Peace at a price
by Parker Howell

Statesman Journal    Translate This Article
24 August 2005

On 24 August 2005 Statesman Journal reported: While those who practise the Transcendental Meditation Programme (TM) praise the life-altering effects of the simple meditation, a lack of understanding can lead some to question the price of learning the technique. As Stateman Journal reporter Parker Howell raised this and other questions about TM, his article provided a platform for TM proponents to express their positive experiences. It is a joy for Global Good News service to feature this news, which indicates the success of the life-supporting programmes Maharishi has designed to bring fulfilment to the field of culture.

Patti Steurer, a TM teacher from Lake Oswego, told Howell that she learned the meditation technique in college and credits it as the secret to her academic success. When challenged about the current cost of TM, Streurer noted that Westerners are willing to pay $4,000 for a plasma television but not $2,500 for a technique that could change their lives. 'We don't live in a culture that values meditation technology,' she said.

Howell also interviewed Dan Dingle of Salem who said he learned TM in high school during the 1970s to improve his grades. 'It gives one practice in how to have peace of mind and not get all stressed out and caught up in stressful events,' he said.

Howell included a definition of TM as the 'single most effective meditation technique available' to gain mental and physical benefits and to 'attain inner happiness and fulfilment'. He interviewed local TM teacher, Dave Price who explained that TM helps individuals to experience a 'level of pure awareness [which] allows the meditator access to greater creativity and increases his or her preparedness for mental or physical activities'. After meditating, people experience tremendous alertness, Price added.

Howell also brought out that beyond the individual benefits that advocates say TM provides, TM is also said to promote peace by tapping into the consciousness that all humans share and broadcasting a positive influence.

The article said that more than 6 million people have learned TM worldwide.

Every day Global Good News documents the rise of a better quality of life dawning in the world and highlights the need for introducing Natural Law based—Total Knowledge based—programmes to bring the support of Nature to every individual, raise the quality of life of every society, and create a lasting state of world peace.

Translation software is not perfect; however if you would like to try it, you can translate this page using:

(Google) Select a language English to Afrikaans English to Albanian English to Arabic English to Belarusian English to Bulgarian English to Catalan English to Chinese (Simplified) English to Chinese (Traditional) English to Croatian English to Czech English to Danish English to Dutch English to Estonian English to Filipino English to Finnish English to French English to Galician English to German English to Greek English to Hebrew English to Hindi English to Hungarian English to Icelandic English to Indonesian English to Irish English to Italian English to Japanese English to Korean English to Latvian English to Lithuanian English to Macedonian English to Malay English to Maltese English to Norwegian English to Persian English to Polish English to Portuguese English to Romanian English to Russian English to Serbian English to Slovak English to Slovenian English to Spanish English to Swahili English to Swedish English to Thai English to Turkish English to Ukrainian English to Vietnamese English to Welsh English to Yiddish

(Altavista babelfish) Select a languageEnglish to Chinese-simpEnglish to Chinese-tradEnglish to DutchEnglish to PortugueseEnglish to FrenchEnglish to GermanEnglish to GreekEnglish to ItalianEnglish to JapaneseEnglish to KoreanEnglish to RussianEnglish to Spanish