Transcendental Meditation: research: Development of Intelligence

Transcendental Meditation

Scientific Research:

Development of Intelligence

Students at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, who regularly practised Transcendental Meditation, increased significantly in intelligence over a 2-year period, compared to control subjects from another Iowa university. This finding corroborates the results of two other studies showing increased IQ in Maharishi International University students.

Reference I: Transcendental Meditation and improved performance on intelligence-related measures: A longitudinal study, Personality and Individual Differences 12: 1105-1116, 1991. Reference II: Longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programme on cognitive ability and cognitive style, Perceptual and Motor Skills 62: 731 738, 1986.

Unfolding Mental Potential
- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
- Development of Intelligence
- Increased Creativity
- Improved Comprehension and Ability to Focus
- Improved Perception and Memory

Reducing Stress
- Physiological Indications of Deep Rest
- Reduced Stress Hormone
- Natural Change in Breathing
- Increased Relaxation and Decreased Stress
- Reduced Anxiety

Improving Health & Reducing the Negative Effects of Ageing
- Reduced Need for Medical Care: Hospitalisation
- Reduced Need for Medical Care: Doctor Visits
- Lower Blood Pressure
- More Positive Health habits
- Decreased Cigarette, Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Reversal of the Ageing Process

Improving Personality and Relationships
- Increased Self-Actualisation
- Improved Relations at Work
- Increased Strength of Self-Concept

Benefits for Business
- Increased Productivity

Creating World Peace
- Improved Quality of Life
- Decreased Crime, Increased Positivity
- Decreased Violent Fatalities
- Reduced Conflict