Leaders worldwide face a challenging task: uniting their fractured and crippled countries in the midst of a raging pandemic with economic devastation and societal discord fuelling terrorism and conflict. Achieving unity under these stressful conditions is a daunting task but it can and must be done.
Can conventional strategies and tactics truly defeat all adversaries during these challenging times of pandemic, protest and economic collapse? An ideal defence against conflict and terrorism is a proven, state-of-the-art, non-violent alternative that actually prevents adversaries from arising in the first place. This alternative gives warriors a strategic and profound proactive advantage by preventing conflict, war and terrorism before they occur, for far less than the cost of conventional defences.
This highly effective, unconventional approach with a proven scientific record for diffusing conflict and violence is called Invincible Defence Technology (IDT), a brain-based technology which incorporates practices of the non-religious transcendental meditation (TM) to bring about peace.
When large groups of trained practitioners apply the advanced TM techniques together twice a day, a powerful field effect of coherence and peace affects the consciousness of the surrounding population. The bigger the group, the bigger the effect.
These outcomes of consistent and measurable decreases in war deaths, terrorism and crime have been substantiated by extensive research published in many refereed journals.
Hundreds of scientific studies conducted at more than 200 independent universities and research institutions confirm that regular practise of TM produces major increases in calmness, happiness, creativity, energy and clarity of mind. More than 6m people worldwide of all religions, cultures and ages have learnt TM and experienced these benefits.
Research indicates that such calming effects can also be created on a national level. A recent study published in Studies in Asian Social Science showed that large group practise of these programmes in Cambodia between 1993 and 2008 was associated with a 96.2% decline in sociopolitical violence in that war-torn country, compared to violence in the preceding three years.
The authors conclude the likelihood that this reversal in the rising 1990-1992 trend of violence occurred randomly was one in 10m. Other published research has shown that after advanced TM was applied, Cambodia’s GDP growth rates averaged 8.9%, and poverty was reduced by 63% between 1994 and 2008. By 2010 Cambodia was ranked 63rd out of 152 countries on the international scale of poverty, an unprecedented jump of 89 places in less than one generation.
Despite such promising scientific results, this TM research and the actual military field tests in other countries have so far been largely ignored by most policymakers. Imagine what leaders worldwide could accomplish together if permanent groups of TM experts were established to meditate twice daily to reduce the high stress levels in their countries.
Lasting peace and invincibility could be established globally if it is based on science rather than politics. To best succeed it would be wise to advocate this simple and cost-effective approach. Militaries could quickly form what are called prevention wings of the military.
Any large group of experts trained in the advanced TM techniques can produce similar results. Groups could be comprised of congregations at places of worship, prisoners, the elderly in retirement homes, even students, as was done in Cambodia. The important factor is that the techniques be performed by trained TM experts consistently in groups twice a day. Simply by doing this societal tensions would be eradicated.
Violence has historically been a response to national differences, despite its costs both in financial and human terms. What divided countries worldwide need now is for all leaders to recognise that there is a more effective, proven way to resolve differences. TM is that scientifically verified approach, and now is the time for them to use this new brain-based technology to dissolve political tensions and create perpetual unity and stability.
• Schar has been serving as executive assistant to Dr David Leffler since 2015. She is now director of communications and her articles have been published in more than 370 locations worldwide.
• Leffler served as an associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. He is now the executive director at CAMS.
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