Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
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By: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Format: Paperback
From: Plume
Pub. Date: September 2001
From: Plume
Pub. Date: September 2001
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2001-10-30
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 432
Ean: 9780452282667
Isbn: 0452282667
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2001-10-30
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 432
Ean: 9780452282667
Isbn: 0452282667
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the founder of Transcendental Meditation, and this one-of-a-kind book remains the definitive introduction to its practice. Since it was first published in 1963, the book has sold more than 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone. In Science of Being and Art of Living, Maharishi unfolds his vision for bringing life to fulfillment through a simple, effortless technique that anyone can easily learn and enjoy. Currently, there are more than six million practitioners worldwide, with TM centers in more than 108 countries.
More than 600 scientific studies have shown that Transcendental Meditation technique helps to:
* Expand the mind to its unlimited cosmic potential
* Improve health and reverse the aging process
* Lower high blood pressure and risk of stroke
* Increase intelligence and creativity
* Boost memory and learning ability
* Reduce stress, tension, and anxiety
* Increase energy, vitality, and well-being
* Nourish inner contentment, happiness, fulfillment-the state of enlightenment.
More than 600 scientific studies have shown that Transcendental Meditation technique helps to:
* Expand the mind to its unlimited cosmic potential
* Improve health and reverse the aging process
* Lower high blood pressure and risk of stroke
* Increase intelligence and creativity
* Boost memory and learning ability
* Reduce stress, tension, and anxiety
* Increase energy, vitality, and well-being
* Nourish inner contentment, happiness, fulfillment-the state of enlightenment.
USER REVIEWS
"There are two types of people who will read this book: those who haven't learned Transcendental Meditation yet and those who have.
For those who haven't, the book certainly provides the most in depth understanding and analysis of this unique meditation and its benefits in daily life. This insight can help you understand how TM is different from other meditations and decide for yourself if you want to go ahead and learn the technique from a qualified instructor.
For those who have already learned Transcendental Meditation, this book explains in detail the theory behind TM and acts as a valuable and authoritative resource to help you with questions either you or anyone else may have about the technique.
But in the end, it is just a book - if you want to experience the real thing, there is no substitute for actually learning it the only way you can - from a qualified teacher, one-to-one.
I did, and I've never looked back."
~ Written on 2008-09-04
For those who haven't, the book certainly provides the most in depth understanding and analysis of this unique meditation and its benefits in daily life. This insight can help you understand how TM is different from other meditations and decide for yourself if you want to go ahead and learn the technique from a qualified instructor.
For those who have already learned Transcendental Meditation, this book explains in detail the theory behind TM and acts as a valuable and authoritative resource to help you with questions either you or anyone else may have about the technique.
But in the end, it is just a book - if you want to experience the real thing, there is no substitute for actually learning it the only way you can - from a qualified teacher, one-to-one.
I did, and I've never looked back."
~ Written on 2008-09-04
"This is the second time I've read this book. Back in the 70's, as I was learning TM, I read it for the first time. Now, having had the experience that Maharishi writes about, I realize that this book contains essential truths about the nature of life. This book explains the mechanics of Transcendental Meditation and the importance of performing right action in life. I won't get into the cost of learning TM, but keep in mind the amount of money we squander on pharmaceuticals, alcohol, psycho-therapy, large screen TV's and other material things. TM is a priceless gift that can help everyone realize their full potential. I know so many people that can benefit from this technique. However, I would not recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn TM. That can only be taught by a qualified teacher. So people can read and read and read, but unless you have the experience, true knowledge of the Absolute will never be known. More than ever, our society needs to turn inward first (through meditation), then perform right action. It's just that simple. "
~ Written on 2008-08-28
~ Written on 2008-08-28
"This book I found to be a difficult read. It says that this form of meditation needs to be taught to you, and it can eventually bring about world peace. Well, it neglects to say that it costs about $2,500 to do so. It also says that you cannot become enlightened unless you do nothing like business or run a household, so it is not for most people. How does the maharishi fit in here, being a man of business, if I am not mistaken?
This is confusing. You already need a lot of excess cash to learn TM; where does this money go? If they think TM is the cure to the world's ills, then why not make it more accessible, ie. make it affordable to the masses? I would think David Lynch has the right idea; his foundation is making it available to school children. Perhaps these children will one day decide that no one owns TM and it should be taught to anyone wo wants it for free."
~ Written on 2008-01-22
This is confusing. You already need a lot of excess cash to learn TM; where does this money go? If they think TM is the cure to the world's ills, then why not make it more accessible, ie. make it affordable to the masses? I would think David Lynch has the right idea; his foundation is making it available to school children. Perhaps these children will one day decide that no one owns TM and it should be taught to anyone wo wants it for free."
~ Written on 2008-01-22
"MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI Who I wish ALL POSITIVE AND WEALTH, HEALTH AND WHAT EVER GOOD THINGS YOU THING that it EXISTS for HIM, HE easily gave the world the real technique of how to reach what ever you want, You want my opinion; "IT IS WORTH TO INVEST BUY it and give it to all the ones you LOVE! ""
~ Written on 2007-01-17
~ Written on 2007-01-17
"For those curious about why TM is so "expensive":
Basically what happened was, in the 60's and 70's TM used be very reasonably priced ($50-150), and because of this many people used it and began to abuse it. Maharishi's response to this was to raise the price to filter out all those who didn't truly appreciate it. Unfortunately, Maharishi is thoroughly anti-capitalist and has a seemingly distorted view of western wealth (i.e. thinks everyone is rich), hence the hefty $2500 price tag on the technique in the west (it's dirt cheap in poorer countries). But, if you think of TM instruction as an educational course (it is), then $2,500 isn't that much to pay for a 3-day course and lifelong support checkups for the technique (colleges charge $40,000 a year now right?).
As for those who accuse Maharishi's technique of being a profiteering scam hear two things. First, even with the high price tags of its technique, the TM movement barely has enough money to maintain its own centers. Second, the organization's belief in the peace-creating impact of large group TM practice (as supported by studies in DC, Moscow, and Beirut) is so strong that they are currently offering free instruction in advanced TM techniques to those willing to meditate in these groups, and are even paying (yes paying$$) advanced meditators to participate in these groups. Would a group that promotes a "marketing scam" do that?
If I asked you if you'd pay $2500 to lower daily stress, your chance of heart disease, depression, and mental illness, increase your brain power, and likely lengthen your lifespan (many TM'ers look a good 15 years younger than they are) you'd probably throw down the cash in a heartbeat. But when it requires doing some "weird" technique that's claims thouroughly challenge the mainstream western societal paradigm, you naturally clutch your wallet and walk away. Well consider freeing yourself of that paradigm.
Read this book, but keep in mind that you don't have to subscribe to the more esoteric hindu-esque ideas to benefit from TM.
The botton line is that TM is a flexible technique that can benefit anyone from a conservative christian diabetic who wants to reduce his blood-sugar to a neospiritual hippie who wants to become an enlightened yogic master.
Try it, it can't hurt.
- 9-year practitioner who's thankful for every day of it.
(Also, for those curious about my subjective observation of TM'ers looking very youthful I can share one experience I had when I went to get my practice checked at a TM center. The center was run by a bright young couple. The wife was a beautiful girl who looked about 21 or 22, the husband looked early to mid thirties. I later found out that the woman was 33 and the husband was over fifty. That experience alone was enough to affirm my confindece in TM.)"
~ Written on 2006-10-31
Basically what happened was, in the 60's and 70's TM used be very reasonably priced ($50-150), and because of this many people used it and began to abuse it. Maharishi's response to this was to raise the price to filter out all those who didn't truly appreciate it. Unfortunately, Maharishi is thoroughly anti-capitalist and has a seemingly distorted view of western wealth (i.e. thinks everyone is rich), hence the hefty $2500 price tag on the technique in the west (it's dirt cheap in poorer countries). But, if you think of TM instruction as an educational course (it is), then $2,500 isn't that much to pay for a 3-day course and lifelong support checkups for the technique (colleges charge $40,000 a year now right?).
As for those who accuse Maharishi's technique of being a profiteering scam hear two things. First, even with the high price tags of its technique, the TM movement barely has enough money to maintain its own centers. Second, the organization's belief in the peace-creating impact of large group TM practice (as supported by studies in DC, Moscow, and Beirut) is so strong that they are currently offering free instruction in advanced TM techniques to those willing to meditate in these groups, and are even paying (yes paying$$) advanced meditators to participate in these groups. Would a group that promotes a "marketing scam" do that?
If I asked you if you'd pay $2500 to lower daily stress, your chance of heart disease, depression, and mental illness, increase your brain power, and likely lengthen your lifespan (many TM'ers look a good 15 years younger than they are) you'd probably throw down the cash in a heartbeat. But when it requires doing some "weird" technique that's claims thouroughly challenge the mainstream western societal paradigm, you naturally clutch your wallet and walk away. Well consider freeing yourself of that paradigm.
Read this book, but keep in mind that you don't have to subscribe to the more esoteric hindu-esque ideas to benefit from TM.
The botton line is that TM is a flexible technique that can benefit anyone from a conservative christian diabetic who wants to reduce his blood-sugar to a neospiritual hippie who wants to become an enlightened yogic master.
Try it, it can't hurt.
- 9-year practitioner who's thankful for every day of it.
(Also, for those curious about my subjective observation of TM'ers looking very youthful I can share one experience I had when I went to get my practice checked at a TM center. The center was run by a bright young couple. The wife was a beautiful girl who looked about 21 or 22, the husband looked early to mid thirties. I later found out that the woman was 33 and the husband was over fifty. That experience alone was enough to affirm my confindece in TM.)"
~ Written on 2006-10-31