TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IN SCHOOL Thirty minutes a day of school time is devoted to having students do TM (Transcendental Meditation) at this school in San Francisco. TM is a spiritual meditation based on Hindu beliefs, and was taught and popularized in the U.S. by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (d. 2008 ). This and Mindfulness will spread due to the perception that this is increasing calmness in students and peace in schools. But what is the spiritual cost, especially long-term? Having done Eastern forms of meditation for about 14 straight years, I know it has an effect on the worldview. This gives only a counterfeit spiritual peace and is a way to make the mind more suggestible and open. I believe this will be used to implant hostility to the truth. I cannot emphasize enough that this is not spiritually neutral. There is too much evidence showing that TM and Mindfulness are spiritual, and so I need to continue warning. Making the spiritual appear secular has become a plague. Three minute video and news story at this link: nbcnews/nightly-news/san-francisco-schools-transformed-power-meditation-n276301
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 22:32:12 +0000
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