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An Introduction toAn Introduction to
Transcendental MeditationTM is a programme for the Development of Consciousness which, in the UK, is available only from Maharishi Foundation®, registered educational charity number 270157
TM
Maharishi Mahesh YogiMaharishi Mahesh YogiFounder of Founder of
Transcendental MeditationTranscendental MeditationTM
Maharishi introduced Transcendental Meditation to the world more than 50 years ago, giving to millions of people the means to systematically develop higher states of consciousness and bring life in harmony with Natural Law. Maharishi offers enlightenment to every individual and invincibility to every nation – Heaven on Earth.
TM
Step 1 Introductory Lecture (1 hour)A vision of all possibilities through
Transcendental Meditation – mind, body, relations, world
Step 2 Preparatory Lecture The mechanics and origin of TM (1 hour)
Step 3 Personal Interview (10-15 minutes)Interview with a certified teacher of TM, following the Preparatory Lecture
continued…
TMTM
Four days of instruction over
four consecutive days ––
Step 4 Personal Instruction (1-2 hours)Learning Transcendental Meditation
Step 5 First Day of Checking (1-2 hours)Verifying the correctness of the practice; further instruction
Step 6 Second Day of Checking (1-2 hours)Understanding the mechanics of TM based on personal experiences
Step 7 Third Day of Checking (1-2 hours)Understanding the growth of higher states of consciousness through regular practice
TMTM
Transcendental Transcendental Meditation isMeditation is
TM benefits all aspects TM benefits all aspects of lifeof life
The Kingdom of Heaven is Within
You—Jesus Christ
Go back into yourself, for truth
dwells deep within you
—St. Augustine
Talents develop in quiet places,
character in the full current of
human life—GoetheFirst, Know
Thyself—Socrates
He who has that knowledge which is
Self-knowing will know himself
—Plato
Your Self is a sun with a thousand rays
—Picasso
Developing Full Mental PotentialDeveloping Full Mental Potential
TMNEW RESEARCH on the
TM technique for full
development of life.
Transcendental Meditation
In the classroom:
““The missing link The missing link to a successful to a successful
life.”life.” – David Lynch, film
director
Monday, April 6, 2009
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr promote
Transcendental Meditation for pupils
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on stage in New York
Monday, April 6, 2009
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr promote
Transcendental Meditation for pupils
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on stage in New York
““Fulfilment is natural to Fulfilment is natural to life” life”
TM –TM – How it works… How it works…
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Conscious Mind
10% Mental Potential
Unconscious Mind
Source of Thought
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TMTM
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Conscious Mind
Source of Thought
TMTM
OOOOOO
Pure Consciousness
Conscious Mind
Fully Awake, Self-Referral
ConsciousnessTMTM
Transcending is the Transcending is the key…key…
TMTM
Gamma
Beta
Alpha
Theta
Delta
Problem solving,concentration
Busy, active mind
Reflective, restful
Drowsiness
Sleep, dreaming
The Human Brain
…total functioning capability
Typical EEG Tracings
A typical EEG tracing is a rapidly changing composite or combination of different brain waves moving up and down at different rates—some slow, some fast. During ordinary waking consciousness, EEG patterns are complex, scattered and disorderly.
EEG coherence during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique: brainwaves rise up and down together—maintaining a stable phase relationship—indicating that the whole brain is highly correlated. This integrated state of brain function corresponds to the subjective experience of heightened wakefulness or restful alertness. Research shows that the TM technique cultures the brain to behave more coherently and efficiently overtime, as seen in a person’s improved response to stimuli—with better performance on spatial and memory tasks, creativity scores, and reaction time tests. Such findings are not reported from other meditation practices. References: International Journal of Psychophysiology, 116, 1519-38 (2006); Biological Psychology, 61, 293-319 (2002)
Increased EEG Coherence during TM
FrontFront
MiddleMiddle
Alpha Coherence Maps
Before TM, Eyes Open After 3 months of TM
References: International Journal of Psychophysiology, 116, 1519-38 (2006); Biological Psychology, 61, 293-319 (2002); Consciousness and Cognition, 8(3), 302-18 (1999); Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 35 (1973); International Journal of Neuroscience 14: 147–151, 1981.
Before TM, Eyes Closed
High levels of EEG coherence measured during Transcendental Meditation are significantly correlated with higher creativity, greater efficiency in learning, improved moral reasoning, higher IQ, less neuroticism, higher academic achievement, and greater efficiency of brain functioning. References: International Journal of Neuroscience 13: 211–217, 1981; 15: 151–157, 1981
Every
experienceyou have changes
your brain.
Nothingchanges
it like transcendin
g.
Benefits for the MindBenefits for the Mind
• Increased creativityThe Journal of Creative Behavior
• Improved memoryMemory & Cognition
• Increased IQ Personality and Individual Differences
• Improved perception Memory & Cognition
• Faster reaction time Personality and Individual Differences
• Increased intelligence Higher Education Research and Development
• Increased field independence Perceptual and Motor Skills
Benefits for the MindBenefits for the Mind
• Improvement in academic skills British Journal of Educational Psychology
• Improved concept learning Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Improved problem solving ability Scientific Research: Collected Papers, Vol.1
• Integration of left- and right-hemispheresPsychophysiology
• Improved mental health Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal
• Holistic improvement in intellectual performance Intelligence
Statistical meta-analysis of available research (42 independent studies) indicated that Transcendental Meditation increased self-actualisation by about three times as much as procedures of contemplation, concentration, or other techniques. Reference: Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6: 189–248, 1991.
nature Orderliness – Orderliness – IntelligenceIntelligence
is seen everywhereis seen everywhere
in Naturein Nature
“The whole history of
science has been the
gradual realisation that
events do not happen in an
arbitrary manner, but that
they reflect a certain
underlying order . . .”
– Stephen W. Hawking
SLACStanford Linear Accelerator Center
EuropeanCenter for NuclearResearch
10 - 33 cm
–––– –––– TOTAL NATURAL LAWTOTAL NATURAL LAW –––– ––––
The orderliness of the Unified FieldThe orderliness of the Unified Field——
reflected as increased brainwave reflected as increased brainwave coherencecoherence
Reference: Psychosomatic Medicine 46: 267, 276, 1984
Greater orderliness of Greater orderliness of brain functioningbrain functioning
““The individual is The individual is cosmic.”cosmic.”
Human potential is infiniteHuman potential is infinite
Better Health through TMBetter Health through TMThe Physiology of Enlightenment
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
25%
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
• Reduced blood lactate
20%
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
• Reduced blood lactate
• Significant increases in basal skin resistance
70%
ALPHAPOWER
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
• Reduced blood lactate
• Significant increases in basal skin resistance • EEG: restful alertness
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
• Reduced blood lactate
• Significant increases in basal skin resistance
• EEG: restful alertness Scientific American 1972; 226:84-90; Science 1970; 167:1751-1754
• Reductions in breath rate—deep state of rest
• Reduced blood lactate
• Significant increases in basal skin resistance
• EEG: restful alertness Scientific American 1972; 226:84-90; Science 1970; 167:1751-1754 • Decreased plasma cortisol
• Increased muscle relaxation
• Natural suspension of respiration
• Increased blood flow to the brain
• EEG coherence—holistic brain function American Journal of Physiology 235: R89–R92, 1978; International Journal of Neuroscience 14: 147–151, 1981; Hormones and Behavior 10: 54–60, 1978; Journal of Applied Physiology 56: 607–612, 1984; Physiology & Behavior 35: 591–595, 1985
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$24 Million in TM Research by the $24 Million in TM Research by the US National Institutes of HealthUS National Institutes of Health
“…the most effective program for promoting health and reducing health-care utilization and medical expenses.”
—Kulreet Chaudary, MD, Medical Director of Neurology, Scripps Memorial Hospital
“…the single-most effective program to reduce stress.”
—Steele Bellok, M.D. Harvard Medical School
“High blood pressure is reduced even after a few months of twice-daily practice of the TM technique.”
—Gary Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D. New York University School of Medicine faculty.
“…a deep state of rest that refreshes mind and body—improving sleep, increasing creativity and intelligence, and reducing anxiety.”
—Nancy
Lansdorf, MD
Hospital Admission RatesHospital Admission Rates
Hospital Admission RatesHospital Admission Rates
Those who had been regularly practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program showed younger biological age, with a greater reduction in biological age the longer they had been participating in the Program. Reference: International Journal of Neuroscience 16: 53–58, 1982.
Health benefitsHealth benefits
• Reduction of Atherosclerosis Stroke
• Increased longevity International Journal of Neuroscience
• Quicker recovery from stress Psychosomatic Medicine
• Reduction of high cholesterol Journal of Human Stress
• Improvements in bronchial asthma Clinical Research
• Decreased insomnia Journal of Counseling and Development
Health benefitsHealth benefits
• Improved heart function The American Journal of Cardiology
• Improved neuromuscular function Perceptual and Motor Skills
• Reduced blood pressure Hypertension Archives of Internal Medicine
• Calmer style of physiological functioningAmerican Psychologist
• More stability of autonomic nervous systemPsychosomatic Medicine
Social Social RelationsRelations
GrowingHappiness and
Harmony
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Pure Bliss Consciousness
Growth of Consciousnes
s
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More Peace& Harmony
Inner happiness Inner happiness
TMTM
Patients suffering from post-traumatic stress problems who learned the Transcendental Meditation Program showed significant reduction in depression after four months, in contrast to others who were randomly assigned to receive psychotherapy. Reference: Journal of Counseling and Development 64: 212–215, 1985.
A statistical meta-analysis of 146 independent study results found that the Transcendental Meditation Program is significantly more effective in reducing trait anxiety than procedures of concentration or contemplation, or other techniques. Reference: Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957–974, 1989.
Reduced Use of Cigarettes
Improved social Improved social behaviourbehaviour
• Reduced hostility Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
• Improved relationships Anxiety, Stress and Coping
• Improved self-esteem British Journal of Psychology
• Healthier response to stress American Psychologist
• Decreased neurosis Japanese Journal of Industrial Health
• Decreased depression Journal of Counseling and Development
Improved social Improved social behaviourbehaviour
• Decreased alcohol use Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
• Increased job satisfaction Academy of Management Journal
• Improved job performance Academy of Management Journal
• Increased leadership behavior Career Development International
• Decreased use of drugs International Journal of the Addictions
• Greater appreciation of others Perceptual and Motor Skills
Towards World Towards World PeacePeace
= unit of world peace
Collective Collective ConsciousnessConsciousness
TM raises collective TM raises collective consciousness… consciousness…
• TM develops the full value of
mind – intelligence – consciousness• TM releases stress and strain and improves
health of body and mind• TM allows us to naturally become more kind
and compassionate – improves relationships• TM brings peace to individual and society
–––– –––– PEACE ONLY HEREPEACE ONLY HERE –––– ––––
“In the vicinity of yoga (unified consciousness) hostile tendencies are eliminated.” —Maharishi Patanjali
Maharishi’s Group for a Maharishi’s Group for a Government reduces crime Government reduces crime and violence in Washington and violence in Washington DCDC
In this carefully controlled experiment, the coherence-creating group increased from 800 to 4,000 over the two-month period. Although violent crime had been steadily increasing during the first five months of the year, soon after the start of the study, violent crime (measured by FBI Uniform Crime Statistics) began decreasing and continued to drop until the end of the experiment (maximum decrease 23.3%), after which it began to rise again. The likelihood that this result could be attributed to chance variation in crime levels was less than two parts per billion (p < .000000002). The drop in crime could not be attributed to other possible causes, including temperature, precipitation, weekends, and police and community anti-crime activities (Social Indicators Research 47: 153-201, 1999).
A day-by-day study of a two-month assembly in Israel during August and September of 1983 showed that, on days when the number of participants at a peace-creating assembly was high, the intensity of an ongoing war in neighboring Lebanon decreased sharply. When the number of participants was high, war deaths in Lebanon dropped by 76%. (p<.0001). [The mathematical expression p<.0001 indicates that, as a result of standard mathematical analysis, the likelihood that this result could be attributed to chance variation in levels of fighting was less than 1 in 10,000. This amounts to a much higher confidence level than is typical in the social sciences.] Reference: Yale University Journal of Conflict Resolution 32: 776–812, 1988.
The global influence on terrorism of three large coherence- creating assemblies was studied retrospectively through an analysis of data compiled by the Rand Corporation. The data revealed a 72% reduction in worldwide terrorism during the three assemblies taken together, as compared to all other weeks during a two-year period. Each assembly had approached or exceeded the participation threshold (8,000) predicted to create a global influence of peace. The study ruled out the possibility that this reduction in terrorism was due to cycles, trends, or drifts in the measures used, or to seasonal changes (Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36 (1-4): 283-302, 2003).
72% 72% reduction in reduction in global global terrorism terrorism through TM through TM and TM-and TM-SidhiSidhiprogrammeprogramme
“The efficacy of TM and the TM- Sidhi programme to reduce crime and war has been more extensively studied and rigorously established than any phenomenon in the history of social science.
It is a scientific fact.” — Dr. John Hagelin
The conventional approach of negotiations
and destructive
weaponry
Since 1000 BC, there have been 8000 peace treaties, lasting an average of nine years
Angola
Algeria
Burma
Colombia
Zaire
Indonesia
IsraelAfghanistan
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Czechoslovakia
Iraq
North Korea
Rwanda
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Somalia
Soviet Union
Sierra Leone
Palestine
Angola
Algeria
Burma
Colombia
Zaire
Indonesia
IsraelAfghanistan
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Czechoslovakia
Iraq
North Korea
Rwanda
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Somalia
Soviet Union
Sierra Leone
Palestine
El Salvador
EthiopiaGrenada
Albania
Bolivia
Bosnia
Brazil
Croatia
Egypt
Angola
Algeria
Burma
Colombia
Zaire
Indonesia
IsraelAfghanistan
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Czechoslovakia
Iraq
North Korea
Rwanda
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Somalia
Soviet Union
Sierra Leone
Palestine
El Salvador
EthiopiaGrenada
Albania
Bolivia
Egypt
Argentina
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Comoros
Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Hungary
India
IranIreland
Pakistan
Peru
Sudan
Angola
Algeria
Burma
Colombia
Zaire
Indonesia
IsraelAfghanistan
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Czechoslovakia
Iraq
North Korea
Rwanda
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
Somalia
Soviet Union
Sierra LeoneEl Salvador
Ethiopia
Bolivia
Argentina
Burundi
Chile
China
Comoros
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Haiti
Hungary
India
Indonesia
IranIreland
Jordan Kenya
Korea
Laos Lebanon
Libya
Nicaragua
Peru
Sudan
The root cause of war:
The root cause of war:
Rising tensions in collective consciousness
ONLY A NEW SEEDONLY A NEW SEEDWILL YIELD A WILL YIELD A NEW CROP ––NEW CROP ––
“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness that
created them.” —Einstein
ENVIRONMENT
HEALTHCRISIS
CRIME &VIOLENCE
ECONOMYFAILING
EDUCATION
POLITICALUPHEVAL
ProblemsProblems Problems
Invincibility to Every Invincibility to Every NationNationCOHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
COHERENCECOHERENCE
–––– –––– INVINCIBILITY ONLY HERINVINCIBILITY ONLY HERE ––––E ––––
Scientific Research Findings
World PeaceWorld Peace
• Decreased Terrorism Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
• Improved Quality of City Life Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Decreased Crime Rate in Cities Journal of Crime and Justice
• Decreased Violent Crime, Wash., DC Social Indicators Research
• Decreased Crime in Capital Cities The Journal of Mind and Behavior
Scientific Research Findings
World PeaceWorld Peace
• Improved National Life –– Decreased Fatalities Social Indicators
• Improved Quality of Life in Israel Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Reduction of Armed Conflict Journal of Social Behavior and Personality
• Increased Progress Towards Peace Journal of Social Behavior
• Reduction of International Conflict Journal of Conflict Resolution
Enlightenment for Enlightenment for the Individualthe Individual
••Peace and InvincibilityPeace and Invincibility
to Every Nationto Every Nation
GGLOBAL LOBAL CCOUNTRY OF OUNTRY OF WWORLD ORLD
PPEACEEACE
Fulfilling the needFulfilling the needof the timeof the time
••Life in harmony with Life in harmony with
Natural LawNatural Law
GGLOBAL LOBAL CCOUNTRY OF OUNTRY OF WWORLD ORLD
PPEACEEACE
““Now we have the total Now we have the total knowledge of Natural knowledge of Natural
Law Law at our disposal to create at our disposal to create
Heaven on Earth.” Heaven on Earth.” – – MaharishiMaharishi
OOOOOO
Conscious Mind
10% Mental Potential
Unconscious Mind
Source of Thought
O
TMTM
OOOOOOO
Conscious Mind
Source of Thought
TMTM
OOOOOO
Pure Bliss Consciousness
Conscious Mind
Mind, Body, Behaviour and Environment Supported by Total Natural Law –More happiness,energy, peaceand fulfilment
TMTM
Step 2: Preparatory LectureStep 2: Preparatory Lecture
• The Mechanics of Transcendental Meditation
• The Tradition from which TM comes
Thank you!Thank you!
The TM-Sidhi programme and Yogic FlyingThe TM-Sidhi programme and Yogic Flying