Effectiveness of Raja Yoga Meditation on Emotional Intelligence: A Catalyst for Self-Transformation and Global Harmony

Purpose: This review article explores the Effectiveness of Raja Yoga Meditation on Emotional Intelligence (EI), evaluating its potential as a Catalyst for Self-transformation and Global Harmony. Moving beyond traditional cognitive restructuring, this study highlights how Raja Yoga Meditation addresses core spiritual identity (that of soul-consciousness) to cultivate profound inner peace, emotional stability, and psychological resilience, ultimately fostering harmony in wider society. Significance: The importance of this study lies in bridging individual mental-emotional stability with macro-level global harmony. By demonstrating how Raja Yoga meditation enhances key Emotional Intelligence competencies - such as self-awareness, meta-cognitive regulation, empathy, and interpersonal effectiveness - this research illustrates how personal peace serves as a non-pharmacological, scalable intervention to reduce social conflicts and promote collective well-being. Methodology: This study adopted a systematic secondary data analysis approach, aggregating and synthesizing existing scholarly literature, empirical research, and institutional reports. Relevant data were gathered from established academic databases, specifically Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Shodhganga. To ensure data integrity and analytical rigor, strict selection protocols were applied, focusing entirely on peer-reviewed, publicly available literature without direct human participant involvement. The synthesized review highlights the neuro-biological, energetic, and psychological mechanisms through which self-transformation via Raja Yoga acts as a foundational driver for global peace, harmony.