An Introduction to TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

An Introduction to
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION
Improve Your Brain Functioning, Create Ideal Health, and Gain Enlightenment Naturally, Easily, and Effortlessly
Robert Keith Wallace, PhD and Lincoln Akin Norton
Dharma Publications

More than 600 studies at more than 200 research institutes and universities have been conducted on the Transcendental Meditation program, and over 380 of those studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

TM is taught in seven steps, normally done within a week’s time

’s an experience that depends upon a very specific and delicate state of the nervous system. It cannot properly be learned from books

The changes in the brain are in the alpha 1 range (8–10 Hz) and are correlated with an eyes-closed, relaxed state of restful alertness.

this practice there is no trying, no concentration, and no contemplation—only effortless transcending.

The changes in the brain from these meditations are in the theta range (4–8 Hz), known to be associated with imagination and creativity.

The changes in the brain are in the gamma range (20–50 Hz), which is known to be associated with this type of focused activity.

Stress has been called “the black plague” of our generation, and stress comes from any kind of overloading of the nervous system

Pure consciousness is consciousness before your feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and actions begin to take shape. It is the core reality that lies within all of us