Research shows that this is the best meansof reducing anxiety, depression, and anger. Transcendental Consciousness,the experience of one's higher Self, becomes a stable internal frame ofreference, providing an unshakable sense of self even during dynamic activity. Meditators become better able to see another person's perspective, yet theycannot easily be swayed by social pressure to do something which they judgeto be wrong. They tend to perceive the world more positively and holistically. Creativity increases, as measured by tests of both verbal and pictorialfluency, flexibility, and originality.
Perception becomes more accurateand less driven by preconceptions and misconceptions.
Basic memory processesimprove. School children who practice the Transcendental Meditation techniquesignificantly improve in their basic skills in mathematics, reading, languageand study skills within a semester. Studies of elementary school students,high school students, college students, and adults have found significantincreased IQ scores compared to non-meditating controls over the same period. The meditators reachedhigher levels of moral reasoning, autonomy and integration than has everbeen seen before in any other group. The conclusion of all the researchon meditation and relaxation techniques in the field of self-actualizationshows that the Transcendental Meditation technique is unparalleled in itsability to fully develop the unique potential of the individual.