| It was the year of the Partridge Family, eight | | | | full of enthusiasm for it. Immediately my grades |
| cent postage stamps and blue jeans with bell | | | | improved and I was accepted to college. After a |
| bottoms. That was 1971 and I was an under | | | | few months I spontaneously quit smoking and |
| achieving senior in a middle American High School | | | | became a vegetarian. I entered college, made the |
| when I saw a funny looking poster on the way to | | | | Deans List and met a beautiful young girl whose |
| my American History class. It had a large black | | | | passions were oil painting and Italian food. She also |
| and white picture of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on it | | | | learned TM and we meditated together every |
| and a lecture on Transcendental Meditation® | | | | chance we got. If we had horses we would have |
| was announced for the next day in the school | | | | rode off into the sunset together but instead we |
| auditorium. I was intrigued and showed up to | | | | stayed home got straight A’s and went on to |
| check it out. | | | | get our degrees in grand style. |
| The speaker was a young man in a suit who | | | | *Transcendental Meditation is a simple mental |
| spoke serenely of the silence deep within us and | | | | technique that is practiced sitting comfortably for |
| of the simple mental technique by which we could | | | | 20 minutes twice a day. It is unique and different |
| experience it and enjoy its benefits in our day to | | | | from other types of meditation in that does not |
| day life. I was very impressed with his calm | | | | involve any concentration and contemplation. For |
| demeanor and he seemed to really embody the | | | | this reason it is easy and enjoyable instead of |
| principles of which he spoke. Over the next few | | | | difficult and tedious like other forms of meditation. |
| weeks I mowed lawns and ran errands to earn | | | | It must be learned by a certified TM teacher |
| the money for my TM instruction fee. | | | | through a standardized one week course. There is |
| I attended the seven step course and boy was it | | | | a substantial fee but low interest financing and |
| great. I experienced a deep, sweet indescribable | | | | scholarships are available through the TM |
| silence right on the day I learned. Right away my | | | | movement which is a non-profit charitable |
| life began to change. Not because of any | | | | organization. |
| information I was given but because of the | | | | You can find out more by visiting: Transcendental |
| beautiful experience of deep inner silence that I | | | | Meditation or Transcendental Meditation Technique |
| now experienced twice a day as I practiced my | | | | blog. |
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| Suddenly my life became hopeful again and I was | | | | Education Development Corporation. |