Education has a three-fold structure: Knower, Process of Knowing, and Known. But in most schools, the emphasis in education is on the ‘Known.’ By adding TM to the curriculum, we expand both the Process of Knowing and the Knower, thereby connecting the Known—knowledge— to the personal experience of the student’s own deepest Self.
Just as one lit candle lights up a dark room, a small group radiating peace from within can transform an entire community. Why 10,000? That number is slightly more than the square root of 1% of the world’s population — the threshold required to positively influence the entire world.
In this presentation, Chef Richard LaMarita will explore the role of Agni. This digestive fire transforms food into a nutritive fluid called rasa, which nourishes every tissue and cell in the body.
Dr. Denise Denniston Gerace is a writer, a publisher, a philosopher, and a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. She is the author of The TM Book: How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life, which sold over a million copies in seven languages and spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.
John Bright, PhD, presents Maharishi's Translation and Commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita. In Maharishi’s words, the Gita “Presents the science of life and the art of living, and teaches us ‘how to be, how to think, and how to do.’”
In this special presentation, William Stixrud, Ph.D., will explain why a healthy sense of control matters and what happens in the brain when we experience it. He will also discuss how regular practice of Transcendental Meditation ‘rewires’ the brain in ways that develop emotional resilience, high stress tolerance, and confidence we can handle challenges.
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz — a journalist with the Smithsonian Institute and a lifelong practitioner of TM. She will tell us about her forthcoming book The Inward Trip: The Untold Story of Meditation in the West, which traces the many forms of meditation available today back to their spiritual roots.
Robert H. Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., is a physician, scientist, educator, and one of the world’s leading authorities on natural approaches to heart disease, high blood pressure, stress, and cardiovascular risk factors.
Dr. Neil Paterson, who worked with Maharishi for over 30 years, will take us on a slide show of the later history (1980 to present) of Maharishi’s remarkable journey, an odyssey that changed the world.
Dr. Neil Paterson, who worked with Maharishi for over 30 years, will take us on a slide show of the history of Maharishi’s remarkable journey, an odyssey that changed the world.
