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Society

Harlem Renaissance: Russell Simmons

June 14, 2010

Russell Simmons is considered the godfather of hip-hop. In the mid-80s he co-founded the Def Jam record label and went on to launch L L Cool J, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Run DMC
The 53-year-old New Yorker has also long encouraged social and political involvement in urban areas through various means, and most recently [...]

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Nick Clegg: How Transcendental Meditation helped me with ‘the stresses of life’

April 13, 2010

As the election approaches, the odds on a hung Parliament are shortening, and Nick Clegg is emerging as something of a heavyweight, according to the Daily Telegraph (10 April 2010).
In an interview with Mick Brown, the LibDem leader spoke about his formative years and opened up about how Transcendental Meditation helped him during his years [...]

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How Transcendental Meditation can prevent war and terrorism

April 1, 2010

According to The Independent, one of Pakistan’s leading scientific journals has recommended the country’s military turn to meditation to help to deal with the fight against terrorism. An article in the Journal of Management & Social Science suggests that Transcendental Meditation is a scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. It is the latest [...]

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50 year anniversary of Maharishi in Great Britain

December 10, 2009

On 13 December 1959 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived in London to a whirlwind of radio and TV interviews, and within months he had taught hundreds of people his simple technique of Transcendental Meditation. Now, 50 years on, Transcendental Meditation is the world’s most thoroughly researched and popular self-development technique.

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Monday 14 December, London – Visiting international scientists to endorse programme to raise Britain above problems

December 10, 2009

A visiting molecular geneticist and brain scientist will join British experts in Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based Education, Vedic Medicine, Transcendental Meditation, Vedic Organic Agriculture, and other programmes to launch a three-year plan for Britain on 14 December.

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Russell Brand “masters the art of Transcendental Meditation” – Sun newspaper

December 10, 2009

The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Sun newspaper on 8 December 2009:
He has just returned from a four-day retreat to master the art of Transcendental Meditation.
The practice, which sees devotees use a repeated mantra to gain inner calm, was established by THE BEATLES’ favourite mystic, MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI.
Snake-hipped comic [...]

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Transcendental Meditation Helps Women with Breast Cancer

November 19, 2009

Women with breast cancer showed reduced stress and improved mental health and emotional well being after learning Transcendental Meditation, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Integrative Cancer Therapies (vol. 8, no. 3: September 2009).
“It is wonderful that physicians now have a range of interventions to use, including [...]

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New light on “The Men Who Stare at Goats”

November 13, 2009

United States Air Force veteran, David Leffler, PhD, has been associated with one of the real-life characters of the book and movie “The Men Who Stare at Goats” discusses the realistic military possibility of using more of the potential of the human mind using his area of expertise – Invincible Defence Technology (IDT), according a [...]

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Top doctors advise “Meditate to avoid recession depression”

November 9, 2009

A leading psychologist and psychiatrist have teamed up to bring the benefits of Transcendental Meditation to the attention of professional people, who are under exceptional pressure at this time. Psychotherapist Nancy Liebler and psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal spoke on “Overcoming Depression in the Recession” at the Center for Leadership Performance, New York on 9 September.

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President Clinton addresses American Indian conference at Maharishi University of Management

September 25, 2009

President Bill Clinton delivered the opening address, via a special videotaped message, to leaders of Indian Country at the American Indian Sustainability Conference, held 25-27 September at Maharishi University of Management in Iowa, USA.

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