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Military Application for Transcendental Meditation Healthy Pages, 26 March 2010 A scientific journal has recently published a paper purporting that Transcendental Meditation can reduce war and terrorism. ‘The Journal of Management & Social Science’ is a leading journal in Pakistan and it was they who published the paper: "A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising-Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace." The paper details how the Transcendental Meditation technique, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is a non religious way to prevent war and terrorism. The technique is known as Invincible Defence Technology (IDT) when used in a military context. The paper describes the concept of a "Prevention Wing of the Military," a group of military personnel that practices the advanced TM-Sidhi program twice daily as a group. A group that reaches a critical threshold in size has been scientifically shown to reduce collective societal stress. The idea is based on a hypothesis that crime, war and terrorism are a result of collective societal stress. It has been scientifically proven that when a group of meditators grows to a critical threshold, the result is a reduction in collective societal stress. On this basis the suggestion is to establish a "Prevention Wing of the Military," made up of military personnel who will practice as a group the TM-Sidhi program twice daily. David R. Leffler, Ph.D. is the papers author. He is the Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Military Science at the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Professor Leffler said that "This paper introduces a new role for the military: 'Prevention Wings' whose purpose is to prevent enemies from arising," adding that “This new approach, derived from the ancient Vedic tradition of India, is supported by over 50 scientific studies. IDT can create victory before war, and can assist in peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building." Between 2%-3% of a nation's military personnel would need to be part of the Prevention Wing to make it successful. © Healthy Pages 2010