Afghanistan Business: A Statistically Tested Way to Stop Terrorism and Boost Pakistan’s Economy

Posted on June 15th, 2014

By Teresa Studzinski, M.A. and Dr. David Leffler

As published on 15 June 2014 in News5000. Expired link: http://news5000.com/morenews/172481/33496

Over the years prominent Pakistani leaders have held identical opinions alleging that Pakistan is invincible. The recent Pakistani Taliban attacks including those on Karachi’s international airport have put that claim to the test. Yes, it is true the terrorists were defeated due to the brave warriors who gave their lives. However, will future attacks that are inevitably coming be successfully repelled?

Yes, invincibility for Pakistan is a laudable goal. Throughout time, many have strived to achieve it, but as history shows, with no success. Enemies inevitably discover new ways to counter any defenses, as the Pakistani Taliban did for a time with the heavily fortified airport in Karachi.

Even if the Pakistani Taliban are defeated, the problem of terrorism will still not be solved for long. Other terrorists will eventually move in to take their place.

Pakistani leaders’ previous defense plans as well as their future ones are based largely on conjecture, and such is their outcome. The conventional military approach of fighting terrorism largely lacks a statistical guarantee of success of where a leader can wisely and safely assert “yes, this approach will definitely work.”

Obviously, it is a dangerous time in Pakistan. This is why it is particularly risky to base one’s military plans on guesswork, as a massive firestorm could erupt, further crippling Pakistan’s economic growth. It is already extremely difficult for Pakistan to lure international business to assist in boosting its struggling economy. If a full-blown war were to break out in Pakistan this situation would likely become much worse.

There is a scientifically-validated approach to effectively, efficiently, quickly end turmoil and boost the economy. If Pakistani leaders have the political will to order the Pakistani military to deploy an unusual but effective approach, they no longer need to base their plans on guesses.

This means of violence removal is based on peer-reviewed research. The approach has been field-tested by militaries and validated by 23 studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Based on 25 years of research, it has been endorsed by independent scientists and scholars.

Where deployed by foreign military circles worldwide, it is known as Invincible Defense Technology (IDT), the Unified Field Technology. The names comes from the fact that this preventive defense system, deploying human resources, and utilizing the human brain mechanics, is thought to engage the level of the Unified Field, where all the forces of nature are most powerful, coherent and united. The Unified Field effect, IDT, has been statistically proven numerous times to decrease and prevent violence, terrorism, and boost the economy. This defense technology supersedes all others based on weaker electronic, chemical, and nuclear forces. Any military which correctly deploys this powerful human-resource-based technology, due to the coherence of this Unified Field effect, does not allow negative trends and enemies to arise in the neighboring countries, so in result, it has no enemies. No enemies means, no terrorism.

Despite the success of IDT deployment by other militaries, the Pakistani military continues to rely almost solely on its non-unified field-based weaponry, rather than on the IDT statistically tested prevention-based approach.

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IDT involves creating Preventive Wings of the Military. Their warrior’s daily routine includes two hours twice a day practice of a human resource-based technology, which is known and researched as the Transcendental Meditation® and its advanced TM-Sidhi program. As a military societal coherence-creating unit, (the Unified Field Technology Quiet Impact Group), they quietly practice these programs twice a day, seven days a week, preferably in a secure location near the targeted population. Their presence and deep-field influence operation does not need to be disclosed to achieve the effect of violence removal and conflict resolution.

The 23 studies carried out in developed and developing nations in all continents, including Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, constitute the largest and the most successful experiment in social sciences of the 20th century.

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For instance, in a 1978 IDT intervention a total of 1,400 civilian IDT experts went to five world trouble spots – Lebanon, Iran, Rhodesia, Kampuchea, and Nicaragua. For about 10 weeks they used the Unified Field effect to create societal coherence and stop violence. In 1978, 14,567 terrorist/fight events were recorded in the Conflict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB), the world’s largest such resource. Time series analysis showed the IDT project had a strong and statistically significant effect world-wide. Contingency table analysis of COPDAB data against a 10-week control period, against a 1-year baseline, and against a 10-year baseline all showed improvement. Investigators report trouble-spot areas experienced noticeable decreases in violence and disorder upon arrival of the group, and, in general, a return to previous trends upon their departure.

Such coherence-creating groups have achieved positive benefits to society, shown statistically, in even just 48 hours. Modern statistical methods used in this research preclude chance or coincidence.

The IDT, the Unified Field Technology approach was used during wartime (drop in fighting and in number of deaths and casualties, progress toward resolving the conflict), and in peace (drop in crime rate, drop in violent death index, decrease of misery index, drop in unemployment, rise in a quality of life index). Societies using it perform extremely well in a very short time. This is what decreased the intensity of war in Lebanon in 1984 in a dramatic way in 48 hours, to name only one of the successful experiments.

In 1992, President Joaquim Chissano, Lt. Gen. Tobias Dai, and the Chiefs of Staff of the Mozambique military carefully analyzed the IDT research. They made a unanimous decision to adopt it for their country by training about 3,000 soldiers and 16,000 police.

As predicted, violence disappeared by 1993. Societies using these groups also become more self-sufficient. For instance, in Mozambique the economic growth reached 19%. Once the poorest world country in 1992, by 2000; it had moved up to be the world’s fastest-growing economy.

Militaries worldwide are training military IDT experts. The historical ramifications of this are profound. By accessing the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature, these military IDT groups are harnessing the most powerful force in the universe, and boost their economic growth simply by creating a peaceful influence. Why not Pakistan?

If Pakistani leaders really want to defeat terrorism and become invincible, they should have the courage to order their military to use IDT. If they quickly act, Pakistan could create lasting peace, boost its economy and gain international prestige by having a truly invincible military. One, which, as statistical research shows, is incapable of creating an enemy.

About the authors:

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Teresa Studzinski, M.A. is the President and Co-founder of The Global Alliance for Preventive Wings in the Military, a 501(c)(3) organization, and CEO of Technology and Transformation LLC. Teresa is an Expert in the Unified Field Technology – IDT Social and Military Application and a member of The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association – AFCEA International. She is also a businesswoman and formerly investigative journalist, member of The Foreign Press Association in New York and The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Teresa travelled widely to interview such political figures as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Henry Kissinger, and many others.

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David Leffler, Ph.D. is the author of “A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising – Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace” which was featured in the Journal of Management & Social Science (JMSS). JMSS is published in Karachi, Pakistan by the Institute of Business and Technology (BIZTEK). Dr. Leffler was a member of the US Air Force for nearly nine years. He served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Dr. Leffler now serves as the Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) and teaches IDT. He is on Twitter.

General recommends proven approach

Posted on May 15th, 2014

Published in The Weekly Cutting Edge (May 15 to May 21, 2014, Volume 09 Issue # 39). Expired link: http://www.weeklycuttingedge.com/back-issues/Volume09-39/international02.htm

By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Kulwant Singh, Dr. David Leffler and David Shapiro

In the past 20 years, 18 African nations have been ravaged by war. It is estimated that up to 100 million Africans have been victims of war, violence, sexual abuse or natural disasters or witnessed horrific acts of terror and now suffer from post-traumatic stress (PTS).

PTS disables Africans and prevents people from living happy productive lives. Its influence ripples out, affecting the lives of friends and families, co-workers, communities, nations and Africa as a whole. In many ways, PTS keeps affected communities under the shadow of trauma, even after the overt disturbance has passed. Left untreated, PTS cripples functioning and puts its victims at greater risk for self-destructive and violent behavior: severe depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, anxiety, emotional numbness, unemployment, family problems and suicide.

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Experts acknowledge that PTS has been resistant to the many conventional approaches used to treat psychological disturbance. Particularly in Africa, with limited numbers of psychiatrists and psychologists and limited access to physician-prescribed drugs, there is a pressing need for simple, cost-effective and easily sustainable treatments. There is, however, an alternative approach that is highly effective in treating PTS. We suggest that all Africans and in particular all African militaries implement the Transcendental Meditation program because there is a large body of evidence supporting the positive benefits this alternative approach.

A number of pilot studies published in refereed journals have demonstrated that Transcendental Meditation® (TM) can rapidly reduce symptoms of PTS and with regular practice these symptoms are further reduced and a wide range of other benefits is gained.

Transcendental Meditation, also known as TM, is an evidenced-based solution, with a substantial amount of published, peer-reviewed research that has accumulated since 1970. In both case studies and clinical trials, TM has vastly outperformed other modalities by dramatically reducing stress, anxiety, depression and a host of PTS symptoms.

Here are some evidence-based examples showing reductions in *PTS:

•    The February 2014 issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress documents significant reductions in PTS symptoms within ten days among African war refugees from the Congo who were taught TM. In a month, eleven subjects were virtually free of symptoms.

•    An April 2013 study in the same journal showed that PTS symptoms among African refugees went from “severe” to “non-symptomatic levels” after 30 days of TM and remained low at 135 days.

•    In 2011, the journal Military Medicine published a study showing the effectiveness of TM in reducing PTS in veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Participants had a 50 percent reduction of symptoms after eight weeks of TM.

And in 1985, a report in the Journal of Counseling and Development demonstrated a significant reduction of symptoms among Vietnam War veterans practicing TM for at least three months. A control group using psychotherapy was found to have had no significant improvements.

Military personnel in USA, Latin America, Asia, and Africa practice group Transcendental Meditation to increase their performance and resilience better helping them protect their nations

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In recent years, military-related leaders in the USA, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, have applied TM not only because it reduces PTS, but because peer-reviewed scientific papers have confirmed that regular practice produces many other wide-ranging, measurable benefits. These include increased intelligence, creativity; reduced stress and improved health; and more fulfilling and harmonious interpersonal relationships. Most importantly to warriors, TM increases resilience, mental clarity and physical strength as well enhancing mind-body coordination (See Defence and Security Alert, Vol. 4, Issue No. 8, pages 34-39). Also, from a practical standpoint, the TM program is easy to do and has no religious philosophy attached. For nearly sixty years it has been taught to millions of people (including schoolchildren and their teachers) around the world from every race, cultural background, religion, ethnicity and educational background.

Numerous studies show that TM uniquely calms the stress of tense, burnt-out, anxious, and depressed people. In particular, a 2013 meta-analysis of 10 controlled studies found that TM significantly reduced anxiety, and the higher the anxiety level, the greater the reduction.

Over 350 research studies on TM have been published in 160 peer-reviewed academic and medical journals. The peer-reviewed process ensured that this evidence-based research met the highest standards. No other stress-reduction program has comparable research support. The American Heart Association, in a Summary Paper, said “the Transcendental Meditation technique is the only meditation practice that has been shown to lower blood pressure.”

Retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Brian Rees, M.D., M.P.H., primary author of the previously mentioned Congo studies and veteran of five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, says that Transcendental Meditation “provides the mind and body with a unique state of ‘restful alertness’ that reduces deeply-rooted stress and improves brain function.”

In 2011, the David Lynch Foundation and African PTSD Relief co-sponsored an initiative to make the Transcendental Meditation program initially available to 10,000 Africans suffering from PTS. We support this initiative. Any organization, whether a school, business, or a military, would be pleased to know that its members are operating free of PTS. They would also want to be more effective and efficient, whether during war or peace. We recommend that TM be put on military training programs because it brings out the best in any individual, and any military would be pleased that its warriors are working at their optimal levels.

The TM evidence-based research tells an objective story pointing to a simple, fast, and cost-effective solution for not only conquering PTS, but to help alleviate many of Africa’s other pressing problems. Achieving lasting happiness and peace–both inner and outer, that’s what we all want for all African people, sooner, if possible, than later.

The authors urge African leaders to adopt this evidence-based program.

*Editor’s Note: A table listing the American Psychological Association’s twenty DSM-5 symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) along with the scientific research conducted on the Transcendental Meditation program published in peer-reviewed scientific journals addressing each of these symptoms/criteria is available online below:

About the authors:

Major General (Ret.) Kulwant Singh, U.Y.S.M., Ph.D., leads an international group of generals and defense experts that advocates Invincible Defense Technology. He 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).
David Leffler, Ph.DDavid Leffler, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS). https://www.StrongMilitary.org. He served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Dr. Leffler is the author of “A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising – Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace.” He is on Twitter.
David Shapiro, M.A.David Shapiro, M.A., is Founding President of African PTSD Relief (Twitter: AfricaPTSRelief, YouTube video click on “Africa” at: https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/videos.html), an Iowa, US non-profit, charitable corporation dedicated to reducing PTS across Africa by teaching the Transcendental Meditation program to individuals or groups with PTS or at risk of getting PTS. He is a co-author of the two research studies on TM and PTSD in Uganda. For information on African PTSD Relief or to implement a program, please contact David Shapiro at info@africanptsdrelief.org.]

Dr. Leffler, Mr. Geer, and Col. Bakshi Published in Defence and Security Alert Magazine

Posted on June 13th, 2013

Defense Personnel Worldwide Find Transcendental Meditation To be an Effective Tool in Combating Stress

Published in Defence and Security Alert Magazine

A Scientifically Verified Solution to Reduce Stress, Increase Resilience and Performance

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Click to Read the Article PDF

Dr. David Leffler, Gerald Geer, and Col. (Retd) S. P. Bakshi published an article about how the Transcendental Meditation program is helping bring a new peak level of performance to individual military personnel and their units by improving physical, psychological and team productivity. This article appeared in the May special issue of Defence and Security Alert, Vol. 4, Issue No. 8, page 34-39. For more information about this publication visit: https://www.dsalert.org.

Their article’s teaser reads as follows:

Stress is a very major degrade factor on combat performance. Troops of the Army, CPOs and Police deployed in CI / CT operations must cope with high levels of stress. The article presents a solution in terms of TM. The TM technique is the most thoroughly researched and successful meditation practice in the world. Over 350 research studies published in leading, peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals have confirmed that TM practice produces wide-ranging, measurable benefits, including increased intelligence, creativity and mental clarity; reduced stress and improved health; and more fulfilling and harmonious interpersonal relationships. These studies have been conducted at more than 200 independent universities and research institutions in 30 countries. This stress-busting approach has been taught worldwide for the past 44 years and today over 6 million people in 180 countries have learned the practice.

Dr. Carla Linton Brown’s Harvard University doctoral dissertation on attitudes about Invincible Defense Technology

Posted on April 26th, 2013

Observing the Assessment of Research Information by Peer Reviewers, Newspaper Reporters, and Potential Governmental and Non-Governmental Users: International Peace Project in the Middle East

Carla Linton Brown

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Education of Harvard University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education

1996

Click to Download a PDF of this Dissertation [341 page document]

(Note: you may wish to right-click and save the PDF as it is very large – 2.6 MB.)

© 1996 Carla Linton Brown. All rights reserved.

Summary

For her doctoral dissertation, “Observing the Assessment of Research Information by Peer Reviewers, Newspaper Reporters, and Potential Governmental and Non-Governmental Users: International Peace Project in the Middle East,” Carla Linton Brown at Harvard University interviewed elite policy makers who worked in diplomacy and related fields. She studied how policy makers examined the research into the sociological effects of IDT on quality of life and on reduction of violence and war deaths. She found that when policy makers explored this research, they needed:

  • Context in order to evaluate this innovation
  • Time away from the daily pressures of responsibility to explore the research and innovation
  • Perspective and support from others who may have implemented the program and who could answer practical questions, and
  • Cultural acclimation – a way to look beyond stereotypes they may have associated with this innovation.

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Dr. Leffler Publishes Op-Ed Piece About 8,000 Mayan, Zapotec, Mixtec Yogic Flying Students

Posted on December 23rd, 2012

Dr. David Leffler published an Op-Ed Piece titled “Restructuring the Apocalypse: 8,000 Mayan, Zapotec, and Mixtec Students Meditate for World Peace to Create the End of the [War-torn] World”

To date it has been published or highlighted in these locations:

12/23/2012

INDIA – Mangalorean

LIBERIA – The Liberian Dialogue

USA – Yoga-Holics and The Uncarved Blog

ITALY- Il Benny 24 Ore

12/24/2012

AUSTRALIA – The International News Magazine U.S. Edition

PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA, MIDDLE EAST
and UNITED KINGDOM – The News Tribe

12/26/2012

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – The AsianN

12/30/2012

USA – South Asia Mail

Highlighted in:

LIBERIA – Liberia News 

NIGERIA – The Nigerian Sun

NIGERIA – Monrovia Post

AUSTRALIA – Big News Network and The Australia Post

UNITED KINGDOM – One News Page

UNITED KINGDOM – All Voices

TOP NEWS AFRICA

GLOBAL GOOD NEWS

VE-IN (Viva Earth International Network)