How to do Transcendental Meditation TM (FREE & EASY)
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024
- In this video I explain the steps to practice transcendental meditation to achieve the wonderful benefits.
Watch my video on how to do simple sensory meditation here: • This New Type of Medit...
Look at 5 minutes, he's a decent lad. Many miss it just sit, lie, breath, repeat Tulaah. That's TM
Essentially it is pretty simple. Perhaps in the future I will make a more condensed version. Perhaps just edit this video to make it shorter.
@@domdimensions9219 I liked the relaxed unedited thoughts
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Thank you thank you I made intact with the organization and I am put off by it
Finally a zero bullshit video. No metaphors. Just a step by step guide. Nice
"you will learn it from your local mediation expert for a fee"
It's NOT real TM.
He's just making stuff up.
Maybe he imagined that he could figure out how to do TM on his own; but what he's talking about has nothing to do with TM.
Yh
I took TM 49 years ago in Palm Beach, Florida. The mantra they gave me was “Im”. It was very empowering for me at the time as a young girl. I have been meditating ever since (I’m 68 now) using lots of different techniques and have enjoyed them all. It’s an accumulative response. The more you practice, the sooner you can get your mind to relax and reach the meditative state. The goal is to achieve an alpha state of mind or brain wave. Some people go into theta. Deep breathing works just as well for me now. I believe the idea of repeating a mantra serves as a place holder in your mind keeping out all the automatic thoughts that flood our minds. When you notice your thoughts returning, just continue with the mantra until your mind settles down. Practicing for 20 minutes twice a day is recommended. When 20 minutes has passed and it feels like 5 minutes has gone by it’s the best. If Im on a tight schedule I set an alarm. Otherwise, I go as long as I feel like it. I can feel when I’m coming out of the meditative state and just slowly open my eyes and stretch.
That is my mantra also 😅. I took TM ten years ago
Seperation from unnecessary interactions with other people really help with TM .I've been self isolating and i find it helpful with going within myself you do not need to pay money for this . I only interact with my family and a few close friends, sparsely, my word is oombra 🙏
@@bangbangzorro Nice! I totally agree. I like to always be alone when I meditate. Plus I leave my phone at home and meditate in nature. Lately I do forest bathing which is just being in nature quietly and absorbing the positive energy basically. I talk about it in my latest video.
Very generous of you to share this. No frills, just a straightforward how-to explanation. Thank you. ❤️
Great!!! I really appreciate this! I became interested in TM and actually picked my own nonsensical word and began seeing benefits right away. Then I went to check how much it would be to learn from the local TM place. They wanted $720 and that's outrageous. You've confirmed for me that I'm doing fine doing what I've been doing. Best :)
Never believed that I needed another person to give me a word to start this tecnique and pay for it. Also you can do longer if you want but 20 mins twice a day is perfect. And if you go longer thats fine but most people will be affraid to do it for an hour and the official TM site actually says 20 mins twice a day. So start with that. Everybody can do that and no excuses, you have time to take 20 mins in the morning and evening.
blessings to all
I started to think it was a scam when many of them explain to you WHAT transcendental meditation IS but not HOW TO DO transcendental meditation! your video is simple and well explained! Thanks Dom!
This guy is the *scam*.
Real TM is not a scam.
It's an amazing technique that is well worth the price.
But this guy clearly knows *nothing* about real TM.
Paying for TM is dangerous because normally these teachers will say that their training allows them to determine your vibrational frequency. This knowing will help them assign a mantra that is specific to you. However, vibrational frequencies are simply thoughts. If you are tuned into your thoughts you are tuned into your vibrational frequency. You use your intuition to determine your own mantra. Intuition is a great tool for self discovery. Always follow your intuition. Great video.
Wow ty
As a meditator for over 15 years my teacher never said that the training allows them to determine vibrational frequencies. This method works well or else I would have dropped it years ago.
I agreed TM is the best and everything is vibrational frequencies.
Even guru dev had a sign on his ashram door that said “Donations are not accepted”. Maharishi (guru dev’s book keeper/janitor) saw a market and started slingin mantras. I grew up in it. Mantras are a consciousness pool, when you start selling them you open up the pool to whoever wants to jump in. I have a lot of opinions on this. They say the cost is to “make sure you really want it”, which is like saying “the homeless just don’t want food bad enough”. It’s bs. Glad people are waking up to the truth here.
Agreed, the fact that they have aligned themselves with money makes this approach less appealing
This isn’t really the way it goes sadly. This is the best tutorial I’ve found. Sit down comfortably, relax your breath for 1 minute, then start gently mentally repeating your TM mantra (can be found online by age typically 2 syllables ). If you get sidetracked just gently return to the mantra. You'll feel your body relaxing/hands and legs gently going numb. Stay in that state for 20 mins, then let go of the mantra then give yourself 2-3 mins to come back to the present moment and open your eyes. You're welcome
Dude, that’s what he said. 😂
@@xalian17 he said 40 mins
@@Royalewithcheesewithlove20 minutes 2x a day is 40 minutes
@@rollingthunderinho he didn’t say twice a day just 40
I just started a week ago. Watched a bunch of videos and thought, I can do this. I like to think of it as shutting your brain off for a while and then turning it back on. I found a mantra I feel good with, and I began doing 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15, and now 20. I do feel good, and the time just flies by. In the car by myself at lunchtime is my favorite place. Will work up to twice a day. Anyone can do it!
how did you come up with the mantra?
About to save you the TM fees. Sit down comfortably, relax your breath for 1 minute, then start gently mentally repeating your TM mantra (can be found online by age typically 2 syllables ). If you get sidetracked just gently return to the mantra. You'll feel your body relaxing/hands and legs gently going numb. Stay in that state for 20 mins, then let go of the mantra then give yourself 2-3 mins to come back to the present moment and open your eyes. You're welcome
Thank you… it looked like a big scam and they were using clips of celebrities talking about their experience with transcendental meditation. No one needs a mantra assigned to them by someone else. People can and should be able to access this for free
Correct. I like David Lynxh but his pushing the TM version of meditation is annoying
100% facts I paid $900 in three installments just to learn this simple technique in New York City a few years ago, which is completely ridiculous but I did it because I needed something to cure my stress. The price for this life-saving technique was out rages.
@@AlchemysBabygeez…😮 glad you’re no longer stressed!
They do have programs for the underprivileged. Check their website. Pay peanuts u get monkeys.
lol...kalikali the sad little hater. @@KaliKali-hv9bt
TM has been like a well guarded secret and indeed so costly. Thank you
TM is free to Veterans if they have no income there are scholarships available that will pay for them, Im a Veteran and I've been practicing TM for approximately 12 years, I desperately needed something to stop the madness that was going on in my head, I paid $100, TM should be done twice daily for 20 minutes each time, and a MANTRA is necessary for the practice but it should come to you effortlessly, one shouldn't have to force themself to remember it, it will come to you spontaneously, I dont often do it twice daily; however, I do it every morning, my sleep has always been an issue that's part of the reason I pursued TM, if you're doing it right that 20 minutes can feel like a few hours of restorative sleep, I need it to start my day, as far as the MANTRA it doesn't have to be the exact "word" you were given by your instructor to experience Transcendence.......
I had taken the TM initiation from the TM official organization 4 years ago. I paid $800. Their recommended protocol is 20 minutes per session twice a day. Unfortunately I was not having good success in getting into the settled state of mind. So I gave up after 1 month. I want to give it a try again. After all I paid the money and got a few hours of training. They do provide lifetime of refresher training. I'll take one of those. Considering so many people have had success with it, it should work for me.
The same thing is breath observing meditation.
@@faizal887 Essentially the practice of Vipassana meditation.
@@deadreckoning6288 actually breath following is anapanasati, vipassana is different
You definitely should take a refresher session! It is part of your lifetime support. I hope you've done that, as having a busy mind during meditation does not mean you're doing something wrong. There's a lot more to TM than sitting (and one should sit, not lie down) and thinking your sound. And, important point, different sounds have different effects on the nervous system. (And even on our plants, right?! "The Secret Life of Plants") TM comes from a 5,000 year old tradition, and the mantras used in TM are part of that teaching. While many people don't have much respect for ancient traditions, I think there's a lot we can learn from them. Looking at our world today, it seems clear we don't have all the answers.
For that cash I'd rather do 5-meo DMT or Ayauasca. 🎉
your wonderful energy outshines and transcends any lackluster platform or mediocre comments... we are out here enjoying your zest . thank you so much !
The most straightforward meditation is simply To Be. You don't need to do anything or know anything in order to be. You don't need to think in order to Be but a mantra may be useful if simply Being is too easy 🙂.. I would recommend tuning into the silence between the repetitions. After every repetition you simply slipp into the silence that follows. That silence is where it's at ... Silent aware Présence.
That's what the mantra is for, to bring you to silence. To bring you to that which you are before thoughts and feelings, you have to Be before you can have thoughts and feelings. Being comes first ..... always. This is your restful and natural state 🙏
Wow wow.. I was looking for such an answer in the comments section. All paths lead to that one feeling, what I was before everything started.❤
I did the course about 40 years ago and it cost me $30.00 dollars. I still do it daily.
same here.
What special pointers would you give, that you learnt in the course. ?♡
Thank you for telling the truth , it’s not magic it’s just doing the hard work
$800 saved! That's worth a like and subscribe. Nice going young man.
Thanks for getting straight to the point. I listened to one guy and didn't realize it was going to a be a big sell to sign up with a large sum of money.
Thank you you’re a great person for disposing that fake company with much love and light
I wish you continued success. It's great to see a young man discussing interesting topics, especially TM which I'm trying to get into, and i love your approach. Keeping it simple and without having to succumb to the cult-like and high cost tactics which I want ro avoid.
Thank you and all the best.
There was one day after a few weeks of doing this that I just got overwhelmed with an extremely euphoric sensation that just started happening in my entire body. I had to cut that session short because I just couldn't stop laughing at how weird it felt, and my energy for the rest of that day was just heightened like I was above the petty problems we come across everyday and I had my mind set on more important things like my goals and family. The mind is the most powerful drug lol.
Wow! That's amazing. I have also had really euphoric and strange sensations when meditating. It can definatly take you to new dimensions!
Thanks for this, a few months ago I was feeling really discouraged while looking into TM until I found this video. I've been meditating exactly like this, using this same mantra (tulaah) months now and it has had such a positive effect on my life :)
Thank you! I was thinking of learning from them, in 2024 price in Canada is $1400 CAD😳, but now I changed my mind
I have been doing self directed (no instructor) TM for a few weeks and and it has been monumentally life changing. This REALLY works for me.
I do not see the instructors or groups as a "scam". I look at how David Lynch (the person who brought TM to my attention) and the people on his foundation, and even though the support seeing an instructor and paying the 2 or 3k or whatever it costs, I can't see it as malicious. I think maybe some people need that little bit of investment and little bit of mystism to buy in.
But I didn't and if you don't that's great! I encourage everyone to try this from the bottom of my heart
I've thought this before as well - the money spent and the ritualistic manner of how one is 'initiated' into TM helps people stick with it for longer. That being said, you definitely don't need to be given a specific mantra you can literally just make up anything and repeat it until it becomes just a sound, then just a vibration, then nothing.
I think you are seriously out of touch with society. It would appear that you don't have children, you don't have a mortgage, and you still live with your parents. 2 or 3k is a cruel way of promoting a technique that will be unavailable for a huge percentage of people that live in our society.
The TM course doesn't always cost that amount of money. They make allowances for people in difficult situations. I'm disabled and no real income as I had when I was working with computers. It was the best investment I've ever made. It's not just the initial session. There's group meditation, reserved videos for members, retreats, and other great additions. You just can't get the full package going alone. Yes, there's many forms of meditation. But only TM offers what other forms of meditation are unable to give to the practitioner.
I like the kind of meditation where you meditate.
I salute your efforts in learning TM by yourself. What you have described here is more closely like the Relaxation Response by Dr. Herbert Benson. It will work to some extent but if you want the full benefits of TM the mental repetition of the mantra should be done EFFORTLESSLY, FAINTLY & INNOCENTLY. Transcending is a very easy & natural but subtle process, the full benefits can only be gained if practiced correctly. People who want to learn transcending by DIY process should think about their time and dedication which could potentially be wasted if the correct steps are not followed. Hence, the need for an experienced teacher, however, there are other avenues to learn transcending. One Giant Mind app is a good starting point. “When the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear.” Good luck to all TM seekers.
How did the original teacher learn? No this is totally doable by yourself, most simply want to strengthen working memory and reset the nervous system. Not to have ego death.
Yes brotha!
You are correct.
You need a certified teacher who have spent thousands of munneys in order to get the courses and certifications.
Also remember to mention Ophra and other tv personalities to build up your own credibility.
Direct interested people to certified websites where they describe at nauseum the benefits and stuff while never actually going into the meditation or any actual steps.
Because you cannot do it by yourself , much less if you are not going to spend the munny, after all what will they eat and how will the teachers support themselves.
@@ryanthompson3446He lived in isolation in a cave for 10 years after being the number two to the most important spiritual leader at the time.
Shame on you for insinuating that you need to pay for spirituality. The need for keeping the mantra secret and shelling out hundreds of dollars depending upon a tiered system of how much money the person makes will cause you to reap what you sow.
@@technobliss796 Dude there are literally hundreds of free books and videos from spiritual teachers from the same school as Maharishi. Shame on you for suggesting we should never have to pay for something we value.
Thank you brother, your explanation, advice and energy helped me a lot! I assume that the reason to choose a semantically void word would be a subtle attempt to hypnotize the language brain into a non-verbal state? It seems language binds a huge variety of conceptual thought together (and then deeper are images and then deeper still are abstract symbols). Many so-called "meaningless" Zen koans have a similar approach; the mantra is just simpler and more direct method than casually considering the implication of a koan. The contrast between "my" word (which presumably only should be used in TM) and the distracting thoughts also seem to help me to not only realize when my mind gets distracted more clearly, but also the common and often more subtle succeeding judgement thought: "damn I got distracted again," which is easy to miss in a "plain" meditation without a mantra, because ANY thought is clearly a thought while contrasted with a meaningless mantra. I also think I remember reading somewhere that in traditional TM (or perhaps this may be an addition by the modern financially gated TM community), you aren't supposed to tell ANYONE your mantra. That way your brain and consciousness only associates with the truest/most sincere intention of meditating. That is, meditating in Krishnamurti's sense of it. Choice-less awareness, I belief he called it. In continuing thinking about how language relates to all of this, I'm also reminded of his quote: "The description is not the described."
Thank you again for the lovely video!
Steps toward transcendental meditation
1. Get comfortable (sit or lie down comfortably). Relax and breath deeply
2. Avoid taking caffeine before or being in a state of hunger
3. Try to avoid being in a stressful mindset, as much as possible
4. Repeat a "mantra": that's a non word that you've made up that you feel comfortable repeating. Too-la is an example. Say it repeatedly in you mind, not out loud.
5. Do this as long as you can (between 30 mins and 2 hours, initially aim for 15-20 mins)
6. As random thoughts enter your mind, let them go and concentrate on saying your mantra to yourself.
7. After a while you'll be able to do this without thoughts coming in Consider working towards two 30 min sessions, twice a day.
8. You may not feel the benefits on day one. But over time you'll find improvement in your calmness, strength, and focus, etc.
Eyes open? Shut?
@@Ri-eb1ns eyes shut obviously
@@kevintribhuwan6997 I’m not sure why it’s obvious, other forms of meditation have you concentrate on an area of a wall.
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Thankyou for that
I paid Au$800 in the early 90's. I didn't regret it as supposedly the money went to pay for the TM office space rental, also donations to TM projects, e.g. agricultural education, etc.
Thanks mate. In Australia 🇦🇺 the price is about $1500 AUD. I have watched a few videos describing much of what you’ve nicely described. I will follow your method.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌟🇦🇺 ❤️ 🇨🇦 🎶
How is it going?
Thank you sweetheart ❤ i used to meditate years ago then i stopped,i need to start again today....
My FIL is going next week to a training session and paying over 800.00 and i tried to tell him it's a cash grab but he insists on going. I'll just believe your way is the right way and try it for myself thank you! You are so kind to post this!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you! This was very informative and inspiring. I picked a Scottish Gaelic word for my mantra. I don’t speak Scottish Gaelic, so it’s not part of my vocabulary, but I like knowing it means something. I meditated repeating my mantra, then went to bed and I slept better than I have in a long time. Today I meditated in the morning and midafternoon and I feel my focus and sense of calm were heightened. I’ve meditated in the past, walking and breathing, but I now understand the concept of having a mantra, and I really like the idea!
What a lovely offering- clear, kind and generous. Thank you 🙏
i paid the money took the course , group meditations .i wonder was this necessary . this gentleman might be right
For sure it wasn't necessary. How is going the meditation now? 😊
I think the paying for it is the person teaching you how to do it
Effortlessly and
Not think of the mantra I think he gives you a way to do it or strategies and tricks on the effortlessly part. I think if you learn it yourself its not giving you the deep 110% TM . And if we do it its maybe 40-60 of it.
@@nagodio That may be a good point. Perhaps I would have reached deeper meditations a lot faster with the tricks they teach. It just seems to me that they charge way too much.
Many many thanks, Dom for sharing; Great presentation and very valuable. I actually was initiated at a TM Center but your simplified technique actually works better for me.
Amazing! Its cool to know that my method works for some people. Sometimes people say the opposite in the comments. Sometimes people say that what I am saying is bullshit. If they present a valid argument, I will listen to them, but if they do so in a rude way I just delete the comment. But the thing is, what I'm teaching in this video is not exactly the same as what they teach in the TM organization. As you said it is just a simplified technique. I just learned this from a youtube video of an acquaintance of mine on youtube years ago, and now I'm just spreading the knowledge.
How dare you tell people that their life changing experiences with TM are fake. I practice TM and it works for me. Don’t try to change my vision or perspective.
@@heatherbyheather6761 Who were you responding to?
A mantra is 'given' you by TM foundation, they make it seem mystical.
Frankly one can use any word.
'Lam' was the word given to me by a similar course which I've tried using it few times.
You can still use except add a b at the end and chops. “Lamb Chops”
@@nejolo9563 May not work unfortunately. I'm vegetarian.
Not so
Lam is is the Mantra for the root chakra that’s why it was given to you
How is it pronounced? Please spell phonetically.
Thank you for the video and you have identified correctly some of the key aspects of transcendental meditation. I will add respectfully that there are some very important subtleties that you have left out that make a huge difference in the practice. That’s where I think there is a benefit to paying the money and becoming trained by a TM certified teacher. also respectfully consider that the money spent on learning transcendental meditation is a one time event which entitles you to continuous recurrent training for the rest of your life so the value is very significant.
Yes, there’s so many scams out there for TM and as you say it’s so simple and free on line
For some reason I think sometimes people feel when they pay for something it’s better but it’s not with TM it’s the doing of anything that makes it work and you explained it perfectly, thanks 🙏
Your voice is very calming , you should create guided meditations
Agree ❤
Well done, thanks for the free guide. I have noticed this company everywhere suddenly, looking to make money off of something that should be free.
Thank you for this, i'm just starting to learn about this all. It is really nice listening to you, I could see you being a podcaster/interviewer, you have a good voice and presence. peace.
Thanks! It is a really interesting topic. Just gotta keep practicing. Its not difficult when you just make it a habit. Have a good one, and thanks for subscribing. Perhaps check out my newest video. Its on how to do sensory meditation. ruclips.net/video/bv9RaK9ZBd8/видео.html
Great Job on the Video. Zero BS. You are Amazing.
Much love brother thank you for posting this. You have a pure heart!
THANK YOU for shouting out the scam, i thought the same thing about the company mind valley. Thank you for sharing this video ❤
Awesome video thank you! And everyone have really great comments ❤ thanks again
Bro, you have an amazing jawline! Looking like a straight up meditation chad!
LOL thanks, but I don't really know about that. I do have a bit of a jaw line, but I think it's just the lighting in this video that makes it look more pronounced 🤣
Lol. Chad Lama
Thank you so much for sharing this technique freely with the world. 😊
I bought Surya Ram Mantra Meditation for 5$, which was exactly describing technique. They sent me audio of guided meditation and PDF file❤. I'm sure it will help a lot of people🎉
What the name of the pdf?
Out of so many videos you explained it the best
Thank You! that was extremely helpful and money saving! I love your gentle spirit! I had wondered about the teaching organisation - it seems incongruent to be making money from teaching meditation
Thank you for this. Out of so many videos, you explained it the best. I’m taking your advice and beginning today(have to wait for my one cup of coffee to wear off). Thanks again Dom.
They only charge what you can afford and the 3 day course really is worth it. From listening to you, you’re missing some key elements that would greatly improve the depth and efficacy of your transcendence.
It was Maharishi Yogi's teacher Guru Dev who accidentally found that westerners who learned this meditation. That because they didn't understand the meanings to the mantra words. That repeating the mantra caused an enigma which caused the mind to settle into a deeper stillness. Maharishi took his findings and labeled it Deep transcendental meditation before shortening it to TM. So the author is correct saying that any small made up word that has no meaning will work.
- BTW, even Maharishi said any word will work in an interview.
Good Soul Safe Travels! And yes the first guys that made a business outta T.M. indeed learned it for free in India! In my favourite Jack Nicholson film ‘The Last Detail” the phrase was NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO which I never forgot!
The only one making money off of TM was Maharishi. TM teachers have never made shit out if it. Theyve been taken advantage of since day one. It was never free either. It was affordable until the late 60s when Maharishi overnight all of a sudden made it expensive to attract celebrities.
Thank you. . Finally someone shared the secret 😊🙏
Thank you so much!! Has anyone done Sadhguru ‘s meditation? Is it similar? He chants a phrase that has lots of meaning.
Meditation is like working out. Which method is best? Anything that interests you and keeps you active. All methods are different roads to the same place. Hands down one of the best practices to improve your quality of life.
No meditation techniques are not all the same and do not get you to the same place, TM is different, watch out because people who do not do TM will talk like they have authority however they are just making stuff up.
@@DanielParedes-m2r I practiced TM for a decade. I still do from time to time. It's beautiful. So is CM, centering prayer, vippassana, advaita self-inquiry. There is one truth and if you seek in earnest it will not remain hidden.
Fun fact - Your made up word "Tu La" sounds like the Zulu word "Thula" which translates to "Keep Quiet". Rather fitting as far as a meditation mantra lol
Thula Bhuti 😂😂🇿🇦
@@ProdByStMichael Lekker Bru 🤣🤣
The first time I got to the deepest point I ever went into TM I was hallucinating shadow faces trying to squeeze themselves through somesort of black viel. Almost like they were trying to come through the back of my eyelids.
I cant remember if it was the same session but I also started seeing spinning elaborate geometric shapes smashing into another, scattering and reforming into new spinning shapes.
I haven't done TM in awhile because the face thing kind of tripped me out. But willing to try some more cause the shapes thing was kind of cool.
Uhhh
thank you for sharing the techniques. as I searched a lot of videos but they only do the very superficial layer of introduction. and Wikipedia expressed the meditation like one by one guided behavior. I though it was hard to find a guide.
Thank you. How simple.
Thank you for your honesty and calming voice explaining the simplicity of meditation. I really enjoyed it and will listen to you again blessings to love and light❤️🙏🌟🌟🌟
Good for you! I studied TM in 1970 in NY after Mahesh Yogi taught a teacher seminar in Maine earlier that year. One of his students was my martial arts instructor who had been a SF Army combat soldier and instructor in both Korea and Vietnam, and he was invited to study with the Maharishi. My "sensei" came back and held a few seminars in Brooklyn while Yogi was still in the USA. So I learned from a direct student of his and the course only cost $30 (I went for free.) It was transformational for a 12 year old kid who was always in trouble. But by the 1980s, my sensei left TM and began teaching his own methods of meditation that he had learned in Asia. He felt TM was becoming more of an industry and less of an art. I continued practicing TM, still do, but I also went into deeper paths of meditation, including weekend retreats in Zen meditation (in the US and Japan,) which is much more profound. The good thing about TM is that it is super simple and takes very little time. It can become part of a person's daily routine, but it has little to do with deeper journeys into the self (spiritual or cognitive/philosophical.) It is simply a method for relaxation and physical rejuvenation, which is also important. The course would definitely be worth $200-$300, but not $1,000+.
You are right. A mantra is easy to create and no one should pay money for meditation courses
Thanks DD. This was such a beautiful explanation and I love your energy!
I disagree. I recently took the 1:1 TM training course and I'm happy I did. Having a trained practitioner work with you is immensely helpful because there are subtleties to this type of meditation. Everyone approaches it differently and it helps to get on the right track - according to the traditional teachings. There are a lot of ways you can get on the wrong path if you truly want to practice TM. In terms of paying for tuition, there are expenses for all organizations. I didn't mind paying my share for a skill I use twice daily. Now I feel empowered to be able to give my mind and body the rest it needs whenever I wish to do it. This is a practice I plan to do for the rest of my life. It's a technique that is simple, yes, but it's specific and nuanced. This is the point! With our noisy world, we are programmed to NOT be simple so we need careful coaching to practice simple. When you take the training there is a beautiful ceremony and celebration to the creator of the technique. I wish you'd take the training then make another video sharing your experience. Your video is filled with inaccurate information about Transcendental Meditation. Why not call your approach Don's Meditation? I'd have no issue with that. But what you describe simply isn't following the tradition of true TM. #transcendentalmeditation #tm
I have my concerns, but I found this video to be oversimplified non research based
His critic of tm is legit. Some of the notale leaders of tm wrote books about tm without any ways of understanding how to practice it. It was a way to funnel people into buying a course, which is VERY dishonest. Tm is stuck in profit seeking buisness and this is just wrong. Tm allowed this book to be on shelves and again, its wrong and deceptive
@@rogerMoquin Hey I learned TM back in 2008 or so, I watch videos like these and find it in no way accurate to TM, I do not know why people want to have such an attitude about it, you pay for a lot of things, lots of stuff makes profits, in these videos people make stuff up or talk about other techniques that are not TM.
@@DanielParedes-m2rwhat did they get at that was inaccurate ?
@@Islandbui242 Crickets! No response, huh?
I applaud you for taking on medication at this early age. I also appreciate you share your TM experience. I found it odd that TM being such an acclaimed meditation practice uses the “for -profit” approach to share with public. It seems like only celebrities can afford it.
I signed up on their website email to learn more information. The auto responder email said a “Practitioner” Will get back to me. But nobody followed up.
It doesn’t matter, because one Meditation practice is not necessarily better than the other. As long as you keep on practicing, your meditation is going to go deeper and deeper, taking you to a liquid space of nothingness where nothing exists yet everything exists ready to be manifested.
Thank you sir, I needed your help on this!
Question for those out there and author of this video if he sees it. Can you play the mantra like say the non word "om" over and over. Everyone seems to have a different opinion. Some say keep it in your head, some say external playing if fine. What's the opinion here? thanks, charles
I first heard of this meditation through a David Lynch video where he tried to explain it, but he left out the methodology. Then watched some Canadian guru video do the same thing, both always leaving out the mantra. I smelled a scam. So that’s the type of people who’d pay for lessons. One with far too much money, and not enough common sense.
Wonderful video on TM!! Thank you! Appreciate the mystery has been revealed! Giving it a go!
Thanks man, you really explained things simply and made it accessible.
That word means "keep quite " in my language.
Do you listen to music while doing it ?
You have such a calming voice! Thank you very much for this video! Have a good day! :)
Hello there .. just a question .. is it only a word or can it be a phrase ?
Jerry Seinfeld is the latest celebrity to be talking up TM in his public interviews. Whether or not it truly helps him I don't know. Whether he is paid to talk about it, I don't know. All I know is the cost of the official TM classes are a bit ridiculous for something that isn't really that difficult to learn. If you have unlimited funds it won't matter much to you. However, someone making less than $50,000 is still charged around $500 a month, and that was group classes where I looked. It's great that there are free and lower cost alternatives on the internet. Much appreciated.
It's a one-time course fee (not a monthly charge) to learn a valuable technique properly plus free support - individual or group - for the rest of your life.
Thank you very much for all this information
Hey man, Thank you for the informative video. I want to ask a question about the technique. How about the pace when you repeat the word inside your head? Do you make it longer or shorter? Does it need to sync with the breath? e.g. tolah tolah... or tooooolaaaaaaaah tooooolaaaaaaaah....
I find it difficult not to sync the word repeating and the breath for example. tooooooo(breath in)laaaaaaaaah(breath out)
Thank you.
The same process for breath observing meditation also.
A challenge I was having is not thinking about my breath. I would try to sync my breath with my AUM mantra, that was drawing my focus to my breath and not the mantra.
Be careful with AUM (or OM) ... it is for recluses, and people who use it tend to retreat from society. Which is great... if you want to become a hermit! lol
@@xs10z is there one for creativity or insight
What a great video! I just tried sitting. I definitely need practice but I could do ten minutes. Are you sure we can lie down through this? It would be good for me and my back issue.
Well said my friend. Thanks for the truth and being genuine. Well done. Very helpful. Thank you again. Namaste 🙏
I'm very happy I found your video, thank you so much. The way you put this is how I needed to hear it. I will now try ❤
That was what I was looking for, thank you so much
What happened to 20 minutes twice a day ? I took TM in the early 70's. They told me 20 minutes twice daily.
In my language (Kannada Language, one of the major Indian language), "Tulah" means vagina 😂 so I guess I have to find different word.
Anyways, Good video man ❤️
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That's a good one bro. Keep it 😂
What's wrong with that?
I've been reading about and watching videos about TM to learn more, but there doesn't seem to me more to it than sit or lie down in a relaxed positions and mentally repeat some meaningless random syllables over and over in your mind for 10-60 minutes, notice when your mind wanders, and bring it back to repeating the meaningless syllables. All the other explanations seem to be people's personal experience with it or telling why it works, or what the positive results are, but there doesn't seem to be more to the practice than that.
Appreciate you sharing. Hope you're well
so i’m doing tm for two weeks now and i can’t see any changes , i feel so frustrated
I have ADHD. Stimulants have the opposite effect on us. I took a pre-workout drink that contained almost 300 mg of caffeine. My heart rate went up
how do you keep track of the time that you meditate?
I paid for the course. It was about $700 US. I make a decent income so its not a big deal to me and nothing to get bent out of shape about. You can pay $500 US if you want as it is income based and they don’t check. If you just want some stuff for free, you’re probably not going to be committed to the practice and won’t get any benefit from it. In general, you get what you pay for. In addition to the one-on-one training, I have permanent access to a library of valuable insight into TM. The way I was taught was different from this and some of the info here was incorrect. For example, you don’t need to practice for 30 minutes to an hour, only two 20 minute sessions a day are necessary. I think the training program was worth every penny and the results have been evident. I’m also fully committed and invested in the program rather than just looking at random free stuff on youtube and eventually losing interest and moving on to something else.
The mantras given by certified TM teachers are ancient. They are designed to have very specific effects on the nervous system, which are amplified when awareness becomes very abstract. There is a science behind it that dates back to a time before the written word. Making up random sounds will accomplish some of the value, but not all. The mantras are hand selected by the teachers for the student specifically. It is not random. The teachers who I know are not getting rich through this. They work through the deepest dedication to bringing light to the world.
Same here. They also give you free lifetime meditation checking - of the info in this video is different from the way it’s taught. Good intentions but incomplete teachings
Would you recommend music during the meditation or better without ?
@@mrdee1505 I would say it is better without music to lessen any distraction from the mantra.
The fewer distractions the better. But what is unique about TM is that you can meditate anywhere you can think. So, even a very crowded noisy place can still deliver the effects. Not sure that will work the same for the technique offered in this video though, which is technically not the genuine article. (Sorry, Dom, you are a very sweet guy, but do not actually understand the fundamental principles of TM.) It is okay. it takes years to become a certified TM teacher. @@mrdee1505
could i use sa ta na ma mantra from kundalini?
Great intro! Some people can only be dedicated to it if they pay for it. It's like when we go to the doctor or buy art, part of the value is generated through the sacrifice. They are more likely going to take it seriously if they pay for it. It's science. Likewise, by keeping it secret, it keeps it significant.
Gatekeeping for those with disposable incomes. That doesn’t serve the collective.
i learnt TM from the official organization in 1980s for 17£UK no prob with that obviously, but i never got the hang of it. tried several times to go for "checking" but each time they either eluded me or i had a row with them. weird.