The TM-Sidhi program and Yogic Flying

The basic Transcendental Meditation^® technique opens the mind to Transcendental Consciousness—the most fundamental level of human awareness—allowing the direct experience of the unified field of all the laws of nature. The advanced TM-Sidhi^® program cultures the ability to think and act from this most basic and powerful level. By learning to function from the state of Transcendental Consciousness, the mind gains increasing support from the organizing intelligence of nature. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains that the TM-Sidhi program, by promoting this inner experience, allows thought and action to spontaneously become more in accord with the evolutionary power of natural law.

Practice of the TM-Sidhi program thus accelerates the progress of individuals toward the realization of their full potential—the state of enlightenment. In addition, Maharishi indicates, the TM-Sidhi program results in greater skill in action—the ability to fulfill one's own desires while simultaneously promoting the evolution of everyone in the environment.

What is Yogic Flying?

The first stage of Yogic Flying

Yogic Flying: The most profound aspect of the TM-Sidhi program—for the individual and for society—is Yogic Flying. During the first stage of Yogic Flying, while the practitioner sits in the cross-legged lotus position, the body lifts up and moves forward in short jumps. One branch of the Vedic literature, the Yoga Sutras of Maharishi Patanjali, describes this first stage as "hopping," and further defines a second stage as hovering for a short time, and a third as complete mastery of the sky.

Even in the first stage, the subjective experience is commonly described not just as inner peace, but as exhilaration, lightness, and an intense happiness often described as "bubbling bliss."

Maximum coherence during Yogic Flying.

As explained in the Vedic science of consciousness, Yogic Flying develops the ability of the individual to act from the unified field of all the laws of nature. The mind-body coordination displayed by Yogic Flying shows improved correlation between consciousness (the unified field) and its expression—the physiology. Since increased brain wave coherence is one indication of Transcendental Consciousness, moreover, it is significant that EEG studies have shown that during Yogic Flying, at the moment the body lifts up, coherence in brain wave activity reaches a peak.

Research also suggests that group practice of Yogic Flying is the most effective single program for generating a society-wide influence of peace. The increase in brain wave coherence in the individual is reflected by increased coherence in social behavior—as measured by reduced crime, terrorism and war. These results are easily reproducible and have been extensively validated through rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific research.