Maharishi Effect

Maharishi Effect: 

without answers, but still a wish to heal the world - and with this I resolve to bring just a little more light to all, my own sense of peace overfilled to calm and heal others who are near, really, to simply meditate and have this be my point of action. I know that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi claimed that if a small percentage of people meditated that it would influence society as the whole, lowering crime rate and raising consciousness throughout the entire population. This was dubbed the Maharishi Effect and has been studied and researched for its validity. My own sense is that it's true, or at least so in essence, and my own meditation practice seems to bear this out. Of course I could be wrong, the Maharishi might have been wishful in belief and I could be overly optimistic of my practice. 

and yet...

it's what I have to offer, my own peace of mind is given to the world daily, my light impartial in its shine, and every action of consequence is from this point of love. I am the Maharishi Effect, an influence through the immediacy of my contacts. This isn't through any mystical means, it isn't a web of yogic powers that reaches deep within the thoughts of those around me. I'm just happier now, more apt to give a smile, forgive, and be attentive, compassionate, and empathetic towards others. I am also guided through my politics and beliefs, wishing a greater good for the world, taking conscious action with such things as dietary choices, where and how I do my shopping, little things with no apparent effect measured, but add value to how I experience life. 

will meditation end violence? 

heal the rift of our political discord? 

yes.

because it only needs to influence one person, being a personal Maharishi Effect, bringing just a bit of light to our own small choices made daily and how they ripple through the world. Meditation isn't the only answer, far from it, but it's my answer to an almost overwhelming sense of sorrow to where we are right now. I meditate and take spontaneous action to heal my own rift between myself and others until there seems to be no real distance found between us, no discord of beliefs and views, and we arrive to a simple truth of one existence with infinite points of our expression. 

this isn't being idealistic, it's far more practical than theory - it's my personal Maharishi Effect, offering peace through my own small practice, a little thing, true, but it's immediate, effecting my world right now, healing, and it's what I have to offer. 

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Peace, Eric