TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATIONREFERENCE INFORMATION Transcendental Meditation: The term Transcendental Meditation (also known as TM) was invented by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a spiritual teacher from India. Maharishi has a college degree in Physics and is a member of the warrior cast and not the Brahman cast. Even though the cast system has been designated as illegal in India, the issue of spiritual succession is still connected to the cast system, which is why Maharishi could not take the mantle of leadership from his own Guru, Brahmananda Saraswati (who was very famous in India during his life time and well known as an accomplished Siddha, that is one who could demonstrated super natural abilities). After Maharishis Guru died, he at first went into seclusion for a period of time. Eventually Maharishi left this seclusion and decided that his real mission as a tribute to his teacher was to bring the Holy Tradition to the west (the Holy Tradition is the term that Maharishi uses for the lineage of teachers down through time that have brought the teaching of transcendence and enlightenment to the world). Maharishi came to the West in the early 60s and eventually brought more than two million people to the practice of Transcendental Meditation. Maharishi attracted quite a number of celebrities to his teaching, such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Donavan, Mia Farrow and others. His initial message was simple receive a mantra and meditate with this mantra for twenty minutes twice a day. Maharishi presented his approach to meditation as effortless and simple, and emphasized that effort and belief had nothing to do with bringing about higher states of consciousness. Therefore, the practice of Transcendental Meditation is about learning a very simple mantra and then learning how to repeat it mentally in such a way that ultimately there is a complete letting go of the mantra itself as attention dives deep into pure consciousness that is beyond all thought and subtle levels of the mind and emotions. The mantras in Transcendental Meditation are still presented in Maharishis organization as meaningless sounds that function as vehicles to transcend the linear level of activity and thought, but in reality they are his unique adaptations of classical Sanskrit mantras from Tantra that for most part are seed sounds representing the Goddesses of Hinduism. Learning Transcendental Meditation involves the Teacher/Initiator using a very traditional Puja Ceremony with offerings of water, rice, flowers, candle light and so on in front of the picture of Maharishis teacher Brahmananda Saraswati to connect with he spiritual lineage of the Holy Tradition. After the Puja has been complete with the student standing at the alter in silent observation, the Teacher/Initiator repeats a mantra to the student and then instructs him or her in the practice of Transcendental Meditation, so as to learn the practice correctly based on letting go into a deeper state of transcendental experience. Just as in any authentic teaching that involves spiritual initiation the mantras become charged with Divine Energy and resonate at a very deep level in the student to allow future meditation practice to have full meaning and effect. Comment: The Oregon doctor that discovered Avalon Water though instruction from the deity in the form of the Goddess of Light became a teacher and initiator of TM after attending a training course in La Antilla, Spain in 1973. He makes the following comments about TM and how it compares to Awareness Meditation based on drinking Avalon Water. "I received my very first spiritual initiation in Maharishi Mahesh Yogis Transcendental Meditation. Of all the meditation techniques I learned that involve a mantra, TM seemed the purest and easiest to practice. As an active initiator of TM from 1973 to 1980 I truly enjoyed being of service to people learning TM and found that the initiation process was very powerful for me in terms of the Light Energy that came through from the Holy Tradition. I also learned the TM Siddhis program and was a local coordinator for this program. The TM mantras are vehicles that are charged with divine energy to take the attention deep within from simply repeating them without making any effort. Avalon Water as a Perfect Living Water is also a vehicle for spontaneously taking the attention into deeper levels of Vibration and Light Energy simply taking a drink and then closing the eyes to pay attention to what is happening will lead to a very clear and pure experience of transcendence. The great thing about drinking Avalon Water in order to transcend is that the attention is carried deep within to transcend the mind right from the beginning. Combining TM with drinking Avalon Water is a great combination because the meditator is supported very directly in their journey of transcendence and therefore purification of all interference blocking the complete realization of enlightenment. TM practitioners will find that the physical body will express much more vibration and energy by combining their mantra practice and other aspects of the program with drinking Avalon Water -- plus the fact that the TM mantras are forms for the Goddesses to take to interact with human beings and this is exactly what goes on from drinking Avalon Water." LEVITATION TECHNIQUE
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