Flawless

In the March 24 NY Times magazine section there was an article by Parul Sehgal called “How ‘Flawless’ Became a Feminine Declaration”. Most of the article is dedicated to the […]

Our Daughters, Our Granddaughters, Ourselves

I don’t know how old you are, but I’m guessing that if you aren’t a female between 13 and 25 years of age, you know one. I certainly know a […]

Renewed Research into Psychedelics: A Wise Choice?

A psychedelic is described as a drug that produces radical changes in consciousness, often including hallucinations. The word ‘psychedelic’—meaning mind-manifesting— was coined by English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond in 1957. From […]

Epigenetics: Yes We Can!

There are always shifts in our world view based on new information uncovered by accident, by persistence, or by the systematic focus of research scientists. Some breakthroughs have brought dramatic […]

Why You Can’t Learn the TM technique From a Book or CD

It’s all in the name: Transcendental Meditation. The word transcend means to go beyond—beyond the norm, or beyond the material to the spiritual. We might say that “supper was transcendent,” […]

Brain Games: What Improves Memory, Intelligence and Cognition?

A December 15th article in The Atlantic written by Venkat Srinivasan and called The Myth of the Brain Game discussed the current popularity of puzzles that are touted to increase […]

Press Delete on Women’s Five Top Health Concerns

I checked with Amy Ruff, BSN, RN, WOCN, to learn how the practice of the TM technique reduces the risk factors for, onset of, or difficulties that come along with […]

What is Liberation

When ancient traditions talk about liberation, what do they mean? Liberation from parents? From an oppressive government? From school or our marriage? At the most fundamental level of a human’s experience, liberation denotes the fullest development of a person’s consciousness, which gives us eternal freedom from all suffering.

Our intellect discriminates among boundaries, identifying this as separate and different from that—it locates and attaches the mind to the distinctions in life. It causes the mind to identify with the parts of life and lose the comprehension of the wholeness of which life is made. I am a student, I am a mother, I am a businesswoman, I am short, I am tall, I am frightened, or happy or excitable. I am not her or him or like them. I am separate.

Defense Against Trauma

Everything is going along just fine and then you get mugged. Afterward, the world seems different—and you find that you are anxious all the time, maybe desolate, maybe unable to […]

Teaching the field of consciousness

From my current perspective I was very young–22 years old–when I was trained in an intensive five month program to be a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The first […]