Maharishi Effect Terms

Term Scientific explanation Relevance to Maharishi Effect

Field An extended region in which Perhaps the most plausible explanation for
each point is affected by a the Maharishi Effect is that consciousness
force. is a field, an extended reality that is not
localized to the brain.

Action at a The effect that a point has on a According to Maharishi Vedic science,
distance or surrounding field through the individual consciousness can have an
Field Effect instrumentality of that field. effect on collective consciousness by
means of a field effect as they are part of a
common field.

Phase Transition The change of a substance The transformation of collective

from one state of matter to
another as determined by its
physical properties and the
temperature and pressure to
which it is subject.
consciousness from a state of disorder
(manifesting in negative social trends such
as high crime rate) to a state of order as a
result of the Maharishi effect is analogous
to the chance of phase of matter when
pressure and/or temperature is changed.

Tipping point The critical point or threshold The key tipping points for the Maharishi
when a phase transition occurs effect are 1% and √ (p..01)

1% Effect Phase transitions are often Studies have shown that crime is lower in
precipitated by a small subset cities and towns with at least 1% of the
of an overall system. population practicing Transcendental
Meditation than in those with less than 1%.

Collective The type of consciousness that They type of consciousness that the
Consciousness is the aggregate of the Maharishi Effect transforms to a more
consciousness of all coherent, progressive state.
individuals in a given
population – family, city, state
or nation.

Coherence Synchrony. Technically The brain coherence of meditators is the

defined in terms of a phase basis of the Maharishi Effect.
relationship between waves.

TM Sidhi An advanced program of It includes the Yogic Flying technique,

Program Transcendental Meditation which creates a very powerful influence of
coherence in collective consciousness

Maharishi Effect The reduction of negative social trends when a certain subset of society
practices the TM technique (or, in the case of the extended Maharishi effect,
the TM-Sidhi program).

Square Root of For coherent waves, intensity Significant changes in social trends occur
1% Effect - or is proportional to the square when the square root of 1% of a given
√(p..01) root of the number of waves. population practice the TM-Sidhi technique
together in a group.

P-value The likelihood that a given The P-values for the Maharishi Effect
result would have happened studies are among the smallest of any
anyway according to statistical found in the history of the social sciences.
methods.

Superradiance A pulse of coherent light in The extended Maharishi Effect requires

quantum optics created under practitioners to be close together. The
certain conditions one of which effect has been described as the radiation
is that the emitters are close of waves of coherent consciousness – or
together. superradiance.

Time-series A statistical method to test all Research on the Maharishi Effect often
Analysis the possible factors that could uses time-series analysis.
have created the change being
studied, and to find out which
of the factors were responsible
for the change.