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Note: Some people have asked me about Transcendental Meditation which I do every day. So I included it in my blog post from yesterday and below. Link to TM description
I find it most beneficial to keep both my mind and my body healthy and fit. For the mind, I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation and the advanced TM-Sidhis every day for the past 45 years. I find it helps keep my mind more alert and clear. It's also a technique for expanding consciousness and the mind will begin to naturally utilize more of its potential.
And while TM is just a simple mental technique, it has many profound benefits for the body. It clears out stress and tensions; improves mind-body coordination; can lower blood pressure; etc.
For best results one practices TM for 20 minutes twice a day - morning and evening sitting comfortably. No strain.
Transcendental Meditation is taught by qualified teachers in a course that takes about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day for a week. If you are going to start you might as well make sure that you start correctly so a qualified teacher is a must. And yes I am a teacher of TM and I have taught a couple of thousand people....but I am mostly retired now. However, there are teachers of TM in every state of the US and in virtually every country around the world.
I'm putting a Link here to a recent 5 minute interview by Bob Roth, a Director of the TM organization. He gives a clear introduction to TM which I feel you will find to be helpful and enjoyable.
During TM the mind settles down effortlessly to a state of Pure Consciousness which is the source of thoughts.
I started doing TM around 1999 after I broke my back for the first time. The pain killers had stopped working and I was ready to roll over and die. During the TM sessions I would leave my body for up to 8 hours a day ( way too much according to the experts) but it was the only release I had from the intense pain.
TM literally saved my life. I don't have time to do it much any more but I still meditate every day and use a binaural beats generator to help me get to a deep level of meditation & get close to a TM level of meditation.
I'm sure I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for Transcendental Meditation.
@khufu - wow! Your back must be OK now as you still are doing a lot of exercising and lifting.
Yeah, my back is fine up to a point @mgood. I know my limits, so if I stay within them I'm OK but if I make one wrong move I can put myself out of action for weeks. Any forward flexion with the slightest rotation even unloaded can be a real problem.
Whoa. Take care of yourself. It still sounds pretty serious.
Wow this is serious stuff. I really need to allocate some bandwidth to learning about this. Thanks for sharing and your kind gift.
This is great information and stopped me from thinking I could try to learn about it on YouTube. Looks like we're in the presence of a master here... Thanks for the info. I'd like to try learn these techniques properly when I know I'll have the time to dedicate to it.
Yes, do it when you can set aside the time....but....don't wait too long because then starting will be pushed to the back of your awareness as there are so many things to do that come up in life.
Where do you live? I'll guess the NY metro area.....probably NJ? I could tell you where you could learn TM. Actually you can attend a free introductory lecture without making the commitment to start.