Psychological Testing of Miu Students: First Report

The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) profile of Maharishi International University (MIU) students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique regularly was compared to profiles presented in the POI manual for a group of college students and for a group of relatively self-actualized people. MIU students scored significantly higher than nonmeditating college students on eight of the 12 POI scales, indicating that the MIU students were generally more self-actualized than other college students. MIU students also scored significantly higher than a group of people judged to be relatively self-actualized on two of the POI scales and scored as high as the self-actualized people on five of the POI scales. These results, combined with those of other studies, indicate that the Transcendental Meditation program brings about significant growth toward actualization of full human potential.