The key to the success of  the Consciousness-Based Education program is Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation, which brings positive results verified by hundreds of scientific studies.

Presenting the Consciousness-Based Education Association
by Consciousness-Based Education Association
18 April 2008

The Consciousness-Based Education Association (CBEA) is a non-profit, educational organization that provides practical, scientifically validated educational programs, technologies, and consulting services for new schools, existing schools, and after-school organizations.

CBEA offers Consciousness-Based Education to enliven the full creative potential and inner happiness of every student and teacher, eliminate stress, and enliven total brain functioning. The key technologies of this program are Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Program.

The Consciousness-Based Education program is non-sectarian and is easily integrated into any public or private school without making extensive changes to the existing curriculum or schedule. When implemented fully within a school, not only do the individual teachers and students flourish; the entire school atmosphere becomes harmonious, happy, safe, and conducive to learning.

The scientific research studies and educational outcomes of more than 200 Consciousness-Based Education schools throughout the world document the profound benefits of the CBE program for students, teachers, and administrators of all cultural and educational backgrounds.

CBEA provides the knowledge, technology, and service to make education everywhere in America capable of creating exemplary citizens—individuals with the organizing power, wisdom, and self-sufficiency to achieve their desires while simultaneously promoting the well-being of society.

Scientific Research and Educational Outcomes

Hundreds of scientific research studies on the Consciousness-Based Education program show it to be a profound and practical means for holistic development of life.

For example, meta-analyses that combine the results of hundreds of research studies confirm that the Transcendental Meditation Program is uniquely effective in reducing anxiety, increasing self-actualization, and reducing substance abuse of all kinds.

Research findings on mental potential: continued growth of abstract intelligence after the age that it ordinarily stops developing; increased creativity; increased orderliness of brain functioning; increased self-development to uniquely high levels, rarely found in the population.

Research findings on health: faster physiological recovery from stress; reduction of stress-related biochemicals; reduction of psychosomatic health problems.

Research findings on social behavior: increased self-esteem; greater appreciation of others; increased ability to resist peer pressure.

Sample research findings on Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation program:

• Increased intelligence and creativity
• Higher levels of moral reasoning
• Increased use of latent reserves of the brain
• Orientation towards more positive values
• Improved academic performance
• Improved emotional well-being
• Increased resistance to stress
• Increased tolerance
• Reduced aggression and hostility
• Increased problem-solving ability
• Reduced anxiety; reduced depression

Achievements of students and schools participating in the Consciousness-Based Education program

Students worldwide participating in Consciousness-Based Education perform exceptionally well. For example, students at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Iowa, U.S.A., have won over 70 first-place awards in state competitions. In the past decade these include:

• 17 state championships in the creativity competition “Odyssey of the Mind” and “Destination-ImagiNation”; first and second place in the world championship competition (2001).
• Seven “Critic's Choice” awards at the Iowa High School All-State Speech Competition, the highest number of any school in the state.
• 18 National Merit Scholar Finalists.
• Winner of 14 state tennis titles and the first school in Iowa history to twice win the “Triple Crown”–singles, doubles, and team titles in the same year.
• First-place prizes at the Iowa History Fair for six years.
• First prizes in statewide competitions in art, photography, writing, spelling, science, academic decathlon, chess, golf, and track.
• Grades 9–12 consistently score in the top 1% of the nation on standardized tests, although students’ entering scores are near the 50th percentile.

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