United States Air Force veteran, David Leffler, PhD, has been associated with one of the real-life characters of the book and movie “The Men Who Stare at Goats” discusses the realistic military possibility of using more of the potential of the human mind using his area of expertise – Invincible Defence Technology (IDT), according a recent article.
The character General Hopgood is based on Major General Albert Stubblebine, former commander of the US Army Intelligence & Security Command (INSCOM) who is satirically portrayed as attempting to walk through walls without success. In real life, Stubblebine served as a consultant on David Leffler’s Consciousness-Based Military Defence doctoral committee at The Union Institute & University. According to Leffler, Stubblebine genuinely understood the latent potential of the human mind, and that warriors would eventually be trained to harness it. Stubblebine helped organize a lecture series about Invincible Defence Technology and to bring other distinguished military-related leaders to Consciousness-Based Military Defence at Maharishi University of Management.
Extensive scientific research, published in the likes of the Journal of Conflict Resolution, has shown Transcendental Meditation and its advanced programmes not only reduce stress on the individual level, but also reduce the collective societal stress that is ultimately responsible for social problems, like war, terrorism and crime
