Transcript The Effect of Maum Meditation on Power and Wellbeing Boas Yu, EdD, RN, GCNS-BC, FNP-BC, CNE Assistant Professor, Holy Family University Kathryn.

The Effect of Maum Meditation on Power and Wellbeing
Boas Yu, EdD, RN, GCNS-BC, FNP-BC, CNE Assistant Professor, Holy Family University
Kathryn Hayes, PhD, RNC, CNE Professor, Holy Family University
INTRODUCTION
• January 2011: Maum meditation sessions started as a new part of wellness
program offered at Holy Family University in Philadelphia, PA
• The effect of Maum meditation was examined in relation to power and
wellbeing on faculty, students, and staff of Holy Family University.
• The Northeast campus of Holy Family University was used as the main
site of the research.
Maum meditation
a relatively new form of meditation (started in 1996 by the founder,
Woo Myung).
8 levels of this meditation which guide the practitioners through
different levels of enlightenment progression.
Enlightenment is “the direct experience of one’s true nature” (Loori,
1992, pg. 263).
Woo Myung (2004; 2005)
states that the human mind is composed of one’s life experiences which
are stored in the form of images taken from five senses, such as
sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch.
These images are false copies of the real world, therefore images are
illusions that must be subtracted. These illusions create continuous
conflict and stress in people.
Maum meditation (Woo, 2006; 2008) is the unique method to cleanse
the mind of false images that entrap and enslave us to the past
experiences, enabling the practitioners to live stress-free.
The levels of Maum meditation
Level 1: Subtracting the remembered thoughts
Level 2: Subtracting the images of myself and images of my human
relationships and myself
Level 3: Subtracting the images of my body
Level 4 and 5: Subtracting the images of my body and the Universe
Level 6: The self disappears by subtraction and “I” become the
Universe
Level 7: Subtracting the illusionary world of pictures and myself that
lives inside that world
Level 8: Chamna, “True Self”
METHOD
A quasi-experimental and non-randomized design:
Three forms of questionnaires: demographic data questionnaire, Power as
Known Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT), and Well-Being Picture
Scale (WPS).
The sessions were provided four times a week, with a duration of
approximately 30 minutes.
Home practice was recommended on a voluntary basis.
A convenience sample (N=99) consisted of university-affiliated persons,
students, faculty and staff, who volunteered for the study.
RESULTS
Demographics
Descriptive
Week 1
Data Analysis:
Mean Scores
Week 4
Experimental 42.96
Group
Wellbeing
Control Group 52.09
Wellbeing
49.33
47.17
Experimental 251
Group
Power
Control Group 288.50
Power
Independent
Sample T-test:
Mean Score
Comparison
275.64
281.50
Week 1
Week 8
53.07
Experimental Group Control Group
Gender
90.7% female
Age
35.2% (51-60); 20.4% 64.7% (18-21); 26.5%
(>61); 27.8% (18-21) (22-30)
Race
81.5% white
50.31
286.21
285.69
Week 8
Experimental Group 42.96 (p=0.001)
Wellbeing
53.07 (p=0.617)
Control Group
Wellbeing
51.72 (p=0.617)
50.71 (p=0.001)
Demographics
91.2% female
73.5% white
Univ affiliation status 46.3% staff; 38.9%
undergrad students;
11.1% faculty
82.4% undergrad
students; 11.8% grad
students
Previous meditation
experience
85.3% none
63% none
CONCLUSIONS
The results show definite increases in power and wellbeing for
experimental group participating in Maum meditation
Experimental Group 251.00 (p=0.00)
Power
286.21 (p=0.735)
Control Group
Power
289.89 (p=0.735)
293.49 (p=0.00)
One Sample T-test (Experimental Group)
Wellbeing – significant change (p=0.00) week 1 to 8 with
SD of 11.354 and 9.460
Power – significant change (p=0.00) week 1 to 8 with SD
of 49.184 and 48.887;
Subsets of power from week 1 to 8: increase in
Awareness (62.00 to 71.10); Having Choices (62.85 to
70.86); Freedom (61.94 to 71.24); and Ability to
Change ( 64.28 to 73.00) – all significant at p=0.00
Comparison of control and experimental groups were
inconclusive; the groups were too different from the beginning due
to higher initial scores of power and wellbeing for control group
Demographic data shows groups are too diverse - control group
contains more students and experimental group contains more
staff.
REFERENCES
For more information, contact :
Dr. Boas Yu [email protected]
Dr. Kathryn Hayes [email protected]
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
267-341-3297 or 3527