The Maharishi Effect
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A couple of years ago, I came across a book by Dr. Bruce Lipton, “Spontaneous Evolution.” Have you read it?
Somewhere in that chunky book, I read something so simple, pertinent, and effective to decrease the staggering levels of world violence and societal stress at large that I just have to share this valuable information with you today.
The Maharishi Effect
In “Spontaneous Evolution,” Dr. Lipton mentions jaw-dropping experiments conducted in the 70s in which a group of transcendental meditation (TM) practitioners reduced violence and crime rates in 24 cities.
This effect — of meditators positively diminishing violence and stress in their communities — is well-known as The Maharishi Effect, and it has been documented in over 600 studies.
There’s a good case for it, even David Lynch knew it. Let’s look into it:
According to research, it takes the square root of 1% of the population of a determined area to perform transcendental meditation daily over a certain period of time for measurable effects.
Here’s an example of The Maharishi Effect:
In 1993 a group of transcendental meditators got together daily in Washington D.C. during June and July of that year.
It was a very hot summer — a climate that’s linked to increased crime rates — but the city experienced a decrease in violent outcomes and a reduction in visits to the emergency care during those months.
Even the FBI confirmed that the irregularity of the events could not be attributed to any other variable factor. The probability that this outcome could be a coincidence is less than one in two billion.
Transcendental meditation in groups can make communities less stressed, safer, and ultimately happier.
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Although it’s had a long journey to being accepted, the notion that there is an informational matrix — a collective consciousness - that communities share is ever more accepted.
Even prominent skeptics in the scientific community, such as Richard Wiseman, have recognized something interesting is happening: humans can transfer thoughts and perceptions between themselves.
When individuals meditate, their neural activity changes, and they become more coherent, unified, calm, and receptive (See The Quality of our Perception).
This coherence is potentially transferred onto the informational matrix of other beings and a shared one through different means.
Although scientists are still trying to understand how it is that images, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions are transferred between humans, there’s plenty of evidence that proves it happens consistently.
A Path Forward
When we meditate, we do our part to enhance our personal and collective consciousness, to relieve ourselves and also our world of so much stress, hate, and negativity. Our neural activity changes — for the best.
Meditation clears distortions, bifurcations, divisiveness, and incoherency. All the sources of our suffering finally find relief — closure. It feels good.
According to Yogi Maharishi, when there’s too much stress, it ultimately causes violent explosions. We need to prevent societal stress. We need to lead softer lives.
The more we meditate, the calmer, happier, connected and coherent our electromagnetic fields become, in our brain and in our hearts. (See Our Heart’s Design)
There’s never been a better case for meditating. Start with me next Sunday at 6 pm EST. We’ll meet for just 25-30 minutes.
Most people try hard to do good, and find out too late that they should have tried softer.
-Andrea Gibson, a life and love poet (August 13, 1975 – July 14, 2025)
Like we’ve heard many times before, easy does it.
Stay tuned,
Eva Sky Wymm