A scientest never tries to prove anything. He attempts only to find the facts.

Stefansson

Ideally, the researcher should have full control over the physical and social environment of the participants, with no one interfering or doing anything to modify the impact of corrective efforts. However, this was not possible as the subjects were in their respective positions, discharging their official duties.

This being a time-bound project, long-term follow up at regular intervals could not be carried out in the case of Study II. This would have thrown more light on the relation between potential benefits of Vipassana with sustained and intensive meditation practice for a longer duration.

Since there were no standard psychological scales to measure in-depth the direct changes due to Vipassana in the negative and positive qualities of mind, psychological instruments were used to indirectly measure the impact of Vipassana on the Subjective Well Being and Occupational Stress.

Ideally, changes in each individual should have been observed objectively at regular intervals for a longer period of time.