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...people soon lost interest TM dropped from the headlines. By the late sixties, the public saw Transcendental 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...
...heard no more about TM until this fall, when I went to an introductory lecture at Philips Brooks House (PBH) A friend of mine was going and I had nothing better to do. While I was vaguely curious about TM secretly I knew that meditation just wasn't for me. But the lecture surprised me. The man and woman talking were too practical for my concept of meditation and I found myself intellectually agreeing with most of what they said...
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...
...TM rests well in the laboratory but how does it fit in with living at Harvard "I think it's done a lot of good things for me, like calming me down." Sarah Greenburg, a Senior in Eliot House explained. She has been meditating regularly for 11 months. "Just doing it twice a day can help you get ready for whatever the day brings. I don't know if it's because they tell you it's going to relax you or if it's something else but hell, if its going to relax you it doesn't matter...
Eric Allen '73 approaches TM in a similarly practical manner. In an unusual sequence. Allen's father was the first member of his family to try meditation. He then called up his son and daughter and suggested that they take the course. Allen's sister now teaches TM herself. Eric, however, prefers a non-intellectual approach to meditation...