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10 Things Every Meditator Should Know

A TM Primer and Quiz

When’s the best time to meditate? What’s the best position to sit in for TM practice? Is it possible to meditate even in a noisy place? What if I get sleepy? Why is the TM technique so easy compared to other techniques? What support is there after I take the course? I started TM to reduce stress—what’s the deal with “enlightenment”? Find Answers & Take the Quiz ►

MIU.edu

September 10, 2021

Largest Student Entry in 50-Year History of Maharishi International University

Many universities are experiencing declining enrollment, but MIU just announced a 51 percent increase from Fall 2020 • 805 total students marks MIU’s biggest entry ever • Some of the most popular programs include a B.A. and an M.S. in Ayurveda, and a Master’s in Software Development

Enlightenment Series

September 9, 2021

The Ultimate Stage of Personal Growth: Supreme Enlightenment in Unity Consciousness

“Unity is complete enlightenment, the spontaneous uncontrived ability to look at nature and the entire creation from the perspective of Wholeness,” writes Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R., in this excerpt from his new best-selling book. Dr. Nader is the global leader of the teaching of Transcendental Meditation and related programs by 120 nonprofit organizations around the world.

Maharishi

September 7, 2021

Harmony of Differences and Waves of Bliss—the Most Highly Evolved State of Human Existence | 24:08

In this historic talk from 1970, TM Founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi explains the growth of the ultimate state of enlightenment: “Unity dominates in perception, in thinking, in action, and this is what is called behaving in Unity—walking and talking and perceiving, experiencing all in terms of Unity.”

Maharishi

September 5, 2021

Historic Video: Buckminster Fuller and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | 51:58

R. Buckminster Fuller discusses his perspective on the importance of Maharishi’s teaching of the TM technique for the progress of Western society at their 1971 talk at the University of Massachusetts. Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, and TM Talks host Mario Orsatti share video highlights of this significant meeting.

Helping Others

August 29, 2021

Helping a Country Suffering from the Trauma of War: The Armenia Recovery Now Project | 50:05

Greg Monokian and Rouzanna Vardanyan discuss the experience of helping a country recover from the trauma of war through the TM program. In coordination with national and provincial governments and NGOs, they and other TM teachers are bringing relief to the Armenian people after years of regional conflict.

Better Health

August 22, 2021

Healing America: How Meditation Can Help Government Leaders and the Country As a Whole | 53:28

U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), a leader in the House of Representatives, shares how meditation can help us meet today’s challenges: “Let’s take some time, 20 minutes twice a day, to go inward. That’s the call—the journey inward. That meets the moment more than anything.” This encore episode originally aired July 12, 2020.

Podcasts

February 15, 2019

Live Longer, Live Better: World-Class Scientists Explain How | 40:07

Norman Rosenthal, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School, and Pamela Peeke, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, share their findings on healthy living with Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch FoundationSM.

Education

February 3, 2018

“Meditate and Create!”—the David Lynch Key to Writing for Film and Television | 2:15

The world’s only Consciousness-BasedSM MFA program in screenwriting, at the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts at Maharishi University, cultivates the ability to create visionary works of art.

TM in the News

May 25, 2016

American Institute of Stress: TM Heals PTSD | 7:47

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Fort Gordon, Georgia, offers the TM® technique to Service Members and veterans.

Better Health

April 14, 2020

New Initiative to Provide the TM Technique to Medical Workers Battling COVID-19 | 2:09

As announced on Good Morning America, the U.S. TM organization and the David Lynch Foundation (DLF) will help health workers reduce anxiety, boost resilience, and heal trauma. “Our doctors, nurses, and other providers are on the front lines in a life-or-death battle against a pandemic threatening the very life of society,” says Stuart Rothenberg, M.D., Medical Director of the DLF Center for Health and Wellness.

Better Health

February 28, 2020

Reducing Veteran Suicides from 21 to Zero Per Day

The David Lynch Foundation inaugurated its campaign to reduce the high rate of veteran suicides by alleviating PTSD with the evidence-based TM technique on April 2, 2020. The “21 to None” campaign is going strong, although the New York City event to launch this effort with Jon Bon Jovi and Jake Gyllenhaal and honor meditating U.S. military leaders was cancelled due to the Coronavirus health crisis.

Education

June 5, 2018

An Iowa Woman’s TM Road Leads to Africa | 4:59

An inspiring profile of Dr. Leslee Goldstein, whose research in Uganda shows how the TM technique helps impoverished women gain confidence and improve their quality of life for themselves and their families.

“If we expose our system to this profound rest every day at the same time, then the cycle of rest and activity and freshness gets established. All effort should be made to be regular in meditation.” —Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Personal Growth

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Personal Growth

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Science & Research

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Better Health

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Better Health

The Benefits of Regular, Twice-Daily Meditation

Enlightenment Series

Cosmic Consciousness—Living the Fullness of Inner Silence and Bliss 24 Hours a Day

Personal Growth

20 Places to Meditate on the Go

Helping Others

Celebrating 50 Years of Teaching TM in African American Communities, 1969–2019

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