What is Transcendental Meditation?

Hello super smart folks that like to read. ;)

OK, I left a few things out of that video that I'll say here. One thing that people seem to have a problem with is the fact that it costs $1,500US to learn TM. I personally don't have a problem with that price seeing how people spend many people spend much more than that on "stupid" things all the time (beer, smoking, drugs, cars, electro gadgets, etc.) Also, it appears that you also get check up done throughout the year to make sure things are coming along OK. AND David Lynch has an organization that provides scholarships to people that would like to learn the technique, but can't afford it (like me! :D) It's thanks to David Lynch and his org, that I learned it. His website is here:

http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/

I never heard of Mr. Lynch until visiting the school in January, but seeing him live was awesome. He's a VERY cool guy. I have mad respect for him.

Here's the visitor weekend "this past weekend":
http://www.lynchweekend.org/

Something else "controversial" that I found in my internet searching is some guy that seems to have very negative feelings about TM (I won't provide a link, but you shouldn't have trouble finding it if you looked) saying that TM is the same as being hypnotized and the only reason people experience the things they do is because their teachers tells them "You might experience XYZ." I can understand why someone might think that's the case (depending on how their experience learning it went) but I personally experienced things BEFORE being told "You should experience XYZ," so I know that isn't the case.

Here go some links so you can do some more reading of your own.

TM dot org (the official site):
http://tm.org/

Maharishi University of Management:
http://www.mum.edu/

I'm including the link to this school because I personally think this school is doing things more right than any other school I've visited. I personally think most people are BRAINWASHED into thinking traditional schools are awesome. The traditional model for learning SUCKS! The traditional model for living SUCKS! But that's a different rant for a different day. :)

TM on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation

I think Wikipedia is an excellent place to start with internet searches. Don't ONLY get information from there, but it's an excellent sources of search terms.

The "middle ground" site:
http://www.trancenet.org/

I put two and two together while I was at the university and figured there must be "off shoots" stemming from people that learned the original TM technique. My investigation upon getting home showed that my gut feelings were correct. My experience with learning TM was an awesome one and I would recommend it to others. Some people are going to be "turned off" by all the Indian stuffs and... well, that's cool too. :)

I hope I've provided enough information to bring clarity and understanding about TM. I think it's cool and would personally recommend TM to anyone. When I attended the first visitor weekend at MUM I paid $10US and got a hotel room, food for the weekend, a Broadway style show and had an awesome time. I paid a total of... $70 (I think, to register for the school and for the visitor weekend) for this past weekend's event and got a scholarship to learn TM, saw David Lynch speak live, saw Moby preform live, food and hotel room paid for, met some cool people and had a really awesome time.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

Here's another version of TM/meditation that comes up in the comments:
http://www.acem.com/

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[bladdan]

hey guys!

im so desperate that im searching for help for hour's and hour's each day....

i have adhd/add, my life is literary in ruins because of my condition and i want to do something about it.

TM seems to be the answer... what do u think?

btw im 35 .....

[miltownkid]

@bladdan I'm going to send you a message.

[TwistedMind6969]

People are too overly concerned about this guy's arms movements while not listening to his message and the fact that he's trying to help us all with some good tips.

Maybe his next video should be about diminishing ADHD symptoms. Maybe meditation itself helps, but then again, they are distracted with his arms and can’t listen.

It would be cool if people could go past physical things and listen to the message. Negatively criticizing someone makes you feel good, huh!?!

[miltownkid]

@TwistedMind6969 Whatever floats people's boat. I communicate with my speech and body. It works really well for some, and not so well for others. They might need to find someone who communicates with a style more suited to them. :)

[miltownkid]

@nubface113 Maybe. I think it can definitely be taught and I also think people can learn to meditate without being taught. Everyone's path is different.

[tweety488]

Your explanation is epic. Thanks.

[miltownkid]

@Artislife1982 Wish I had more videos like this posted... :P If you have a request for something let me know. I always wanted to put more videos like this up but didn't have the audience for it (at the time). :)

[bladdan]

@miltownkid thx man

[popgrand212]

Thank you for this video. I loved the energy and all the information. THANK YOU!

[PatelKunalR]

TM is way more than chilling your mind. seems like you just touched the surface.

[beepcheckey]

@Soldier957 if the meaning is of material nature.Om Namah Shivay is simply a tribute to one aspect of the universal energy. It is spiritual in nature, not material.

[itscodyw]

Transcendental Meditation is not good don't try this its the reason for the Ammitty ville horror!!

[MegaCocoMania]

what the fuck are you doing with your hands? you dont know nothing about it. you must be on drugs.and you are nervous to talk bc you dont know nothing about it.