Were the meditators concentrating on Lebanon? Was it their intention to change conditions in Lebanon and bring peace?
No, they are not even thinking about Lebanon. Just doing their stuff. Just practicing their meditation program together. They practiced mantra meditation–a technique of Transcendental Meditation derived from the Vedic tradition. They’re thinking nice thoughts but not focusing on Lebanon or peace. Did those 200+ meditators make a difference in the war? Yes, absolutely, beyond a shadow of doubt. The level of violence in Lebanon was significantly less during the course of the study. We replicated this result seven times over during a two and half year period from 1983-1985 with seven different meditating groups. On the average war fatalities were twelve per day–twelve people were killed every day as a result of the war during the two-year period of the study. During the seven experimental periods fatalities were just over three per day. That’s a 70% drop. Each one of the seven interventions was highly significant. The probability values were like one in millions. This is not just one pe
