There is ancient, ancient knowledge - VEDA, but until recently none of the modern scientists realized that this knowledge has applications in modern life.
VEDA is the complete knowledge that exists in nature, it is eternal, infinite, however, not everyone reaches the level of consciousness that makes it possible to gain this knowledge.
The founders of the ancient Vedic tradition discovered that the human mind has the ability to enter a state of deep silence while remaining awake, and experience a state that is not similar to our ordinary states of wakefulness, deep sleep or dreaming - it is absolutely whole, clear, more distinct than our usual perception , and unlimited consciousness called Pure Consciousness.
In this deep silence, the mind merges with the boundless Unified Field, from which all the Laws of Nature arise. This state of Pure Consciousness is felt as a vivid experience or even a “vision” of all Laws.
This is how people acquired knowledge of the VEDAS, and Vedic Science is the entire volume of knowledge based on direct perception.
People a long time ago sought to lead a healthy lifestyle, they observed nature, found the opportunity to live in harmony with nature. Every nation has certain cultural values, which are nothing more than the accumulated human experience about the laws of nature. This many-thousand-year experience constitutes Vedic knowledge, which is contained in nature itself.
Perfection cannot be achieved through effort, and people realized that it is possible to achieve certain knowledge only by being in a calm state of consciousness. Calm down, break the chain of your worries and worries - and correct solution all problems will come on their own.
The sacred books of every nation contain ideas about the structure of the world. At their core, where they reflect the objective Laws of Nature, they all coincide, although in details, for example, the Koran, Bible or Talmud there are discrepancies.
There were times when all people lived correctly, according to the Laws of Nature, but over time, part of the knowledge is forgotten, ignored, and errors accumulate that lead to violation of these Laws. Lack of complete knowledge is the reason for many human failures, the reason that a person is dissatisfied with his life, his environment. However, every person is capable of knowing everything if his mind reaches a certain level of calm. This opportunity is given to people who practice the Maharishi Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, since Maharishi revived it and made it available to all people.
This technique came to us in the West as a gift of great value that we can use to achieve harmony in all aspects of our lives.
When we talk about meditation today, we are describing an experience that is a natural human technique that allows the mind to reach deeper levels of consciousness—an ancient art that predates all major religions.
At the Academy of Medical Sciences Russian Federation Academician Lyubimov Nikolai Nikolaevich studied the brains of people who achieve deep peace during the practice of TM. He claims that the brain in this state is similar to the mind of a genius and it was in such states that the discoveries of Newton’s law of universal gravitation, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and tables chemical elements Mendeleev.
The TM technique makes a great positive contribution to the full and harmonious development of body, mind and spirit and is invaluable in helping all people, regardless of their religion, to enhance their spiritual qualities.
VEDA is all knowledge and it has divisions. For example, Vedic medicine - Ayur Veda - is the science of life, a unique system of ancient and comprehensive natural medicine that establishes balance at all levels of life - mind, body, behavior, environment and does not allow the occurrence of diseases, since it is much easier to prevent a disease than to treat it later. A person’s condition is determined using a special pulse diagnostic technique.
Gandharva Veda – Vedic music, the eternal music of nature. Her melodies are in harmony with the rhythms and cycles of Natural Law, which governs the daily, seasonal and annual cycles of life. This is the science of the harmonious effect of the sounds of music on the human condition. The sounds of music that correspond to the time of day help a person restore the harmony of his physiology with natural rhythms during the day.
Sthapatya Veda - Vedic Architecture: Urban planning and house design, work and home design according to Natural Law. The basic principle is that every part of the house, apartment, room should be in perfect harmony with every other part and with the entire Cosmos, then it becomes easy and joyful for a person to live and work in such a house.
These and other areas of Vedic science, reflecting an objective approach, are included in the program of the Maharishi Vedic University.

Open Vedic University is new project, intended to popularize Vedic knowledge. The teachers of the Open Vedic University are more than 25 highly qualified specialists in various fields of Vedic knowledge.

The specialists of the Open Vedic University are scientists who have tested the wisdom of the Vedas in practice. The seminars that you will begin to study have already helped thousands of listeners. On the electronic pages of the Open Vedic University you can get acquainted with numerous audio, video and printed materials that will introduce you to ancient Vedic knowledge at both a preparatory and professional level.
The Open Vedic University is a selfless service to all of you! Our specialists do not receive fees or bonuses for delivering lectures. Our only desire is to make you happy and spiritually developed. However, very soon, after you start studying these unique materials, you will see for yourself.
In addition to the portal of the Open Vedic University, training is also conducted in live on the waves of Veda Internet radio (Ayurveda Internet radio). Every day Veda Internet Radio (Ayurveda Internet Radio) hosts seminars in different areas of the Vedas. Then the training programs after broadcast are archived and placed in relevant sections of the Open Vedic University. For better learning, the Internet is used, which allows you to view video materials, graphics, and diagrams during live lectures.

Purpose of Open Vedic University

The Vedas say that there are five goals of human life, the achievement of which makes a person happy:

• Dharma is understanding one's purpose.
• Artha - prosperity.
• Kama is pleasure.
• Moksha - liberation.
• Prema - Divine Love

Purpose of Open Vedic University – provide students with knowledge that will help achieve the above goals. But knowledge is only half of success, the other half is practice, which depends on you

A swan has two wings: knowledge and practice; if one is missing, then the swan will not fly (Mahabharata).

Wealth preserves religious principles, practice preserves knowledge, the politics of the world preserves the king, and a caring housewife preserves the house (Sage Chanakya).

The Open Vedic University was opened by Dr. O. G. Torsunov.

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Successful experience of introducing meditation in education

Numerous scientifically proven positive effects of Transcendental Meditation in the development of cognitive abilities prompted American scientists and educators to create an experimental school and university - Maharishi International University (MIU)) (Today Maharishi University of Management (MUM))), which could become a model for the development of a pedagogical system for acquiring knowledge using Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation. This pilot project began in 1974 in Fairfield, Iowa, and in 1980 this institution of higher education received state recognition. Now in MUM You can defend a pre-diploma in 20 subjects and receive a diploma in 11 subjects. Candidate's dissertations can be defended in neurology, physics, psychology and physiology.

A special feature of this experimental university is the periodic replacement of regular academic classes with meditation ones. Meditation is given the same importance as acquiring knowledge. The trustees of this university believe that there is no point in giving students knowledge without developing their ability to learn.

With them points of view, the true task of education is to expand, so to speak, the “hole” through which knowledge is supplied; in other words, to teach schoolchildren and students to effectively use their mental abilities for faster and better assimilation of knowledge.

Unfortunately, in modern pedagogical system There are no methods for systematically revealing the full potential of students’ creative and intellectual abilities. The emphasis is on the transfer of knowledge rather than the general development of abilities and talents. Knowledge is often formally “crammed” into the heads of students without taking into account whether they can perceive it, assimilate it, or creatively process it.

At the same time, the ever-increasing amount of information that schools are trying to cram into the heads of students has almost reached the limit of the possible load. This problem has affected almost all countries of the world. High demands and constant pressure on children lead to mental tension, stress, nervous disorders, early onset of chronic diseases, not to mention loss of interest in learning. Thus, according to Russian statistics, from the first to the seventh grade the number of students who pay for adapting to the load with deteriorating health almost doubles. And despite this, surveys of secondary school graduates show that the majority of students master the secondary school curriculum by a maximum of 15-20%.

Meanwhile, freedom of the nervous system from stress and tension is the most important prerequisite for high-quality knowledge acquisition. The quality of his consciousness depends on how well the student’s nervous system functions and the extent to which he is exposed to the effects of stress: clarity of thinking, ability to concentrate, creative and intellectual abilities, mental balance.

"Transcendental Meditation" (TM) is an Eastern cult hiding behind Western terminology and a scientific mask. In the federal court of New Jersey (USA), it was recognized as Hinduism under a new name (Malnak v. Maharishi, October 19, 1976) and was subsequently banned in schools where it was taught since 1974. In fact, TM is a Hindu technique meditation that attempts to connect a person with Brahma - the Hindu concept of God.

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Other names: The abbreviation for the name of the sect is also used - "TM".

Management

The international religious sect “Transcendental Meditation” (TM) was founded in 1958 by a certain Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Sometimes in Russian publications part of his name is written in the transcription “Mehesh” or “Mahesh”.

His real name is Mahesh Prasad Varma. He became known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi much later. This man was born on October 18, 1911 in the family of a tax collector in Indian city Uttar Kashi. After graduating from Allahabad University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in physics, he went to work at a factory, but soon became interested in ancient Indian literature and began to study Sanskrit.

Maharishi died in 2008 in Holland at the age of 91.

In Russia, the sect is led by the so-called “plenipotentiary representative of the Maharishi in Russia” Shipra Chakravarti.

Rector of the Maharishi Vedic University in Naberezhnye Chelny - Hans Hoff.

Location of centers

Today, Transcendental Meditation is taught in more than 100 countries, and there are 400 training centers in the United States alone. Transcendental Meditation has made incredible inroads into private schools, armies, prisons and businesses.

The main headquarters of the organization are located in Washington (DC, USA) and Vlodrop (Holland). Other institutions in the United States include Maharishi International University (IUM), Farfield, Iowa, and MUM College of Natural Law, Washington, DC. Meditation centers using the Maharishi method exist in Holland, Great Britain, the USA, India and many other countries. In France, "Transcendental Meditation" hides behind the name "Party of Natural Laws" and has the "Ayurveda" foundation.

In Russia, groups of adherents of Maharishi’s “Transcendental Meditation” operate in: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, the Republic of Tyva and other cities of the country.

The "Maharishi Vedic University" operates in Naberezhnye Chelny: 423810, Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan St., 10, tel. 53-52-85.

Number of adherents

Today, several million people in the United States and around the world have been trained in Maharishi's meditation techniques. In the United States alone, 359 Science of Creative Intelligence training centers have been founded.

Followers and popularizers of Transcendental Meditation are active in the countries of the former USSR.

In 1990, in Armenia alone there were about 12,000 adherents of this neo-Hindu religious system. In small Latvia, since the beginning of 1990, about 10 thousand have learned Maharishi’s techniques, thanks to the fans who popularized Transcendental Meditation who came from Iowa. There are one and a half to two hundred people in Latvia who are quite advanced in the technique of meditation and are called “sidhas”.

The number of followers in Moscow compared to other sects is not very large - a maximum of 500 people. In Voronezh there are up to 60-70 adherents of Transcendental Meditation.

Today, several million people in the world have been trained in the Maharishi's meditation technique, which is promoted and advertised as non-religious, but in fact is thoroughly saturated with Hinduism. Targeting intellectuals, businessmen and college students, TM figures use Westernized terms and concepts such as "creative mind science" to promote Hindu meditation.

"Transcendental Meditation" (TM) is an Eastern cult hiding behind Western terminology and a scientific mask. In the federal court of New Jersey (USA), it was recognized as Hinduism under a new name (Malnak v. Maharishi, October 19, 1976) and was subsequently banned in schools where it was taught since 1974. In fact, TM is a Hindu technique meditation that attempts to connect a person with Brahma - the Hindu concept of God.

TM is religious in nature, despite claims to the contrary. In addition to mantras, the religious practice of TM is evidenced by the Puja ceremony. It originates from the scriptures of Hinduism. Those who enter TM undergo an initiation ritual during which this Sanskrit hymn of worship is recited. “The word puja,” explains researcher Irwin Robertson, “is taken from the Hindi language. Widely used in Northern India, it means the worship of a Hindu idol. Christians living in India do not use it.” The puja mentions the 24 gods of Hinduism and instructs the initiate to kneel 27 times during the ceremony. This ritual is performed in Sanskrit, so most of its participants do not understand what it is actually about. A initiate who does not know Sanskrit knows nothing about addressing these gods. But this does not make what happens cease to be an act of worship on the part of the initiate. An English translation of the Puja made in Berkeley, California (Spiritual False Teachings Project) confirms the religious nature of this ceremony. Irwin Robertson describes this ceremony as follows: "The first of the three stages of the ritual begins with an invocation of the god Narayana. This is followed by a listing of various historical and legendary characters up to Sri Guru Dev - the teacher of the Maharishi, the founder of TM."

Maharishi is famous for saying: “Transcendental meditation is the path to God.” He calls it "the embodiment of all religions, a simple practice of deep transcendental meditation."

In 1977, a federal court in New Jersey banned the teaching of STI/TM (Science of Creative Intelligence/Transcendental Meditation) in schools, concluding: "The teachings of STI/TM and Puja are religious in nature; any other conclusion is inadmissible and unfounded... There is not the slightest doubt about the facts or the religious nature of the teaching of the Science of Creative Intelligence and Puja. The teaching of STI/TM violates the essence of the First Amendment, and therefore this teaching should be prohibited."

Religious scholars of the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation completely agree with the opinion of their American colleagues, who gave the following assessment of “Transcendental Meditation” in the reference book “Religion, Freedom of Conscience, State-Church Relations in Russia” they published at the end of 1997: “Transcendental Meditation - neo-Hindu psychotherapeutic (meditation cult)... The specificity of TM as a modernist version of neo-Hinduism was the dominance of cult practice, missionary activity and hope for the implementation of global social utopias... In India itself, TM has not received noticeable distribution."

Almost all well-known experts in the field of new religious movements speak quite definitely about TM. According to David Haddon, Maharishi "stubbornly hid from the public both the religious basis and the ultimate spiritual goal of TM - the destruction of personal existence in the impersonal Absolute."

“TM is only the beginning,” says Irwin Robertson, “a gradual movement from matter to mind, and then to supermind. This latter is explained as “union with the Divine,” as “Cosmic Consciousness,” as the realization of oneself through the impersonal god who is in every person, being and thing. That is the purpose of TM."

“TM is not a neutral teaching that can be practiced without harming oneself,” warn Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, “for TM is actually a Hindu meditation that attempts to unite the meditator with Brahman, the Hindu concept of God.”

IN general outline The meaning of the religious concept developed by Maharishi boils down to the following. The consciousness and mind of any person are fed from a single creative source, which is deeply hidden from Everyday life- just like the roots of trees are hidden. To achieve this source of harmony and enormous energy, a person must penetrate deep into himself, make a transition, “transcendence”: hence the name of the method: “transcendental meditation”. Maharishi promotes his own meditation techniques as universal, possible for use by any person, as capable of bringing happiness and health to everyone who seriously engages in it at least twice a day for 10-20 minutes, as capable of activating and healing the entire nervous system person: "Meditation is the only answer to all a person's questions. There may be disappointment, there may be depression, sadness, meaninglessness, torment - there may be many problems, but there is only one answer. Meditation is the answer."

God, according to the TM doctrine, "is found in two phases of reality: as the greatest creature of the absolute, of eternal nature, and as the personal God on the highest level of phenomenal creation." This "greatest creature" is identified with nature: "Everything in nature is a demonstration of the absolute impersonal being, the omnipresent God... This impersonal God is that being who dwells in the heart of everyone." Man is also identified with God: "Every individual person, by his nature, is an impersonal God." This same God monitors the progress of evolution: “God, the supreme omnipotent being in whom the evolutionary process finds its completion, is at the highest level of creation... He embraces all evolution and the various lives of countless beings throughout the cosmos.”

With its roots in Eastern religions, TM distorts the distinction between good and evil. Considering that the TM philosophy adheres to the monistic point of view: “all is One” (all living beings, as well as inanimate objects, are considered as part of a single “divine essence”), it does not define the relationship between good and evil. In the philosophy of the One Essence, ethical differences disappear; supposed opposites - light and dark, good and evil - merge and dissolve into each other. Here it is appropriate to once again recall the existence of documentary evidence that Charles Manson was “heavily influenced by the philosophy of the One Entity” when he ordered the murder of actress Sharon Tate and her friends, believing that he had reached a state of consciousness that goes beyond morality (such behavior is quite in the spirit of the tradition of worshiping Hindu gods).

With all this, Maharishi convinces his followers, like other cult leaders, that his path is the only possible one: “Only when a person becomes constantly present in the eternal freedom of the absolute Being is he “freed from all sins.” The Brahmabindu Upanishad declares that the gigantic a mountain of sins stretching for many miles is crushed by the Wholeness that we gain through transcendental meditation. There is no other way out.” Maharishi declared that a person could become virtuous simply by practicing the meditation practices he developed. As a result of the quest of his followers, he announces liberation from reincarnation and unity with the absolute Being. Maharishi promises his followers: "Be strong and know that you are God, and when you know that you are God, you will live like God."

Cult researcher David Haddon testifies: " Theoretical aspect TM - Maharishi's proposals "The science of creative intelligence is nothing more than a presentation in pseudo-scientific language of the principles of Shankara's monism. Thus, Hindu monism or pantheism is the philosophy that defines this entire movement."

Shankara was a ninth-century Hindu reformer who preached the philosophy of monism. Many of us would undoubtedly be healthier physically, spiritually and mentally if, in the bustle of everyday life, we sometimes retired for a few minutes in a secluded quiet place

for rest and relaxation. Many would probably receive a new charge of strength and energy from this, even if they had never heard of TM. It would be especially beneficial for an Orthodox Christian to meditate twice daily for twenty minutes on the truths of Holy Scripture and the wonderful works of the Lord. He does not need “Transcendental Meditation” at all. Moreover, this is not what TM offers at all.

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Any person who has thoughtfully familiarized himself with the tenets of Transcendental Meditation, without rose-colored glasses and enthusiastic thoughtlessness, will understand that there is an abyss between Orthodoxy and this neo-Hindu sect.

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For a Christian, God is a Person because, as the Bible clearly shows, He has a mind, emotions and a will. He knows, feels and makes his own decisions. He is omnipotent and exists independently of His creation. And the practice of TM is based on Hinduism, whose followers adhere to a pantheistic perception of God. And although Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speaks of both a personal and an impersonal God, it is clear from his statements that he considers only the impersonal God to be the real God. He speaks of him as "the supreme Being of absolute eternal nature." “God in personal form,” states Maharishi, “is the supreme omnipotent Being. Personal God ultimately merges into the impersonal absolute state of the Supreme.” TM's pantheistic statement that "everything is God and God is everything" is incompatible with the Bible. The Bible draws a clear line between God the Creator and His creation. The pantheistic philosophy of TM sees in man a part of the Divine. Maharishi believes that life in every person is absolute Being, but it is not a personal God. Therefore, his idea should not be confused with the biblical teaching that the Holy Spirit lives in the believer in Christ as Savior. “The Impersonal God is that Being who lives in the heart of everyone,” says Maharishi, “and every person, by his true nature, is an impersonal God.” According to the teachings of Maharishi, with the help of TM a person can achieve absolutely complete unity with the impersonal God or the Divine Essence of the universe. In essence, this means that through TM a person becomes God. This is no longer Christianity: this is Hinduism.

"Transcendental Meditation" is the Indian antithesis of Christian meditation - reverent contemplation of God. Christianity advises engaging in the thought of God, so that a person understands his faith more deeply and strengthens it. “Do not let this book of the Law depart from your mouth, but study in it day and night,” the Lord commanded Joshua (Isa. 1:8)... Reflecting on the truths of faith, a Christian begins to understand them better; as the Lord promised His disciples: “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:32). In Transcendental Meditation, just the opposite happens. The word “meditation” itself does not correspond to its meaning here, because meditation presupposes active mental activity, during which a person tries to better understand and comprehend something. In “Transcendental Meditation,” on the contrary, a person suppresses any active mental activity and senselessly repeats a word he does not understand, which overloads the neuropsychic system, and the brain turns off. Modern research has shown that the constant repetition of any phrase, for example, “apple pie,” can cause significant changes in the psychophysiological state.

TM exercises lead to a person giving up self-defense and thus opening up access to his subconscious for fallen spirits, against which the Apostle Paul warned in his letter to the Ephesians (6:10-17). Despite the assurances of TM's defenders, it clearly has a religious basis, not Christian, but Hindu. Those who unknowingly practice TM in an attempt to solve their life problems lose spiritual truths that could give them true peace and tranquility - and not a short time

, but forever. TM should be recognized as a harmful and dangerous activity. It brings the fruits characteristic of occult activities: dulling of faith, increased pride and even mental disorder. For internal relaxation and calm, Christianity has much better means. promotes internal composure, which protects a person from excessive fussiness during the day, and evening prayer brings relaxation, inner relief and peace before bed. It is good to learn to maintain a prayerful mood throughout the day. This is greatly helped by the “Jesus Prayer” (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner), which supports in a person the feeling of the presence of God. Nervous overload and dissatisfaction come mainly from the sinful contamination of our conscience and from the passions warring within us. Therefore, it is necessary to periodically cleanse your conscience with heartfelt repentance, confession and Communion. It is very useful to reflect on God and on the objects of faith in the morning, immediately after prayer. Read a passage or chapter from the Holy Scriptures and try to understand what you read, think about what application it has in our lives. Such Christian meditation, supported by prayer, really brings calm, composure and inner enlightenment.

An important element in Maharishi’s meditation technique is the mantra, which also once again confirms the religious essence of his system. It is believed that every person should have his own mantra. Therefore, during initiation, the instructor whispers to each adept a secret word in Sanskrit, which will become the personal mantra of the novice. It is said that this super-top-secret word must never be revealed to anyone - not even a spouse - otherwise it will lose its.

magical power

This statement is quite consistent with what one critic of TM said: "Maharishi took the lesson of the well-known Hindu source - the Bhagavad Gita, in which the god Krishna (the eighth or ninth incarnation of the Hindu deity) says: "Let not the one who knows everything, that ignorant person who knows only part." You cannot count on a person guided by such a philosophy to tell the truth. He, of course, can object: “The less you know, the less you worry.” However, we have been convinced more than once that own experience that “it is what we do not know that can later cause great concern.”

In general, religious sects quite often cultivate a psychosis of secrecy and the creation of the illusion of elitist access to “terrible secrets.”

For example, the founder of the Church of Scientology came up with a fantastic story about how 75 million years ago a certain Xenu, the ruler of 76 planets, collected most the population of his empire - an average of 178 billion on each planet - and moved them to Earth. There he blew up everyone in the volcanoes with hydrogen bombs, as a result of which the spirits of the "thetans" were bound by "electronic tapes." Completely disoriented as a result of the massacre, deprived of their bodies, the "thetans" were subjected to a 36-day hypnotic "implantation" and tied together. In a word, and similar nonsense. So, Hubbard ordered that this “secret” contained in the Scientology course OT-3 be kept in the strictest confidence, since an unprepared person who accidentally learned its contents would allegedly die within two days. Since then, this story has been published in many newspapers and magazines, but no epidemics or pestilences have followed. The situation is absolutely the same with mantras in Transcendental Meditation. Adepts are threatened with the terrible consequences of divulging the “purely individual” mantras given to them, but in reality the mantras are distributed purely automatically and in any order.

The word "mantra" comes from two words: "man" - to think, and "tra" - protection or freedom from the "slavery of phenomenal life - samsara." Simply put, it is a Sanskrit phrase, word or even sound combination. Mantras are predominantly taken from Hindu or neo-Hindu religious texts. Any name of a deity of the Indian pantheon is considered a mantra, so that one who repeats the mantra for a long time and persistently can receive a “visit” from this deity and communicate with him. Mantras can be “concrete” (containing the names of “deities” - Krishna, Kali, Shiva, Saraswati, etc.), and “abstract”, addressed to the impersonal Absolute and granting liberation and entry into samadhi, “merger with the Absolute”. The famous yogi Sivananda, in his book “Japa Yoga” (repetition of mantras), points out that each mantra has a special rhythm and has a “cipher” (code) which, during repetition, opens the way for a person to contemplate the deity of the mantra. In other words, spiritual self-defense is eliminated, and a person enters into communication with fallen spirits. Sivananda himself, speaking about the presence of each mantra with its own deity or “davat,” defines it as “a supernatural entity - higher or lower,” which is the source of the power of the mantra. Thus, it is not hidden that the mantra can also evoke a lower, evil entity - the dark side of the Force ( the dark side of the Force)!

Characteristic

In his religious quest, Mahesh became a disciple of the Indian religious preacher Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, also known as Sri Guru Dev.

Guru Deva modestly proclaimed himself another avatar - the incarnation of the Divine, and Mahesh Varma, whom he also taught modesty in his own way so that he would not get bored, advised him to isolate meditative techniques from Hindu religious practices, which he recommended to refine and combine into his system of meditation. Mahesh studied with him for 13 years and eventually, after much torment, he finally developed his own meditation technique, or a similar one.

The name Maharishi Mahesh Yogi comes from the words "Maha" ("great") and "rishi" ("seer" or "saint"). Mahesh is his native name. Yogi - teacher of yoga meditation techniques. Maharishi was appointed to carry out Guru Dev's plans, namely to convey his teachings to the world.

In 1958, Maharishi organized the Spiritual Revival movement in India, a year later he came to the USA and founded his organization there to spread the teachings of Guru Dev. Arriving in the USA, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi immediately deployed funds a wide advertising campaign that popularized TM not as a religion, but as a kind of secular scientific discipline. The fact that in reality TM is not a neutral discipline at all, but a purely religious belief, was hidden.

The Maharishi’s teaching, which also has other names: “Science of Creative Intelligence” (SCI), “Science of Creative Intelligence”, was presented then and is presented now when it is advertised and attracted to neophytes as a means for improving health, increasing mental and creative abilities and relieving stress and voltage. Judging by the statements of former adherents, this is how TM wins supporters. But TM is not some neutral discipline that can be practiced without causing harm to a person. In fact, TM is a Hindu meditation technique that attempts to connect a person with Brahma - the Hindu concept of God.

Transcendental meditation itself is a meditation technique in which the subject silently, monotonously chants a mantra prescribed by the teacher until he reaches a state called “cosmic” (or “blissful”) consciousness. Maharishi in one of his works admitted that "mantras help to call up gods and spirits from other world" .

The new approach worked as if by magic. Millions of Americans have fallen for TM's promises of relieving stress, increasing creativity, and opening the mind. Maharishi loved money very much, and clients poured in, and therefore Maharishi’s income grew to 20 million dollars a year. Introductory courses were offered to students for $85, and to adults for $165. Inner peace and strength were guaranteed to everyone. Armed with the "gospel" of self-study Maharishi appealed to a new generation of Americans. This message was not about repenting of sins or giving up the pleasures of life. All a person has to do to achieve salvation is to meditate for 20 minutes in the morning and evening, repeating his own personal mantra. During the initiation ritual, the instructor sings the sacred puja (worship) hymn in Sanskrit in front of a flower-decorated altar on which is placed a portrait of Guru Dev. Among the lines spoken are the following: “Born from the lotus Brahma the Creator, Shakti... I worship... Vishnu... The Great Lord Shiva... I worship... Sri Guru Dev I worship.”

In 1967, he met George Harrison from the Beatles in London. Harrison, in turn, convinced everyone else John and Lennon, Paula McCartney And Ringo Starr- make a pilgrimage to India to sit at the feet of the Maharishi. Soon he followers steel also "Rolling" Stones" and "Beach Boys". "Transcendental Meditation" hundred la the fuel of the hippie movement: a photo of the Maharishi with a flower in his hands appeared on the covers, he gave lectures organized by his newly acquired friends.

Promising peace and tranquility, Maharishi made and makes fantastic statements with the power of "TM". However, over time, the Beatles became disillusioned with who John Lennon called him a “depraved ladies’ man” (but what about the iron-clad law of refusing women for all sannyasis?!). The Guru's popularity fell, and he retired to Italy in order to change the outfits of the "TM" sect to non-religious clothes. Bob Larson notes: "Religious terminology has been replaced by the language of psychology and science."

The spiritual revival movement became a science of creative intelligence, and the Maharishi's persona changed from a Hindu monk to a friendly psychotherapist.

The now living Maharishi Mahesh Yogi lives in the Dutch city of Vlodrop, where his residence and the Maharishi University of Management are located. It is from there that the annual January address of the Teacher is broadcast to the whole world. According to his adherents, with the onset of the New Year, Maharishi retires from business and goes into silence, which is interrupted two weeks later strictly at the appointed hour, when in front of a live television camera Maharishi presents to his many friends and associates the theme of the coming year in order to give directives and give inspiration for the next twelve months.

In fact, TM is a simplified form of mantra yoga. The TM technique consists of a person sitting on the floor in a certain position, closing his eyes, trying to breathe slowly rhythmically and mentally focusing on the word-mantra he repeats in a chant. It is recommended to perform this exercise twice a day for about 20 minutes. Its immediate task is to help a person relieve internal stress, calm down and gain internal strength, which is undoubtedly necessary for everyone in today’s fast paced environment. Distributors of TM try not to emphasize the religious and philosophical side of TM and even hide from beginners the fact that TM exercises introduce a person to Hindu pantheistic ideas and the occult. The “apostle” of this teaching, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, himself, in order to popularize it in the USA, significantly cleaned up the Hindu terminology in it, partially replacing it with modern scientific and psychological one. However, the essence has not changed.

Indeed, from the moment of initiation into TM, a beginner is required to bring three types of sweet fruits, fresh flowers and a clean handkerchief. These items, placed in a basket, are placed in front of the guru's portrait in the initiation room. A candle is lit and incense is lit to the accompaniment of quiet chanting in Sanskrit. Finally, the initiate is given a "mantra" - a Sanskrit word, the meaning of which is hidden from the newly initiated. The one who has accepted the initiation is required to repeat this word during his “meditations.”

Learning TM is not difficult: by practicing meditation 2 times a day for 20 minutes, a person quickly comes to a half-asleep, relaxed state, trance. This state of “complete satisfaction,” similar to the effects of some drugs, is called transcendental meditation. Adherents of TM enthusiastically preach the ease and success of their method. They are silent, however, about the religious side of these exercises and about the sad spiritual results to which they lead. Although the TM practitioner is not required to change his religious beliefs or accept any new moral principles, the pagan initiation rite itself and the ritual repetition of the occult word during subsequent TM exercises put a person on the path to becoming involved in Hinduism. In essence, TM is based on a pantheistic idea of ​​the Primary Reality, with which a person practicing TM tries to merge. Success in TM consists in the fact that a person, as it were, ascends the steps of the “ladder of consciousness” in order to dissolve on the last seventh step in the sea of ​​cosmic “superconsciousness”. Here a person supposedly finds complete peace. In this state, a person feels his divinity. IN best case scenario - this is a hallucination, and most likely a demonic seduction. Here final goal

these meditation exercises.

In order to popularize their religious teachings, adherents invent all sorts of mythical abilities that those initiated into “Transcendental Meditation” supposedly possess:

In some countries, organizations of Maharishi's followers are actively involved in politics. Thus, the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party in Great Britain, William Hague, known for his passion for the methods of Transcendental Meditation, received unexpected support.

The British Natural Laws Party (NLP), created here in 1992 by local followers of the Maharishi, greeted him. Having learned about Haig's habits, the party, it said in a statement, "felt enormous confidence in the future of British politics", the ideal of which it calls the complete absence of conflicts. It is hoped, say supporters of the PPP, that as a “balanced politician” who can “create harmony out of opposition points of view”, Haig will create “a British Parliament free of conflict and problems, which will become an example to all nations.” The Natural Law Party is one of the many extravagant groups operating here. She participates, albeit unsuccessfully, in parliamentary elections, not gaining even one percent of the votes.

In Russia, the spread of “Transcendental Meditation” began, as has already become a tradition for many sects, with the then President of the USSR Gorbachev. In 1989, after the earthquake near Yerevan, Margaret Thatcher personally petitioned Mikhail Gorbachev for the entry of TM teachers into Russia for post-traumatic rehabilitation. Since then, TM teachers began working in Russia. In 1990, there was even a decision by the Ministry of Health to teach TM to combat alcoholism. And the Moscow Brain Institute, according to adherents of the sect, even recommended that all educational institutions use the TM technique. The activity of the international sect of Hindu origin Maharishi in the countries of the former Soviet Union

Curious in this regard is the appeal of Dr. Bevan Morris, President of the International Maharishi University of Management, to the mayor of Voronezh (November 5, 1996): “The Dutch Maharishi University asks to provide from 20 to 200 hectares of land for perpetual use or lease on preferential terms.” The goal is to build Maharishi University in Voronezh. Of course, education is paid, and the promises are the most tempting: “modern training in business and computer science.” But it is not for the sake of “computer science” that Maharishi is creating a network of his universities in Europe (now they have reached us).

The main goal is to create distribution centers (TM).

The city is promised great benefits: Maharishi University students “will create coherence (what!) in the collective consciousness of the city, thanks to the group (?!) practice of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flights...”. What follows is a chain of scientific-like phrases, which, being translated more accurately into Russian, lose their essential meaning. This is how they hide Hindu mysticism behind terminology drawn from computer science, physiology, and psychology. In Moscow there are the Maharishi International University, the Maharishi International Institute of Technology (Maharishi Ayurveda) and many other organizations that disseminate the teachings of Transcendental Meditation. It is amazing that socially respectable people and even generals opened their minds and hearts to false mysticism

From March 31 to April 2, 1995, the Maharishi Vedic University held the third international conference "Indestructible Defense" in Holland. Participants: generals and doctors of medical sciences believed in the peacemaking and saving power of Transcendental Meditation. Here are just a few statements from the conference materials: “We would like to understand the Maharishi’s theory and how it can be used in practice to prevent aggression and war,” these are the words of Colonel General (!) Smirnov, a representative of the Russian Armed Forces. “I hope that this theory will help restore peace not only in our region, but throughout the world...", and so on and so forth. The amazing gullibility of generals and medical scientists "gone with the wind" of idolatry.

The head of the Novocherkassk administration supports the spread of Transcendental Meditation. The Irkutsk newspaper Gubernskie Vedomosti quoted his letter to an unspecified addressee: “I am the head of the administration of the city of Novocherkassk. I would like to express my approval and recommendations regarding the technique of transcendental meditation...”.

In Irkutsk, according to one of the sect leaders Boris Chumichev, approximately 600 people were trained. The Irkutsk branch of the Maharishi prepared a letter to the regional administration with a request to allow the allocation of land on the territory of the Baikal national park

- in Listvyanka - and in Novogrudinin for the construction of a university. In Novogrudinin they asked for a plot of 90 hectares. Things are much more serious in Tyva (Tuva). In 1994, as part of the delegation The President and Vice-President of the Republic of Tuva traveled to Holland. There they visited the Maharishi's headquarters.

The President was awarded the title of Doctor of Natural Law by Maharishi University. A protocol of intent was signed between the university and the government of Tuva. The document involves the construction of an institute in the republic on an area of ​​400 hectares. The government undertakes to gather ten thousand (!) citizens of this small republic for training. The Maharishi Institute will, together with the government, develop the mineral resources of the republic and provide assistance in exports. Proceeds from this will be used to support those same ten thousand students. The government of Tuva issues a resolution on the allocation of land and the development of all other decisions of the protocol of intentions. To conduct ore gold mining in Tyva, the Maharishi University and the State Committee for Property Management of the Republic of Tatarstan are creating a joint venture, Intercontinental Business Development. However, the competition commission summing up the results of the competition for the right to use the subsoil of the Tardan gold deposit at its meeting in August last year denied the company the right to develop the deposit; the reason for the refusal was the company’s failure to provide data on its economic relations with partners. The IBD company considered this information confidential. Currently, out of the 300 thousand population of the republic, 1,400 residents have already received their mantra, mainly representatives of the intelligentsia: employees of medical institutions, universities, the media, employees

Nowadays, in the capital of the Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl, and some of its other cities, there is a craze for “Transcendental Meditation”. In three years after the first envoys of the Teacher, the Hungarians Laszlo Solchanski and Atilla Shay, appeared in the republic, more than 1,400 people took courses on self-improvement through meditation, which is generally quite a lot for a region with a population of 300,000. Doctors, teachers, representatives of the creative intelligentsia, employees, government officials from the government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Tuvans and Russians meditate, repeating a mantra - several incomprehensible sounds - with their eyes closed in the morning and evening for 20 minutes.

The President of the Republic Sherig-ool Oorzhak, who showed interest in this teaching, was awarded the title of Doctor of Natural Law by the Maharishi Holland University of Management.

Supporters of the newfangled religious teaching are going to translate the basics of the teaching into the Tuvan language and build a branch building of the Maharishi University in Tyva. The fact that among the followers of this movement there are respected and well-known people in the republic only increases the number of new members. In December 1996, a protocol of intent was signed between the Dutch Maharishi University of Management and the Government of the Republic of Tuva. An institute of management will be built and a computer school will be built with Dutch investment near Kyzyl. 10,000 thousand citizens of Tuva will be trained as experts in Maharishi’s “Transcendental Meditation” and yogic flights. The Dutch side will provide Indian specialists in 40 aspects. The government of Tuva will also be provided with assistance in the development of the republic's mineral resource base, assistance in the export of wool, coal, and mineral water. And on January 5, 1997, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Sh.D. Oorzhak met with

authorized representative Maharishi in Russia Shipra Chakravarti, who is also the director of the Maharishi International Institute in Moscow, administrator of the TM-Sidhi program. On behalf of the people of Tuva, the President thanked Shipra Chakravarti for the visit and discussed a number of important organizational issues on the construction of a management university and a computer school in Kyzyl. soil. And an important factor here was the outflow of the Russian population from the republic in the early 1990s. In 1990, interethnic conflicts began: Tuvans took to the streets with the slogans “Russians, get out of Tuva!” In the village of Elegest, teenagers staged a Russian pogrom. On a lake near Kyzyl, Tuvans slaughtered Russian fishermen. On the way to the cemetery, the crowd brought coffins with the bodies of those killed in central square cities. Tyva is on the brink civil war. The Russians were leaving the republic. The evacuation was organized by the management of the Tuvaagropromtrans enterprise. Lines of trucks with people and belongings stretched north, across the Sayan Range - to Khakassia and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. 9,800 people left - engineers, teachers, doctors. The Popular Front triumphed.

However, soon the triumph gave way to despondency - schools and businesses began to close, and an outbreak of syphilis was recorded. Crime increased so much that when darkness fell, people were afraid to go out. It became clear that the republic had lost more than it had gained. Tuva has not yet recovered from the passions of 1990.

The head of the press service of the President of the Republic of Tuva, Rita Sambu, is a sitha. She meditates, sees the aura of her interlocutor, knows how to fly and is very proud of it. Around the president, many practice meditation according to the method of teacher Maharishi. This is a craze among the Tuvan intelligentsia. Teachers and doctors, artists and government officials, Tuvans and Russians meditate. Every morning and evening for twenty minutes they repeat the words of sacred mantras with their eyes closed, trying to achieve harmony with the Universe. This helps you detach yourself from the momentariness of life and forget about problems. And a miracle comes. According to the head of the press service of the President of the Republic, with the beginning of a mass passion for meditation in Tyva, the number of fires, road accidents, and the number of crimes decreased. It was decided to introduce the “useful” experience to the general public at the level of the government program for 1998. For this purpose, a Center for Vedic Culture will be built, which will become “a school of human self-knowledge, integration of science, philosophy, mind, society and the Universe.” The ability to meditate should be available to every Tuvan.

“We strive for harmony: man - society - the Universe,” says President Oorzhak. And society supports him, because the search for spirituality is a necessary thing. However, not everyone in Tyva believes that exorbitant financial expenses for the search for spirituality are an affordable luxury for a republic where healthcare is slowly dying. For 6 years now, Tyva hospitals have not received money for repairs. There is no x-ray film, surgical instruments, or painkillers.

An ampoule of novocaine costs up to $50 on the black market.

The sick are put on bare mattresses because there is no bedding. Tyva ranks first in Russia for tuberculosis and syphilis. Over the past 5 years, mortality from tuberculosis in the republic has increased 7 times, the number of patients with syphilis has jumped 10.8 times. This is on the verge of an epidemic.

Health care received 30 percent of the required funding last year. 5 local hospitals have closed.

The reason is there are no doctors. Today, for 310 thousand residents of the republic, there are 108 doctors with higher education. As stated in the official report of the Ministry of Health, due to a shortage of medical workers, people are forced to turn to the clergy and shamans; This leads to the fact that diseases become chronic, the overall mortality rate increases, such a critical situation “can lead to a deterioration in the quality of the population.”

“The hall was full! This sweet word “freebie” attracted young and old, healthy and sick. Of course! After all, the TM technique did not require “special knowledge or tedious training.” But it “guaranteed improved health and development of mental potential” regardless of its Maharishi himself, contrary to expectations, was not in the hall, or he multiplied and turned into a group of several men sitting on the stage.

As it became clear from what follows, the International Institute itself (located in Holland) was represented by only two: Monsieur Jean, a “physicist who studies deep fields,” from Spain and a meditation teacher from Yugoslavia, Micho Michanovich. The company was supplemented by a translator (the physicist spoke English) and our physiologist professor.

It was clear from everything that the professor had recently appeared in the group and was called upon to help the foreign landing party find their way around the area. Communicating only with specialists, he had not yet learned to express thoughts in simple language, and therefore he spoke for a long time and passionately about the “topology of intact analyzers and the components of dipole vectors”, demonstrated on endless slides the reddish disintegration of the monkey brain so that those present could appreciate the “associative processes of thinking.”

The audience, fascinated by the scientific terminology, endured in silence, except for the legless old woman who set off ahead of schedule on her “yogic flight”: leaning her hands and head on crutches, she snored sweetly.

“Professor, stop this bullshit and go on to meditation,” someone’s ill-mannered voice finally shouted. - Sorry, but I don’t understand a word!

What is there to understand? - the second one added, not without malice. - The professor claims: the possibilities of the brain are limitless.

The audience made a dull noise, and the speaker, embarrassed, fell silent. A practitioner from Yugoslavia came to his aid - unlike the inexperienced professor, he was apparently not married for the first time:

Intelligence doesn't always work! - he spoke with a slight accent. - You can't fight stress! “Not everyone can understand the subtle processes of thought,” he calmed the audience and gave the floor to Monsieur Jean. He, as a physicist studying “deep fields,” spoke about the beneficial effects of meditation on the behavior of criminals and on warring nations, cited numbers and percentages, and showed diagrams that only he could understand...

Then the professor spoke again, then the physicist again... The whole performance, which lasted two hours, really looked like a scientific conference for amateurs convened from all over the city for an incomprehensible purpose.

The teacher finally explained the situation:

“That’s what they would have said right away,” the ill-mannered one shouted. - And how many?

“Besides money,” the speaker continued without answering, “that’s how it is with us, we bring flowers, fruits and clean cloth to the teacher. Some walk and walk and then say: “No salary.” “I’m not a financial inspector,” he added with some threat in his voice.

Four hundred thousand in four days.

What about the blockade survivors? - the lethargic grandmother woke up.

“Two hundred,” the Yugoslav snapped...

I looked around. The audience quickly disappeared on the way out, but there was also a large line of people waiting to see the teacher who wanted to get rid of all their problems at once.”

In 1975, the Maharishi declared the end of the Age of Enlightenment and promised a new era of peace and prosperity as TM became more widespread.

He later proposed the Sidhi program, in which anyone could acquire supernatural powers by paying between 3 and 5 thousand dollars. Advanced meditators say that they have mastered dematerialization and the ability to fly, although no outsider has ever seen with their own eyes, or even on video, how they do this. Meanwhile, the Maharishi continues to travel in a Rolls-Royce and private helicopter from his international headquarters in Seelisberg, Switzerland.

In the Republic of Tyva, a listener who came to the second lecture in 1997 had to bring 150 thousand rubles. Pensioners and disabled people paid 75 thousand, for children there was a 10 percent discount. After this, along with lectures and instructions, he is given a “precious mantra”, which is given to everyone personally and is not subject to disclosure. Through simple calculations, it was possible to find out that by 1997 the residents of Tyva had paid at least 250 million rubles for such a unique “science”. According to the State Tax Inspectorate for Kyzyl, Maharishi University of Management is not registered with taxes in the city.

The leadership of the sect, in addition to their own enrichment, uses the funds received from the dissemination of Maharishi’s meditative techniques to spread their influence in the territories of as many countries as possible.

At the Maharishi Vedic University located in the Dutch city of Floedrop, Professor Tony Nader received an amount of gold equal to his own weight, for, as representatives of this university claim, “the greatest discovery”: he established that the cosmic intelligence that controls the Universe allegedly also underlies the vital activity of the human body. At a ceremony held at the university on February 6, 1998, in the presence of the Flodrop resident "His Holiness" Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Professor Nader sat on one bowl of a specially made large scale, and gold bars were placed on the other until both bowls were balanced. This required 79.1 kg of gold with a total value of 750 thousand dollars. It was handed over to the laureate, and then transferred to the bank and will be used to finance the professor’s scientific activities. Tony Nader is a doctor by training. He protected doctoral dissertation in neurosurgery at Harvard University (USA). According to the processor, the cosmic mind controls DNA molecules, cells, all organs in the human body, and at all these levels there are analogues of the large cosmos. From this, Nader concluded that every person has a cosmic basis and is directly influenced by cosmic bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets. They are “cosmic partners of the human body”, complementing it. As stated at the ceremony, Professor Nader also discovered that Vedic teachings and literature, the laws of nature, underlie human physiology. In practice, as has been said, this means that with the help of Vedic methods of influencing consciousness, one can activate the inner mind contained in the human body and, thus, achieve a harmonious relationship between man and the cosmos. The discovery of Professor Nader, the organizers of the ceremony argued, made it possible for every person to realize their cosmic potential.

"Today we are being tested more than ever before. The constant nagging dilemma of 'fight or flight' suggests that we may not be able to adapt psychologically and physiologically at the same rate as our environment is changing." The increasing incidence of hypertension and the rapid increase in mortality from cardiovascular diseases and strokes confirm this. Since we cannot expect our environment to become less complex and more stable, we must find within ourselves the means that will help us adapt to the demands of life. In the twentieth century". - This statement by the doctor indicates the growing concern of doctors in connection with the problem of finding means to relieve stress and lower blood pressure. To solve this problem, many Americans are now turning to Transcendental Meditation (TM). However, Christian doctors do not recommend using TM methods; they encourage Christians to do things that stimulate spiritual health and reduce agitation. “Take time to tend to your soul,” advise Dr. Mineart and Dr. Mayer, “otherwise you will be of little use to God, your family, and others. First of all, you must be in good spiritual health. And for this you need time to relax and unwind ".

However, in practice, TM classes lead to disastrous results. Therefore, many experts warn about its dangers.

Transcendental Meditation has been identified as a destructive religious organization in the following authoritative documents:

·Address of the participants of the Conference "Spiritual Security of Russia" (Moscow, December 11, 1998) to the President, the Government, the Federal Assembly, the Security Council and the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia;

·Analytical Bulletin of the State Duma of the Russian Federation "On the national threat to Russia from destructive religious organizations", 1996;

· An initiative letter - a deputy request from the State Duma deputy of the Russian Federation N.V. Krivelskaya to the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Army General A.S. Kulikov (January 1997);

· Information material of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of the Russian Federation "To the report on the socio-medical consequences of the influence of some religious organizations on the health of the individual, family, society and measures to provide assistance to victims", 1996;

·Address to the participants of the Republican Scientific and Practical Conference "Belarus: Religious Sectarianism and Youth" (Minsk, December 18-19, 1996);

· the book "Religious Security of Russia: Terms and Definitions" (1997);

released in 1997 by Main information center Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation collection "Law enforcement agencies and religious organizations";

·Final statement of the Orthodox Siberian international scientific and practical conference "Totalitarian sects in Siberia" (January 10-13, 1999, Belokurikha Altai Territory);

· report by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the State Scientific Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry named after V.P. Serbsky F.V. Kondratiev and Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Department of General Sociology and Social Work of Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky E. N. Volkova “Spiritual substitutions, society, crime” at the scientific and practical conference “Spirituality, Law and Order, Crime”, held at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on March 28, 1996;

· book by A.I. Khvyli-Olinter “Dangerous totalitarian forms of religious sects” (1996).

In the Determination of the Russian Council of Bishops Orthodox Church"On Pseudo-Christian Sects, Neopaganism and the Occult" (December 1994) the Transcendental Meditation organization was classified as a pseudo-religion.

Patrick L. Ryan's story about his sad experience in the Transcendental Meditation sect clearly characterizes the real essence of the activities of this organization:

"My involvement, care and recovery spanned approximately 18 years of my life. I was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, the youngest of five children in a middle-class Irish Catholic family. It was 1975. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was on the cover of a magazine Time. He appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show." The book Transcendental Meditation by Harold Bloomfield, M.D., was on The New York Times list of "Top Sellers" Courses in Transcendental Meditation (TM) offered as part of school systems in New Jersey and California. TM was a common phrase. When I was a senior in high school, recruiters from Maharishi International University (IUM) came to my high school. We learned that MUM was an accredited university in Fairfield, Iowa. Representations were made to the students for this." scientifically based program", the basis for the innovative educational system offered at this university.

First, I attended an introductory lecture where well-dressed TM teachers ("initiators") introduced TM as the "IBM of the human potential movement." Scientific-sounding research, recommendations, and home-like analogies supported the points of their presentation. They talked about personal growth, social change, environmental progress and world peace. Recruiters passionately presented the TM technique not as a religion, a lifestyle, but as a philosophy. I was shown the “vision of possibilities” of TM. My future was laid out before me. There should have been developed programs: advanced lectures, weekly and monthly tests, residential courses, a Science of Creative Intelligence (NTI) course, education at the MUM and an introduction to the world boundaries of the “movement”. All this brought me to MUM. I took the bait and went to study TM. I was seventeen years old. I received my mantra, attended developmental lectures, weekly meditation checks, advanced lectures and a 10-day check. At every stage, the serenely smiling faces of my TM teachers assured me that I too should experience enlightenment. This was followed by residential courses, where the twice-daily meditation was replaced by "rounding".

This is a process of more frequent meditation, breathing techniques, yoga poses and endlessly repeating videos of the Maharishi.

During my first cycle, I experienced states of euphoria interspersed with periods of split personality, depersonalization, confusion, irritability, and memory difficulties. Lectures extolling the virtues of long cycles for personal growth were complemented by talk of the importance of increasing membership in the TM movement to save the world. As my devotion to the movement deepened and intensified, I began to break with family traditions. I stopped going to mass, missed family holidays, explored vegetarianism, stopped wearing blue jeans. I refused my parents' wishes for me to attend college in Florida. I went to MUM.

MUM is divided into block systems. Students take one course at a time. The duration of the courses varies from one week to one month. The academic courses listed above are supplemented by monthly cycle courses (“Forest Academies”). The buddy system was strictly enforced and we now had dress codes, special diets and curfews. Our behavior was carefully controlled by instructors, most of whom were TM teachers. As we mastered more and more layers of TM teachings, our commitment to the movement solidified. Extreme secrecy was required. We were given color coded signs to determine our "status on the move." The titles of status - Citizen, Ruler, Minister - marked what level of doctrine was revealed to us. Our loyalty to the movement was questioned in weekly personal interviews.

The structure and content of the course were shrouded in secrecy. The Maharishi's apparent fear of infiltration by US and foreign government agencies led to increased internal security. The standard requirements of advanced courses regarding buddies, increased meditation, a ban on television, radio and newspapers were supplemented by the requirement of agreements to refrain from talking with the opposite sex and the need for lifelong celibacy.

One example of Maharishi's paranoia took place on the day we were taught the TM-Sidhi flying technique. We were ordered to report to the meeting room in our best clothing and security badge. Familiar guards greeted us at the door, checking our sealed painted signs of the "World Government of the Age of Enlightenment." Our signs were checked again as we passed through the inner door. We were then ordered to check our friend's sign. Our group leader was then instructed to check the signs of all group members.

The Dean of Students and School Counselor double-checked our badges, and the TM-Sidhi Course Leaders double-checked our badges.

There were eight security checks in total. Then they laid out an elaborate headphone system. Indian ceremonies were offered, in front of a painting of the Maharishi's deceased teacher. Then there was another security check, and then the training began. The Maharishi, through the VCR connected to our headphones, said, “So, you want to fly?” He whispered the phrase “the connection of the body and akasha - the lightness of cotton fiber” and asked us to repeat it at 15-second intervals. This, he said, will teach us to fly. We were sent to the flight lounge, a room covered in foam mattresses. Few in our group started hopping like rabbits. Those of us who remained grounded began to reflect on our traffic violations. I thought about the time I ate popcorn after 10 pm - that must have been the reason why I didn't fly. As the days passed, the group pressure to fly increased. The flight rooms were filled with endless over-ventilation, incessant screams, involuntary bodily jerks, laughter, transcendental experiences and ballistic jumps: “first stage of flight!” Hinduism. The Chairman of the Physics Department explained that Maharishi "discovered" that the joint flight of practitioners in TM-Sidhi could create universal peace.

The Maharishi then sent teams of flyers to "hot spots" - war-torn areas such as Nicaragua, Iran, El Salvador - to calm the battles. He then declared that "World peace has been achieved." The Maharishi's self-confidence, the movement's officials, and the lack of uncensored outside news further strengthened my devotion.

At MUM and throughout the movement, guilt was used to manipulate students into never missing a flight class. When the Iranians seized the American embassy, ​​a fellow MUM student who had missed a flying class was summoned to the dean's office and charged with hostage-taking in Iran. I graduated from MUM in 1980 with excellent and good grades in interdisciplinary sciences and went to Philadelphia to work with other members of TM. Maharishi now emphasized the importance of living and working with other flyers. Communities of TM members formed “ideal villages”. By living together and flying together, the world should have changed for the better faster. The "age of enlightenment" was about to be realized. World peace had to be achieved. I helped form the Philadelphia Ideal Village, a small community in South Philadelphia consisting of 16 row houses. Live in

I was depressed, chronically ill, and tired, which I later learned was a common byproduct of meditation. One day my mother called and suggested that meditation was causing all my problems. Maybe I should join the real world, she said. The “affirmations” of the movement immediately appeared in my mind, overshadowing any doubts. “Rest is the basis of activity, deep rest is the basis of success. TM reduces illness, reduces stress, reduces depression. TM is the basis of all success, it is the solution to all problems,” I repeated the well-memorized doctrine, one cliché after another. I was so thoroughly absorbed in the Maharishi's doctrine that when my mother was taken to the hospital with a heart attack, I called her and said: “Mom, you have the solution to all problems at your fingertips (she studied TM), and you choose not to use it, so the way you choose to suffer. When you no longer want to suffer, you will end it." Then I hung up the phone...

My first step in leaving the TM movement was to research and question everything I could about the movement. We have been taught that all critical non-movement sources of information are invalid. I wondered who I could trust. The beginning stages of my journey to recovery have begun. The “physical” severance of my ties with the movement took approximately one year. During this year I began to secretly contact former members, former faculty MUM, with former assistants of the Maharishi. I was amazed at the specific information they presented about fake scientific studies, money transfers, studies on the negative effects of meditation and details personal life Maharishi. I needed more information. I was obsessed with finding everything I could. It was a time of excitement and hope, coupled with a sense of loss and sorrow.

I knew that I would lose all my friends if they discovered that I had stopped meditating. I started testing the waters. How will they respond to my questions? How will they respond when the standard clichés do not stop my process of expressing doubts? I knew how easy it was to get off and abandon those who became negative, lost in the “mud.” I soon became persona non grata. My friends stopped inviting me to dinner. Then the phone stopped ringing. My name was removed from the mailing list and I was no longer allowed into the local TM center. For someone fully involved in and believing in the movement, these actions would be devastating; Now this was a favorable opportunity for me to find myself outside the prison of the movement’s isolation.

I discovered that the break with the movement was only the beginning. I had difficulty reading, memory, focus, concentration, involuntary body tremors, and multiple personality disorder. I was afraid of temporal and spiritual retaliation. My thoughts were filled with the doctrines of the movement.

At MUM I was taught that TM is connected to everything. I needed help dealing with the spiritual baggage that was associated with every area of ​​my life.

I realized that I needed professional help to deal with my intellectual turmoil, the doctrines of the movement that possessed me, and the psychological difficulties that were the result of many years of meditation. However, I still held onto the movement's prejudice that psychotherapists never solve problems, they only "stir up the mud."

In the world of TM it was normal to be a "Space Cadet". In fact, that's what we called someone who was high on marijuana. Being in a "blissful" state, wandering mindlessly, twitching, shaking, unconsciously screaming, was a sign of spiritual growth. Forgetting your name was funny. I often started doing some tasks and in the process I forgot what I started doing - this was normal in the world of TM.

Learning to live in the "relative" (real world) required keeping this commonly experienced phenomenon under control. Through therapy, I learned that these behaviors were positively reinforced, unconsciously learned habits that were difficult to break. After stopping the mind-altering practice of the TM movement, this behavior did not occur as often; but during periods of stress it tended to recur involuntarily.

It took me years to develop the ability to immediately categorize these conditions when they arose. I had to learn to cope with a strategy that would bring me back to a more balanced state of mental functioning.

One of the most helpful strategies I found was to exercise. Exercise tended to shorten my episodes of multiple personality disorder by making me aware of my body's existence. Every time I exercised, I became more aware of my body as a part of me. The more I developed a good awareness of my physical body, the more I became aware of the subtle feelings that preceded my twitches, cries and the like.

Soon after leaving the movement, I felt that I had been deeply deceived. I thought Maharishi knew that people cannot levitate, fly or become invisible. He systematically hid the adverse effects of his programs: suicide, mental illness, memory difficulties, concentration problems, and so on. He created an organization that kept me included in his world plan by usurping my youthful idealism. I felt like I had been duped.

A group of similarly minded former members came into contact with the MUM administration; we demanded the return of $1,400 for the levitation course. Our demand was met with the following: “If you think you have a lawsuit, file a lawsuit against us.” That's exactly what I did.

My lawsuit helped end my involvement in the group. I chose to confront the scam, negligence and fraud of the TM movement in legal court. The litigation process required me to become very objective about my involvement. He demanded that I objectively deal with the movement, its claims and actions and the results they had for me. The mandatory court filing process gave me access to the movement's closely guarded secrets. This information confirmed my view of the movement as corrupt and harmful.

Leaving a group is like a divorce in a family. I had deep emotional connections with the TM movement, the Maharishi and many of the members who cared about me.

The values ​​that my family gave me were so subordinated to the group ideology that I lost much of my connection to them while in the group. Recovery is a lifelong ordeal. Eighteen years have passed since my recruitment. I continue to discover areas that have been influenced...".

TM has always been advertised as a science that has nothing to do with religion, and as such has been widely introduced into the education system of many countries.

The philosophy of Transcendental Meditation has been supported by some influential members of the governments of the United States and several other countries. Even among religious leaders there were those who believed that TM is just a neutral psychological practice, and not at all a disguised religion.

The sect’s promotional materials usually indicate that the “institute” has achieved colossal results in its work: “450 scientific works completed in 100 universities, 5 million covered in meditation.” Designed for simpletons - it looks impressive, this is not “Grandma Nyura with the return of her husband on the phone.” However, like almost all the host of sects, in the ranks of which “Transcendental Meditation” rightfully takes its place, in this case wishful thinking (and very much!) is presented as reality. For example, the American Medical Association very sharply accused TM of deception: “An investigation into the methods used by the movement reveals a wide variety of forms of disinformation, deception and manipulation of lies and scientific facts " and called it "the Maharishi's latest invention in deceiving the vast number of people who practice TM." The Journal of the American Medical Association, after a positive review of meditation techniques Maharishi in May issue

in 1991, he wrote that he “was misled by the followers of the Hindu guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi” that the previously published article contained unsubstantiated allegations and unreliable information.

Any references by the Maharishiites to the supposed scientific substantiation of the methods of “Transcendental Meditation” and statements about the “scientific” nature of the doctrine of this sect are absolutely unfounded. And these statements can be classified according to their sources of origin and types as follows:

2. Juggling of facts, tying real scientific discoveries “by the ear” to the justification of a certain “scientific” religious doctrine of “Transcendental Meditation”. The emphasis is on people who do not understand this subject or on those who are already stuck in a sect. The following example can serve as an analogue. The initial conditions are taken as follows: a) the fact that the Sun rises every morning; b) the fact that roosters crow every morning; c) the fact that if the rooster is poorly fed, he will die. From all this we conclude that the quality and frequency of sunrises strictly depends on how we feed the rooster. It is quite obvious that this conclusion, as well as attempts to identify the influence of mating rhinoceroses on the beauty of the northern lights, as well as all the ridiculous attempts to give Transcendental Meditation a scientific character - all this has nothing in common with real science.

3. Statements about the presence of “scientificness” on the part of some scientists who are adherents of this religious movement, which causes bias in their judgments. An example is the well-known popularizer of neo-Hindu practices of “Transcendental Meditation,” Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician N.N. Lyubimov, director of the laboratory of neurocybernetics of the Brain Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, who, alas, believed fairy tales about the neo-Hindu panacea for all ills.

If this is really such a panacea, then why didn’t Maharishi thunder with his methods throughout India and with their help didn’t pull his country out of the swamp of diseases, obscurantism, prostitution and appalling poverty?!

It is interesting that in the USA, whose cinema is literally obsessed with devilry of all kinds and where sectarians are like uncut dogs, the popular series “X-Files” (under the name “X-Files” it is shown in Russia on the RenTV channel), three times winner of the prestigious journalistic award The Golden Globe and the leader of all ratings aroused the wrath of American scientific luminaries. The film was accused of throwing the scientific worldview of the masses far back, promoting pseudoscience, astrology, and the occult. The choice of scientists was due to the fact that, unlike most “Stephen King” horror films, “X-Files” in its plot reproduces a kind of “scientific basis” for the investigation of mysterious phenomena. The genre of the film itself does not, as usual, signal to the viewer: this is a fiction, a terrible fairy tale. Its main characters - two FBI employees who are involved in the fight against all sorts of anomalies - inspire the same confidence in the public as the famous advertising doctor calling on all screens of the planet to consume Dirol chewing gum.

In any case, the famous producer of the series, Chris Carter, was invited “on the carpet.” By American standards, the “carpet” looked quite presentable: a luxurious lunch at the opening of the World Skeptics Congress and the 20th annual conference of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Paranormal Phenomena CSICOP in the New York suburb of Amherst. Carter was supposed to speak at this banquet in the role of responder... that is, a speaker who responded to the very energetic attacks of those gathered. The interrogation at lunch was of a principled nature; a full report about it was even published for everyone general information

Skeptical Inquirer magazine - caring for the health of the nation, both physical and spiritual, has become a national priority in America; our television “Third Eye” there would cause a storm of public protests. His two heroes - Agent Fox and Agent Dana - bravely enter into battle with all evil spirits. Agent Fox is a psychologist who studied at Oxford and is now working on a monograph on the connections between the occult and serial murder.". But, offering a purely materialistic platform, each time it suffers a complete fiasco. The success of the series, which does not fade over time, exceeded all expectations. Addressed to viewers from 20 to 50 years old, it aroused many heated debates among professionals - is it possible for a playwright to so openly exploit the elemental the audience's trust in the television screen? After all, the majority of viewers are sure that everything in this endless film is true. The broad masses are increasingly imbued with the twilight consciousness of this series, which very reliably convinces that there is not only amazing, but also terrible, inexplicable, threatening Resonance. this picture in society reminds scary story with a long-standing radio show based on Wells's novel "War of the Worlds" - having heard the terrible news on the radio, tens of thousands of Americans rushed to flee in panic from the Martians who had flown into the country.

This resonance seriously alarmed many scientists, who were confident that such a show would negate all their efforts to establish some kind of civilized understanding between the population and science. And Chris Carter, attending a historic luncheon of professional skeptics, found himself under a massive barrage of barbs and forced to defend himself. He even stated to begin with that the film rests with both feet on strictly scientific knowledge. That this series is actually the best advertisement for science. But he immediately made a reservation that he was still not a scientist, but a teller of scary stories and stories invented for the film - only stories, and not means of scientific knowledge. However, he did not convince the audience. One astrophysicist directly accused the authors of the series of trying to mislead viewers: After your film, my friends called me and asked: is everything shown in “X-Files” really true? I believe that you are deliberately plunging the nation into ignorance.

Russian scientists also actively oppose obscurantism in all spheres of public life. A 1996 appeal from a number of the country's leading scientists - academician N. Laverov, academician V. Kudryavtsev, academician V. Ginzburg, professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences S. Kapitsa, rector of Moscow State University V. Sadovnichy - contains a very negative review of the dissemination of this kind of “knowledge” ": "We, the undersigned scientists representing various fields of knowledge, want to draw public attention to the problem of spiritual security of Russian society. A certain vacuum has arisen in spiritual life in our society, which is quickly filled with perverted ideas, primitive prejudices, anti-scientific and pseudoscientific ideas... We believe that the spread and propaganda of obscurantism in all its forms and manifestations pose a serious threat to the spiritual, moral and social values ​​of our society and a danger to the physical and mental health of people... The most difficult object of knowledge is the person himself, representatives of parapsychology speculate on this. psychotronics, etc. and present manifestations of telepathy, telekinesis, and clairvoyance as established facts. Strictly scientific studies, without confirming the existence of such phenomena, revealed that most of the facts cited as evidence were the result of fraud... It is completely unacceptable for the Russian authorities to enter into any interaction with all kinds of dubious representatives of parapsychology, ufology and especially astrologers, clairvoyants, etc.”

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.S. Staritsyn in the preface to the book of famous Orthodox scientists M. Medvedev and T. Kalashnikova “On Eastern Meditation in the Light Orthodox faith and modern science" wrote: "In the stream of advertisements offered to modern man, there are calls for personal growth, self-knowledge, improved health, to gain happiness and tranquility, and improve the quality of life. Most modern seminars, psychological trainings, etc., unfortunately, are based on neo-Hindu teachings. At the same time, it is completely unfounded that the proposed practices have nothing to do with religion or philosophy. It is also characteristic that most of them have positive reviews from scientific institutions. For example, it is stated that Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation (TM) has allegedly been tested in more than 500 years over the past 25 years. scientific research, in 215 universities and research institutes around the world. We must say with confidence that behind Eastern spiritual practices there is a certain religious worldview. According to the French philosopher Gabriel Marcel, a mistake in the religious field can lead to the death of thousands of souls."

Some experts directly state that TM meditative practices are harmful to human health: “TM enthusiasts who consider meditation a universal panacea do not notice that meditation poses a significant danger to immature people.”

A well-known Russian psychologist who deals with problems related to the activities of destructive religious organizations, Evgeniy Novomirovich Volkov, is confident in the danger of meditation practices for the human psyche. Richard Castillo, in the article “Depersonalization and Meditation,” writes, based on many other studies, that “meditation can lead to depersonalization and derealization (loss of the ability to clearly and correctly navigate reality).” DSM-II-R (APA 1987) defines depersonalization as: "(1) the experience of being outside the body and observing mental processes or the body from outside; or (2) the experience of feeling like an automaton or as if in a dream" (p. 276). Typically, depersonalization is a state in which an individual experiences a “split” in consciousness between the “participating self” and the “observing self.”

The participating self is made up of body, thoughts, feelings, memories and emotions. The observing self is experienced as a separate, uninvolved "witness" of the participating self, with the feeling that all normal aspects of individuality are somehow unreal and do not belong to the observing self. It is the feeling of being separate from the participating self and "observing" how it behaves. According to E.N. Volkov, depersonalization, leading to an altered perception of oneself, is accompanied by derealization, which consists in an altered perception of reality. In a state of derealization may take on dual or "unreal" properties.

Sometimes, normally stable, solid inanimate objects may appear to vibrate or "breathe", be soft, liquid or alive. The shapes and sizes of things may change, or objects may simply disappear. Colors may be particularly vibrant and some items may be perceived as "shimmering". In his conclusions, E.N. Volkov refers to a study conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Youth, Family and Health of the Federal Republic of Germany and published in 1980, which provides numerous statistical data on the negative consequences of meditative practice in the TM movement, which actively uses mantras and meditations: "The most common psychological disorders were fatigue (63%), anxiety (52%), depression (45%), nervousness (39%) and regression (39%). 26% experienced a nervous breakdown, and 20% showed serious suicidal tendencies."

Former follower of Transcendental Meditation Patrick L. Ryan, who in 1991 sued TM for fraud and negligence, we repeat, confirmed from his own experience the conclusions of E.N. Volkov: “One of the fundamental concepts presented during residential courses, is the release of stress. As the meditator progresses, the "stress" of actions in this and previous lives (karma) is released. In TM jargon, this is called "stress release." thought process" and lead to "doubts" about the teachings of the TM movement. Our friends had to remind us that any doubts we had about the quirkiness of the movement were simply "stress relievers." During my first cycle, I experienced states of euphoria, interspersed with periods of split personality, depersonalization, confusion, irritability and memory difficulties."

Georgy Gubin, chairman of the health care committee of the Irkutsk region administration, comments on the appearance of TM in Irkutsk:

“As an official, I am guided by the regulations and letters of the Minister of Health. The minister’s order prohibits the use of this technique. In addition, in the territory over which I supervise, all types of health systems are subject to licensing from our specialists. From my point of view, meditation in its pure form is as a method , aimed at bringing the human psyche to a state of deep concentration, is still useful. But there is always a danger that it will be used as a tool for fooling people. What will teachers put into my consciousness? There can be no panacea in anything. inaccurate. I can take any method for you and gather two groups of specialists - its followers and opponents. They will spend days proving to each other the correctness of their point of view, and each will rely on the exact evidence they have...

Vitaly Zhmurov, head of the department of psychiatry at Irkutsk Medical University, takes an even harsher point of view: The main center for the emergence of new religious movements are the USA.

And in the Main Directorate of Public Education of the Irkutsk Region, at the request of the newspaper “SM Number One”, they concluded: “Based on the materials, the methods used by the followers of the bottom movement are aimed at controlling consciousness and forming a dependent type of personality. Their interference in the sphere of physical and mental health of a person , in our case, children and adolescents, can lead to severe trauma to his psyche. Our position coincides with the assessment in the order of the Ministry of Health, an order will be sent to the municipal educational authorities with an explanation of the content of the activities of the Maharishi movement and with a warning about the categorical prohibition of their methods. and ideology in educational institutions."

Igor Kulikov

New religious organizations in Russia of a destructive, occult and neo-pagan nature: Directory. - Third edition, expanded and revised.

- Volume 4. Eastern mystical groups. Part 1 / Auto-stat.

I. Kulikov. - Moscow: "Pilgrim", 2000. (material is abbreviated)

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There is ancient, ancient knowledge - the Veda, but until recently none of the modern scientists realized that this knowledge has applications in modern life.

The Veda is the complete knowledge that exists in nature, it is eternal, infinite, however, not everyone reaches the level of consciousness that makes it possible to gain this knowledge.

The founders of the ancient Vedic tradition discovered that the human mind has the ability to enter a state of deep silence while remaining awake, and experience a state unlike our ordinary states of wakefulness, deep sleep or dreaming - it is absolutely whole, clear, more distinct, than our ordinary perception, and the infinite consciousness called Pure Consciousness.

In this deep silence, the mind merges with the boundless Unified Field, from which all the Laws of Nature arise. This state of Pure Consciousness is felt as a vivid experience or even a “vision” of all Laws.

People a long time ago sought to lead a healthy lifestyle, they observed nature, found the opportunity to live in harmony with nature. Every nation has certain cultural values, which are nothing more than the accumulated human experience about the laws of nature. This many-thousand-year experience constitutes Vedic knowledge, which is contained in nature itself.

Perfection cannot be achieved through effort, and people realized that it is possible to achieve certain knowledge only by being in a calm state of consciousness. Calm down, break the chain of your worries and troubles - and the correct solution to all problems will come by itself.

The sacred books of every nation contain ideas about the structure of the world. At their core, where they reflect the objective Laws of Nature, they all coincide, although in details, for example, the Koran, Bible or Talmud there are discrepancies.

There were times when all people lived correctly, according to the Laws of Nature, but over time, part of the knowledge is forgotten, ignored, and errors accumulate that lead to violation of these Laws. Lack of complete knowledge is the reason for many human failures, the reason that a person is dissatisfied with his life, his environment. However, every person is capable of knowing everything if his mind reaches a certain level of calm. This opportunity is given to people who practice the Maharishi Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, since Maharishi revived it and made it available to all people.

This technique came to us in the West as a gift of great value that we can use to achieve harmony in all aspects of our lives.

When we talk about meditation today, we are describing an experience that is a natural human technique that allows the mind to reach deeper levels of consciousness - an ancient art that predates all major religions.

At the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Russian Federation, Academician Nikolai Nikolaevich Lyubimov studied the brains of people who achieved deep peace during the practice of TM. He claims that the brain in this state is similar to the mind of a genius, and it was in such states that the discoveries of Newton’s law of universal gravitation, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Mendeleev’s table of chemical elements took place.

The TM technique makes a great positive contribution to the full and harmonious development of body, mind and spirit and is invaluable in helping all people, regardless of their religion, to enhance their spiritual qualities.

VEDA is all knowledge and it has divisions. For example, Vedic medicine - Ayur Veda - is the science of life, a unique system of ancient and comprehensive natural medicine that establishes balance at all levels of life - mind, body, behavior, environment and does not allow the occurrence of diseases, since it is much easier to prevent a disease than to treat it later. A person’s condition is determined using a special pulse diagnostic technique.

Gandharva Veda - Vedic music, the eternal music of nature. Her melodies are in harmony with the rhythms and cycles of Natural Law, which governs the daily, seasonal and annual cycles of life. This is the science of the harmonious effect of the sounds of music on the human condition. The sounds of music that correspond to the time of day help a person restore the harmony of his physiology with natural rhythms during the day.

Sthapatya Veda - Vedic architecture: urban planning and house design, work and home design according to Natural Law. The basic principle is that every part of the house, apartment, room should be in perfect harmony with every other part and with the entire Cosmos, then it becomes easy and joyful for a person to live and work in such a house.

These and other directions Vedic science, reflecting an objective approach, are included in the program of the Maharishi Vedic University.