Sobering thought

cantaloupe · 05-13-2009, 01:51 AM

There is a phenomenon known as the Raj Effect whereby the square root of 1% of a population is large enough to have an influence on the whole. It was demonstrated in a prison setting when a number representing that percentage of that population meditated daily. Researchers were able to demonstrate a concurrent drop in violence by something like 70% in that institution during the experiment. It makes sense when you think of how few there are at the top, controlling so much of what happens in the world.
The square root of 1% of world population estimates is somewhere between 8-9,000 people. Not a lot, really.
This is, I think, part of the aim of the Nexus meditations. I have no doubt our numbers are ample enough to do what needs to be done. It's hard to say for sure, but I think we (and I don't mean just us here at Avalon) may have already had some effect. There are plenty of people who would have things be much worse already for the rest of us.

05-13-2009, 01:51 AM	#8
cantaloupe Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 151	Re: Sobering thought There is a phenomenon known as the Raj Effect whereby the square root of 1% of a population is large enough to have an influence on the whole. It was demonstrated in a prison setting when a number representing that percentage of that population meditated daily. Researchers were able to demonstrate a concurrent drop in violence by something like 70% in that institution during the experiment. It makes sense when you think of how few there are at the top, controlling so much of what happens in the world. The square root of 1% of world population estimates is somewhere between 8-9,000 people. Not a lot, really. This is, I think, part of the aim of the Nexus meditations. I have no doubt our numbers are ample enough to do what needs to be done. It's hard to say for sure, but I think we (and I don't mean just us here at Avalon) may have already had some effect. There are plenty of people who would have things be much worse already for the rest of us. Last edited by cantaloupe; 05-13-2009 at 04:10 AM.