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Transcendental Meditation first appeared on the California horizon 13 years ago when Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of India introduced the technique to this country. In 1967 after a period of gradual expansion. TM suddenly burst into the limelight when the Beatles. Mia Farrow and other celebities adopted Maharishi's method...
...Meditation as another shining cult which had faded as soon as the gloss wore off Practical problems and distrust discouraged many potential meditators--they objected to the initiation fee or mistrusted the claims that anyone could practice and benefit from TM. But gradually it has become clear that although Maharishi disappeared from weekly magazine covers. Transcendental Meditation itself did not disappear. The organization has quietly grown into a thriving, world-wide movement. Calculated from participation in meditation centers, the Student International Meditation Society (SIMS) and the International Meditation Society (IMS) now estimate that over 300,000 people meditate...
Larry Geeslin '70, who teaches Transcendental Meditation says that the greatest problem with promoting TM is in overcoming the misunderstanding which arises from the word "meditate". To many people this brings to mind a long period of ascetic or reclusive training which builds up to an eventual Spiritual reward. Maharishi and his students make a conscious effort to dispel this image of mystical asceticism. They explain in lectures that while the technique "is as ancient as mankind." Transcendental Meditation differs significantly from the practices of other groups in the contemporary American spiritual renaissance. TM is not a religion...
These centers also provide advanced lectures, discussion groups, and video-tapes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi--such as a discussion between Maharishi and Buck minister Fuller. The centers also sponsor weekend residence courses in which people meditate more frequently and attend discussion groups...
...step beyond in teacher training courses, students spend a number of months with the Maharishi himself. Last summer over 2000 people attended the teacher training course in Matorca-Spain Three undergraduates at Harvard graduated from the course Larry Geeslin Larry Farwell and Clark Easter...