Author: Rees, Brian

Source: Military Medicine, Volume 176, Number 11, November 2011 , pp. 1232-1242(11)

Publisher: AMSUS – Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.

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WHAT’S HOT? –– ANALYSIS OF RECENT HAPPENINGS
Supreme Military Science — Myth or Reality?
New Delhi, 13 June 2001

India Defence Consultants’ Analysis of Maharishi’s Supreme Military Science

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IDC has received a most interesting thesis of Military management based on the Maharishi system and has great pleasure in putting an abstract of the same on our site and we thank the authors. Since we deal with Indian Defence we felt that it needs to be brought home, that there is great merit in Meditation and Yoga and IDC can vouch for it and help people who wish to have guidance. However we are a purely analytical site and have many bull’s eyes to our credit, so we take on this article for analysis.

The experiment may have worked in Mozambique and it is laudable, but in military matters history has the nagging habit to repeat itself in the same vein, but under the prevailing circumstances. Man’s basic instincts have not changed since Adam and Eve tasted of the forbidden fruit. Maharishiji has done a lot to help so many people by meshing Indian philosophy with the Western ways to make the dose palatable and we acknowledge it, but we are six billion in the world today.

Therefore despite corrections and guidance, temptation and conflict will remain a failing of human nature and continue to exist in varying degrees as society develops, and will depend on the amount of policing and rule of law in force, to keep both in check. Conflict between individuals is the lower aspect in daily life, but conflict between nations is what spurs disagreements and can lead to skirmishes and wars, whether they be cold or hot. There will also exist attempts by sages like Maharishi and statesmen to make mankind aspire for a utopian world, free of conflict and wars, but no one, not even those at the school of divinity, have had success in finding an elixir for it.

To help prevent conflict and keep wars in check there has to be spending on arms by nations and even Adam Smith said, “The first duty of the Sovereign is to provide for the security of the state “. The world is divided between the developed and the developing. The former would like to keep their lead and advancements in armament technology and at times encourage and abet small wars in the Third World to suit their ends.

In many studies it has also been established that judicial spending of between 2 to 3% of the GNP on defence contributes to employment, development, pride and security of the nation. Its like insurance. Hence we live in a Catch 22 situation. The spending on arms is wasteful but it is also inescapable. Defence spending in today’s world which is now witnessing proliferation of nuclear weapons, is like a bucking horse. If it is let loose and not reigned in, it can create havoc but if controlled and corralled, it can offer a safe and comfortable ride to its mount.

Soon after the Second World War, USA built up its economy and rebuilt Europe thanks to the Marshall plan. The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) fueled America’s economy to become the largest by far in the world. If all this is taken into account the Maharishi’s attempt is laudable and may see pockets of success, but not on a large scale for reasons outlined.

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OPERATION: WORLD PEACE

By Maj. Gen. G. H. Israni, VSM and Dr. David R. Leffler

Introduction

Today we are living in a strife-torn world. Terrorism, wars and conflict are prevalent in many parts of the world. Lives are being lost every day. There appears to be no end to rivalries and conflicts between communities, religious groups and nations–big and small. Have people lost the art of living happy, fulfilled lives?

Living in peace and perpetual happiness is not only an intrinsic desire, but fervent collective wish of humankind. Will there ever be an end to terrorism, war and conflict? Is there a way to reduce collective stress and create peace?

Perhaps. Invincible Defence Technology, drawn from India’s Vedic heritage, is awakening, creating new possibilities. Modern science has validated its effectiveness. It is just a matter of time before all militaries worldwide will deploy Invincible Defense Technology as their first line of defence.

The Twentieth Century and Elusive Peace

The twentieth century was characterized by tremendous strides in scientific and technological advancements and explorations, including moon landings and space shuttles. Never before in any of the earlier centuries had advancements in technology been so rapid and with such far-reaching effects. It was also the century of the rise and fall of great empires, the end of colonialism, ideological rivalries, and the creation of international organisations like The League of Nations and The United Nations Organisation. Two centers of power, the United States of America (USA) and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), emerged, overshadowing the European powers who had held sway until the middle of the century. During this century, we engaged in two world wars, resulting in the mass destruction of cities and great loss of human lives.

A glimmer of hope for peace emerged at the end of the last century when the two super powers, the USA (the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and the USSR (heading the Warsaw Pact Treaty Organisation) appeared to be coming closer, in a mood of reconciliation and resolution. However, the hope of bringing about stability and world peace lasted for only a brief period.

During the arms race after World War II, the Western economies thrived on production of ever more lethal and sophisticated weapons, and their counter measures. The conventional weapons and equipment produced by Western nations found their way to the peoples of the Third World countries, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The armaments and defence-related industries of the West continued to flood the markets of the Third World with their sophisticated ware. In return, they received raw materials and petroleum. Petroleum became so valuable that is was informally called “black gold.” The Arab world used petroleum as an economic weapon and wars were fought over it.

The eruption of conflicts in Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Israel, as well as the nations of the Mediterranean became grim reminders of earlier wars between the Cross and the Crescent. Despite the various accords, treaties, negotiations and talks, with US Presidents playing mediator, these rivalries continue with ferocity. Collective stress is the root cause of all these problems.

< h3>The Champion of World Peace

In World War II, amidst the destruction in Europe, Africa and the Pacific, came an enlightened spiritual teacher or Rishi. In the Himalayas in India, this sage began to groom a protégé who would reawaken the world. The Rishi was His Divinity Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the respected Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math.

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, having received inspiration and blessings from His Divinity Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, started a worldwide movement to teach the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. He brought out the knowledge in a non-religious manner. The ultimate aim of this movement was to bring enlightenment to individuals and peace and invincibility to every nation.

Maharishi’s goals are attainable because the TM programme reduces individual stress. This helps bring about enlightenment. He knew that when large groups practice the TM programme together, the result was less collective stress in society. Hence, less tension, fewer conflicts, less strife, and less war.

Over almost 50 years, the Transcendental Meditation movement grew into a global community. It encompassed people from many religions and cultures, and many walks of life, including prominent scientists, doctors, lawyers, politicians, actors, musicians, and other celebrities. Inspired by the personal and spiritual benefits gained from the regular practice of the TM programme, they began to propagate Maharishi’s revival of this human resource-based technology of peace.

Before Maharishi systematically revived ancient Vedic knowledge, it was mostly confined to a select few in India. Maharishi revealed that it was possible for every individual to be happy and enlightened. In his simple, lucid and jovial style, he explained that beyond the familiar states of consciousness of waking, dreaming and sleeping, there are four advanced stages of human development. These higher states of consciousness are Transcendental Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, God Consciousness and Unity Consciousness. Each higher state brings a new dimension of experience, knowledge and fulfillment.

Maharishi’s Invincible Defence Technology for World Peace

The point of Invincible Defense Technology is to prevent an enemy from arising. Without enemies, everyone wins. This is why the technology is invincible.

The modern inquisitive mind, particularly in the West, abhors blind faith and seeks scientific explanation for every phenomena. For this reason, advocates of the TM technique and related programmes undertook scientific enquiry. Today, there hundreds of scientific studies validating these programmes as a viable solution to the difficult problems faced by today’s leaders in the areas of defence, government, health, business, and education. (For more information on this research, see Authors’ Note.)

This research backed up Maharishi’s specific formulas for creating peace. Maharishi predicted that if 1% of a population (for instance, a city) practiced the TM programme, peace and harmony would increase throughout the city. Additionally, he anticipated the same result if the square root of 1% of a population (such as a country) practiced the more advanced TM-Sidhi programme in a group. Many of these scientific studies found that social indicators, such as acts of terrorism, war deaths, war injuries, conflict levels and crime rates, showed improvement when enough people meditated.

Scientists have discovered that the level of super-unification described in quantum unified field theory was explained thousands of years ago in the part of the Vedic literature that describes the Laws of Nature. In Vedic language, this Unified Field is expressed as “Parame Vyoman”–pure transcendental consciousness, fully awake within itself. It is transcendental to space and time. This is why it is invincible, everywhere, and exists for all time. This is where Maharishi’s Vedic Technology of Invincible Defence performs. The results appear in our physical world.

< h3>Maharishi Alerts the World

Even after the USA-USSR reconciliation in the nineteen-nineties, Maharishi warned that unless the strong nations of the world deployed Invincible Defence Technology, the beginning of the twenty-first century would spell doom for the world, which may result in fierce conflicts without any resolution. An announcement was made to the world press that a global war was hanging over our heads. The world’s leaders were requested to create an Endowment Fund to support a permanent group of peace creators. Their duty would be to practice Invincible Defence Technology to ward off the large danger that was looming. A few extracts from the announcement that appeared on April 12, 1999 in the Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune and The Financial Times of London are below:

Today the UN has become a laughing stock, failing everywhere and is ignored. So NATO has attempted to control the Yugoslavian situation with violence. But its bombardment has intensified the disaster and created a new bloody history of the world. World Peace is now in the hands of those with a power to destroy…It has set an example to every nation in the world–if you don’t like another country and they won’t obey you, then bomb them and destroy them…Now bombardment can happen to any country any time…Therefore, can we wait even a single moment to establish world peace?

What is happening in Yugoslavia can happen to any nation any time. Can you imagine if bombs began to fall on Washington DC and to destroy the high rises of the money markets of New York? Will NATO be able to prevent this? When this happens it will be beyond the power of the wealthy to save the situation.

Peace can only be created by taking recourse to Natural Law–to create a powerful influence of coherence inside and outside of any country with a group of experts in the Technology of Natural Law (such as Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying).

This approach will create such an integrated and harmonious world consciousness that violent thoughts will simply not arise, and there will be permanent world peace.

< h3>September 11, and December 13, 2001

Unfortunately, the powerful nations of the world did not heed the appeal. Despite the lukewarm response to his appeals, Maharishi kept up the tempo and sent emissaries to world leaders, urging them to act on his proposal. One such emissary was Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Kulwant Singh–a highly decorated, educated and honoured retired Indian Army terrorism expert. He was sent to the USA, the most powerful nation of the world, to warn leaders that no Missile Defence Shield could totally protect its citizens. Dr. Singh once again offered Maharishi’s scientifically-validated Invincible Defence Technology as a means avert the danger that had not yet come.

It is interesting to note that on 10th September, after a press release of 5th September, the General appealed to USA leaders to deploy Invincible Defence Technology. On September 11, just minutes before General Singh was to address a press conference in Washington, DC, the terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, DC, were unleashed.

Maharishi was also concerned for the country of his birth. India’s collective stress was also rising to a dangerous level. He dispatched a high-powered delegation comprised of senior political leader, a respected Canadian citizen, senior retired generals and prominent businessmen to approach governmental leaders. In October 2001, this delegation met with senior Indian ministers to advocate immediately organizing 40,000 pundits to perform a Yagya. The goal of deploying this powerful Vedic technology was reduce quickly reduce India’s dangerous level collective stress. Reducing this stress would not only to ward off trouble brewing in India, but also to ensure the safety of people everywhere in the world. Due to previous successes using Vedic technologies in other places in the world, philanthropists in Western countries promised to help financially with this endeavor.

Privately, the concerned ministers saw the rationale and were convinced of the efficacy of the prevention strategy. Unfortunately, due to political considerations, they declined the generous offer. Soon the biggest democracy in the world suffered an attack on their parliament house. This was followed by violence in Gujrat in December of 2001. The internal situation in both India and Pakistan deteriorated. Havoc reigned even in the normally peaceful state of Nepal.

< h3>The World Situation Today

Although the USA was the world’s most powerful nation as the twentieth century ended, it was humbled at the start of the twenty-first century. The situation throughout the world is far from being peaceful. At the time of this writing:

• Osama bin Laden is still at large, while the country where he is thought to be hiding struggles to recover from the after-effects of bombing by the nation whose pride had been hurt.
• Al Qaeda is still a force to reckon with. America is still militarily involved with Afghanistan and Al Qaeda terrorist cells apparently operate in many other countries.
• There is no peace in South Asia. Tensions between India and Pakistan still rise and fall. Turmoil continues in Nepal. The shadow of terrorism spreads beyond the northern states of India.
• Palestinian-Arab-Israel reconciliation is but a distant dream.
• The war against terrorism started by the powerful Western nations shows little results as terrorists continue to strike at will, whenever and wherever they wish.
• Poverty and sickness are rampant in the Balkans.
• Nuclear, chemical and biological terrorism may soon rear their ugly heads.

< h3>Time to Take Action

It is now time for the nations of the world to immediately create permanent world peace. Terrorist continue to multiply. Defence experts predict that it is just a matter of time before they attack with powerful weapons of mass destruction. For this reason, it is too dangerous to continue to live in a strife torn world with conflicts continuing in South Asia, the Middle East, Yugoslavia and Africa.

Terrorism cannot be eliminated by destroying the terrorists. Any step in the direction of destruction only helps to create more terrorists. More terrorists only results in more waves of destruction. There is no wisdom in initiating a continuous theme of destruction in the name of protection. Prudence dictates eliminating the underlying cause of terrorism, war and all types of violence—collective social stress.

< h3>Relentless Efforts Continue

There is enough proof that the persistent problems faced by governments could have been prevented had the governments deployed Invincible Defense Technology. Unfortunately, history shows that, generally, leaders are slow to adopt new promising military technologies. For this reason, and also due to the precarious situations outlined above, Maharishi created a Global Country of World Peace. (GCWP). The GCWP mobilized wealthy philanthropists worldwide to pledge $100 million to quickly deploy Invincible Defence Technology in India. Hopefully, this coherence creating group will be fully operational soon.

However, while the authors salute the noble efforts of these wise and charitable individuals, they feel that India should not depend on the charity of others in the future. India is a strong and respected nation. The citizens of India are already taxed in order to pay their military to protect them. Since ancient times, it has been the duty of the kshatriyas to defend the nation. To accomplish their noble duty, India’s warriors should have the best technology available. Extensive scientific research and previous experience show that Invincible Defence Technology is the best way to reduce war and terrorism by preventing enemies from arising.

Maharishi proposes that every country in the world employ members of their militaries to practice his programs for peace. A Prevention Wing of the Military would use only about 2% to 3% of the armed forces of India, leaving the remaining military personnel to carry on their regular duties.

< h3>Conclusion

The USA has the largest defence budget in the world. Despite this, it could not prevent the attacks of 11 Sept 01. The humbling of the USA is a grim indicator that continuing to use only conventional, weapons-based approaches will not end negativity and create world peace. The time is ripe to adopt a new approach. As Maharishi says: “Only a new seed will yield a new crop. Only a new philosophy and new efforts based on new knowledge will fulfill the age old dream of the wise for prevention of crime, terrorism and wars and maintenance of world peace on a permanent basis.”

Let us not waste any more time. Let us not forget that the USA and India could have prevented what happened on 11th September and 13th December, had they acted on the fervent appeals to deploy Invincible Defence Technology. India must act quickly.

Authors’ Note: There are many published studies about the principle component of Invincible Defence Technology. For military readers, the authors recommend two academic papers that summarize much of this research. These papers are available on-line at the Security and Political Risk Analysis Bulletin (SAPRA) and Indian Defence Consultants websites. Other articles appeared in Defense Review, Indian Defence Review, and Indian Strategic Review. Links to these articles are available at: .

Major General G.H. Israni received his MBA from Poona University and his M.Sc. in Defense Studies from Madras University. A forty-year member of the Indian military, he was awarded the Vishist Seva Medal for distinguished service. Major General Israni has served as a General Officer commanding the Mountain Division, and as the Provost Marshal of Army Headquarters in New Delhi. Currently, he is the Commandant of one of India’s premier military training institutions, the Officers’ Training Academy. He also edits Combat Journal, the professional magazine of the Indian Army. Major General Israni lives in Pune, India.

Dr. David Leffler received his Ph.D. on the topic of Invincible Defence Technology from Union Institute & University. His other academic degrees include: a B.A. in Education, an M.A. in the Science of Creative Intelligence from Maharishi University of Management and an M.M. in Education from New Mexico State University. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force for eight years. Dr. Leffler serves as a Peer Member at The Union Institute and is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. He has given presentations on Invincible Defence Technology at the Russian Air Force Academy, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and defense-related institutions in the United States. Dr. Leffler lives in Wappingers Falls, New York, USA.

Homeland Security With Unified Field-Based Defence Technology

Authors:

Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kulwant Singh, Ph.D., U.Y.S.M. Director General, Maharishi Invincible Defence Programme New Delhi, India

Col. Brian Rees, M.D., M.P.H. Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve 349th General Hospital, Los Angeles, California

Michael Larrass, Ph.D. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

David R. Leffler, Ph.D. Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Abstract

The availability of weapons of mass destruction makes today’s terrorism a danger of unprecedented magnitude. Enemies are motivated by dynamics that are beyond the ability of diplomatic and economic muscle to control. Military leaders can count on armed forces to prevail against the opposition on the battlefield. However, ultimately, military retaliation alone will not likely create the ideal level of Homeland Security or safeguard human rights in the community of nations. True sustained victory in the war on terrorism will require that the military adapt in many ways. Modern physics has discovered, the Unified Field, a fundamental field of pure intelligence containing in seed form all the manifest states of the universe. Human consciousness, at its basis, is also a field of pure intelligence which contains in seed form all the manifest states of thought, feeling, identify, and perception. These properties of pure intelligence, simultaneously both that of the objective unified field and that of human consciousness can be experienced when the awareness of the observer becomes refined during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) and TM-Sidhi® programmes. The experience of the Unified Field is made possible through attaining a psychophysiological state that reproduces the properties of the field in the observer: highly correlated, unified, self-referral, and integrative. The development of these qualities is not obtained through behavioral or intellectual training, but occurs spontaneously by cultivating a state of least excitation of the nervous system. The unique results of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programmes have been documented in over 600 research studies, many of them published in scientific journals. Perhaps the most interesting of these findings are the reports, numbering over 50, that a small group of people the size of a typical military unit can radiate an unseen influence of orderliness into the surrounding society. Use of this holistic consciousness technology will enable any military to set up an ongoing Conflict Prevention Operation through a Prevention Wing of the Military. One unit would engage in group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programmes to radiate dynamic peacefulness as the basis for impenetrable, non-aggressive defence and constructive peacebuilding without political, economic or cultural bias.

Contents

Preface The Physics Behind the Unified Field-Based Defence A Sociological Quantum Leap The Transcendental Two-Pronged Approach Living Up to the Vedic Ideal of Homeland Security Conclusion About the Authors AcknowledgmentsBibliography End Notes

Preface

The opening paragraph of the Government of India’s Ministry of Defence Annual Report 2000-2001 stated:

In the emerging global environment, India has adopted a more comprehensive approach to security, encompassing economic strength, internal cohesion and technological progress. However, given the security challenges confronting the country, India will need to maintain a desired level of military strength and preparedness to deter any aggression and to enable India to contribute positively to the promotion of peace and stability in the region.[i]

Although this goal was formulated four years ago, India has yet to realize it. The challenge of defending India in an increasingly complex operations arena calls for fundamental innovation. If the Ministry of Defence of India (MoD) is to achieve its new ends, which are of a different order of magnitude, an equally momentous shift in the choice of the means will be required. If old tools no longer suit the task, coating them with paint of a different colour will not help. In the same way, India needs new tools, not new coats of paint, to create a stable defence. The human resource-based approach of Unified Field-Based Defence is intended to add vital new tools to India’s “more comprehensive approach.”These vital tools are the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme. The TM programme is a simple, easily learned, non-religious meditation technique. Physicist and Vedic scholar Maharishi Mahesh Yogi revived these programmes from India’s ancient Vedic tradition. Over 600 scientific studies at scientific research institutions all over the world have been conducted on these programmes. This extensive research indicates that these programmes eliminate stress individually and collectively.

[ii]Modern technology has helped all militaries to become more lethally effective and efficient. Though the military has many new technological tools, recent terrorist attacks show that they cannot guarantee safety. If military leaders are to truly find new solutions, they must start looking beyond the mere refinement and extension of existing technologies, and explore new tools. Specifically, India could benefit from looking into advanced, human resource-based technologies such as Unified Field-Based Defence Technology (also known as Consciousness-Based Defence Technology and Invincible Defence Technology). There is research on Unified Field-Based Defence Technology in the field of conflict reduction that shows great promise. But it requires that some leaders make a quantum leap as big as the United States did when developing the atomic bomb. This paper will introduce an approach that has held up under rigorous scientific evaluation and field tests by other militaries. The Unified Field technology is intended to provide vital new tools to the MoD of India and give it the necessary leverage to operate in an increasingly complex world.

The Physics Behind Unified Field-Based Defence

At the end of the 19th century, physicists and chemists had a rudimentary understanding of the atom (from Greek “a-tomos” = in-divisible). They understood atoms to be the building blocks of matter. However, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, physics began the quantum revolution. This leap revealed, as if through a magical portal, a bizarre new landscape of subatomic particles, fields, and the relationships. By midcentury physicists had developed the technology of the atomic bomb. The technologies arising out the physics of the first half of the twentieth century are the technologies we see employed in today’s militaries. But, while physics has enjoyed rapid progress in the past half century, culminating in the articulation of a unified field at the basis of all existence, this progress has yet to be translated into defence technology. However, in the past quarter century one unified field technology has emerged and demonstrates remarkable promise.

Many nations now have the atomic bomb. But the power of a military organization depends on much more than an atomic armory. Many analysts believe that even terrorists may soon use nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. An effective defence against nuclear weaponry requires a more profound technology. Dwelling on obsolete technologies can’t prevent attack. India’s civilian and military leaders can immediately deploy an even more powerful and influential technology based on the physics of today. India now needs something comparable to the Manhattan Project that led to the creation and deployment of the nuclear arsenal. What is the nature of this leap?

When scientists deal with the finest level of physical existence, the unified field, they actually deal with an a field intrinsically both objective and subjective. A basic, but generally ignored, fact is that physicists themselves are made of or structured by molecules, atoms, subatomic particles, gauge fields, and the unified field. When scientists investigate these levels, they eventually begin to explore the basic fabrics of their own physical being down to the finest subnuclear level – the unified field, an area of unlimited potential.Today’s physicists say that the matter of our body is constantly emerging from and returning to that unified field. Leading theoretical physicists go as far as to claim that the unified field is a non-material field of pure intelligence.[iii] These physicists assert that modern science had opened access to a new objective reality. Maharishi and other scientists take this one step further – they have conclusively demonstrated that the consciousness technologies of the Vedic tradition, in particular the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme, provide the subjective experience of the unified field. The unified field, although intellectually conceived as underlying all of creation, is now open to direct, subjective experience.

Maharishi and other scientists benefited from the leap in world consciousness to a new readiness for authentic experience in the early 60′s. Hiroshima was the climax of the half-vision of the quantum scientists. In the 1970′s, Maharishi felt the time was ripe to speak of dropping “bombs of silence behind the enemy lines. “A description of the unified field may be intellectually stimulating, but has little other direct impact on a person. On the other hand, the authentic experience of the field of pure consciousness creates a distinct mode of physiological and mental functioning. In this state, one finds a measurable easing of stress in mind and body, accompanied by a heightened level of alertness. It is this alertness-enhancing potential of the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme, which will enable the MoD to create a new evolutionary dimension of conflict resolution and prevention. Not only will military personnel be more effective militarily, they will also radiate an influence of peace into the surrounding population making it difficult for disorder and disruption to continue. They can win the war without fighting. Long ago humanity passed the nuclear cross-roads. We now find ourselves at a new crossroads. The choice: escalate the antiquated technologies, or step onto a new path where a unified field technology creates a coherent and unifying influence, first in the individual mind and then automatically in collective consciousness, disallowing an enemy from arising. Research on the Maharishi Effect (discussed below) has shown this approach to be a very useful one.

A Sociological Quantum Leap

In 1974, the American sociologists Borland and Landrith [v] published a research paper in the United States on the effects of group meditation on collective consciousness. They claimed that in communities in which 1% of the population practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique, negative trends such as crime, traffic accidents, and hospital admissions decreased.[vi] On a larger scale, this was confirmed in the following years by research in war zones.[vii] The phenomenon was called the 1% Effect or the Maharishi Effect after the founder of the Transcendental Meditation programme who predicted such effects long before they were objectively studied. This trigger effect of small numbers is familiar to several branches of science: medicine, which acknowledges pacemaker cells that compose about 1% of an organism and assure the coherent contraction and relaxation of the heart muscles; and physics, where about 1% of phase-coherent light waves causes the random fluctuations of ordinary light to fall “in step” and produce the laser effect.Unified Field-Based Defence Technology consisting of the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme, has been tried out in many war zones and conflict-prone areas with excellent results; the success has been scientifically validated and documented in over 50 studies.

A landmark study just published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation shows a 72% reduction in international terrorism (p<.025) when the proper threshold of people practicing Unified Field-Based Defence Technology was reached. These assemblies were held during the years 1983-1985. This study investigated the effects of three large assemblies approaching the Maharishi Effect threshold for the world at this time. (n=7,000). Time series analysis was used in conjunction with the content analysis of world-wide news events reported in the New York Times and London Times. The Rand Corporation data bank was used to study international conflict (p<.025, p<.005 and p<.01 for each of the three assemblies) and terrorism (p<.025). The study also revealed that international conflict decreased 33% (p<.025). Analysis of the data indicates that the Maharishi Effect had a rapid onset that influenced trends from distances of thousands of miles and more importantly that violence was reduced in other nations without the overt intrusion by any governments.

The Transcendental Two-Pronged Approach

Two-pronged battle plans have a long history in the art of war. The battle against war and terrorism could likely be won in exactly the same way:

• On a tactical level, military personnel instructed in the simple technique of Transcendental Meditation in the course of their general training [viii] can be deployed without any additional logistics. The immediate effect would be improved mental and physical stability, increased alertness and clarity of mind, and enhanced social intelligence of the “front line” personnel. (A paper summarizing research that documents such individual benefits is available at: http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/articles/idc1.html.)
• On a strategic level, a global peacebuilding force called a Prevention Wing of the Military would be established in India. This group would be comprised of approximately 10,000 [ix] participants to be recruited from existing meditating military personnel, who would receive additional training in the TM-Sidhi programme. Performing the group dynamics of consciousness twice a day in a group, in one location, this group would produce a coherence-enhancing field effect not only in the India, but also for the world’s collective consciousness as a whole, preventing the accumulation of disorderly and weakening tendencies that destabilize national integrity and invite foreign aggression and/or policing. [x] 10,000 participants are well over the square root of 1% of the world’s population, which should induce the Maharishi Effect worldwide.

The additional cost for introducing the Transcendental Meditation Programme is approximately 250 India rupees per person, and an additional 650 rupees per person for the TM-Sidhi Programme. This means approximately 9 million India rupees for teaching the entire group. But even at that relatively small cost, one should ask the question: What precisely can the MoD of India expect from this technology?The results predicted on the basis of reduced trait anxiety, greater acuity of perception and more comprehensive cognition, increased field independence and stronger internal standards [xi] are:

• Significantly improved listening skills, leading to:
• More comprehensive decision-making, leading to:
• Enhanced cooperation with former adversaries, leading to:
• Improved cultural communication, and
• Trouble-free multi-purpose deployment of resources.

Improved listening skills alone will have enormous consequences in all areas of the armed forces and even on a national level. Should the technology be implemented, then whenever military, trade, or policy strategists are invited to describe the India’s new success, the answer will invariably be that it leaders have learned to listen, react, and cooperate in harmony.The government of India draws its decisions from the collective consciousness. The more coherent the collective consciousness, the more coherent the government. Rather than always being called in to “clean up the mess” produced by the accumulation of disorder and weakness in the social body, the Indian military would enjoy a role similar to that of a pacemaker cell introducing an influence of order into their nation and triggering a positive feedback loop.

Living Up to the Vedic Ideal of Homeland Security

India gave birth to the much adored and emulated Mahatma Gandhi, who sparked a worldwide non-violence movement. This is the moment for India to achieve a higher ideal: victory before war by averting the danger that has not yet come – Heyam duhkham anagatam. She could prevent an enemies from arising. India’s Vedic heritage holds the key to world peace, and India is the perfect country to revive it.

Conclusion

The study of history reveals that promoters of innovations have one common trait: they flush the enemy of all armies out of its cover. The greatest threat to all militaries is the enemy within. The enemy within is the belief that greater quantities of known material or the intensification of established methods will result in victory. “Victory”, wrote General Giulio Douhet in his then groundbreaking book on aerial warfare, The Command of the Air, “smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.” [xii] The Stone Age did not come to an end because of the lack of stones, but because something better entered the field of our awareness. If the MoD acts now, the same will happen to the Age of Terrorism.Modern science, in its indomitable quest to find the ultimate reality of existence, has made a albeit theoretical, discovery: the unified field is that reality of life was cognized by the ancient Vedic experts. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in his approach of integrating modern science and Vedic science, has introduced the practical technologies of the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme.

Opening up to this new integrating approach is not a step back in evolution. Rather, it is a culminating event both in the history of civilian and military evolution. The military of India will now have the tool to create victory before war. India’s military will achieve peace not by becoming a flower-wielding pacifist; rather, it will become invincible by adopting a technology that improves mental and physical alertness.‘Through Unified Field-Based Defence Technology, consisting of the Transcendental Meditation programme and its advanced practice, the TM-Sidhi programme, the India now has the opportunity to reinforce its strategy of defeating enemies by making them friends. The past half-century has shown the that true friends cannot be won by material alone. There is something else. Given the global long-term vision of India, no other strategy to achieve Homeland Security will match Unified Field-Based Defence Technology.

About the authors:

	Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Kulwant Singh, U.Y.S.M., (Retd) received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Defence Studies from Chennai University. He also has a postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Development from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in New Delhi. Dr. Singh has a postgraduate diploma in Management from the Regional College of Management and Technology (RCMT). He qualified for the prestigious Higher Command Course at College of Combat and is a graduate of the Defence Service Staff College. He fought in combat and led India’s fight against India’s intransigent terrorism problem for nearly 30 years. Maj. Gen. Singh was awarded the Uttam Yudh Sewa Medal, the second highest decoration for senior officers during operations in Sri Lanka as part of IPKF (Indian Peace Keeping Force). Today he is leading an international group of generals and defence experts that advocates Unified Field-Based Defence Technology. Dr. Singh lives in New Delhi, India.Please see article entitled Invincible Defense Technology Proposed As Homeland Defense published in U.S. Medicine, a major national magazine for health professionals based in Washington, DC.The article describes Major General Singh’s press conference at the National Press Club on the morning of 9/11/01. He and other scientists advocated deployment of Invincible Defense Technology. He said “I think with all of this [terrorism] today, America needs a new approach to protection.”
	Colonel Brian M. Rees, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College. He has 28 years of commissioned military service. Col. Rees is the commander of the 349th General Hospital, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Currently, Dr. Rees is serving on active duty and is deployed in Germany. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion. Dr. Rees is a board certified family physician who received his medical degree and master’s degree in public health from Tulane University. He has taught the Transcendental Meditation programme and researched deployment of technologies of consciousness for reduction of violent conflict. Col. Rees builds a case for using these human resource-based technologies to prevent terrorism and war is his second book Terrorism, Retaliation and Victory: Awaken the Soul of America to Defeat Terrorism Without Casualties. His first book, Heal Your Self, Heal Your World, is on the topic of Ayurvedic medicine. Dr. Rees was also featured in the 05 April 04 issue of Stars and Stripes. Please read “Army Doctor Proactive in Trying to Keep Patients and Society Healthy.”[Editor's Note: Since this paper was published, Col. Rees has graduated from the US Army War College. He completed his final research paper there on the topic of Unified Field Based Defense entitled, "The Application of Strategic Stress Management in Winning the Peace." (Read it in Spanish or English]
	Dr. Michael Larrass received his Ph.D. from Heidelberg University (Germany) where he did his doctoral research on the topic of the relationship between literature and the evolution of collective consciousness. He lived in France for 11 years teaching at different schools of commerce and management. He then moved to Germany where he worked as a promoter in the field of personal and corporate health. Michael was co-organizer of Germany’s Social Phase Transition Stability Program (SATTWA) from 15/09/1989 – 15/03/1990 during the reintegration of East and West Germany. At present, he operates a translation company in Ottawa, Canada.
	Dr. David R. Leffler received his Ph.D. on the topic of Unified Field-Based Defence Technology from Union Institute & University. His other academic degrees include: a B.A. in Education, an M.A. in the Science of Creative Intelligence from Maharishi University of Management and an M.M. in Education from New Mexico State University. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force for eight years. He is the Acting Director, and a founding member of, the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) at Maharishi University of Management. He also serves as a Peer Member at The Union Institute and is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. Dr. Leffler has given presentations on Unified Field-Based Defence Technology at the Russian Air Force Academy, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and defence-related institutions in the United States. Dr. Leffler lives in Wappingers Falls, New York, USA.

Articles about Unified Field-Based Defence Technology, published in Defence India, Defence Review, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Defence Consultants, Indian Defence Review, Indian Strategic Review, and Security and Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA) Bulletin, are available at: http://www.invinciblemilitary.org and http://www.davidleffler.com A paper published by the Security And Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA) defence think tank summarizing Maharishi Effect research is available at: http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/articles/sapraalternative.html

Acknowledgments

The authors very much appreciate Dr. R. I. Sujith, Dr. Michael C. Dillbeck, Dr. Kenneth Walton, Dr. Kurt Kleinschnitz, and Mrs. Lee M. Leffler for their contributions to this paper.

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End Notes

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[i] Government of India’s Ministry of Defence Annual Report 2000 – 2001 (Available at: http://www.mod.nic.in/reports/welcome.html)

[ii] “Annotated Bibliography Scientific Research On The Maharishi Transcendental Meditation® And TM-Sidhi® Program Volumes 1-5 And Recent Research”(Available at: http://www.tm.org/research/508_studies.html)

[iii] Hagelin, J. S. (1987). Is consciousness the unified field? A field theorist’s perspective. Modern Science and Vedic Science, 1, 29-87.

[iv] For more on this topic, see also: d ‘Espagnat, B. (1979). The quantum theory and reality. Scientific American, 24. 158-181, and Stapp, H.P. (1993). Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics. Berlin: Springer Verlag

[v] Borland, C., Landrith, G. S. III. (1977). Improved quality of city life through the Transcendental Meditation program: Decreased crime rate. In D. W. Orme-Johnson, J. T. Farrow, (Eds.), Scientific Research on the Transcendental Meditation Program: Collected Papers, (Vol. 1, 639-651). Vlodrop, The Netherlands, Maharishi Vedic University Press. Also see: Assimakis, P. D. (1989). Change in the quality of life in Canada: Intervention studies of the effect of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50(5), 2203B; Cavanaugh, K. L., & King, K. D. (1988). Simultaneous transfer function analysis of Okun’s misery index: Improvements in the economic quality of life through Maharishi’s Vedic Science and technology of consciousness. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section (pp. 491-496).

[vi] Dillbeck, M. C., Banus, C. B., Polanzi, C., & Landrith III, G. S. (1988). Test of a field model of consciousness and social change: The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and decreased urban crime. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 94, 457-485. Dillbeck, M. C., Landrith III, G. S., & Orme-Johnson, D. W. (1981). The Transcendental Meditation program and crime rate change in a sample of forty-eight cities. Journal of Crime and Justice, 4, 25-45. Hatchard, G. D., Deans, A. J., Cavanaugh, K. L., & Orme-Johnson, D. W. (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), 165-174.

[vii] Abou Nader, T. M., Alexander, C. N., & Davis, J. L. (1984). The Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field and reduction of armed conflict: A comparative, longitudinal study of Lebanese villages. Scientific Research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Collected Papers, (Vol. 4, pp. 2623-2633). Davies, J. L., & Alexander, C. N. (1989). Alleviating political violence through enhancing coherence in collective consciousness: Impact assessment analysis of the Lebanon war. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.

[viii] The TM technique is taught in a standardized seven-step program requiring the participation in seven sessions of approximately 90 minutes each, spread over ten days.

[ix] With the advanced TM-Sidhi program technology, the required number necessary for the global Maharishi Effect is equivalent to the square root of 1% of the world’s population.

[x] Another version of this project would be to have a group of Sidhi experts in each province, equivalent to the square root of 1% of the population, ideally in association with one of the many emerging institutes for peace research for the implementation of practical, specific actions arising from the non-specific group practice.

[xi] The most comprehensive data bank for research on Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi Program/Maharishi Effect was compiled by Deutsche MERU Gesellschaft but the site is down.

[xii] Giulio Douhet, (1983.) The Command of the Air. (Translated by Dino Ferrari). Reprinted by USAF Office of History. Washington: Government Printing Office. (Original work translated in 1942), p. 30.