l In 1993, there was a high profile demonstration of the Maharishi Effect in Washington D.C. A 27 member independent scientific review board included representatives from the Police and Washington universities. Predictions of reduced violent crime, improved quality of life, and higher approval ratings for government were lodged in advance with the review board. The predictions were supported during the assembly attended by 4000 TM-Sidhi participants. There was a 24% reduction in violent crime during the six week period of the assembly compared to the trend predicted by time-series analysis of preceding data.

Reference: Hagelin, J. S., D. W. Orme-Johnson, M. Rainforth, K. L. Cavanaugh, C. N. Alexander: 1999, Results of the National demonstration project to reduce violent crime and improve government effectiveness in Washington D.C., Social Indicators Research 47: 153-201. Goodman, R. S.: 1997, The Maharishi Effect and Government. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Am. Political Science Assoc, Washington D.C.

l A study of crime rate in Merseyside found a 60% reduction in crime relative to UK national trends when a Maharishi Effect group was set up nearby in Skelmersdale. Merseyside crime reduced from the third highest to the lowest among metropolitan areas in England and Wales. A follow-up study found greatly improved quality of life & economic vitality in Merseyside during subsequent years.

Reference: Hatchard, G. D., A. Deans, K. L. Cavanaugh and D. W. Orme-Johnson: 1996 ‘The Maharishi Effect: A model for social improvement. Time series analysis of a phase transition to reduced crime in Merseyside metropolitan area.’ Psychology, Crime, and Law, 2(3). Hatchard, G. D.: 2000, Vedic Economy. PhD Dissertation, Maharishi University of Management.

l Davies found reduced conflict and war intensity, and progress towards peace in Lebanon during seven large assemblies of Yogic Flyers held in Israel, USA, Lebanon, Yugoslavia, and Holland.

Reference: Davies, J. L.: 1988, ‘Alleviating political violence through enhancing coherence in collective consciousness: Impact assessment analysis of the Lebanon war’, Dissertation Abstracts International, 49(8), 2381A.

l Orme-Johnson created a planned time series experiment in which a group of more than 200 TM-Sidhi participants practised Yogic Flying together in August and September 1983 in Jerusalem.

Predictions were lodged in advance with an independent panel. Improved quality of life indicators including reduced crime and war deaths were found during periods when the group exceeded the square root of 1% threshold.

Reference: Orme-Johnson, D. W., C. N. Alexander, J. L. Davies, H. M. Chandler, and W. E. Larimore: 1988, ‘International peace project in the Middle East: The effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field’, Jour. of Conflict Resolution 32(4), 776-812.

l A study found both intervention and transfer function effects of reduced violent deaths through the Maharishi Effect in the USA from 1979-85.

Reference: Dillbeck, M. C.: 1990, ‘Test of a field theory of consciousness and social change: Time series analysis of participation in the TM-Sidhi program and reduction of violent death in the U.S.’, Social Indicators Research 22, pp. 399-418.

l A 1987 paper reports five intervention studies using time series analysis to control for cyclical crime trends. Three studies found reduced metropolitan crime in New Delhi, Metro Manila, and Puerto Rico. Two other studies found comparable results on more comprehensive quality of life indices in USA.

Reference: Dillbeck, M. C., K. L. Cavanaugh, T. Glenn, D. W. Orme-Johnson, and V. Mittlefehldt: 1987, ‘Consciousness as a field: The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and changes in social indicators’, The Journal of Mind and Behavior 8, pp. 67-104

l Reduced violent crimes were found in Washington, D.C. using time-series transfer function analysis of weekly crime data to measure the positive impact of a group of Yogic Flyers from 1981-83.

Reference: Dillbeck, M. C., C. B. Banus, C. Polanzi and G. S. Landrith III: 1988, ‘Test of a field model of consciousness and social change: The Transcendental Meditation program & decreased urban crime’, Jour. of Mind and Behavior 9: 457-486.

l A study of 24 cities with over 10,000 population in USA where 1% of the population began Transcendental Meditation in 1972 showed significantly less crime during the next year compared to matched control cities.

Reference: Dillbeck, M. C., G. S. Landrith III, and D. W. Orme-Johnson: 1981, ‘The Transcendental Meditation program and crime rate change in a sample of forty-eight cities’, Journal of Crime and Justice 4, pp. 25-45.