January 2026
An experiment to determine the measurable effect of meditation groups far beyond their meeting rooms has found statistically significant results, using state-of-the-art random number generators (RNG).
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As psychokinetic experiments continue to achieve higher scientific rigor, the results are largely the same: Mind-over-matter effects are real, however subtle they may be.
The latest research from HeartMath Institute, Metamorphosis and Encephalon – organizations connected with wellness retreat leader Joe Dispenza — will be published in the spring 2026 edition of Explore journal.
In healing sessions at Dispenza-led retreats, selected individuals with health conditions lay in the center of a group, while surrounding participants entered into “emotionally elevated states.” The group then directed compassionate intention toward the individuals, with the aim of supporting physiological and psychological wellbeing. Control sessions were also incorporated into the study.
The HeartMath study found a subtle but statistically significant correlation between data from 40 random number generators (RNGs) placed in meditation workshops, and 700 RNGs placed around the world. There is a less than 1% chance the correlation was random.
“These findings provide evidence that collective human consciousness, particularly during coherent, emotionally charged group experiences, may interact with physical systems in unexpected ways,” the study concluded. “Even a relatively small, coherently focused group may impact the larger global field.”
Random number generators (RNGs) are sophisticated instruments that produce streams of truly random zeros and ones. Psychokinetic researchers design experiments to see if mental/emotion events can produce statistically significant patterns in those streams, what some researchers call “coherence.”
The experiment is part of the Global Consciousness Project 2.0 (GCP 2.0) led by HeartMath. The project furthers the work of the late Robert Jahn, former dean of engineering at Princeton University, and his colleagues, among them Brenda Dunne and Roger Nelson, at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab. That group pioneered the use of random event generators placed around the world to test for the effects of possible group consciousness during highly emotional events.
The original GCP collected data from at least 500 events over nearly two decades, including natural disasters, and the September 11 terrorist attack. The accumulated results suggested a weak but non-random outcome, the odds against chance above a trillion to 1.
GCP 2.0 updates that project both in technology and overall methodology, refining some aspects that drew criticism. The RNGs were designed with next-generation quantum tunneling technology and developed by experts in cryptography and computer science, to ensure randomness.
Written by Tom Zolper
Edited by Anders Bolling
