An Antidote to Violence
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An Antidote to Violence

Evaluating The Evidence

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eBook - ePub

An Antidote to Violence

Evaluating The Evidence

About this book

It’s widely accepted that Transcendental Meditation (TM) can create peace for the individual, but can it create peace in society as a whole? And if it can, what could possibly be the mechanism?

In An Antidote to Violence Barry Spivack and Patricia Anne Saunders examine the peer-reviewed research and suggest that TM can influence the collective consciousness of a society which leads to a decrease in negative social trends, such as a decline in war fatalities, and to an increase in cooperation between nations. Weaving together psychology, sociology, philosophy, statistics, politics, physics and meditation, An Antidote to Violence provides evidence that we have the knowledge to reduce all kinds of violence in society.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Foreword by Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation
  3. Introduction by John Hagelin, PhD
  4. Chapter 1 Overview
  5. Chapter 2 Creating peace in Baskinta
  6. Chapter 3 Dare to consider
  7. Chapter 4 Sixteen strengths of the Maharishi Effect
  8. Chapter 5 A brain-based approach to peace
  9. Chapter 6 Are all meditations essentially the same?
  10. Chapter 7 Collective consciousness
  11. Chapter 8 Collective consciousness: its influence on society
  12. Chapter 9 Tipping points
  13. Chapter 10 First indications of social transformation
  14. Chapter 11 Explanations for the Maharishi Effect
  15. Chapter 12 Unity and diversity
  16. Chapter 13 Unfreezing human development
  17. Chapter 14 A taste of peace
  18. Chapter 15 EEG and biochemistry
  19. Chapter 16 Lucky chance or causal connection?
  20. Chapter 17 Eliminating alternative explanations
  21. Chapter 18 Seven repetitions
  22. Chapter 19 Overcoming conventional wisdom
  23. Chapter 20 A public demonstration
  24. Chapter 21 Improving the quality of life in the USA
  25. Chapter 22 Queries and suggestions
  26. Chapter 23 Mozambique: a government ahead of its time
  27. Chapter 24 Norway and New Zealand
  28. Chapter 25 Averting the danger before it arises
  29. Chapter 26 Improved US‒Soviet relations
  30. Chapter 27 A golden age?
  31. Chapter 28 Spiritual regeneration
  32. Epilogue
  33. About the authors
  34. References and Notes