The Transcendental Meditation Technique
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The Peace Palaces will be centers for groups of 200 professionally trained peace-creating experts whose daily practice of Transcendental Meditation will reduce stress and tension promoting peace and harmony in the nation. |
When Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first started his teaching in the late 1950s, even the concept of Transcendental Consciousness was absent from scientific circles. But the appearance of Maharishi�s Transcendental Meditation® program made it possible for scientists to investigate this profound state of inner peace—in which the human mind directly experiences the unified field of natural law.
Large number of subjects: First, scientists needed a ready source of meditation experts available for study. While meditators were next to nonexistent in the West when Maharishi began teaching, the numbers of people practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique grew rapidly; by now millions of people worldwide have learned the practice and more than 100,000 have learned the advanced TM-Sidhi® program.
Uniform instructions: Both the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs are taught through systematic procedures followed precisely worldwide—allowing researchers to avail themselves of a subject population meditating according to uniform instructions.
Wide range of subject types: In addition, researchers dislike studies that are biased due to a narrow range of subject types. With the Transcendental Meditation technique, subjects are available from every age, religion and walk of life. There are several reasons for this. First, the TM technique is easy to learn and effortless to practice, requiring no effort or concentration; even children from the age of ten can easily learn. In addition, there are no necessary levels of intelligence or educational attainment, and no need for any particular set of religious or philosophical beliefs—allowing researchers to easily find a wide range of subject types, from students to senior citizens.
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The Transcendental Meditation technique allows the mind to settle inward. |
| Total brain functioning | Expanded awareness and deep rest | Natural and effortless |
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| Brain functioning becomes highly orderly and coherent — the total brain becomes enlivened. Regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique develops the brain’s total potential. | Your mind spontaneously and naturally settles down to a quiet, alert, and expanded state while your body enjoys deep, refreshing rest. | The Transcendental Meditation technique is practiced 20 minutes twice a day while sitting comfortably with your eyes closed. |
Naturalness at the basis: The Transcendental Meditation technique contrasts with other techniques of relaxation or meditation. Rather than keeping the mind active (attending to thoughts, for example), the TM technique allows the mind to settle down completely and transcend thoughts—attaining a state of silence and inner peace. Rather than forcing the mind to be quiet through concentration—which takes constant effort and actually keeps the mind active—it allows the mind to settle down spontaneously, of its own accord. Once the process of transcending has begun, the mind moves naturally inward, toward its own most fundamental level of intelligence, the unified filed of natural law. It does so motivated by its natural tendency to seek experiences more charming and fulfilling—because no other experience is so completely satisfying. Half a century ago, meditation was considered difficult and impractical. By now hundreds of studies have demonstrated that the natural, effortless approach of the Transcendental Meditation technique does indeed produce the experience of Transcendental Consciousness, with all its attendant benefits.
