Transcendental Meditation Takes Us
To The Source Of Thought

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Transcendental Meditation - Intro Explanation

'Diving' inwards to the source of thought

In a similar way, a thought starts from the source of thought as a very fine impulse of energy and intelligence. It becomes grosser and grosser and takes on more and more structure, until it eventually pops into the mind as a fully formed thought with meaning. He also said - this young fella with the rosy cheeks - that if we can find a way to follow a thought backwards, so to speak, we would experience it at finer and finer levels.

Eventually we would experience thought at its finest, most refined level; and then transcend thought altogether and be at the source of though, pure, transcendental consciousness - the silent ocean of 'being'.

Transcendental Meditation takes us to Being, he said

TM is a technique for doing that, he said. It is a means for transporting the mind, on a thought-vehicle (a sound called a mantra), towards the source of thought, and then dropping off the thought to transcend mental activity altogether. The mind is then in a state of 'restful alertness', resting in transcendental consciousness. This is why the technique is known as Transcendental Meditation. Theoretically, and logically, this seemed to make sense to me.

I ask some questions

At the end of the lecture I went up to ask the TM teacher a couple of questions.

Question: Does this technique really do what you say it does? I mean, does it really "work"?
Answer: Yes, it does.

Question: This "being" that you mentioned, is that God?
Answer: In a way you could say that it is the what people would refer to as God, or an exoerience of that essence (or some such words that he used).

I decide I'll learn TM

Methinks: Okay ... if this works, and it does in fact take me to transcendental consciousness, then why not give it a try. So I made an appointment for a personal interview and after that for the course itself. In those days the course fee for adults was R40 in South African currency (about US $5 at today's exchange rate, perhaps US$15 or $20 at the exchange rate of that time).

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My experience of learning TM

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TM - A Meditator's Experience
This series of pages is about my own personal experiences of the TM and TM-Sidhi programmes - an insider's view, so to speak.

TM Is Explained To Me By A TM Teacher
My experience at a TM Introductory Lecture where TM is explained by a rosy-cheeked young TM Teacher.

TM - A Means To Transcend Thought
The TM teacher explained to us how TM leads the mind to transcend the finest level of thought, to experience the source of thought - pure consciousness.

Learning TM - What I Experienced
Learning TM was a very structured and throrough process, and an interesting experience to say the least.

Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying
From my personal experiences of TM and the Yogic Flying technique, part of the TM-Sidhi programme, I can offer some interesting insights and comments.

The Purpose of The TM-Sidhis Including Yogic Flying
The Yogic Flying technique may seem a bit strange, but its intended benefits are actually quite specific in terms of brainwave coherence.

Other TM Courses I Have Attended
My comments about some of the other TM courses I've attended, including residence weekend, world peace assemblies and the Science of Creative Intelligence course.

TM - My Personal Views
TM elicits rave reports from many of its practitioners, and also some criticism from others. Here are my own views based on my years of experience with TM and the TM-Sidhis.

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