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Some have been started by the recent claims that levitation by mere intention, disappearing from sight without actually going anywhere, supernormal compassion, and other unusual abilities are being experienced by growing numbers of participants in Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation program...
...words "supernatural" and "mystical" have no place in this understanding. In fact, some prominent physicists are seriously attempting to understand the laws involved and consult Maharishi frequently. One of these is Brian Josephson of Cambridge University, who received the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his work on the theory of quantum mechanical "tunneling...
Josephson has practiced the T.M. technique since 1971 and has been increasingly impressed, both with his own new experiences and with the wealth of knowledge that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi exemplifies in his teachings. Conferences on "Consciousness and Natural Law," several of which have been held on the main campus of Maharishi International University in Iowa and at Maharishi European Research University in Switzerland, have attracted Josephson, I. Prigogine, E.C.G. Sudarshan, K.P. Sinha, C. Piron and other leading physicists...
...courses, which can cost up to $5,000, have produced more levity than levitation-so much so, in fact, that the Maharishi's movement could be laughed out of existence. But the 450 "executive governors" who teach the Siddhis remain undaunted and seem grimly determined to spread the new (and expensive) gospel. As Baltimore Lawyer and TM Teacher David Sykes, 28, explains it, levitation comes in three stages-hopping, or lifting off the ground a foot or two; then floating or hovering; and last, "actual mastery of the sky, flying at will." Adds Rashi Glazer, 27, a New Yorker...
...arrange live demonstrations for the cynics if ten observers would pay a total of $ 1,000 for the privilege. When those conditions were accepted in at least two cities, Toronto and Montreal, headquarters sent word that demonstrations are forbidden because they are undignified. Says John Konhaus, who represents the Maharishi's team of governors in the U.S.: "No one wants to become a circus performer. Our people are at a delicate stage of growing. We aren't out to teach flying. We are teaching full development of consciousness, and flying is a byproduct. It is like enjoying...