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4 unusual facts about Transcendental Meditation


John G. Cleary

John Gerald Cleary (1950 – 16 January 2014) was a New Zealand-Canadian professor of computer science, entrepreneur and promoter of Transcendental Meditation.

M.I.U. Album

The idea, by staunch Transcendental Meditation follower Mike Love, was to record another new album—initially intended as a Christmas release—at the Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, (hence the M.I.U. title).

Transcendental Meditation

Deans, Ashley (2005) MUM Press, A Record of Excellence, ISBN 0-923569-37-5

Skolnick, Andrew "Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Guru's Marketing Scheme Promises the World Eternal 'Perfect Health'!", JAMA 1991;266:1741–1750,October 2, 1991.


Cobb, California

In 1971 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1918 – February 5, 2008) introduced Transcendental Meditation (also known as TM) at a former popular resort called Hobergs.

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation.

Natural Law Party of Canada candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election

Weberg is a Bay Street broker, and has served as director of the Toronto Association of Professionals Practicing the Transcendental Meditation program (Globe and Mail, 5 May 1988).

Oprah's Next Chapter

Throughout the first season, Oprah interviews Aerosmith's Steven Tyler at his New Hampshire home; journeys to Haiti with Sean Penn nearly two years after a devastating earthquake took the lives of more than 300,000 people; tours Skywalker Ranch with George Lucas as her personal guide; has a slumber party at Southern chef Paula Deen's Georgia estate; and travels to a small town in Iowa devoted to the practice of Transcendental Meditation.

Stephen A. Kent

He stated that Kent analyzed groups that have been referred to as both cults and new religious movements, including the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, the Unification Church, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, and others.

Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation

The book's presents the author's personal experiences with Transcendental Meditation, his analysis and commentary on the Transcendental Meditation research, and interviews with celebrity practitioners such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Laura Dern, Russell Brand and Moby.


see also

Bernard Glueck

Bernard Glueck, Jr. (1914–1999), American psychiatrist, published on transcendental meditation and preventive psychiatry

William Scranton III

As Lieutenant Governor, Scranton hired Nat Goldhaber, a member of the Transcendental Meditation movement, as his top aide in Harrisburg.

In 1992, Scranton donated $1,000 to the campaign of his friend John Hagelin, the Pittsburgh-born presidential candidate for the Transcendental Meditation-backed Natural Law Party.