The Transcendental Meditation technique, or TM, is a form of meditation that originates from the Vedic tradition of masters that includes Guru Dev and the venerated Shankara, a part of the long history of India. It was introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a disciple of Guru Dev, fifty years ago. It has become a worldwide movement, with more than five million people having learned the technique. The TM organization has founded an accredited university Maharishi International University, and at one point even had a political part ...

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• Transcendental meditation - History
• Transcendental meditation - Effects of TM
• Transcendental meditation - Procedures and theory
• Transcendental meditation - Pure consciousness
• Transcendental meditation - Stress
• Transcendental meditation - Mantra
• Transcendental meditation - TM and religion
• Transcendental meditation - Criticisms and controversies
• Transcendental meditation - Possible negative side effects
• Transcendental meditation - TM-Sidhi Program and Maharishi Effect
• Transcendental meditation - Publications on Maharishi's technologies
• Transcendental meditation - Political activities of the TM organization
• Transcendental meditation - Sexism and the TM organization
• Transcendental meditation - Coercive methods
• Transcendental meditation - Notable practitioners
• Transcendental meditation - Reference

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Transcendental Meditation:

A technique of meditation taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, involving the repetition of a sound (mantra).

(See also: Transcendental Meditation, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Meditation is an intensely personal and spiritual experience. The desired purpose of each meditation technique is to channel our awareness into a more positive direction by totally transforming one's state of mind. To meditate is to turn inwards, to concentrate on the inner self.
There are many forms of meditation, such as chakra meditation, yantra meditation, vipassana meditation and mantra meditation. While the forms of meditation vary, they all use concentration techniques, which help us to becoming a witness of our thoughts. The idea is that when the mind is calm, like a lake without any ripples, we experience total peace and empowerment.

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who founded the Transcendental Meditation technique, recently said that a great shift is about to take place in the world; a new paradigm is unfolding for faster progress. Maharishi said this great leap of progress for mankind will be a shift from "knowing to Being".

For generations, life has been lived on the level of "knowing" (I know this, I know that). But "Being" is the basis of knowing. The field of Being is infinitely more powerful than the surface level of "knowing". Physics tells us that more subtle levels of nature contain more intelligence, more power (the atomic level is more powerful than the molecular level).

(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

According to the renowned German scholar Max Mueller, the study of mental states is unique to India. He also opined that ekagrata or one-pointedness that India spoke of was unknown, and to a large extent, incomprehensible to the Western world. And this viewpoint holds true even today.

Dhayana or meditation is a state of concentration or mental activity in which the mind can stay focused on an object chosen for concentration without wavering and without getting distracted. When we are engaged in an activity, which will increase our attention span on `our chosen object of concentration' then we are trying to generate a meditative experience by improving our concentration or attention span.

(See also: Meditation and Concentration, Meditation, Meditation for Beginners, Meditation Techniques)

Shaktipat Initiation - Awakening the Kundalini

Kundalini can be awakened by attaining perfection of certain hatha yoga postures called asanas, by certain breathing exercises aimed at controlling the breath called pranayama, by God's grace, by meditation or by intense devotion.

Another technique of great importance is Shaktipat, the transmission of energy. A powerful yogi can transmit energy to an aspirant and awaken the Kundalini. This is accomplished in one of four ways: by touch, gaze, sound or thought.

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Transcendentalism was the name of a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through a knowledgeable intuitive awareness that is conditional upon the individual. The concept emerged in New England in the early-to mid-nineteenth century. It is sometimes called "American Transcendentalism" to distinguish it from other uses of the word transcendental. It began as a protest ...

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• Transcendentalism - History
• Transcendentalism - Origins
• Transcendentalism - Other meanings of transcendentalism

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Transcendental Meditation (TM): One of the two most important techniques of Maharishi Ayur-Ved. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi founded TM in 1957 and introduced it in the United States in 1959.

Transcendental Meditation is a means of experiencing pure awareness. It involves sitting comfortably, with eyes closed, for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day while one mentally repeats a mantra.

In Transcendental Meditation, a mantra is a thought-sound that has a known vibratory effect but does not have a designative meaning. The TM teacher chooses a mantra suitable for the initiate.

(See also: Transcendental Meditation, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

The Natural Law Party is a trans-national political party with national branches in over 80 countries. The party is the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement. The party bases its platform on the Transcendental Meditation view that natural law is the supreme organizing principle that governs the universe. All the problems of humanity are caused by people acting against the natural law. The Natural Law Party claims that it can realign humanity with this organizing priniciple through the practice of Transcendental Meditation, and all problems would disappear. The UK ...

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• Natural Law Party - U.S. Natural Law Party
• Natural Law Party - External link

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Vedic Meditation (VM) or Transcendental Meditation is simply Hindu Meditation. It can be clearly defined as spiritual discipline to link oneself with the supreme (God). The normal position of VM is with the devotee on the floor with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. The devotee "zones out" and thinks only of God. The clear point is that the devotee focuses on God, and God only. That is the true purpose of VM. The purpose is not to relax or help a person. The purpose is to link oneself with the absolute supreme (God). VM is not at

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David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. Lynch’s films are known for their elements of surrealism, their nightmarish and dreamlike sequences, their stark and strange images, and their meticulously crafted audio. Most of his work explores the seedy underside of small-town U.S.A. (e.g. Blue Velvet and the "Twin Peaks" television series) or sprawling metropolises (Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive). Due to his peculiar style and focus on the American psyche, producer Mel Brooks ...

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• David Lynch - Career
• David Lynch - Early days
• David Lynch - Philadelphia and the short films
• David Lynch - Eraserhead
• David Lynch - The Elephant Man Dune and Blue Velvet
• David Lynch - Twin Peaks Wild at Heart Industrial Symphonies and Hotel Room
• David Lynch - Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive and INLAND EMPIRE
• David Lynch - Awards and honors
• David Lynch - Frequent collaborators
• David Lynch - Private life
• David Lynch - Trivia
• David Lynch - Transcendental meditation
• David Lynch - Other interests
• David Lynch - Filmography
• David Lynch - As director
• David Lynch - As an Actor

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born January 12, 1917) is the founder of the TM Movement. He brought Transcendental Meditation to the western world. Maharishi is believed to have been born near Jabalpur, India and graduated from Allahabad University with a degree in physics. He was secretary for thirteen years with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. In 1955, after spending two years in silence in Uttar Kashi, in the Himalayan foothills, he began teaching a basic meditation technique which he later dubbed "Transcende ...

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The United States Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. Both were funded almost solely by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, leader of Transcendental Meditation, a belief which holds the view that natural law is the supreme organizing principle that governs the universe. Adherents believe that all political problems can be solved through meditation. The U.S. version of the Natural Law Party ran John Hagelin as its presidential candidate in 1992, 1996, and 2000. Following ...

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• United States Natural Law Party - Presidential candidates

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A Maharshi (from Sanskrit maha great + rishi) is a Rishi who has mastered many arts and is just before the stage of becoming a Brahmarshi. The term is technically a title, not a name, yet it is often used in that context. "Maharshi" may refer to any number of individuals who have had the title affixed to their name, such as Shri Ramana Maharshi, an Advaita Vedanta sage of South India, or Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who brought Transcendental Meditation to the western world. Other r

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Yogic flying is the purported ability to levitate which is a capability one gains through advanced practice of transcendental meditation (TM). While sitting cross-legged, yogic flyers can move around in a hopping kind of motion. The TM oganization claims this the earliest part of levitation, the "perfection of leaping like a frog". Proponents of yogic flying claim world peace can be brought about by thousands of simultaneous yogic flyers spread world-wide. Yogic flying - History of Yogic Flying. Yogic flyin ...

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• Yogic flying - History of Yogic Flying
• Yogic flying - Facilities and Practioners
• Yogic flying - Criticism of Yogic Flying

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Meditation like yoga originated in Vedic Hinduism many centuries ago, it was much later adopted into a wide variety of practices of religious and non-religious formats which emphasize mental activity or quiesscence. The English word comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, but which later could perhaps be better translated as "contemplation." This usage is found in Christian spirituality, for example, when one "meditates" on the sufferings of Christ; as w ...

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• Meditation - Overview
• Meditation - Types of meditation
• Meditation - Meditation in context
• Meditation - Physical postures
• Meditation - Frequency and duration
• Meditation - Purposes and effects of meditation
• Meditation - Metta meditation: the practice of loving-kindness
• Meditation - Health applications and clinical studies of meditation
• Meditation - Meditation and the brain
• Meditation - Meditation and EEG's
• Meditation - Adverse effects
• Meditation - Meditation and drugs

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vibrational medicine (energetic medicine, energetics medicine, energy medicine, subtle-energy medicine, vibrational healing, vibrational therapies): Healing philosophy whose main tenet is that humans are dynamic energy systems (body/mind/spirit complexes) and reflect evolutionary patterns of soul growth.

Its principles include the following:

(a)   Health and illness originate in subtle energy systems.

(b)  These systems coordinate the life-force and the physical body.

(c)   Emotions, spirituality, and nutritional and environmental factors affect the subtle energy systems.

Vibrational medicine embraces acupuncture, aromatherapy, Bach flower therapy, chakra rebalancing, channeling, color breathing, color therapy, crystal healing, absent healing, Electroacupuncture According to Voll (EAV), etheric touch, flower essence therapy, homeopathy, Kirlian photography, laserpuncture, the laying on of hands, meridian therapy, mesmerism, moxibustion, orthomolecular medicine, Past-life Regression, Polarity Therapy, psychic healing, psychic surgery, radionics, the Simonton method, sonopuncture, Toning, Transcendental Meditation, and Therapeutic Touch.

The expressions energy healing, energy work, and energetic healing work appear synonymous with vibrational medicine.

(See also: Vibrational medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Brahmananda Saraswati (1870 - 1953) was born into a Brahmin family in the village of Gana, near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, North India. At the age of nine he left home to follow a spiritual path of renunciation. At around the age of 14, in Uttar Kashi, he found his master, Dandi Swami Krishnanand Saraswati. Later, on his masters instructions, he retired to a cave, resolving not to emerge until he had attained enlightenment. In 1902 he was initiated ...

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Mahamudra (Sanskrit: great seal' or 'great symbol) or Chagchen (Tibetan) is a method of direct introduction to the nature of Mind (or Buddha-nature) and the practice of stabilizing the accompanying transcendental realization. It is practiced by the Kagyu, Gelug and Sakya schools of Tibetan Buddhism and possibly also by derivative Vajrayana orders in China, Russia and Japan. The Nyingma and Bön traditions and their derivatives practise a corollary but distinc ...

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