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'IT IS A VERY POWERFUL PROGRAM NOT ONLY FOR EDUCATION BUT ALSO FOR PEACE'
Interview with the president of Maharishi University of Management in
Fairfield, Iowa, Bevan G. Morris
Why did you decide to come to Armenia?
In 1989, 5 faculty members from our university came here after
the Earthquake. We were invited by an Armenian working in the Us,
hissname is Joseph Golden, and they taught to 30 000 people in Armenia
in many different towns and people of all ages and specialities were
interested in it. I have been very fascinated by Armenia since that
tim and have always wanted to see this ancient country.
What kinds of programs are you going to do in Armenia?
I am going to speak about consciousness-based education Our university
in the US was the first University to introduce consciousness-based
education. It was founded in 1971. There is a great interest in
Consciousness-based education. A lot of research studies have been
carried out and the results have been published in scientific journals
and now it has been introduced in 53 different countries and I would
like to speak about this to the educators in Armenia.. And also there
are government actions to adopt this program in schools such as Great
Britain, Ecuador, Mexico. This kind of education maximally optimizes
students' brain functioning.
Do you have any statistics which show that it helps help students to
develop their skills using transcendental meditation?
During 20 minutes practice of this meditation in the morning and in
the evening, the mind starts to settle down and becomes more and more
restful, there is a very deep silence in the mind, . Meanwhile the
body also changes. Breathing becomes very soft, muscles relax. There
is a deep level of rest, your skin resistance becomes very high which
indicates more relaxation, stress goes down, and also brain waves
change. There is a great coherence of brain waves. One of the famous
studies was actually done in Moscow at the brain research Institute
of the Medical Sciences of Russia. It shows when people practice
transcendental meditation their brain reacts in a different way, more
quickly. In our university you can see how your brain is improving
over the years of your study. People using this technique have a much
higher brain integration. There are m ore than 600 studies documenting
this. There is a research study conducted at Stanford University on
reducing the anxiety with the help of this meditation.
It reduces heart attacks and high blood pressure.
Have you had any meetings with the Minister of education in Armenia.
I haven't had any meetings, but many educators in Armenia practice this
meditation. This program can be included in any kind of educational
program. It is a very powerful program not only for the education
but also for creating peace.
Karine Ionesyan 18:36 10/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/interview/view/30427
Interview with the president of Maharishi University of Management in
Fairfield, Iowa, Bevan G. Morris
Why did you decide to come to Armenia?
In 1989, 5 faculty members from our university came here after
the Earthquake. We were invited by an Armenian working in the Us,
hissname is Joseph Golden, and they taught to 30 000 people in Armenia
in many different towns and people of all ages and specialities were
interested in it. I have been very fascinated by Armenia since that
tim and have always wanted to see this ancient country.
What kinds of programs are you going to do in Armenia?
I am going to speak about consciousness-based education Our university
in the US was the first University to introduce consciousness-based
education. It was founded in 1971. There is a great interest in
Consciousness-based education. A lot of research studies have been
carried out and the results have been published in scientific journals
and now it has been introduced in 53 different countries and I would
like to speak about this to the educators in Armenia.. And also there
are government actions to adopt this program in schools such as Great
Britain, Ecuador, Mexico. This kind of education maximally optimizes
students' brain functioning.
Do you have any statistics which show that it helps help students to
develop their skills using transcendental meditation?
During 20 minutes practice of this meditation in the morning and in
the evening, the mind starts to settle down and becomes more and more
restful, there is a very deep silence in the mind, . Meanwhile the
body also changes. Breathing becomes very soft, muscles relax. There
is a deep level of rest, your skin resistance becomes very high which
indicates more relaxation, stress goes down, and also brain waves
change. There is a great coherence of brain waves. One of the famous
studies was actually done in Moscow at the brain research Institute
of the Medical Sciences of Russia. It shows when people practice
transcendental meditation their brain reacts in a different way, more
quickly. In our university you can see how your brain is improving
over the years of your study. People using this technique have a much
higher brain integration. There are m ore than 600 studies documenting
this. There is a research study conducted at Stanford University on
reducing the anxiety with the help of this meditation.
It reduces heart attacks and high blood pressure.
Have you had any meetings with the Minister of education in Armenia.
I haven't had any meetings, but many educators in Armenia practice this
meditation. This program can be included in any kind of educational
program. It is a very powerful program not only for the education
but also for creating peace.
Karine Ionesyan 18:36 10/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/interview/view/30427