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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is widely known as the founder of Transcendental Meditation — and made the technique available in the world today.
Inspired by his own teacher, Maharishi began his worldwide lecturing and teaching in 1957 and first came to Australia in 1962. He trained teachers in almost all countries, leading to non-profit educational organisations being established for the on-going teaching of Transcendental Meditation everywhere.

Q: What is Transcendental Meditation?

Maharishi: Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural program for the mind, a spontaneous, effortless march of the mind to its own unbounded essence. Through Transcendental Meditation, the mind unfolds its potential for unlimited awareness, transcendental awareness, Unity Consciousness — a lively field of all potential, where every possibility is naturally available to the conscious mind. The conscious mind becomes aware of its own unbounded dignity, its unbounded essence, its infinite potential. Transcendental Meditation provides a way for the conscious mind to fathom the whole range of its existence — active and silent, point and infinity. It is not a set of beliefs, a philosophy, a lifestyle, or a religion. It’s an experience, a mental technique one practises every day for fifteen or twenty minutes.

Q: What are the benefits of the TM technique?

Maharishi: Scientific experiments with people who practice Transcendental Meditation indicate that it tends to produce normalisation in all areas of life. It reduces stress, improves health, enriches mental functioning, enhances personal relationships, and increases job productivity and job satisfaction.

Q: Why does one need to be taught, if it’s so natural?

Maharishi: Through instruction, what happens is that the mind, in its active state, learns to experience its own less active states, experience its progressively minimised active states, until eventually it cognises the transcendental state of consciousness. But in learning to do this, we must remember that the mind has usually been allowed to wander around so long in the realm of knowledge or power or the pursuit of happiness that it must be taught how to know itself again. That’s why teaching becomes necessary.

Q: What is enlightenment?

Maharishi: Enlightenment is the normal, natural state of health for the body and mind. It results from the full development of consciousness and depends upon the perfect and harmonious functioning of every part of the body and nervous system. When one is using the full potential of the mind and body in this way, every thought and action is spontaneously correct and life-supporting. This is life free from suffering, life lived in its full stature and significance. The goal of the Transcendental Meditation technique is the state of enlightenment. This means we experience that inner calmness, that quiet state of least excitation, even when we are dynamically busy.

Establish life according to Natural Law

Maharishi worked with researchers and educators to integrate timeless wisdom of human development with modern science. The practical benefits of Transcendental Meditation are universal — they can be enjoyed by people from any culture or way-of-life to support growth of happiness and peace for all.

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Our free Introductory Talks are presented live by a certified Teacher of Transcendental Meditation - it is a very informative session and gives you the opportunity to hear more about:

  • What benefits you can expect from the practice
  • How TM differs from other kinds of meditation
  • How TM works and why anyone can practice it
  • How TM is taught
  • The free lifetime of support available to TM meditators world-wide

You will be able to ask any questions that you may have at the Talk, or make an appointment to speak with a TM Teacher privately if preferred.

After attending an Introductory Talk you are fully prepared for learning TM if you would like to get started, but there is no obligation and all are welcome to attend , even if just out of curiosity!

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