JMVRI Issue No. 24 is dedicated to the memory of Dr Michael C. Dillbeck and to the comprehensive body of research associated with the Maharishi Effect, a phenomenon of which Dr Dillbeck was particularly expert. The first is a moving tribute to the life and work of Dr Dillbeck by his friend and colleague Dr David Orme-Johnson, titled “Dr Michael C. Dillbeck’s Contribution to Integrating Modern Science and Vedic Science” (pp. 13–24). The second is “Five Points on the Reliability and Validity of Maharishi Effect Research” (pp. 25–41), also by Dr David Orme-Johnson. The third article by Dr David Orme-Johnson and Dr Lee Fergusson, titled “Published Research on the Maharishi Effect by Type and Level” (pp. 43–59), is a definitive current list of 92 research studies and books on the Maharishi Effect. The final article in this Issue 24 is a research paper titled “Group Practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Implications for Social Work” by Sandy Gowing Price (pp. 61–93).
JMVRI Issue Number 24
JMVRI Paper 24.1
Dr Michael C. Dillbeck’s Contribution to Integrating Modern Science and Vedic Science
Author: David Orme-Johnson
This paper can be downloaded via the following link:
Citation: Orme-Johnson, D. W. (2024). Dr Michael C. Dillbeck’s contribution to integrating modern science and Vedic Science. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 24, 13–24.
Summary (excerpt):
This article is a moving tribute to the life and work of Dr Dillbeck by his friend and colleague Dr David Orme-Johnson and covers three main phases of Dr Dillbeck’s output: 1) an extensive record of published research on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program; 2) a similarly extensive record of publishing research on the Maharishi Effect, including the first study on this phenomenon and then a series of important subsequent studies; and 3) finally as a Raja in the Global Country of World Peace, with responsibility for the welfare of many countries, including France.
JMVRI Paper 24.2
Five Points on the Reliability and Validity of Maharishi Effect Research
Author: David Orme-Johnson
This paper can be downloaded via the following link:
Citation: Orme-Johnson, D. W. (2024). Five points on the reliability and validity of Maharishi Effect research. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 24, 25–41.
Summary (excerpt):
This paper outlines some of the key points related to the reliability and validity of research on the Maharishi Effect, and includes a list of 219 international, peer-reviewed journals that have published research on both the Maharishi Effect and its underlying technologies—the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program—which generate the Maharishi Effect.
Reliability is the degree to which scientific measure accurately represents the phenomenon under investigation and whether or not a research design, test instrument, and the tools and techniques used to generate scientific results have been consistently applied and can therefore be considered dependable. Validity is the degree to which any given scientific research study correctly and authentically measures the phenomenon under investigation and not something else.
JMVRI Paper 24.3
Published Research on the Maharishi Effect by Type and Level
Authors: David Orme-Johnson and Lee Fergusson
This paper can be downloaded via the following link:
https://www.academia.edu/118501600/Published_Research_on_the_Maharishi_Effect_by_Type_and_Level
Citation: Orme-Johnson, D. W., & Fergusson, L. (2024). Published research on the Maharishi Effect by type and level. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 24, 43–59.
Summary (excerpt):
The purpose of this article is to record, for historical and archival purposes, key studies on the Maharishi Effect and to provide a resource for future scholars interested in investigating it.
The final article in this Issue 24 is a research paper titled “Group Practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Implications for Social Work” by Sandy Gowing Price (pp. 61–93). This study tests the prediction that: a) the group practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program by a theoretically predicted size (in this case, 400 practitioners together in a group) would be sufficient to reduce the collective stress of Australia; and b) this reduction in collective stress of Australia is measurable using three social indicators—fatal traffic accidents, unemployment, and a stock market index. The study also explores the significance of these findings to future directions in social work, a practice which seeks to reduce disorder and suffering in society.
JMVRI Paper 24.4
Group Practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program: Implications for Social Work
Author: Sandy Gowing Price
This paper can be downloaded via the following link:
Citation: Gowing Price, S. (2024). Group practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program: Implications for social work. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 24, 61–93.
Summary (excerpt):
This study tests the prediction that: a) the group practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program by a theoretically predicted size (in this case, 400 practitioners together in a group) would be sufficient to reduce the collective stress of Australia; and b) this reduction in collective stress of Australia is measurable using three social indicators—fatal traffic accidents, unemployment, and a stock market index. The study also explores the significance of these findings to future directions in social work, a practice which seeks to reduce disorder and suffering in society.