Meditation before mediation
Guardian, London
20 July 2002
Guardian, Saturday July 20, 2002
Meditation before mediation
A US scientist thinks Transcendental Meditation could be the answer to the Middle East crisis, reported the Jerusalem Post. Speaking to a Tel Aviv press conference, DrJohn Hagelin (right), a quantum physicist and former presidential candidate for the Natural Law party, explained that if a tiny fraction of Israelis and Palestinians "regularly practise Transcendental Meditation techniques in a group, the wave effect of calm will eventually halt terrorism". He went on to explain that the technique, known as invincible defence technology, "applies cutting-edge discoveries in quantum mechanics, neuroscience, and human consciousness to diffuse [sic] stress, effectively disarming aggressors". Hagelin claimed a similar technique was already producing results in the dispute against Kashmir.