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Transcendental Meditation ?

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TM is good but expensive... there is a book titled '10% Happier' that describes a person's experience with learning to meditate, it's an easy read.


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10% Happier is freaking awesome. I love that book. Other than the meditation stuff, the author is hilarious! I found myself laughing out loud, more than once.

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I bought the Audible version of '10% Happier', so I agree - very entertaining

There is also an alternative to TM called Natural Stress Relief (NSR) meditation that might be worth a look

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True...
It costs a bit of money, but if it even gives me 1% edge, it is worth the money

It is a really simple mantra-based practice, sometimes taking you deep, although often it's as though nothing is happening, which can feel frustrating. The occasional transcend moments are sweet, not dissimilar to some of the butterfly chi releases that can occur with a good (rare) shiatsu practitioner. Most sessions are just a case of letting go of unwanted thoughts and allowing the mantra to re-establish once you notice them.

I took it up in 1974 and would definitely say it does do what it says on the tin, i.e. it is beneficial to both mental and physical well-being, within reason. The hardest part is finding the routine for 15/20 minutes a day, hence it has been a couple of decades since I used it regularly - which is a dumb shame because I could really do with it. You may spur me to restart, if I can change the rest of life to make way.

As with all regular practices the discipline is by far the hardest part.

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Interesting! The other day I also searched the term "meditation" on futures.io and was surprised finding at least 3 or 4 threads and had the feeling more people than I expected were/are interested in the topic. I considered starting a thread around meditation as well since I am in this "business" since 30 years as an ordained practitioner of Zenbuddhist meditation. In 2010 I conducted an introduction to meditation at the CME building in Chicago for a couple of floor traders... .
Let's see what's coming up.
Wishing you a great introductory live session!

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True...
It costs a bit of money, but if it even gives me 1% edge, it is worth the money

It will be interesting to see what you make of it.

I was taught TM at eight by a friend of my mother, she had returned from a few years in India and stayed with us for a while. I slept very little so my mother figured meditation might help. I found the mantra pretty boring at that age though managed to make some use of it as a starting idea to develop my own thing.

Buddhist/Catholic chanting is very similar, whatever it takes to trigger the plunge from immediate fears and concerns to the other inner realm etc. I do a lot of charity work, sometimes see upsetting things so (my own version) allows me to decompress.

It is an odd coincidence (I'm going through a doc watching phase) that yesterday I downloaded the German made 2010 documentary "David wants to fly". It was obvious from his movies of course but David Lynch came out a while back as a big TM devotee and started actively promoting the Maharishi University.

A few hundred or a grand is quite a lot for a meaningless Hinduish sound and lends to some disrepute of TM. Indian ashrams and all that can go with them don't help either (madhouses very often).

Detached from the guru/commercial nonsense I found TM helpful in my life and very much so in trading. Hopefully I can still watch David Lynch movies after the doc. (I will still love his work I'm sure).

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Check out Headspace. I don't know if it's TM but i know many that strongly recommend it.

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From what I have understood, headspace is different. There are several dif types, mindfulness, guided, transcendental etc. I've been to a intro course as my gf was getting stressed with work.

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From what I have understood, headspace is different. There are several dif types, mindfulness, guided, transcendental etc. I've been to a intro course as my gf was getting stressed with work.

Will you notice a dif?Probably but it's like going to the gym, you don't become Arnold in one day, so any change will be a gradual one. Still worth trying, what have u got to loose but it's very simple!

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I'm sorry, don't want to seem too off topic (the TM org not the meditation itself) but while I'm supportive of meditation, I finished the doc "David Wants to Fly" (2010) and.. I did not fully realise that the TM organisation was quite the multi-billion business it is now.

What can I say, as the old adage goes keep an open mind but not so much you brains fall out? It is quite a nicely done doc, of course some bias however the conclusions seem no stretch of the imagination. If anyone watched the doc, they might be interested in a longer recording of the "Invincible Germany " 2007 meeting
or an article on it here https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/director-buys-berlin-mountain-david-gets-lynched-over-invincible-germany-meditation-center-plan-a-517873.html

Meditation is fine, balancing and useful however the TM organisation is a classic example of dissimulation at the top. Having had a spirited? encounter with Hubbard's gang who wanted to buy land I did not want to sell a few years back, I'd personally not give them a penny.

Very interesting after 60:00 in the doc when he has another EEG and the German (personally chosen by the doc maker), non-TM-mantra word (which they have shamelessly monetised) has a much greater effect. That is what I found as a kid, anything that clicks with you will do.

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