I don't have to get into a guru or follow a teaching?

Absolutely not. Learning and practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique is way simpler than that. TM is a technique, not a belief system. It's sort of like learning to dive, when you just stand above the water, take the correct angle, and let go — nature (gravity) does the rest. When you learn the TM technique, you learn how to dive effortlessly into your deepest, inner Being, to

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What about studies that critics claim show harmful effects from meditation?

A couple of anti-meditation websites present a handful of research studies that purport to show harmful effects from practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique — along with a few studies said to show that the program produces no significant benefit. However, these few papers all pertained to uncontrolled studies with so few subjects that the findings were statistically insignificant — and

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Myth #10: Transcendental Meditation organization is a $3.5 billion empire

It’s a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) educational organization. The money from TM course tuition goes entirely to support teaching activities — including the subsidizing of meditation courses in inner cities, on Native American reservations, for impoverished students in developing nations, and meditation programs for the homeless — all of whom can learn the TM technique free of charge.

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What about conflicting info about Transcendental Meditation on the Internet?

Sure, conflicting definitions of just about everything can be found online. The Web is the Wild West — lots of diverse stuff going on, not all of it guided by the light of reason.
 


(Watch a scientific introduction
to the Transcendental Meditation technique)

A few folks on the Internet have attempted to deconstruct the TM technique, presenting what they claim are its components (not that

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