New Study on Effects of Invincible America Assembly: Reduced Road Accidents

A new study on the effects of the IAA from 2007-10 (when the IAA group was at the desired number of 1,725, for producing the 1% effect), shows a reduced level of road accidents. There is rising acceptance of the validity of the field effect (1% effect), said lead author Ken Cavanaugh. A study in 2006 showed reduced violent crime, and 3 more studies on the effects of the IAA are expected soon.

By Hugh Finlay

Following the publication a year ago of a study showing reduced homicide and violent crime during the peak years of the Invincible America Assembly from 2006–2010, a new study published last month found a reduction in motor vehicle fatalities. And three additional studies will be coming out soon.

Rising Acceptance

"The level of acceptance is amazing," said lead author Ken Cavanaugh. "There's rising receptivity to the notion of a field effect of consciousness and that group meditation can affect the environment."

The Study's Results

Invincible America Assembly: Less Road Accidents

The recent study reported that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® program by participants in the Invincible America Assembly at MUM reduced the rate of U.S. motor vehicle fatalities by a total of 20.6% over the four-year period 2007–2010.

All other accidental deaths were reduced by 13.5%. "An estimated 19,435 motor vehicle fatalities and 16,759 other accidental deaths were averted," said coauthor Michael Dillbeck.

The Field Effect

From 2007–2010 the group size was above or near 1,725 participants, the size predicted to have a positive influence on the U.S. quality of life. This predicted threshold represents the square root of 1% of the U.S. population.

"Maharishi explains that when a sufficient number of individuals are experiencing pure consciousness during group practice, the field of pure consciousness is enlivened in the entire population," Dr. Cavanaugh said. "This field effect positively influences the quality of consciousness in the individuals in society in much the same direction as that experienced by those practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique."

The Study

Specifically, this research tested the hypothesis that group practice results in increased alertness and reduced stress in the general population, thus contributing to reduced accident rates.

In their study, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, the researchers first calculated a baseline trend for both accidental fatality rates 2002–2006, and then used time series intervention analysis to compare that baseline with the corresponding trend for the intervention period 2007–2010.

For motor vehicle fatality rates, they found that a slightly declining trend during the baseline period 2002–2006 accelerated significantly beginning in January 2007 and continued declining during the intervention period 2007–2010.

In the case of all other accidents, there was a highly significant shift from a rising trend in 2002–2006 to a substantially slower positive trend in 2007–2010.

The probability that the reduced trend for motor vehicle fatalities was due to chance was 3.7 in 10 million million and for fatalities due to other accidents, less than 8.4 in 1 million.

The prediction of reduced accidental fatalities was lodged in advance. The researchers were able to rule out alternative explanations.

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