A Physicist's Journey Into the Mystery of Consciousness. From Science to God is the story of Peter Russell's lifelong exploration into the nature of consciousness. Blending physics, psychology, and philosophy, he leads us to a new worldview in which consciousness is a fundamental quality of creation. The Tm Technique: An Introduction to Transcendental Meditation And the Teachings of. Teaching of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Arkana S.) by Russell, Peter at.

Peter Russel - Cosciousness Transformation and Global Consciuosness Formation Peter Russell. Human Consciousness Transformation in Information Age and Global Consciousness Formation Abstracts of Peter Russell's Publications in the course Of New Age Philosophy by Yuri Demchenko at International Science and Technology Institute in Kiev, Ukraine. A Crisis of Consciousness We have come a long way in our understanding of the physical world around us. But as far as our understanding of the worlds within are concerned, we have not progressed very far at all.

We still know very little about how wethink, about why we feel the way we do, or about how our attitudes and beliefs affect our perception and hence our reality. Our global crisis is, at its root, a crisis of consciousness.

The nuclear threat, the greenhouse effect, the destructionof the rainforests, pollution, toxic waste, atomic waste, the energy crisis, the North-South crisis, the economic crisis, the food crisis, the water crisis, the housing crisis, the sanitation crisis, and the many other crises that humanity faces are all symptoms of a deeper psychological crisis. What is Spirituality? The essence of spirituality is the search to know our true selves, to discover the real nature of consciousness. Thisquest has been the foundation of all the great spiritual teachings, and the goal of all the great mystics. Throughout the history of humanity it has been said that the self we know - the individual ego - is a very limitedform of identity. Ignorant of our true selves we derive a false sense of identity from what we have, or what we do -from our possessions, our role in the world, how others see us, etc. Because the world on which it is based iscontinually changing, this derived sense of identity is always under threat, and our attempts to maintain it areresponsible for much of our 'self-centered' behaviour.

Behind this identity is a deeper identity, what is often called the ' true self'. This can be thought of as the essence of consciousness. Although our thoughts, feelings and personality may vary considerably, the essence of mind remains the same. We are each very diffferent people than we were twenty years ago, but still we feel the same sense of 'I'.

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This sense of 'I-ness' is the same for everyone, and in that respect is something universal that we all share. Most spiritual teachings also maintain that when one comes to know the true nature of consciousness, one also comes to know God. If God is the essence of the whole of creation, then God is the essence of every creature, and every person. This is why the search to discover the nature of one's own innermost essence is the search for God. Science and Spirituality Both science and spirituality are the search for truth.

One is the search for the truths of the physical world; theother the search for the truth of the nature of consciousness. As such there is no conflict between them. For the same reason, there is currently little meeting between the two either. The current scientifc paradigm doesnot include consciousness or mind as a fundamental reality, but seeks to explain everything in physical terms.Western science has now looked out to the edges of the Universe, back in time to the beginning of creation, anddown into the sub-atomic structure of matter; and it finds no place, nor need, for God. But this is because it has notyet included the inner realm of mind in its scope. When science explores mind as fully as it has explored space,time and matter, it will create a new worldviewdone that includes spirituality.

Spirituality, on the other hand, is often very unscientific in its approach to self-liberation. People believe thingssimply because someone has said it or written it. But this is hardly the best way to arrive at truth.

The Buddhawarned against this 2,500 years ago when he said 'Do not believe anything because I have told you it is so. Onlybelieve it when you have tested it for yourself.' In this respect spiritual growth can, and should, be very scientific. We can form a hypothesis - that certain meditation practices enhance awareness, for example - set up a personalexperiment in meditation practice, and see what the results are. This is important not only to make sure that we donot deceive ourselves, but also to ensure that our spiritual progress is as rapid as possible. And rapid spiritualgrowth is something the world today needs very badly.

The Nature of Consciousness I like to distinguish between two different uses of the word 'consciousness'. There is our experience, what we are conscious of, the contents of consciousness; and there is consciousness as a faculty, the faculty of being able to experience, of having an inner mental world.

Consciousness as a faculty is something common to us all, whereas our actual conscious experience varies widely. There is little cause to doubt that our experiences - the contents of consciousness - are closely related to neuralactivity. But it is not so clear that consciousness as a faculty is also the result of neural activity. I see no reason to suppose that consciousness as a faculty is limited to human beings. As far as sensory experience is concerned, each species experiences the world differently according to its sensoryapparatus. On the other hand we have a capacity absent in other animals (with the possible exception of whales and dolphins),namely speech. We not only speak to each other, we can also internalize our speech and engage in an inner dialog with ourselves.

Speech and its internalization probably lies behind most of the other, non-sensory, differences between our consciousness and that of other creatures. Words conjure up associations to past experiences or classes of experience, and through them we can deliberately bring the past back to mind, independently of what is happening in the present.

Other creatures may well experience associations to past experiences, but only in response to current stimuli. The thinking that results from the internalization of speech may also account for self-awareness, often regarded asthe paragon of human consciousness - and sometimes equated, erroneously, with consciousness itself. We can think about our experience, reflect upon what is going on in our minds, and label it with words much as we may think about our experience of the external world.

We can become conscious of the fact that we are conscious - again something probably unavailable to organisms without symbolic language. From there it is a short step to assuming that there is within us an independent experiencing self - although Buddhist teachings claim this is a false and misleading assumption. The Global Brain Awakens: Our Next Evolutionary Leap First published in 1983.

Computers and Communication technologies are linking mankind into a 'global brain' that leads to creation of collective consciousness that is humanity's only hope of saving it from itself. Prior to the eighteenth century, the majority of the population (about 90 percent) was employed in the production of food and its distribution. From the beginning of the nineteenth century the more developed nations have shown a steady increase in the number of people employed in industry and manufacturing - a shift away from the processing of food towards the processing of minerals and energy. Employment statistics for the U.S.A. Show that by 1900 equal numbers of people (about 38 percent) were employed in each sector.

In terms of employment, therefore, this date could be taken to mark the beginning of the Industrial Age in the U.S.A. For the next seventy years, industry was the dominant activity in the U.S.A. By the mid-1970s the number of people in the U.S.A. Engaged in the processing of information had caught up with those engaged in industry - the processing of energy and matter. From that time on, information processing has been our dominant activity. We had entered the 'Information Age.' First step in forming GLOBAL BRAIN (GB) was development of verbal language that allowed people to share experience.

This evolutionary leap was as significant as appearance sexual reproduction 2 billion years ago. Language had allowed us to shift from biological evolution to the much faster evolution of mind. Not only did our ability to learn from each other enhance our individual lives, it also led us into the whole new arena of group evolution. We had become a collective learning system, building a collective body of knowledge that far exceeded the experience of any individual, but which any individual could, in principle access. Through language we had made the step from isolated organisms to a collective organism - much as a billion years ago single cells came to together to make the first multicellular creatures. Next steps:.

invention of writing. book printing (first 50 yrs - 80 mlns books were produced). electrical communication (telegraph, telephone). radio communication.

computers. Digital Revolution. Network.

Biggest media revolution - the synthesis of television, computer and telephone. The Emerging Global Brain The interlinking of humanity that began with the emergence of language has now progressed to the point where information can be transmitted to anyone, anywhere, at the speed of light. Is this Gaia growing herself a nervous system?

The parallels are certainly worthy of consideration. We have already noted that there are, very approximately, the same number of nerve cells in a human brain as there are human minds on the planet. And there are also some interesting similarities between the way the human brain grows and the way in which humanity is evolving. The integration of humanity into a single interconnected system began tens of thousands of years ago with the emergence of symbolic language.

Whereas other creatures learn largely from their own experience, language allowed human beings to share their experience and so learn from each other. From this moment on we began evolving as a single interconnected system. At first the connections between us were tenuous. Limited to speech alone, ideas could not travel very far. Writingallowed us to record ideas in a more reliable form, and hand them down to others. And the invention of papermeant we could take our ideas and share them with others in distant lands.

Printing made it possible to reproduce the written word more efficiently. The telephone allowed us to speak to people far away. Radio gave one person the ability to broadcast ideas to many others. And now computers and telecommunications have taken us another step forward, linking humanity together in a global information network. The billions of minds of humanity are being linked together by the fibers of our telecommunicationsystems into a single global brain. Billions of messages are continually shuttling back and forth, in a ever growingweb of communication, creating a common consciousness - a global mind.

The Evolution of Consciousness. If all creatures are conscious in some way or other, then consciousness is not something that evolved with human beings, or with primates, mammals or any other particular degree of biological evolution.

The first simple organisms - bacteria and algae - having no senses, were aware in only the most rudimentary way: no form, no structure, just the vaguest glimmer of awareness. Their picture of the world is nothing but an extremely dim smudge of colour - virtually nothing, compared to the richness and detail of human experience. When nervous systems evolved, processing this data and distributing it to other parts of the organism a central processing system, and with it a more integrated picture of the world appeared. As brains evolved, new features were added to consciousness. With reptiles the limbic system appeared, an area of the brain associated with emotion.

Feeling had been added. Creatures with a cortex have memory and recognition; they can pay attention and show intention. With primates the cortex grew into the larger, more complex neo-cortex, adding yet more features to consciousness. The most significant of these was the ability to use symbols. Not only did this ability enable simple reasoning, it also led to a new form of communication - symbolic language. Language played important role in Consciousness evolution.

We have a well-developed voice-box, permitting the complex sounds necessary for speech. We can learn from each other. We can build up a body of collective knowledge and pass it on from one generation to another - the foundation of a cohesive society. As well as using speech to communicate with each other, we can also use it to communicate with ourselves, inside our own minds. Thinking allows us to conjure up associations to past experiences. Thinking expanded our appreciation of the future. We can think about what might or might not happen, make plans and take decisions.

A new inner freedom had been born - the freedom to choose our future and so exercise a much greater influence over our lives. Thinking in words opened our minds to reason. We could also begin to understand ourselves. We could think about our own conscious experience. We became aware not only of the many aspects and qualities of our consciousness, but also of the faculty of consciousness. We are aware that we are aware - conscious of the fact that we are conscious. Consciousness could now reflect not only upon the nature of the world it experienced, but also on the nature of consciousness itself.

Self-reflective consciousness had emerged. Self-consciousness Not finding an easily identifiable self at the core of our being, we look to other aspects of our lives for a sense of identity. We derive a sense of who we are from what we think, our theories and beliefs, our personality and character. If we identify with our views and beliefs we may take a criticism of our ideas to be a criticism of our self. But a mind that is busy worrying cannot be a mind that is at peace. Human beings may have made a great leap forward in consciousness, but at our present stage of development we are no happier for it - quite the opposite. Our Evolutionary Imperative With the advent of human being, the awakening of consciousness took a huge leap forward.

We may be self-aware, but we have not yet discovered the true nature and potential of consciousness. In this respect our inner evolution has some way to go. Throughout the history there have been those who have evolved inwardly to higher states of consciousness.

The many crises that we see around us - all stem in one or another way from human self-centeredness. The global crisis now facing us is, at its root, a crisis of consciousness. We need to wake up to our true identity, to make step that many saints and mystics have already made.

Our next step is the rise beyond the handicaps that came with the gift of language and discover who we really are. Science, Consciousness and God New paradigms arise in a culture, not because people change their minds, but because the adherents to the old die out. The current scientific worldview holds that matter and physical energy are the primary reality. When we fully understand the functioning of the physical world, we will, according to this view, be able to explain everything - including the human mind. This is more than just a paradigm within a particular field of study; it is a belief common to almost every branch of science. It is more of a super-paradigm. Transcending Language There is, it would appear, a downside to language.

Language is invaluable for sharing knowledge and experience - without it human culture would never have arisen. And thinking to ourselves in words can be very useful when we need to focus our attention, analyze a situation or make plans. But much of the remainder of our thinking is totally unnecessary. When I observe my own mind, I reckon that ninety per cent of my thinking I would better off without. Most have techniques of meditation or prayer designed to quieten the voice in the head, and so still the mind. This is what the Indian word samadhi literally means, 'a still mind'.

A Science of Consciousness? Science has explored deep space, deep time and deep structure and found neither place nor need for God. Now that it has begun to consider consciousness, it has embarked upon a course that will eventually lead to the exploration of 'deep mind'. In doing so it may ultimately be forced to open up to God.

Not the idea of God found in contemporary religions but the God that the teachings spoke of originally, the essence of our own selves, the essence of consciousness. Such a possibility is anathema to the current scientific super-paradigm. It is like Galileo telling the Vatican that the Earth is not the centre of the Universe. But if there is one certainty of science, it is that all certainties change with time. The scientific models of today are, in almost every area, radically different from those of two centuries ago. Who knows what the paradigms of the next millennium will look like?

A science that included deep mind would be a truly unified science. The consequence of such a science would be the development of inner technologies that help us quieten the mind and transcend our fears. It would be a science that helps us become masters rather than victims of our thinking, so that we can live with this accident of evolution, prosper from its benefits, but not let it so fill our minds that we lose awareness of other aspects of our reality - including our true inner nature. Reality: The Grand Illusion Mathematics and Reality The question is sometimes raised as to how it is that mathematics, which is a creation of the human mind, without any empirical reference to external reality, should much reality so well. All scientific models and theories have their root in human experience.

Image of reality created in the human mind was indeed a faithful representation of the thing-in-itself. Mathematics on the other hand is purely the creation of the mind. Mathematics is that body of knowledge that is arrived at by pure reason, and does not rely upon any observations of the phenomenal world. It is free from limitations imposed by the particular way human minds create their experience of underlying. As such it probably the closest the human mind can come to understanding the thing-in-itself. The existence of distinctions is as undeniable as the existence of experience itself. One phenomenon to be discussed is how great mathematicians make their discoveries?

How did they use conscious and unconscious activity? No wonder then, that in the end all science comes down to mathematics.

The very fact is that it is not based upon phenomena, is why it is probably the best approximation to the underlying reality we have. Spacetime For a long time it was assumed that space and time were fundamental to the underlying reality. Einstein's Theory f Special Relativity that what we observe as space and what we observe as time are but two aspects of a more fundamental spacetime continuum. It sounds like Kant's noumena. But space and time continue to be a dimensional framework within which we structure our mental image of the world. The Reality of Light In spacetime continuum there is no separation between the emission of a light ray and its absorption.

What Einstein called 'spacetime interval' between two end of a light ray is always zero. What we conceive of as the speed of light is actually something completely different. From light's point of view light traverse no distance in no time, and therefore has no need of speed. What we take to be the speed of light is actually the ration in which space and time are created in our image of reality.

It is this ration that is fixed - and this is why in phenomenal world the apparent 'speed' of light is fixed. Phenomena of consciousness are not material but what ratio and between what aspects to be found to create the framework for our perception of material-and consciousness reality-space - INKARM. It is difficult to imaging that Einstein never try to account the non-material world of non-physical objects/phenomena.

The Material World When we realize that every thing we know, including the whole material world that we experience 'out there' is part of the phenomenon.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendental Meditation ( TM) refers to a specific form of silent called the, and less commonly to the organizations that constitute the. (1918–2008) introduced the TM technique and TM movement in, in the mid-1950s. The Maharishi taught thousands of people during a series of world tours from 1958 to 1965, expressing his teachings in spiritual and religious terms.

TM became more popular in the 1960s and 1970s, as the Maharishi shifted to a more technical presentation, and his meditation technique was practiced by celebrities. At this time, he began training TM teachers and created specialized organizations to present TM to specific segments of the population such as business people and students. By the early 2000s, TM had been taught to millions of people, and the worldwide TM organization had grown to include educational programs, health products, and related services. The TM technique involves the use of a sound or mantra, and is practiced for 15–20 minutes twice per day. It is taught by certified teachers through a standard course of instruction, which costs a fee that varies by country. According to the Transcendental Meditation movement, it is a non-religious method for relaxation, reduction, and self-development.

The technique has been seen as both religious and non-religious;, scholars, and a judge and court include those who have expressed views. The United States Court of Appeals upheld the federal ruling that TM was essentially 'religious in nature' and therefore could not be taught in public schools. TM is one of the most widely practiced and researched meditation techniques. It is not possible to say whether it has any effect on health as the research, as of 2007, is of poor quality. Main article: Transcendental Meditation dates its origin back to the traditions of India. The Transcendental Meditation program and the Transcendental Meditation movement originated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the organization, and continue beyond his death in 2008. In 1955, 'the Maharishi began publicly teaching a traditional meditation technique' learned from his master that he called Transcendental Deep Meditation and later renamed Transcendental Meditation.

The Maharishi initiated thousands of people, then developed a TM teacher training program as a way to accelerate the rate of bringing the technique to more people. He also inaugurated a series of world tours which promoted Transcendental Meditation. These factors, coupled with endorsements by celebrities who practiced TM and claims that scientific research had validated the technique, helped to popularize TM in the 1960s and 1970s.

By the late 2000s, TM had been taught to millions of individuals and the Maharishi was overseeing a large multinational movement. Despite organizational changes and the addition of advanced meditative techniques in the 1970s, the Transcendental Meditation technique has remained relatively unchanged. Among the first organizations to promote TM were the Spiritual Regeneration Movement and the International Meditation Society.

In modern times, the movement has grown to encompass schools and universities that teach the practice, and includes many associated programs based on the Maharishi's interpretation of the traditions. In the U.S., non-profit organizations included the, AFSCI, and. The successor to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and leader of the Global Country of World Peace, is.

Technique. Main article: The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra for 15–20 minutes twice per day while sitting with the eyes closed. It is reported to be one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched, meditation techniques, with hundreds of published research studies. The technique is made available worldwide by certified TM teachers in a seven-step course, and fees vary from country to country. Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into selected schools, universities, corporations, and prison programs in the US, Latin America, Europe, and India.

In 1977 a US district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) being taught in some New Jersey schools was religious in nature and in violation of the of the United States Constitution. The technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world. The Transcendental Meditation technique has been described as both religious and non-religious, as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in Hinduism, and as a non-religious practice for self-development. The public presentation of the TM technique over its 50-year history has been praised for its high visibility in the mass media and effective global propagation, and criticized for using celebrity and scientific endorsements as a marketing tool. Also, advanced courses supplement the TM technique and include an advanced meditation program called the TM-Sidhi program.

Movement. Main article: The Transcendental Meditation movement refers to the programs and organizations connected with the Transcendental Meditation technique and founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Transcendental Meditation was first taught in the 1950s in India and has continued since the Maharishi's death in 2008. The organization was estimated to have 900,000 participants worldwide in 1977, a million by the 1980s, and 5 million in more recent years, including some.

Programs include the Transcendental Meditation technique, an advanced meditation practice called the TM-Sidhi program ('Yogic Flying'), an alternative health care program called, and a system of building and architecture called. The TM movement's past and present media endeavors include a publishing company (MUM Press), a television station , a radio station , and a satellite television channel (Maharishi Channel). During its 50-year history, its products and services have been offered through a variety of organizations, which are primarily nonprofit and educational. These include the Spiritual Regeneration Movement, the International Meditation Society, World Plan Executive Council, Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation, the, and the. The TM movement also operates a worldwide network of Transcendental Meditation teaching centers, schools, universities, health centers, herbal supplements, solar panel, and home financing companies, plus several TM-centered communities. The global organization is reported to have an estimated net worth of 3.5 billion. The TM movement has been characterized in a variety of ways and has been called a spiritual movement, a, a millenarian movement, a world affirming movement, a new social movement, a guru-centered movement, a personal growth movement, a religion, and a.

Additional sources contend that TM and its movement are not a cult. Participants in TM programs are not required to adopt a belief system; it is practiced by atheists, agnostics and people from a variety of religious affiliations. The organization has also been criticized as well as praised for its public presentation and marketing techniques throughout its 50-year history. Health effects The first studies of the health effects of Transcendental Meditation appeared in the early 1970s.

Robert Keith Wallace, the founding president of, published a study in in 1970 reporting that TM induced distinct physiologic changes and a novel state of consciousness in practitioners. In contrast, a 1976 study by independent researchers found that TM was biochemically similar to sitting with one's eyes closed. A second 1976 study of five subjects found that TM practitioners spent much of their meditation time napping rather than in the unique 'wakeful hypometabolic state' described by Wallace. By 2004 the US government had given more than $20 million to Maharishi University of Management to study the effect of meditation on health. It is not possible to say whether meditation has any effect on health, as the research is of poor quality, and is marred by a high risk for due to the connection of researchers to the TM organization and by the selection of subjects with a favorable opinion of TM. Most independent have not found health benefits for TM exceeding those produced by other. A 2013 statement from the said that TM could be considered as a treatment for, although other interventions such as exercise and were more effective and better supported by clinical evidence.

A 2014 systematic review and meta-analysis funded by the U.S. Found no evidence that mantra meditation programs such as TM were effective in reducing psychological stress or improving well-being. A 2015 systematic review and meta-analysis found that TM may effectively reduce blood pressure compared to a, although the underlying studies may have been biased and further studies with better designs are needed to confirm these results. A 2014 found that it was impossible to draw any conclusions about whether TM is effective in preventing, as the scientific literature on TM was limited and at 'serious risk of bias'. Maharishi Effect In the 1960s, described a paranormal effect claiming a significant number of individuals (1% of the people in a given area) practicing the (TM) could have an effect on the local environment. This hypothetical influence was later termed the Maharishi Effect. With the introduction of the TM-Sidhi program in 1976, the Maharishi proposed that the square root of one percent of the population practicing the TM-Sidhi program, together at the same time and in the same place, would increase 'life-supporting trends'.

This was referred to as the 'Extended Maharishi Effect'. Evidence, which TM practitioners believe supports the existence of the effect, has been said to lack a. The evidence was said to result from and the of believers. References. Britannica Online Encyclopedia.

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Analysis: Practice of requiring probationers to take lessons in transcendental meditation sparks religious controversy, NPR All Things Considered, 1 February 2002 ROBERT SIEGEL 'TM's five million adherents claim that it eliminates chronic health problems and reduces stress.' . Martin Hodgson, The Guardian (5 February 2008) 'He Maharishi transformed his interpretations of ancient scripture into a multimillion-dollar global empire with more than 5m followers worldwide'. Stephanie van den Berg, Sydney Morning Herald, Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies, (7 February 2008) 'the TM movement, which has some five million followers worldwide'. Meditation a magic bullet for high blood pressure – study, Sunday Tribune (South Africa), (27 January 2008) 'More than five million people have learned the technique worldwide, including 60,000 in South Africa.' . Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Transcendental Meditation founder's grand plan for peace, The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), 19 February 2006 ARTHUR MAX Associated Press writer 'transcendental meditation, a movement that claims 6 million practitioners since it was introduced.'

. Bickerton, Ian (8 February 2003). 'Bank makes an issue of mystic's mint'. Financial Times. The movement claims to have five million followers,. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Spiritual Leader Dies, New York Times, By LILY KOPPEL, Published: 6 February 2008 'Since the technique’s inception in 1955, the organization says, it has been used to train more than 40,000 teachers, taught more than five million people'., Preface. Spivack, Miranda (12 September 2008).

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TM and cult mania. North Quincy, Mass.: Christopher Pub. Dawson, Lorne L. (2003) Blackwell Publishing, Cults and New Religious Movements, Chapter 3: Three Types of New Religious Movement by Roy Wallis (1984), page 44-48. Christian Blatter, Donald McCown, Diane Reibel, Marc S.

Micozzi, (2010) Springer Science+Business Media, Teaching Mindfulness, Page 47. Olson, Carl (2007) Rutgers University Press, The Many Colors of Hinduism, page 345. Shakespeare, Tom. Retrieved 31 May 2014. Bainbridge, Sims; Stark, Rodney; Bainbridge, William Sims (1985). Berkeley, Calif: Univ. Of California Press.

Sagan, Carl (1997). The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark. New York: Ballantine Books. Harrison, Shirley (1990). Cults: The Battle for God.

Kent: Christopher Helm. 93–103 'none of the other 'cultic qualities' defined by cult watchers can be fairly attributed to TM.' . Rowson, Jonathan (23 April 2007) Sunday Herald (Scotland) ' the TM movement is not a cult', accessed 2 Feb 2013.

Hannaford, Alex (27 December 2010). 'Mantra with a mission; Feature Om or ominous? The maverick film director David Lynch wants to bring Transcendental Meditation to our classrooms, and believes in 'yogic flying'. Can he get it off the ground?' The Sunday Times (London). Lyster, Samantha (21 October 2000) Samantha Lyster finds herself in holistic heaven with new-found happiness and tranquillity after learning the art of transcendental meditation, The Birmingham Post (England), 'TM is not a religion, a cult or a philosophy'. Liebler, Nancy and Moss, Nancy (2009) Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way: Creating Happiness with Meditation 'the TM technique does not require adherence to any belief system—there is no dogma or philosophy attached to it, and it does not demand any lifestyle changes other than the practice of it.'

accessed 25 May 2013. 'Its proponents say it is not a religion or a philosophy.' The Guardian 28 March 2009. 'It's used in prisons, large corporations and schools, and it is not considered a religion.'

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3 March 2016 at the. Concord Monitor. Chryssides George D. Defining the New Spirituality One possible suggestion is that religion demands exclusive allegiance: this would ipso facto exclude Scientology, TM and the Soka Gakkai simply on the grounds that they claim compatibility with whatever other religion the practitioner has been following.

For example, TM is simply – as they state – a technique. Although it enables one to cope with life, it offers no goal beyond human existence (such as moksha), nor does it offer rites or passage or an ethic. Unlike certain other Hindu-derived movements, TM does not prescribe a dharma to its followers – that is to say a set of spiritual obligations deriving from one’s essential nature. Lyn Freeman, Mosby’s Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach, Mosby Elsevier, 2009, p. 163. Wallace RK (1970).

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QUICK, SUSANNE (17 October 2004). Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, WI. Archived from on 29 September 2007. Maharishi University. Has received more than $20 million in government support to date to explore the health benefits of meditation. Canter PH, Ernst E (November 2004).

Journal of Hypertension. 22 (11): 2049–54. All the randomized clinical trials of TM for the control of blood pressure published to date have important methodological weaknesses and are potentially biased by the affiliation of authors to the TM organization. Krisanaprakornkit T, Ngamjarus C, Witoonchart C, Piyavhatkul N (2010). Krisanaprakornkit, Thawatchai, ed. 'Meditation therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)'.

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All 4 positive trials recruited subjects from among people favourably predisposed towards TM, and used passive control procedures The association observed between positive outcome, subject selection procedure and control procedure suggests that the large positive effects reported in 4 trials result from an expectation effect. The claim that TM has a specific and cumulative effect on cognitive function is not supported by the evidence from randomized controlled trials. Ospina, MB.; Bond, K.; Karkhaneh, M.; Tjosvold, L.; Vandermeer, B.; Liang, Y.; Bialy, L.; Hooton, N.; et al. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) (155): 1–263 4. Archived from (PDF) on 25 February 2009. A few studies of overall poor methodological quality were available for each comparison in the meta-analyses, most of which reported nonsignificant results. TM had no advantage over health education to improve measures of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, heart rate, stress, anger, self-efficacy, cholesterol, dietary intake, and level of physical activity in hypertensive patients.

Krisanaprakornkit, T.; Ngamjarus, C.; Witoonchart, C.; Piyavhatkul, N. Krisanaprakornkit, Thawatchai, ed. 'Meditation therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)'. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.

6 (6): CD006507. As a result of the limited number of included studies, the small sample sizes and the high risk of bias, we are unable to draw any conclusions regarding the effectiveness of meditation therapy for ADHD. Brook RD, Appel LJ, Rubenfire M, Ogedegbe G, Bisognano JD, Elliott WJ, Fuchs FD, Hughes JW, Lackland DT, Staffileno BA, Townsend RR, Rajagopalan S (2013).

'Beyond medications and diet: alternative approaches to lowering blood pressure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association'. 61 (6): 1360–83. Goyal M, Singh S, Sibinga EM, Gould NF, Rowland-Seymour A, Sharma R, Berger Z, Sleicher D, Maron DD, Shihab HM, Ranasinghe PD, Linn S, Saha S, Bass EB, Haythornthwaite JA (2014). JAMA Intern Med. 174 (3): 357–68. we found low evidence of no effect or insufficient evidence that mantra meditation programs had an effect on any of the psychological stress and well-being outcomes we examined. Goyal M, Singh S, Sibinga EM, Gould NF, Rowland-Seymour A, Sharma R, Berger Z, Sleicher D, Maron DD, Shihab HM, Ranasinghe PD, Linn S, Saha S, Bass EB, Haythornthwaite JA (2014).

Our review finds that the mantra meditation programs do not appear to improve any of the psychological stress and well-being outcomes we examined, but the strength of this evidence varies from low to insufficient. Bai, Z; Chang, J; Chen, C; Li, P; Yang, K; Chi, I (12 February 2015). 'Investigating the effect of transcendental meditation on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Journal of Human Hypertension. Hartley, L; Mavrodaris, A; Flowers, N; Ernst, E; Rees, K (1 December 2014). 'Transcendental meditation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease'. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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November 1, 2015

A wise person once noted that a good sense of humor is a great measure of enlightenment. From this certainly valid perspective The Transcendental Meditation TM Book: How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life is brimming with spiritual light.

This bestseller was first published in 1975. It is currently out of print, but used and new copies can still be found on Amazon and other stores.

This book not only explains in great detail what Transcendental Meditation is, how it works and what its benefits are. It also outright displays the joy, creativity and love of life that practicing meditation cultivates.

Written by Denise Denniston and illustrated by Barry Geller, TheTM Book presents knowledge in a question-and-answer format. Each page is accompanied by funny cartoons which both amuse and enlighten, helping to clarify the points made. This book is therefore especially suitable for those inclined towards visual learning.

Yet while the tone and the form of the book are light, the content is no way watered down.

The results of scientific studies are presented in rigorous detail, including abstracts and charts. Once again, the accompanying illustrations and explanations make it easy to understand what is being discussed.

More complex topics are treated from various different angles, and athe cartoons help to hammer home even the most metaphysical ideas. All possible confusions, whether about superior perceptual-motor performance, auditory discrimination or other tongue-twisters, get cleared up in a joyful tongue-in-cheek manner.

TM is NOT a technique of nerve-wracking concentration! Image source: The TM Book / tm.org blog

The titles of the chapters provide a good overview of the topics dealt with:

• What the TM program is not.
• What is the TM technique?
• What does the TM program do?
• Learning the TM technique.
• The TM program – solution to all problems?
• Unified field based ideal civilization.

For all those for whom the word “meditation” – let alone “transcendental meditation”— seems too loaded, this is a go-to guide.

You are guaranteed both amusement and education.

Please note: Transcendental Meditation itself can only be learnt from a certified teacher, not from a book. Please find the contacts of teachers here.

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The back cover of the book provides a useful balance sheet.