Hi, again, Rose -- The book is by Paul Mason. Paul is no friend of Mahesh, but one of the most knowledgable about what Mahesh was doing. TM in and of itself, is not such a bad thing. It allows people to rather instantly gain some understanding of how to meditate. After the Beatles dumped him, Mahesh fairly expunged from any TM teaching anything worthwhile, turning his basic relaxation techniq
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

Hi, Rose, I saw your name at another TM post. Did it mean anything, TM? There are pros and cons. What there aren't are systematic ways of quantifying and qualifying these experiences. On the one hand, TM as it is now, is like an industrial strength vacuum into your bank account. You start TM, you get Hoovered. Plain and simple. Some rationalize this to the extent they can never see what i
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I am an ex-member/post-TM-er. I was involved very, very deeply in the late-60's through the end of the 70's. Unhappily, I don't have much to offer here except to note that in the late 70's Mahesh and his band of TM zombies lost a court case trying to get TM operative in schools. It didn't stop them, however, they just keep on doing the same thing changing the wrap
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