HOW TO RAISE MILLIONS THROUGH SELLING MEDITATION
MAHARISHI’S MILLIONS — MEDITATE YOUR WAY TO A ROLLS ROYCE
Was Maharishi better at meditating or making money? We suspect the latter. He claimed that if 8,000 advanced meditators, roughly the square root of 1% of the world’s population meditated together, there would be world peace. The TM organization raised hundreds, of millions of dollars to fund the project.
BRING WORLD PEACE BY JUMPING UP & DOWN ON A MATTRESS
According to the US Census Bureau, the population of Fairfield, Iowa, as of July 2016, was 10,206. Applying the square-root-of-one-percent formula, the coherence produced by just ten of TM’s advanced coherence producers should have resulted in a reduced crime rate in Fairfield. For well over two decades, not ten, but hundreds of yogic flyers (TM’s most advanced meditators) have conducted their coherence-generating practices in the two (male and female) Golden Dome flying centers located on the MUM campus. (For reference, check out this video https://youtu.be/R2SxDsOEoq4 and this one https://youtu.be/t2hPvb-81mg. “Yogic flying” is a technique where you sit in a lotus position, leap around on a mattress and gradually wear down the cartilage in your knees until you need a knee replacement. It is fantastic for the US healthcare system since the average knee replacement costs $49,500, according to Healthline — https://www.healthline.com/health/total-knee-replacement-surgery/understanding-costs).
In addition, for several years, 1200 of Maharishi’s Vedic chanters known as “pundits” live in barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences just up the road from the Fairfield campus.
THE MYTH THAT TM’S NEIGHBORS IN FAIRFIELD WERE CRIME-FREE. ACTUALLY IT GOT WORSE WHEN TM MOVED IN…
Based on the massive level of coherence generated, one might reasonably expect Fairfield to be crime-free. In fact, the entire Midwestern US should be crime-free. However, FBI crime statistics tell a different story. Neighborhood Scout is a real estate platform that analyzes crime rates in communities in the US based on raw data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Using FBI crime statistics released in September 2016, Neighborhood Scout reported: The crime rate in Fairfield is considerably higher than the national average across all communities. Relative to Iowa, Fairfield has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes. Also, when comparing Fairfield to other communities of similarly sized populations, Neighborhood Scout found that the Fairfield crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) per thousand residents stood out as higher than most.
READ TM RESEARCH IF YOU ENJOY FICTION! THEY TELL A LOVELY STORY THAT THEY MADE UP IN THEIR HEADS.
Psychologist David Orme-Johnson is the most prolific TM researcher. Orme-Johnson created a website, TruthAboutTM.org, that rebuts negative TM studies, at times personally attacking TM critics as psychologically damaged or as religious fanatics.
The site’s heading “Societal Effects” claims 50 empirical studies demonstrate the Maharishi Effect. The site also claims this research is of the highest quality. A cursory examination of these studies reveals that TM University faculty and students have written almost all of them, and the vast majority have found a home in TM owned publications. One doesn’t need a complicated analysis to figure out these studies are worthless; one only needs to look at Fairfield crime statistics above.
Dirty truths about TM are revealed in David Sieveking’s excellent documentary David Wants to Fly
PAYING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT — SNAKE OIL SALESMEN WEARING GOLDEN TM RAJA CROWNS
In 2004, after 40 years had passed, and not a single superpower demonstrated, Maharishi introduced the Enlightenment Course. This three-week course didn’t just guarantee enlightenment; it “absolutely” guaranteed enlightenment. Attendees would become the leaders of Maharishi’s fantasy world that he called The Global Country of World Peace. Henceforth, they would be known as Rajas and wear long white robes with gemstone necklaces and little golden crowns. They also got a title. They are referred to as rajas (or one who rules) and are addressed as His Excellency, His Highness or His Majesty by other TMers.
PAY TM AND YOU CAN RUN A SMALL COUNTRY (AT LEAST IN YOUR HEAD)
Each raja has bought the right to run a small country — or a few states in a larger country — within Maharishi’s fantasy world. They were responsible for creating heaven on earth. The Rajas are so bizarre that it’s hard to capture in words. Fortunately, documentary filmmaker, David Sieveking, does an excellent job in his film, David Wants to Fly. I believe anyone who views the film will do everything in their power to disassociate from the TM movement. The film can be streamed here: https://archive.org/details/DavidWantsToFly)
THE MILLIONAIRE MAHARISHI
Tuition was one million dollars (not a misprint). With 150 Rajas, Maharishi raked in $150 million.
David Lynch reportedly paid the million and took the course I believe in 2004. Lynch says he is still not enlightened. We wish him luck.
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Aryeh Siegel is the author of TRANSCENDENTAL DECEPTION: Behind the TM curtain — bogus science, hidden agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into Transcendental Meditation while falsely claiming it is not a religion. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and family.
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