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Experiences with Transcendental Meditation (lemmy.world)
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Transcendental Meditation is a secretive mantra meditation movement founded by an indian yogi/guru. Most research on meditation benefits is on TM. To learn it, one has to pay for and participate in a course led by a certified TM teacher.

Does anybody here have had experience with TM, participated in a course and received a mantra chosen by their teacher?

Do you really need a teacher to learn it? Is the course worth it or just profiteering? Anything else one should know before going to a course themselves?

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[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

That topic regularly came up on /r/meditation. The consensus was usually that it’s not worth it. You will learn a meditation style, yes, but it’s not better or worse than others, and you will also buy into a cult.

If you want to learn meditation, there are sooo many resources online and in books. Why not use one of those?

And even if you want to it retreat style, there’s free courses by dhamma.org all over the world.

[–] Arxir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it’s not better or worse than others

If you want to learn meditation, there are sooo many resources online and in books. Why not use one of those?

I was just curious, because TM is approved by artists like Scorcese, Lynch and Eastwood. There are also studies that claim its benefits are higher than those of other meditation types. I really just want to get a grasp on what this is about as I am atm greatly expanding my meditation practices and am trying out other meditation techniques.

[–] weshgo@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the scientology is approved by people like Tom Cruise. Might be better avoiding though, even if Mission Impossible is enjoyable.

[–] Arxir@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fair point! Didn't notice my bias there. Guess there is a scheme to fall for for everyone.

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