OccasionalOverlap by Fast Frequencies; High Amplitude Theta Activity Alternating withAlpha Activity; Increased Intrahemispheric Coherence in the Alpha and ThetaFrequency Bands.
444. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W., and GELDERLOOS, P. Topographic EEG brain mappingduring Yogic Flying. International Journal of Neuroscience 38, 427-434,1988.
Stabilized Restful Alertness: Alpha Activity During Yogic Flying.
445. TRAVIS, F. T. An empirical test of Maharishi's junction point modelof states of consciousness. Modern Science and Vedic Science 4(1):43-56, 1990.
Indication of Pure Consciousness at the Transition between Waking, Sleeping,and Dreaming: Spreading and Increased Duration of Alpha Activity to theFrontal Cortex.
446. CRANSON, R.; GODDARD, P.; ORME-JOHNSON, D.; and SCHUSTER, D. P300under conditions of temporal uncertainty and filter attenuation: Reducedlatency in long-term practitioners of TM. Supplement to Psychophysiology27:4A, August 1990.
Faster Neurocognitive Processing.
447. TRAVIS, F. T., and ORME-JOHNSON, D. W. EEG coherence and power duringyogic flying. International Journal of Neuroscience 54: 1-12, 1990.
Increased EEG Coherence and Power during Yogic Flying.
448. TRAVIS, F. T. Eyes open and TM EEG patterns after one and eightyears of TM practice. Psychophysiology 28(3a): S58, (Abstract), 1991.
Higher Baseline Alpha EEG Coherence in Long-Term Meditators.
449. GODDARD, P. H. Transcendental Meditation as an intervention in theaging of Neurocognitive Function: Reduced Age-Related Declines of P300 Latenciesin elderly practitioners. Summary of Doctoral Dissertation, Maharishi InternationalUniversity, U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53 (6):3189B, 1992.
Preservation of Neurocognitive Processing Speed with Age.
450. MISKOV, S. Endogenous evoked potential in subjects practicing TranscendentalMeditation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Clinical Neurophysiologyof the Clinics for Neurology, Psychiatry, Alcoholism and Other Abuses ofthe Clinical Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice," Zagreb University,Zagreb, Croatia, 1992.
Increased Efficiency and Decreased Age-Related Deterioration of CognitiveInformation Processing as Measured by Event-Related Potentials.
451. TRAVIS, F. T. The junction point model: A field model of waking,sleeping, and dreaming, relating dream witnessing, the waking/sleeping transition,and Transcendental Meditation in terms of a common psychophysiologic state.Dreaming 4(2): 91-104, 1994.
Indication of Pure Consciousness at the Transition Between Waking, Sleeping,and Dreaming: Increased Alpha Activity.
452. TRAVIS, F. and MISKOV, S. P300 latency and amplitude during eyes-closedrest and Transcendental Meditation practice. Psychophysiology 31:S67,(Abstract), 1994.
Improved Efficiency of Information Transfer in the Brain: Shorter Latenciesof Auditory Evoked Potentials (P300).
C: Health
453. ALEXANDER, C. N.; LANGER, E. J.; NEWMAN, R. I. ; CHANDLER, H. M.;and DAVIES, J. L. Transcendental Meditation, mindfulness, and longevity:an experimental study with the elderly. Journal of Personality and SocialPsychology 57(6): 950-964, 1989.
Benefits for the Elderly Demonstrating Reversal of Aging: Increased Longevity(Higher Survival Rate); Reduction of Systolic Blood Pressure to More IdealLevels; Improved Mental Health (Improvements on Nurses' Mental Health Ratings);Increased Cognitive Flexibility (Less Premature Cognitive Commitment, IncreasedLearning Ability on Associate Learning and Greater Perceptual Flexibility);Increased Word Fluency; Improvements in Self-Reported Measures of BehavioralFlexibility and Aging (Greater Ability to Cope with Inconvenience, ReducedFeelings of Being Old, Less Impatience with Others); Greater Sense of Well-Being(Feeling Better During the TM Program, High Interest in the TM Program andHigh Ratings of the Value of the TM Program; Feeling Better and More RelaxedAfter the TM Program).
454. SCHNEIDER, R. H.; ALEXANDER, C. N.; and WALLACE, R. K. In searchof an optimal behavioral treatment for hypertension: A review and focuson Transcendental Meditation. In Personality, Elevated Blood Pressure,and Essential Hypertension., eds. E. H. Johnson, W. D. Gentry, and S.Julius, pp. 291-316. Washington, D. C. : Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1992.
Reduction of High Blood Pressure.
455. BLASDELL, K. S. Acute immunoreactivity, Transcendental Meditation,and Type A/B behavior. Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation, Department ofPhysiological and Biological Sciences, Maharishi International University,U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International 50(10): 4806B, 1990.
Improved Immune Response to Stress.
456. HARATANI, T., and HENMI, T. Effects of Transcendental Meditation(TM) on the mental health of industrial workers. Japanese Journal ofIndustrial Health 32(7): 346, 1990.
Improvements in General Physical and Mental Well-Being in IndustrialWorkers:
Decreased Physical Complaints; Decreased Impulsive Tendency; ReducedEmotional Instability; and Decreased Neurotic Tendency.
457. HARATANI, T., and HENMI, T. Effects of Transcendental Meditation(TM) on the health behavior of industrial workers. Japanese Journal ofPublic Health 37 (10): 729, 1990.
Improved Sleep and Decreased Smoking in Industrial Workers: DecreasedTime to Fall Asleep; Reduced Waking During the Night; Decreased Smoking;Fewer Cigarettes Smoked per Day.
458. HERRON, R. E. The Impact of Transcendental Meditation practice onmedical expenditures. Summary of Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Management,Maharishi International University, U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International53(12):4219A, 1993.
Decreased Medical Care Expenditures; Greatest Savings for Elderly andHigh Cost People.
459. WENNEBERG, S. R.; SCHNEIDER, R. H.; MACLEAN, C. R. K.; LEVITSKY,D. K.; WALTON, K. G.; MANDARINO, J.; and WAZIRI, R. The effect of TranscendentalMeditation on ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity. Presentedat the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Boston,MA, April 13-16, 1994.
More Ideal Levels of Blood Pressure in Normotensive Subjects: DecreasedMean Diastolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure.
460. SCHNEIDER, R. H.; NIDICH, S.; SHARMA, H.; ROBINSON, C.; FOSTER,G.; NIDICH, R.; GOODMAN, R.; and ALEXANDER, C. Effects of the TranscendentalMeditation program on lipid peroxide levels in community-dwelling olderadults. Presented at the Third International Congress of Behavioral Medicine,Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 6-9 July 1994.
Prevention of Disease: Lower Levels of Free-Radicals in the Elderly.
A: Intelligence, Learning, and Academic Performance
461. CRANSON, R. W.; ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; GACKENBACH, J.; DILLBECK, M.C.; JONES, C. H.; and ALEXANDER, C. N. Transcendental Meditation and improvedperformance on intelligence-related measures: A longitudinal study. Personalityand Individual Differences 12(10): 1105-1116, 1991.
Improvements in General Intelligence Measured by Psychometric Tests andChoice Reaction Time.
462. HEINSTEDT, E. Divergent production: An "intuitive" cognitivestyle. Licentiate Dissertation, Lund University, Sweden, 1990.
Decreased Arousal; Broad Attention; Increased Perceptual and ConceptualFlexibility.
463. FERGUSSON, L. C. Field independence and art achievement in meditatingand nonmeditating college students. Perceptual and Motor Skills 75:1171-1175, 1992.
Field Independence Correlated to College Art Achievement; Higher FieldIndependence.
464. FERGUSSON, L. C. Field independence, Transcendental Meditation andachievement in college art: A reexamination. Perceptual and Motor Skills77:1104-1106, 1993.
Growth of a Stable Internal Frame of Reference: Higher Level of FieldIndependence; Correlation of Field Independence with Grade-Point Averageand Art Achievement.
465. SO KAM-TIM. Testing and Improving Intelligence and Creativity inthe Chinese Culture with Maharishi's Vedic Psychology: Toward a Holistic& Universal Assessment. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Psychology,Maharishi International University, 1995.
Increased Creativity (Increased Ability to Interpret and Associate Freely,Increased Productive Imagination); Increased Fluid Intelligence (IncreasedAbility to Perceive Complex Relations, More Effective Use of Short TermMemory, Improved Ability to Reason Abstractly); Decreased Inspection Time(Increased Speed of Information Processing, Decreased Noise in the InformationProcessing System, Increased Focus); Increased Field Independence (GreaterAbility to Differentiate Experience, Greater Cognitive Clarity, Broad Comprehensionand Improved Ability to Focus); Increased Constructive Thinking (ImprovedEmotional Coping, Improved Behavioral Coping, Improvements on CategoricalThinking--Increased Flexibility of Attitude and Increased Tolerance of Others);Decreased State and Trait Anxiety.
B: Development of Personality
466. ALEXANDER, C. N.; RAINFORTH, M. V.; and GELDERLOOS, P. TranscendentalMeditation, self-actualization, and psychological health: A conceptual overviewand statistical meta-analysis. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality6(5), 189-247, 1991.
Most Effective Means of Increasing Self-Actualization.
467. CHANDLER, H. M. Transcendental meditation and awakening wisdom:A 10-year longitudinal study of self-development (meditation). DissertationAbstracts International 51(10): 5048B, 1990.
Growth of Wisdom: Increased Ego Development--Improved Affective Functioningand Cognitive Development.
468. AHLSTROM, H. H. Transcendental Meditation, adaptation mechanismsand valuations. Doctoral dissertation, Maharishi International University,1991.
Increased Psychological Health and Orientation Towards Positive Values.
469. ALEXANDER, C. N.; HEATON, D. P.; and CHANDLER, H. M. Advanced humandevelopment in the Vedic Psychology of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Theory andresearch. In Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood, eds.M. E. Miller and S. R. Cook-Greuter, pp. 39-70. Lanham, MD: Rowman &Littlefield Publishers, 1994.
This paper presents subjective experiences, theory, and research on Maharishi'sSeven States of Consciousness. It provides a conceptual model showing howthe higher states of consciousness in Maharishi's Vedic Psychology extendbeyond the developmental stages of modern psychology and meet all the criteriaof advanced development.
A: Rehabilitation: Drugs and Alcohol
470. ALEXANDER, C. N.; ROBINSON, P.; and RAINFORTH, M. Treating and preventingalcohol, nicotine, and drug abuse through Transcendental Meditation: A reviewand statistical meta-analysis. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11:13-87, 1994.
Meta-analysis of 198 Studies: the Transcendental Meditation program isUniquely Effective for Treatment and Prevention of Drug, Alcohol, and CigaretteAbuse.
471. ROYER, A. The role of the Transcendental Meditation technique inpromoting smoking cessation: A longitudinal study. Alcoholism TreatmentQuarterly 11: 219-236, 1994.
Increased Smoking Quit Rate Over a Two-Year Period.
B: Rehabilitation: Prisons -- Case Histories
472 ANKLESARIA, F., and KING, M. S. The nation-wide implementation ofMaharishi's integrated system of rehabilitation in Senegal--A case study.In Scientific Research on Maharishi's Integrated System of Rehabilitation,eds. F. Anklesaria and M. S. King. Fairfield IA: MIU Press, 1993.
Almost Complete Cessation of Fights Between Inmates, Very Sharp Reductionin Irritability and Aggressiveness; Improvement in Health; Decrease in theNumber of Medical Consultations--as much as 70-80%; Marked Decrease in DrugConsumption; Improvement in Sleep; Reduced National Recidivism.
C: Productivity and Quality of Life
473. Implementation of the Transcendental Meditation program for Brazilianarmy officers and cadets. Official Report No. 271-A/2/DEP, National Academyof Officers, Ministry of the Army, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29 December1991.
Increased Capacity of Attention; Improved Memory of Details; IncreasedAbility to Carry out Orders; Increased Physical Strength; Reduced BaselineHeart Rate.
474. ANKLESARIA, F., and KING, M. S. Developing the full potential ofpolice officers: Maharishi's integrated system of rehabilitation in theBrazilian military police forces. In Scientific Research on Maharishi'sIntegrated System of Rehabilitation, eds. F. Anklesaria and M. S. King.Fairfield IA: MIU Press, 1993.
Improved Health, Decreased Disciplinary Problems and an Improved PublicImage.
475. ALEXANDER, C. N.; SWANSON, G. C.; RAINFORTH, M. V.; CARLISLE, T.W.; TODD, C. C.; and OATES, R. M. Effects of the Transcendental Meditationprogram on stress reduction, health, and employee development: A prospectivestudy in two occupational settings. Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An InternationalJournal 6: 245-262, 1993.
Reduced Anxiety, Insomnia, Fatigue, Cigarette and Hard Liquor Use; ImprovedHealth, Employee Effectiveness, Job Satisfaction, and Job Relationships.
476. BROOME, V. J. Relationship between participation in TranscendentalMeditation and the functionality of marriage. Masters thesis, Universityof the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1989.
Improved Marital Functionality (Overall Positive Couple Agreement, MaritalSatisfaction, Personality Issues, Communication, Marital Cohesion and MaritalAdaptability.)
The Following Papers in This Section Document the Growth of Coherencein the Collective Consciousness of States, Nations and the World.
477. ASSIMAKIS, P. D., and DILLBECK, M. C. Time series analysis of improvedquality of life in Canada: Social change, collective consciousness, andthe TM-Sidhi program. Psychological Reports 1995 (In press).
Improved Quality of National Life: Improvements on a Weekly Index IncludingMotor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, and Suicide (Canada, 1983-1985); Improvementson a Monthly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, Suicide,Cigarette Consumption, and Worker-Days Lost in Strikes (Canada, 1972-1986).
478. GELDERLOOS, P.; CAVANAUGH, K. L.; and DAVIES, J. L. (1990). Thedynamics of US-Soviet relations, 1979-1986: Effects of reducing social stressthrough the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. In Proceedingsof the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, Alexandria,VA.
Improved U.S.A.--Soviet Relations: Improved U.S.A. Statements and ActionsTowards the U.S.S.R. and Improved U.S.S.R. Statements and Actions Towardsthe U.S.A. (U.S.A. and U.S.S.R., 1979-1986).
479. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; ALEXANDER, C. N.; and DAVIES, J. L. The effectsof the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field: Reply to a methodologicalcritique. Journal of Conflict Resolution 34(2): 756-768, 1990.
Strong Replication of Original Research Methodology.
480. REEKS, D. L. Improved quality of life in Iowa through the MaharishiEffect. Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation, Maharishi International University,U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International 51(12), 1991.
Reduced Unemployment, Traffic Fatalities, and Crime Rate (Iowa, 1979-1986).
481. HATCHARD, G. D.; DEANS, A. J.; CAVANAUGH, K. L.; and ORME-JOHNSON,D. W. The Maharishi Effect: A model for social improvement: Time seriesanalysis of a phase transition to reduced crime in Merseyside metropolitanarea. Psychology, Crime, and Law (1995, in press). Also presentedby invitation to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Societyon Criminal and Legal Psychology, 1-3 March, 1993, Harrogate, England.
Decreased Crime Rate (Merseyside, England, 1988-1991).
482. HAGELIN, J. S.; ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; RAINFORTH, M.; CAVANAUGH, K.;and ALEXANDER, C. N. Results of the national demonstration project to reduceviolent crime and improve governmental effectiveness in Washington, D. C.Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy Technical Report 94:1,1994.
Decreased Violent Crime Rate (Washington, D.C., June and July, 1993);Increased Popular Support for U.S. President.
PART IV: THEORETICAL AND REVIEW PAPERS
A: Physiology
483. JEVNING, R.; WALLACE, R. K.; and BEIDEBACH, M. The physiology ofmeditation: A review. A wakeful hypometabolic integrated response. Neuroscienceand Biobehavioral Reviews 16: 415-424, 1992.
Based upon a wide spectrum of physiological data on TM made availableby previous research, the authors hypothesize that meditation is an integratedresponse with peripheral circulatory and metabolic changes subserving increasedcentral nervous activity, and discuss probable objective markers of clearexperience of samadhi or pure consciousness as the subjectively identifiablegoal of meditation.
484. WALLACE, R. K. The physiology of higher states of consciousness.Paper presented at the Conference on Higher States of Consciousness: Theoreticaland experimental perspectives, Chicago, August, 1991.
The author delineates the empirically measurable physiological correlatesof higher states of consciousness.
485. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W. Transcendental Meditation as a technique toincrease neural, cognitive and behavioral plasticity. Proceedings ofthe Conference on Restorative Neurophysiology, Irkutsk, Russia, August1992.
The author reviews research in support of the hypothesis that regularpractice of the Transcendental Meditation technique increases the flexibilityof the nervous system and improves general adaptive ability.
486. WALTON, K. G., and LEVITSKY, D. A neuroendocrine mechanism for thereduction of drug use and addictions by Transcendental Meditation. AlcoholismTreatment Quarterly 11: 89-117, 1994.
Neurochemical Substrate of Chronic Stress and its Contribution to theDevelopment of Drug Addiction. Explains how the Transcendental Meditationprogram Normalizes Physiological Imbalances Involved in Addiction; ImprovedBalance and Well-Being.
487. ALEXANDER, C. N.; ROBINSON, P.; ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; SCHNEIDER,R. H.; and WALTON, K. G. The effects of Transcendental Meditation comparedto other methods of relaxation in reducing risk factors, morbidity, andmortality. Homeostasis 35: 4/5, 243-263, 1994.
This paper reviews four meta-analyses, which show the superiority ofMaharishi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program compared to otherrelaxation and meditation techniques in producing deep rest, decreasinganxiety, increasing self-actualization, and decreasing substance abuse (cigarettes,drugs, alcohol). It also reviews individual well-controlled studies whichsupport the conclusion of the meta-analyses. In addition, it provides atheoretical mechanism of the effects of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditationand TM-Sidhi program in terms of normalization of the biochemical effectsof stress.
B: Education
488. JONES, C. H. The impact of Maharishi's Vedic Science based educationin higher education: The example of Maharishi International University.Modern Science and Vedic Science 3(2): 155-199, 1989.
The author suggests that holistic development of students occurs as aresult of implementing the technologies of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's VedicScience such as the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, andteaching techniques based on the principles of Maharishi's Vedic Science.
489. DOW, M. A. Preparing the student to succeed at calculus. ModernScience and Vedic Science 6 (1): 1994.
The author suggests that learning calculus involves three aspects: knower,known, and process of knowing. Today's calculus reform deals admirably withthe last two aspects but leaves the development of the student's full mentalcapacity, the knower, largely to chance. The practice of Maharishi's TranscendentalMeditation technique at MIU develops the knower and thereby gives at leasttwo distinct advantages: a relaxed, alert mind and an experiential frameworkfor feeling at home with the limit process.
C: Maharishi's Vedic Science: Physics
490. HAGELIN, J. S. The physics of immortality. Paper presented at IsthmusInstitute Conference, Dallas, TX, April, 1991.
The author suggests that physiological growth towards immortality ispossible when experience of the unified field of all the laws of natureis maintained.
D: Maharishi's Vedic Psychology
491. DILLBECK, M. C., and ALEXANDER, C. N. Higher states of consciousness:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Vedic Psychology of human development. The Journalof Mind and Behavior 10(4): 307-334, 1989.
The authors suggest that adult development to higher states of consciousnessbeyond the experience of waking, dreaming and sleeping results from growthof maintenance of the experience of the Self.
492. DILLBECK, M. C. The concept of self in the Bhagavad-Gita and inthe Vedic Psychology of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: A further note on testability.Psychologia--An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient 33:50-56, 1990.
This paper points out that in the Bhagavad-Gita the subjective experienceof transcendental or pure consciousness ("Self") is describedas having effects that have been measured through extensive scientific researchon Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation program.
493. GELDERLOOS, P. Maharishi's Vedic Psychology: Alleviate sufferingby enlivening bliss--reconnect the partial values of life with the wholenessof life. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Meditation, Psychotherapy,and Health, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 16-18 March 1990.
This paper explains how Maharishi's Vedic Psychology is the fulfillmentof psychotherapy and reviews scientific research indicating that Maharishi'sTranscendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program improve individual and collectivephysical and mental health.
494. DILLBECK, M. C. The Bhagavad-Gita: A case study in Maharishi's VedicPsychology. Modern Science and Vedic Science 4(2), 96-134, 1991.
The author analyzes the Bhagavad-Gita as a model case study from theVedic literature providing knowledge of the full range of human developmentfrom ignorance to enlightenment.
495. ALEXANDER, C. N. Transcendental Meditation. In Encyclopedia ofPsychology (2nd edition), ed. R. J. Corsini, pp. 545-46. New York: WileyInterscience, 1994.
The author presents a basic introduction to Transcendental Meditationand the scientific research on it.
E. Business and Industry
496. ALEXANDER, C. N.; HEATON, D. P.; and CHANDLER, H. M. Promoting adultpsychological development: Implications for management education. Proceedingsof the Association of Management, Human Resource Management 2, 133-137,Orlando, Florida, August 1990.
Promotion of Psychological Development (Ego Development, Field Independenceand Intelligence).
497. GUSTAVSSON, B., and HARUNG, H. S. Organizational learning basedon transforming collective consciousness. The Learning Organization 1: 33-40,1994.
The authors suggest that the level of development of consciousness isprimary in determining continuous learning of an individual and the organization.
498. SCHMIDT-WILK, J. Developing consciousness in organizations: TheTranscendental Meditation program in business. Journal of Business andPsychology 10 (4): 1995 (in press).
A review of research on the application of Maharishi's TranscendentalMeditation program in the workplace indicates: improved employee health;increased job and life satisfaction; improved job performance and productivity;increased job stability; and improved interpersonal relations. These resultsare discussed from a model of developing consciousness of the individualand developing corporate consciousness.
F: Rehabilitation: Drugs and Alcohol
499. GELDERLOOS, P.; WALTON, K. G.; ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; and ALEXANDER,C. N. Effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation program in preventingand treating substance misuse: A review. International Journal of theAddictions 26: 293-325, 1991.
The authors review research indicating decreased substance abuse amongstudents, chronic users, and prison inmates.
500. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W. Transcendental Meditation as an epidemiologicalapproach to drug and alcohol abuse: Theory, research, and financial impactevaluation. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11: 119-168, 1994.
The author focuses on the contributions of the Transcendental Meditationprogram to resolving broader social problems associated with addiction.He proposes that drug and alcohol abuse are symptoms of a general stress-addiction-crimeepidemic in society. He then reviews impressive sociological research findingsshowing how societal disorder--experienced as crime, drug abuse, politicalconflict, and economic instability--can be substantially reduced throughthe cost effective programs of Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Ayur-Veda.
G: Rehabilitation: Prisons
501. KING, M. S. The theoretical foundations and practical validationof Maharishi's integrated system of rehabilitation. In Scientific Researchon Maharishi's Integrated System of Rehabilitation, eds. F. Anklesariaand M. S. King. Fairfield, IA: MIU Press, 1993.
This paper outlines the theoretical foundations of Maharishi's IntegratedSystem of Rehabilitation. It shows how this theory of rehabilitation isvalidated by extensive scientific research and by personal experience ofmeditating offenders. The author suggests that this system of rehabilitationoffers a solution to key problems within the field of rehabilitation, includingrecidivism, the measurement of rehabilitation, and the means of rehabilitation.
502. KIMBLE, C. J. Transcendental Meditation in the youth authority.Youth Authority Quarterly 28, 1975.
Benefits experienced by Meditating Wards of the Youth Authority in California.
H: Maharishi Effect: World Peace
503. CAVANAUGH, K. L.; KING, K. D.; and TITUS, B. D. Improving the nationaleconomy through alliance with nature's government: Effects of the grouppractice of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.Modern Science and Vedic Science 4(1): 3-41, 1990.
Improved National Economy: Decreased Index of Inflation and Unemployment.
504. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W. Introduction to the proceedings of the conferenceon approaches to creating a stable world peace. Modern Science and VedicScience 5(1-2): 1-30, 1992.
This paper is an introduction to a peace conference held at MIU, whichsummarizes the presentations of the conference participants and presentsan overview of Maharishi's approach to world peace.
505. HAGELIN, J. S. Achieving world peace through a new science and technology.Modern Science and Vedic Science 5(1-2): 48-75, 1992.
This paper examines scientific evidence for a new technology of worldpeace based on the unified field of natural law and considers its practicalutilization through extended field effects of consciousness.
506. ALEXANDER, C. N. Peaceful body, peaceful mind, peaceful world. ModernScience and Vedic Science 5(1-2): 150-164, 1992.
This paper outlines the development of peace within the individual andexplains how this development forms the basis of creating peace in the world.
507. ORME-JOHNSON, D. W. Theory and research on conflict resolution throughthe Maharishi Effect. Modern Science and Vedic Science 5(1-2): 76-98,1992.
This paper presents the Maharishi Effect as the basis for a practicalprogram to create world peace and describes scientific research demonstratingthe effectiveness of this program in generating coherence and peace on alllevels of collective life.
508. MORRIS, B. Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology: The only meansto create world peace. Modern Science and Vedic Science 5(1-2): 199-207,1992.
This paper analyzes the mechanics through which the experience of transcendentalconsciousness creates peace in both individual and collective consciousness.The paper also emphasizes the urgency of establishing groups of world peaceprofessionals to create peace for the world.