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Laozi – “His mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky”
By Craig Pearson, Ph.D. Laozi, 6th century BC – China He lived in the capital city and served as the keeper of the archives at the royal court. A man of great wisdom, he attracted many people, who gathered around him and considered him their teacher. But as he observed the moral decay of…
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One of San Francisco’s toughest schools transformed by the power of meditation
By Anna Leach – The Guardian – 24 Nov 2015 A pioneering programme has reduced stress and improved grades at Visitacion Valley middle school – with lessons other schools can learn from There was a time when Visitacion Valley middle school in San Francisco could have featured in a gritty US crime drama. Surrounded by drugs…
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Why filmmaker David Lynch says Transcendental Meditation is the secret to success
By Alene Dawson – June 3, 2016 – Los Angeles Times The director and writer behind the cult TV series “Twin Peaks” and movies including “Mulholland Drive” was in Los Angeles recently to lend support to Georgetown University School of Medicine clinical psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal who was speaking on a panel about his new…
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How to develop a ‘Super Mind’ through meditation, according to this renowned psychiatrist
By Norman Rosenthal – May 16 – The Washington Post Psychiatrist and author Norman Rosenthal practices Transcendental Meditation, an ancient practice brought from India to the U.S. in the 1950s. A TM teacher gives the student a mantra or other sound and explains how to repeat it in an effortless way. A successful practice leads to “relaxation,…
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Seven reasons why the next U.S. president should meditate
By Dr. Norman Rosenthal Published May 17, 2016 FoxNews.com Running for president is thought to be among the hardest, most stressful, and emotionally exhausting experiences one can imagine. As a psychiatrist, my natural instinct is to try to understand what advice would be most helpful to give to the winning candidate. If asked, I would quote Victor…
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Gorbachev warns world of ‘cult of force,’ says all recent conflicts could have had peaceful solution
Published on rt.com Editor’s note: In this article Gorbachev correctly outlines the fallacy of the military attempts to resolve conflict, but falls into the age-old trap in believing conflict can be solved through political and diplomatic means. In due course a world leader will rise up and announce a consciousness-based solution to conflict in the world; in the…
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National Invincibility for World Harmony
“Never before in known history has there been so great an opportunity for so few individuals at such a small cost to transform the destiny of mankind and create lasting permanent peace and prosperity for every individual and every nation.” Major General Kulwant Singh, PhD (Ret), Anti-Terrorism Expert Extract from Global Country of World Peace…
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New Study: Invincible America Assembly Reduced Homicides and Violent Crime
A new study has found that the community Invincible America Assembly reduced the rate of homicides by a total of 21.2% over the four-year period when attendance was at its peak, and reduced the rate of violent crime by a total of 18.5% over the same period. The study estimates that 8,157 homicides were…
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Meditation helps calm veterans’ PTSD
By Tom Corwin, Staff Writer, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 It is the standard alarm on an iPhone, but when Sgt. Nathan Meisner hears it, he is drawn back to the base where he served in Basra, Iraq. “It sounds just like the alarm when missiles or mortars are being shot into the base,” he said. Meisner suffers…
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How meditating in a tiny Iowa town helped me recover from war
By Supriya Venkatesan, a veteran of the U.S. Army and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She is a freelance writer based in Princeton, N.J. I didn’t know how to be a civilian after six difficult years in the military. At 19, I enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq. I spent 15 months there…