Preventing Terrorism: Paving the Way to Peace With Invincible Defense Technology

[WebMaster]

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Preventing Terrorism: Paving the Way to Peace With Invincible Defense Technology

Maj. Gen. Kulwant Singh (Retd.) and Dr. David Leffler
Jan 18, 2005, 09:11

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Editor's Note: Even though this article has spiritual connotations, it is intended to stir a debate on alternative methods to prevent the disease of terrorism through new means of defence and military-related technologies. All ideas and avenues must be checked in light of defence and the military rather than any spiritual and social differences that they might present. I would like to thank Maj. Gen. Kulwant Singh and Dr Leffler for submitting this article to DefenceTalk.com News.

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The best way to guard against terrorism is to have no enemies. No enemies equals no terrorism! Invincible Defense Technology (also known as Consciousness-Based Defense or Unified Field-Based Defense) is a scientifically validated means to prevent enemies from arising. IDT is rooted in ancient Vedic knowledge of India. This recently revived method of preventive defense promises to end terrorism.

[davidoj]

Those who shy away from this technology to reduce and eliminate terrorism and war should know that it is supported by over 600 scientific studies conducted in 200 universities and research institutions in 33 countries.

550 of the studies show that the Transcendental Meditation technique creates a state of peace and coherence in the individual, and another 50 well-controlled studies show that this influence of coherence is radiated into the larger society via collective consciousness. My own research, published in leading journals, has shown that groups of TM meditators reduce war, crime, improve the general quality of life, and dramatically decrease terrorism (see www.Orme-JohnsonResearch.net).

For me personally, it has been a nightmare to see all the war, poverty, and injustices in the world continuing, when I know that we have an objectively proven technology for creating world peace. Please Dear World. Maharishi has given you the key. Put aside your philosophical and religious differences and find fulfillment of the highest aspirations of your and every culture in this proven approach.

David Orme-Johnson, PhD
January 20, 2005

[Carla Brown EdD]

This article is timely and to the point. It comes from a surprising source, but it has been validated numerous times. In my Harvard doctoral dissertation I examined the research and reception to it within the Middle East policy community in the U.S. Many of my respondents were able to examine this research without prejudice because they know the costs of war and are looking for solutions.

Among my respondents was a US senator who suggested that demonstration projects be undertaken to test these theories. An article to be published this month in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality by John Davies documents such projects. The results are startling, the experiment rigorous, and the results startling. Over a 2.25-year period seven assemblies were predicted to have an effect on the war in Lebanon.

“Box-Jenkins impact assessment analyses indicated that the assemblies had a highly significant impact in the predicted direction on all dependent variables, with an estimated mean 66% increase in cooperation and estimated reductions of 48% in conflict, 71% in war fatalities, and 68% in war injuries during the assemblies (p < .00001 for each variable). Analysis of an index combining the dependent variables indicated that each of the seven assemblies also had a separate positive impact on the war (p < .01). These results were robust across alternative models of the dependent series, and improvements could not be ac-counted for in terms of changes in temperature, holidays, weekends, or other forms of seasonality or trends in the dependent series, which were explicitly controlled for. Nor were results explicable in terms of “reverse causality� (assemblies being held in reaction to prior events in Lebanon), as experimental periods (assembly dates) were set months in advance and were statistically independent from prior levels of conflict.�

In the field of international diplomacy, it may seem natural to question an approach that uses inner human transcendence. People are also politically inclined to use approaches used in the past. When tens of thousands of lives are at stake, however, and scientific investigation has repeatedly verified that these approaches work — that they significantly cool down conflict — they should be implemented with speed.



One respondent told me that scientists know that this technology works; they just didn’t want a competing theory. Again, research indicates that those whose lives are on the line and those who would protect the US against terrorism would do well to implement these approaches. If you have interest in this research, please contact me at anurad@iowatelecom.net.

[highsea]

Originally Posted by Carla Brown EdD

...with an estimated mean 66% increase in cooperation and estimated reductions of 48% in conflict, 71% in war fatalities, and 68% in war injuries during the assemblies (p < .00001) Analysis of an index combining the dependent variables indicated that each of the seven assemblies also had a separate positive impact on the war (p < .01) ...

I don't really have any comments, but I do have a couple questions. I read the paper on Dr. Orme-Johnson's website, but I am unclear on a couple points.

1. What is meant by (p<.01) and (p<.00001), and how are these figures derived?

2. Since there is no scientific theory to account for the claims, we have to rely on anectodal evidence. Is the raw data available for review wrt the city/crime studies? It would also help to know which mathematical formulas/equations were applied to the data to arrive at the results specified.

3. How were the "minumum meditator" requirements of (1%) and (sq. rt. 1%) of population determined, and how quickly does the effect decrease over distance? For example, in urban areas where the 1% groups were concentrated, how were the outlying suburbs affected, and was the range of the effect common to all the study areas? How much deviation was there, since the results are presented as averages?

4. All new ideas are subject to some degree of scepticism by the scientific community. What do the detractors say about TM's ability to shape events as described, and are there any current experiments underway?

[SABRE]

The best way to guard against terrorism is to have no enemies. No enemies equals no terrorism! Invincible Defense Technology (also known as Consciousness-Based Defense or Unified Field-Based Defense) is a scientifically validated means to prevent enemies from arising

I have few questions but I'll only ask when m told what exactly do authors mean by "Invincible Defence Technology".

By defence technolgy do they mean weapons? if yes do they mean modern weapons of today or the one planned for future?

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please do not reply i just read the full artical. Changed my questions & will ask after complete understanding.

Thanks for the artical Dr. Leffler its worth reading, understanding & for scientific research it is worth to be used in practice, atleast on experimental bases (I'll show this to my MBR teacher & ask him if some sort of staged experiment can be arranged. Although m business student & he is business teacher but we both believe that sociaty is the one that should be tested for any thing wheather it is business research or any thing else. To me this is also based on social issues so I think it would interesting to experiment with it)
This theory remains a hypothesis, untill it is experimented & some sort of result (wheather negative or possitive) is achieved.

Thanks again.

[Carla Brown EdD]

In answer to your questions,

1. These figures describe statistical significance; in this case a high level of significance. The figures describe the significance of Box Jenkins Time Series analysis – to what degree the findings could have occurred by chance. The findings in this case have to do with whether the research outcomes were predicted by seasonal or other regularly occurring effects. John Davies’ research involved seven replications of a piece of research chronicled in the prestigious Yale Journal of Conflict Resolution (JCR). His research exhaustively reviewed all of the assemblies that occurred in relation to the war in Lebanon. The statistics cited control exhaustively for any other explanatory factors. The p-values indicate that the results cannot reasonably be attributed to chance in those 7 instances over two and a quarter years.


2. Re: theory, let’s be clear, there is theory here. The theory has been articulated over the last half century by a group of researchers based on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s original prediction that a small percentage of the population -- as little as 1% -- would improve quality of life and lead to world peace. Initial studies involved cities with 1% meditating and examined changes in crime rate, looking at publicly available data. Eventually these studies included more cities, sometimes randomly assigned, and more variables as indicators of change in quality of life, such as automobile accidents, and suicide rates. The research has progressed, in that it has encompassed societal levels including cities, nations, and the world. Scientists have employed more sophisticated techniques for statistically controlling for seasonal and other alternative explanations. Also, in the late 1970's scientists began to look at the effect of the square root of 1% of the population practicing the TM-Sidhi program in the same place. This smaller number of required participants made experimental study easier. Quality of life indices have included increased economic strength, political cooperation, and decreases in violent crime, armed conflict, accidents, suicides, infectious diseases, and drug consumption. .

We do NOT have to rely on anecdotal evidence. That’s the point. We have this trend analysis to help us. The paper itself will provide the details of analysis when it is published within a month. The independent peer-review process for this paper and other published paper is exhaustive. Part of review process requires the availability of data for review.
3. This research was measuring the effect of numbers of Transcendental Meditation practitioners meditating together on populations. The theory and findings do not speak so much of geographical distance as they do of a sufficiently large subset of a population affecting that population. So far the research suggests that one percent of a population or the square root of one percent of the population is sufficient to cause a change in quality of life, even to the extent of having a dramatic effect of war intensity and war deaths.
4. The last two experimental demonstrations of the Maharishi Effect as it is known were:

· Hagelin JS, Rainforth MV, Orme-Johnson DW, Cavanaugh KL, Alexander CN, Shatkin SF, et al. Effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation program on preventing violent crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June–July 1993. Social Indicators Research 1999;47 (2):153-201.)
· Hatchard GD, Deans AJ, Cavanaugh KL, Orme-Johnson DW. The Maharishi Effect: A model for social improvement. Time series analysis of a phase transition to reduced crime in Merseyside metropolitan area. Psychology, Crime & Law 1996;2(3):165-174.
There is no study being undertaken now.

My research examined how peer reviewers and critics of a piece of research published in 1988 in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (JCR) arrived at judgments about whether they would publish or consider a follow-up study. That JCR piece included findings of a 75% reduction in war deaths and a 45% reduction in war intensity when the size of a group of Transcendental Meditation practitioners reached predicted threshold levels in East Jerusalem during the war between Israel and Lebanon in 1982-83.

The JCR gave more than the usual review to this research. When the research passed muster, it was published with a note from the editor and reviewer. Critiques then ensued.

I interviewed several critics of the research who did not set out to test the research as much as to put it down. One told me that the research was interfering with his turf and that he wanted to “go after these dudes.� Background correspondence included innuendo, name calling, and efforts to rhetorically disclaim the research and its authors.

Publication of John Davies’ research has been delayed by 15 years, even though the lead critic told me that something was really happening in that research -- something that had to be explained away.

Whenever serious scientific analysis and thorough review was given to this research, the reviewers wrote that they had to say that the results were going in the direction reported by the authors.

In other words, as with much of science, this research encountered adversaries. I documented quite a bit of stereotyping and prejudice associated with review of this research by policy makers, journalists, and scientists.

I was surprised to find that a substantial number of the people who I interviewed were open to reading the results without difficulties. They would consider further research. They did not necessarily believe the research outright, but they were not challenged by it. They tended to be people who worked on the ground in the conflict-ridden Middle East and who felt they could not afford to ignore research like this just because it seemed to be too good to be true.

[Dr. Leffler]

Originally Posted by SABRE

Thanks for the artical Dr. Leffler its worth reading, understanding & for scientific research it is worth to be used in practice, atleast on experimental bases (I'll show this to my MBR teacher & ask him if some sort of staged experiment can be arranged. Although m business student & he is business teacher but we both believe that sociaty is the one that should be tested for any thing wheather it is business research or any thing else. To me this is also based on social issues so I think it would interesting to experiment with it)
This theory remains a hypothesis, untill it is experimented & some sort of result (wheather negative or possitive) is achieved.

SABRE,

Security And Political Risk Analysis (SAPRA India) published an academic paper entitled "An Alternative To Military Violence And Fear-Based Deterrence: Twenty Years Of Research On The Maharishi Effect" that discusses pertinent Invincible Defense Technology research. The paper is available at:
http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...ternative.html

This paper includes a chart that summarizes the findings of nearly 50 studies that were available at the time of publication. It includes a short summary of the study Dr. Carla Brown discussed in her posting (by Dr. John Davies and the late Dr. Charles Alexander, which is number 13 on the chart referenced below).

The chart is available at:

http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...ratableii.html

Dr. John Davies is at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland. The late Dr. Charles Alexander was at Harvard University and, later, Maharishi International University.

Their study is significant because it examines the entire sequence of assemblies of Transcendental Meditators of sufficient size and proximity for an impact to be predicted in Lebanon (Lebanon is known among conflict resolution scholars as among the most difficult conflicts to influence).

Your business professor may be interested in these papers published in the Proceeding of the American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Statistics Section and the Proceedings of the Midwest Management Society that are also summarized in this chart.

http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...ableii.html#b8

http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...ableii.html#b9

http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...bleii.html#b10

http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...bleii.html#b11

[SABRE]

Thanks for more articals Dr.Leffler. They may come pretty handy if my MBR teacher agrees to do some small scale tests & experiments with it. I'll also pass them to my Domestic & International Relations teacher who happens to be a former diplomat.

[Dr. Leffler]

Originally Posted by Carla Brown EdD

...Publication of John Davies’ research has been delayed by 15 years, even though the lead critic told me that something was really happening in that research -- something that had to be explained away.

Whenever serious scientific analysis and thorough review was given to this research, the reviewers wrote that they had to say that the results were going in the direction reported by the authors.

In other words, as with much of science, this research encountered adversaries. I documented quite a bit of stereotyping and prejudice associated with review of this research by policy makers, journalists, and scientists...

Dr. Brown,

Invincible Defense Technology advocate Colonel (Dr.) Brian M. Rees, Medical Corps, US Army Reserve, addresses this issue in his book Terrorism, Retaliation and Victory - Awaken the Soul of America to Defeat Terrorism without Casualties.

More information is available at: http://prevent_terrorism.home.att.net

Col. Rees writes in his book:

You probably haven't heard much about these studies. I am surprised that some ambitious investigative reporter hasn't gotten the bit between his teeth and chased this story down. It is either one of the most important findings in the history of science, or else it is a juicy piece of fraudulent science; either way it's a great story from the journalist's perspective. I have personally interviewed a number of the original researchers, and I am convinced of their scientific integrity.

The degree of sophistication of the analysis, perhaps, has put off some people including reporters. I have described the methodology of what is called time-series analysis, which is really the only way to analyze such data. As I mentioned, you can't just take the number of robberies in January of 1993 and compare it to the number of robberies in July; nor can you take July 1992 and compare it to July 1993, without accounting for these confounding factors of crime trends, temperature, precipitation, and weekend effects (as it turned out, mostly temperature). (Chapter 8, page 121-122)

Colonel Brian M. Rees is graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College. He has over 26 years of commissioned military service. Currently, Col. Rees is the commander of the 349th General Hospital, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion.

Recent media attention on Dr. Rees includes an article from the April 5, 2004 Stars and Stripes newspaper called "Army Doctor Proactive in Trying to Keep Patients and Society Healthy".

(Available at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?s...7&archive=true )

Two videos on The Official US Army Recruiting Website called "Vision of Service" and "Chance to Give Back" feature Col. Rees.

(Available at: http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/medical/corps_profiles.jsp )

Colonel Rees co-authored an article about Invincible Defence Technology entitled "Homeland Security With Unified Field-Based Defence Technology" that was recently published by Defence India. (Available at: http://www.invinciblemilitary.org/ar...s_silence.html )

[SABRE]

The best way to guard against terrorism is to have no enemies. No enemies equals no terrorism! Invincible Defense Technology (also known as Consciousness-Based Defense or Unified Field-Based Defense) is a scientifically validated means to prevent enemies from arising.

I do agree that the best way to guard against terrorism is to have no enemies but I am confused over the means stated on preventing enemies from rising. My question is that can IDT plug the roots of terrorism out. Terrorism starts not by it self but for some specific reason. The one the world calls terrorists call them selves as freedom fighters. Hence the cause of them becoming so voilent is the limitation of their freedom by others out side their community.
So can IDT eliminate injustice, limitation of freedom by others etc..??? Because it is my believe that by reducing the injustice from the social circles n the world can help preventing enemies from rising.

[Dr. Leffler]

Originally Posted by SABRE

So can IDT eliminate injustice, limitation of freedom by others etc..??? Because it is my believe that by reducing the injustice from the social circles n the world can help preventing enemies from rising.

Yes it can! High levels of collective societal stress apparently are responsible for causing injustice in social circles - this injustice ultimately leads to problems like terrorism and war. When people are more relaxed, happy and fulfilled (instead of highly stressed), then, they are more broadminded. They treat other people more fairly in their social interactions. This is because they can better understand other people's perspectives and viewpoints.

This is a difficult concept to explain here in my brief Defence Talk forum posting. If you have not already done so, please read the article referenced below. It talks about how President Alberto Joachim Chissano used Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) to bring an end to decades of war in Mozambique. Several scientists, a Navy SEAL officer and I wrote this thought-provoking article describing deployment of, and the underlying theory behind, this revolutionary IDT system that was deployed by Mozambique military. In particular, please see the quotes by Lt. General Tobias Dai, (Ret.), the Defense Minister of Mozambique. An edited version of our article was published by the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace.

Article: "Mozambique's 'Secret Weapon!' Mozambique's Invincible "National Armor" Prevented an Enemy from Arising Within or Outside the Country" by David R. Leffler, Ph.D., Kurt G. Kleinschnitz, Ph.D., Kenneth W. Walton, Ph.D., Ensign Daniel K. Burke, USNR and Susan Vegors, Ph.D.

Available at: http://www.davidleffler.com/secretweapon.html

[redsoulja]

Dr.Leffler being a Hindu myself i attempted to discover TM for myself and my personal problems, but all the sites i searched up told me how much to pay and where to go for the seven step course but none told me how to exactly practise Tm ro its difference form focused meditation which already started recently. Ive got some books written by the Maharishi himself but they haev mostly text of a philosophical nature- fascinating- yet incapable of being utilized to practise TM. Do you have any sources/books that will teach me how to practise TM without having to dish out money and tome going to seven seminars?

[SABRE]

Dr.Leffler one simple question for you.

Can religion prevent terrorism & enemies from rising???

[Dr. Leffler]

Originally Posted by SABRE

Dr.Leffler one simple question for you.

Originally Posted by SABRE

Can religion prevent terrorism & enemies from rising???

In short, no - religion, in its present form, apparently cannot prevent terrorism and enemies. In his excellent book, The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again, Caleb Carr argues that:

Long before the deliberate military targeting of civilians as a method of affecting the political behavior of nations and leaders came to be called terrorism, the tactic had a host of other names...the phrase that was most often used was destructive war. (Available at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

Humankind has been plagued by destructive war (or terrorism) since the beginning of recorded history. Unfortunately, much of this conflict has been fueled by religion. Therefore, the historical records show that religion does not prevent terrorism or prevent enemies from arising. For this reason, in this forum we will discuss science, rather than religion. Extensive scientific research shows that Invincible Defense Techology reduces the collective stress responsible for social problems like terrorism, war and crime. Much of this research is summarized in the paper referenced below:

Dr. David R. Leffler, Dr. Kenneth G. Walton & Wing Commander Ravi Badhwar (Indian Air Force, Retired) (2001, June 13). Maharishi's Supreme Military Science--A revolutionary change in the character of military intervention. India Defence Consultants, (Available at: http://www.indiadefence.com/SupremeMilitaryi.htm ).

Lastly, as you know the rules for this Defence Talk forum prohibit discussion of religion.

[Dr. Leffler]

Originally Posted by redsoulja

Dr.Leffler being a Hindu myself i attempted to discover TM for myself and my personal problems, but all the sites i searched up told me how much to pay and where to go for the seven step course but none told me how to exactly practise Tm ro its difference form focused meditation which already started recently. Ive got some books written by the Maharishi himself but they haev mostly text of a philosophical nature- fascinating- yet incapable of being utilized to practise TM. Do you have any sources/books that will teach me how to practise TM without having to dish out money and tome going to seven seminars?

Although I am responding to redsoulja's reply, this also applies to SABRE's question as well. While it is true that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique originates from the Vedic tradition, TM is not a religion. Maharishi is a Hindu monk in this tradition. However, he has structured the TM program as a component of Invincible Defense Technology to be a non-religious practice. People of any faith or no faith can use the TM technique to reduce stress and utilize more of their full potential. It works regardless of religion.

Unfortunately, the TM program cannot be learned from a book. If this were possible Maharishi would have written a best-selling book a long time ago. In order for the TM technique to work correctly and to gain all the benefits of the practice, people must learn from a qualified instructor in the seven-step course as structured by Maharishi.