Bob Roth

From the earliest days of his teaching around the world, beginning in 1959 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi spoke often of the positive, peaceful global transformations that would naturally result when as little as 1% of the world’s population practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique. Read more

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More than 130 military and governmental leaders and medical researchers gathered on May 3rd at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C. for a national summit on “Resilience, the Brain and Meditation.” Read more

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In this recent video, Dr. Mehmet Oz describes the influence of the Transcendental Meditation program in his own life and the lives of the members of his creative team. Read more

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More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, as a result of the work by a revered Japanese Buddhist monk, Reverend Koji Oshima, who is a longtime TM practitioner and certified TM teacher. According to Rev. Oshima, the Buddhist monks appreciate the… Read more

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In the early 1970s, Maharishi held several month-long summer courses in the Science of Creative Intelligence on U.S. university campuses, which were attended by thousands of meditating participants. A highlight of the courses was the question-and-answer sessions… Read more

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Can you offer us more understanding of the “settled state” of mind? Why is it so important?

Maharishi: The settled state is where we find the principle of least action, through which natural law operates. It is important because it is the fundamental level of life. Read more

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Download for Good: Music That Changes the World, a unique compilation album featuring music spanning across genres and generations, was released this week. The list of participating musicians is staggering, including… Read more

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Veteran

Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing…
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Celebrities, recent research fuel interest in Transcendental Meditation: New York Times

by Bob Roth April 5, 2011
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The Sunday New York Times carried a lengthy feature highlighting America’s rising interest in the Transcendental Meditation program. The article noted that this popularity has been spurred, in part, by the outspoken support offered by meditating celebrities, such as award-winning filmmakers David Lynch, Clint Eastwood, and Martin Scorsese. Read more

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Launching ‘Operation Warrior Wellness” — VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Bringing TM to Veterans suffering from PTSD

by Bob Roth December 29, 2010
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Veterans, medical doctors, researchers, and celebrities came together at the Paley Center for Media in midtown Manhattan on December 13 to support the David Lynch Foundation’s launch of Operation Warrior Wellness. The outreach aims at providing funds to teach the Transcendental Meditation technique to 10,000 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder—PTSD—and their families. See video post

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Legendary directors mobilize to bring Transcendental Meditation to veterans – Wall St. Journal

by Bob Roth December 2, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal reported on November 26 that Hollywood directors David Lynch, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas have mobilized together to support “Operation Warrior Wellness”— a new nationwide initiative to help 10,000 veterans overcome PTSD through the Transcendental Meditation technique. Read more

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Orthodox Rabbi speaks on his 9-year TM practice

by Bob Roth September 8, 2010

Abraham Shainberg is the son of Holocaust survivors. His parents were from Warsaw, Poland, and they immigrated to America through different routes before raising their family the Lower East Side of New York. His father served as Rabbi of the First Warshauer Congregation for 27 years. Read more

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FREEDOM BEHIND BARS: Transforming lives of inmates and guards

by Bob Roth May 27, 2010
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Before you read this, take a few minutes to watch the short video in the post about the Transcendental Meditation program in an Oregon prison. Just take the time and watch it. Then read what I have to say. See video post

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About Doc Rutherford, my hero

by Bob Roth May 25, 2010
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I have had three heroes in my life: Willie Mays (I was a total baseball fanatic growing up in the San Francisco area), Senator Bobby Kennedy (as an idealistic high school teenager I believed in what he believed in for America and I wanted to do something about it), and, much later, Dr. George “Doc” Rutherford. See video post

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Maharishi on the complete meaning of Yoga

by Bob Roth May 11, 2010

During an international news conference held in 2007 from Maharishi European Research University in Holland, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi answered a question from a reporter on the widespread practice of physical yoga postures, which has become a trend throughout the world. Maharishi was asked his advice for people who practice this physical form of Yoga. Read more

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Doing “yoga” with Russell Simmons

by Bob Roth April 28, 2010
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As I have frequently reported on this blog site, I taught Russell Simmons to meditate and he is really enjoying it… He never misses, and he inspired his ex-wife Kimora to learn, as well as his two delightful young daughters, Ming and Aoki. Read more

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Watch David Lynch on National Television in France!

by Bob Roth April 22, 2010

Filmmaker David Lynch, founder of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, was featured this week on FRANCE 24, a government-funded international news and current affairs television channel in France. The interview came in response to David’s offer to support the French government’s effort to reduce Read more

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Russell Simmons loves yoga and meditation

by Bob Roth April 10, 2010
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I first met Russell Simmons, entrepreneur, philanthropist, bestselling author (and the media-anointed “godfather” of hip-hop music) about two years ago in his offices in Manhattan’s fashion district. I had recently read an interview in the New York Times in which Russell spoke very forthrightly about his dedication to yoga and meditation. But, he rued the [...]

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Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life (Part 1)

by Bob Roth April 8, 2010

I went to church in Chicago a few weeks ago to interview two highly respected Christian clergy, each of whom have been practicing Transcendental Meditation for over 30 years. Read more

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Maharishi: A rare glimpse into the message of meditation from 40 years ago

by Bob Roth April 8, 2010

There are literally tens of thousands of hours of audiotape and videotape footage of Maharishi speaking: on the unbounded nature of human consciousness, on the wide-ranging benefits and subtle mechanics of the Transcendental Meditation technique, on the unity of life that underlies within both man and nature. Read more

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