"The study found that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® program by participants in the Invincible America Assembly at Maharishi University of Management (MUM) was associated with a 20.6% reduction of US motor vehicle fatalities over the four-year period 2007–2010… From 2007–2010 the size of the group was above or near 1,725 participants, the size predicted to have a positive influence on the US quality of life…" Well, as far as initiation of heroin is concerned, it appears that during the years 2007 to 2010 (the years claimed that TM/Sidhi program was associated with a 20.6% reduction of vehicle fatalities), Total initiation of heroin by individuals peaked at its all-time highest over the period of 2002 to 2013.
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_1943/ShortReport-1943.pdf https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_1943/ShortReport-1943.pdf See Figure 2. Past year initiation of heroin among individuals aged 12 or older, by age group: 2002 to 2013 Source: SAMHSA, CBHSQ, National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs), 2002 to 2005, 2006 to 2010 (revised March 2012), and 2011 to 2013. The Maharishi Effect between 2007 to 2010 increases heroin initiation (hence possible death by heroin) – but it also decreases death by vehicle accident? By the logic used in the TM report, an increase in heroin initiates is "a positive influence on the US quality of life". Hardly! I believe that some stronger coffee is required. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dickmays@...> wrote : Attached is a summary of a new Maharishi Effect article, just published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, January-February 2017, authored by Dr. Kenneth Cavanaugh and Dr. Michael Dillbeck. Please feel free to share widely. "The study found that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® program by participants in the Invincible America Assembly at Maharishi University of Management (MUM) was associated with a 20.6% reduction of US motor vehicle fatalities over the four-year period 2007–2010. The rate of all other accidental deaths was also reduced by a total of 13.5% over the same period. The study estimates that 19,435 motor vehicle fatalities and 16,759 other accidental deaths were averted by the significantly reduced trends in accident rates. From 2007–2010 the size of the group was above or near 1,725 participants, the size predicted to have a positive influence on the US quality of life. This predicted threshold represents the square root of 1% of the US population." A new Maharishi Effect paper has just been published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, January-February 2017, authored by Dr. Kenneth Cavanaugh and Dr. Michael Dillbeck. The Contribution of Proposed Field Effects of Consciousness to th...: Ingenta Connect https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fcontentone%2Fimp%2Fjcs%2F2017%2F00000024%2FF0020001%2Fart00003&h=ATMWcpm049VWbqCpjQi1Jgw-I0AGt298WhXqUr7UbPSxyFwyhEarV9tSSK3jdPy2k49kqF7ky2-ITXa2nhi8I1nVKaOa42AXjB1Pe6Vi6cmAtXDDi-xkGzMnP7smwkIYljxjz1M&enc=AZMTKbsNeiUBlGkt9xAGv4-eEwg3pdyPKnpc1-nPQtSfQRlAjbiJS7JuKUJGqwwi01sLxxkOVEna2Pj2OPe9nAC_A-oF0r9uIAwBJhuTePrTTqqplJcXFfR9wi8DLM1JzuveMmLoJx8gIAz9mtYoM2YR7DQQbCAJQVNMXsTaUy-839v17GBNtNLVQJRV-_LXHbsG0iXrN8ndsiNf48DquYTR&s=1 Keywords: TM-Sidhi programme; accidental fatality prevention; consciousness and collective behaviour; intervention analysis; motor vehicle fatality prevention; time series regression models INGENTACONNECT.COM http://ingentaconnect.com/
