Word: tm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delight to see the merits of the Transcendental Meditation program in prisons [Nov. 13] brought to light. The penal system has made a tremendous advance in beginning to recognize that crime prevention requires development of individual consciousness to the point that inner strength and fulfillment make crime unimaginable. TM practitioners call this harmonious state enlightenment. Your article reveals its practicality for everyone in this stressful world...
...TM program could have even one-tenth the effect it seems to be having in reducing the recidivism rate of our prisons, it would be a significant contribution. It is time we explored the alternatives to thelock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key rhetoric of too many politicians, if only because keys are cheap but the cost of maintaining the rest of the operation will soon be prohibitive...
...TM in the Pen" mentions that California is seeking federal funding to support a TM program in the prisons. I hope the agencies involved will consider the case of Malnak vs. Yogi in New Jersey, 1977, in which it was determined that TM was based on religious doctrine. I have no argument with the teaching of religious principles to rehabilitate criminals-indeed a Christian conversion would produce the same results-but feel no religion should be taught with the tax support and approval of Government. If Transcendental Meditation is to be taught in the prisons, then its adherents should foot...
...bitterness reverberates harshly. "The teachers' union was for the teachers," says Dawn Fishbein, a slim and intense MacArthur senior. "But the board of education was supposed to be for us. Instead, it was a board of taxation." Says Rae Anne Caponi, Sabato's sister: 'Tm so glad to be back. But I'm worried about college credit courses and advanced placement tests." In Rae Anne's first psychology class, the teacher asked if anyone wanted to talk about the strike. One boy blurted, "I feel screwed." The problem of making up the lost work calls...
...recruit contributors, the TM organization uses a videotape of Convict Corum talking by phone to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru from India who brought TM to Europe and the U.S. TM organizers are also putting together an index of rehabilitation, though there is some doubt that parole boards would-or should-judge an inmate ready for release on the basis of things like improved alpha and theta brain waves. Penal authorities are more likely to be persuaded by the support TM has so far given parolees through free counseling at the 80 TM centers around the state...