“Everything is, in its essence, the energy of wisdom.”
~ Milarepa, Tibetan Sage


Meditation is an experience of silence within the active mind, a state of inner wakefulness that creates a more integrated functioning in the frontal areas of the brain, which in turn makes the brain healthier and better able to function together as a whole.

Research shows that in those who have been meditating for many years inner wakefulness and brain integration are maintained all the time, 24/7. With this integrated brain functioning you make better decisions, evaluate situations more accurately, and enjoy more of life throughout your life.

Is there evidence?

There is extensive empirical evidence. First, on the individual level, medical science has utilized meditation techniques to dissolve stress, with associated dramatic improvements in health. For example, an 11-year insurance study involving thousands of subjects* showed that people who practicing meditation techniques experience markedly reduced incidences of major surgery, cancer, and heart disease. Second, on a societal scale, 50 scientific studies have shown that meditation defuses acute societal stress, as measured by reduced crime, terrorism, and conflict.

Repeated studies also show that a group of 8,000 advanced meditation experts is enough to defuse social tensions on a global scale, markedly reducing violence and conflict in critical hotspots throughout the world.

How can meditation produce such far-reaching effects?

“The answer comes from the most advanced theories of modern science. Progress in theoretical physics during the past quarter century has led to a progressively more unified understanding of the laws of nature, culminating in the recent discovery of completely unified field theories, based on the superstring. These theories locate a single, universal field of intelligence at the basis of all forms and phenomena in the universe. Extensive published research demonstrates that human consciousness can directly experience this unified field of intelligence in the simplest, most settled state of human awareness through the structured meditation and its advanced techniques.

Regular experience of the unified field has been shown to dissolve deep-seated stress in the individual, bringing marked reductions in hypertension, stroke, heart disease, and other stress-related illness. When practiced collectively in groups, this same program has been shown to effectively reduce societal stress and tensions. From the perspective of physics, such groups of trained, peace-creating experts collectively accessing and stimulating the unified field generate powerful waves of unity and coherence that permeate the collective consciousness of the whole population. The immediate, practical result is markedly reduced crime and social violence and improved positive trends throughout society.

Fortunately, these benefits come naturally and automatically and do not require belief or intellectual understanding of the mechanics. It’s as simple as switching on a light switch and enjoying the light.”

~ Dr. John Hagelin, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management

*The American Journal of Managed Care 3 (1997): 135–144.

Original studies are available online at www.PermanentPeace.org