Group meditation programs associated with a correlated drop in societal stress and violence indicators (IMAGE)

Maharishi International University

Group meditation programs associated with a correlated drop in societal stress and violence indicators

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The eight indices of stress in the United States are represented by the different colored lines, and the US stress index—the mean of all eight variables—is indicated by the red line. The blue line indicates the size of the meditation group programs at MIU. The figure shows a phase transition to a global reduction of negativity in the U.S. when the critical threshold of the √1% of the U.S. population was practicing the TM and TM-Sidhi program together in a group. When the group size dropped significantly, the trend was reversed.

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