Counter Insurgency: Vedic Security Strategy for India?
Dated 19/3/2007
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India, the land of Veda, is today facing a great challenge of increasing internal violence, by various groups of insurgents, though there is no near-term threat of war from any of her neighbors.
Naxalites in central India are well equipped with sophisticated weapons. They are well trained and have attacked police posts at will, large a number of causalities and escaping with weapons of police personnel.
Maoist militants are equally strong, and have been causing serious internal security problems along the border with Nepal. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and Naga insurgence in the east are very active, and in the north various Jehadi groups are active, as is well known.
The Indian government's response has been on conventional lines—increase the strength of security forces in areas of militant activity. Unfortunately, such a strategy can often backfire and further increase tensions. Ironically, the best strategy to defeat any adversary is to make them your friend. But how can such a simplistic approach work when such divergent opposing views drive people to kill and destroy? There is a way to settle differences peacefully with a scientifically validated Vedic peace technology. It originated in ancient India and is ideally suited to tackle India's enemies. The government of India is fully aware of the potential of this technology, but they have not yet tried it. This human-resource-based Vedic technology could also help solve other pressing problems, by removing poverty, improving the health of India's economy and people, and so on. This Vedic technology, known as Invincible Defense Technology in military circles, has the potential to create total peace and prosperity.
Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) may soon become the biggest Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) in hundreds of years. IDT is a scientifically validated means of preventing terrorism, reducing violence, and ending conflict. The principle components of IDT are the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi programs. When people practice these non-religious techniques in large groups, they create coherence and reduce collective stress in society. Collective stress is thought to be responsible for social problems like war, terrorism and crime. If the military of India would establish a Prevention Wing of the Military whose primary purpose would be to practice these techniques twice daily, they could protect India by preventing collective social stress from building up. Through this RMA they could achieve the ideal security strategy described in the ancient Vedic literature of India Heyam duhkham anagatam (Yog-Sutra, 2.16): "Avert the danger before it arises."
Although such an ideal strategy sounds too good to be true, it is backed by many scientific studies that are published in reputable journals. This carefully controlled research demonstrates pragmatic, significant effects in reducing war deaths, crime and collateral damage. The military ramifications of using the IDT are obvious if one carefully studies this published research.
New research also shows that the most powerful component of IDT has a measurable effect on global consciousness. Dr. Roger Nelson at Princeton University has found that IDT appears to have a highly significant impact on the Global Consciousness Project network of 50 random generators situated around the world. Moreover, the effect is greater with greater numbers of IDT participants. This is a replication of what Dr. Nelson observed for an application of IDT in 2001 directly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in the United States. It seems that the random generators become less random during practice of the most powerful component of IDT.
A strong study published in Social Indicators Research showed that crime fell 23% below the typical level during a demonstration project conducted in Washington D.C. when a TM-Sidhi group reached its maximum number in 1993. Researchers predicted that, due to the reduced level of collective stress, public approval of the U.S. Commander-in-Chief would increase. Indeed, approval ratings for President Clinton went up significantly.
If a large group of practitioners of the TM-Sidhi program were established in New Delhi, it is likely that peaceful overtures between "warring factions" in the India's parliament would increase. Operating under less stressful conditions, they would cooperate and work well together, doing less and accomplishing more. In this way, they could better solve India's pressing problems.
Coherence-creating groups have been deployed in war zones and conflict prone areas with great success. Extensive scientific research indicates that when the square root of 1% of the population practices the advanced TM-Sidhi program in a group, a calming "field effect" is created.
Scientists call this calming effect the "Maharishi Effect" in honor of the founder of the TM program and Vedic scholar Maharish Mahesh Yogi who first predicted it. Many carefully controlled studies have documented and validated positive social trends such as reduced conflict and lowered crime rate. These studies have been scrutinized and published in other respected peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Conflict Resolution, Social Indicators Research, The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Journal of Crime and Justice, and Psychology, Crime & Law.
A global coherence-creating effect has been documented in a study published by the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. When practitioners of the TM-Sidhi program gathered in large assemblies during the years 1983-1985, deaths due to terrorism decreased 72%, international conflict decreased 32% and violence was reduced in other nations without intrusion by foreign governments.
A Prevention Wing of the Military could also be a valuable asset to India's homeland security. Increased coherence in the capital region would make New Delhi less vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Pakistan and India would become even better friends.
To more effectively protect India, the military should acknowledge its great Vedic heritage and implement this scientifically validated approach.
 | Kulwant Singh, Ph.D. Major General (Dr.) Kulwant Singh, UYSM, Ret. received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Defence Studies from Chennai University. He also has a postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Development from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in New Delhi. Dr. Singh has a postgraduate diploma in Management from the Regional College of Management and Technology (RCMT). He qualified for the prestigious Higher Command Course at College of Combat and is a graduate of the Defence Service Staff Collage. He fought in combat and led India's fight against India's intransigent terrorism problem for nearly thirty years. Maj. Gen. Singh was awarded the Uttam Yudh Sewa Medal, the second highest decoration for senior officers during operations in Sri Lanka as part of IPKF (Indian Peace Keeping Force). Today he is leading an international group of generals and defense experts that advocates Invincible Defense Technology. Dr. Singh lives in New Delhi, India. Publications On Invincible Defense |
 | David R. Leffler, Ph.D. David R. Leffler received his Ph.D. from The Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio where he did his doctoral research on the topic of Invincible Military Defense. His other academic degrees include: a B.A. in Education and an M.A. in the Science of Creative Intelligence from Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa and an M.M. in Education from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces. David was a member of the U.S. Air Force for eight years. Dr. Leffler serves as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College and is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. He has given presentations on Invincible Defense Technology at the Russian Air Force Academy, The Russian Academy of Sciences, and defense-related institutions in the U.S.A. Dr. Leffler maintains a comprehensive list of Invincible Defense Technology links, including a link to his 177-page doctoral dissertation at http://www.DavidLeffler.com |