There was a wave of publicity earlier than, throughout, and after the most important group of 11,000 TM meditators from 139 international locations who gathered at Kanha Shanti Vanam close to Hyderabad for 14 days to assist create world peace. Here’s a pattern of a few of that information protection beginning with The Week, which got here out of their print subject on Sunday, February 4, 2024.

January 28, 2024: Why did 10,000 practitioners of Transcendental Meditation come collectively in Hyderabad? It was organised by the World Union of Scientists for Peace.

IN EARLY 2005, safety checkpoints on the Abu Ghraib jail complicated in Iraq―infamous for torture and abuse of its inmates―have been overrun by armed militants. The shock assault met with sturdy resistance from US coalition forces guarding the location. A number of American troopers suffered accidents, and plenty of militants misplaced their lives. Brian Rees, a physician with the US navy, remembers dashing out to deal with civilian casualties. At any time when he obtained an opportunity, he mentioned, he would retreat to a nook and meditate.

I felt I may use TM to reset. It stored me resilient on the bottom. You will need to preserve a wholesome rhythm.

—Brian Rees, us military veteran

Rees has discovered to search out peace amongst chaos. He meditates twice a day―20 minutes every within the morning and within the night. Transcendental Meditation (TM) has been a supply of power for him whereas serving in Iraq and in Afghanistan. It helped him beat lengthy durations of boredom and to deal with the stunning sights of blood and gore. “I felt I may use TM to reset. It stored me resilient on the bottom. You will need to preserve a wholesome rhythm or issues can go very unsuitable,” mentioned the veteran about the advantages of meditation in a conflict zone.

Rees has launched lots of of US veterans to TM within the final 10 years, serving to them return to normalcy after irritating missions. He nonetheless remembers a veteran telling him simply two minutes after attending a session that TM was going to save lots of his life. “The veterans have a variety of questions on why that is taking place. However they don’t have any solutions,” mentioned Rees. “TM will actually assist them see hope and take away destructive facets.”

Almost 4,000 TM practitioners from outdoors India like Rees and 6,000 Indians took half in a residential meditation programme organised by the World Union of Scientists for Peace (GUSP), a gaggle that works to hold ahead the legacy of the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was held for 2 weeks from December 29 on the Kanha Shanti Vanam ashram close to Hyderabad. The programme was meant to set off a world peace subject based mostly on a idea propagated by the Maharishi.

Tony Nader, chairman of GUSP, defined the thought behind getting 10,000 individuals at one place. “The analysis relies on findings of fifty years that when one per cent of the whole inhabitants practises Transcendental Meditation in any metropolis, there’s a discount in crime, battle, hospital admission and street accidents. One per cent of the world inhabitants immediately can be 81 million and it’s a large quantity to deliver collectively for meditation. The Maharishi produced a brand new method, which relies on Patanjali yoga sutras, the place it was discovered that the sq. root of 1 per cent of the inhabitants is sufficient to obtain the specified impact. It implies that as a substitute of 81 million, its sq. root―9,000―may very well be used. The quantity 10,000 was chosen to have the security issue on prime of the wanted quantity.”

Nader, who leads TM-related organisations in additional than 100 international locations, hails from conflict-ridden Lebanon and credit meditation for serving to him survive the horrors of the civil conflict within the Seventies. The 14-day programme noticed individuals practise fundamental TM, yoga sutras and flying sutras. Frederick Travis, director of the Centre for Mind, Consciousness and Cognition, Maharishi College of Administration, Iowa, used a particular machine fitted with 19 sensors on a participant to check the influence of group meditation on the mind. He recorded a excessive coherence within the mind on account of meditation practised by hundreds within the neighborhood.

Alex Kutai, a theatre actor-turned PR skilled from Israel, mentioned meditation was an antidote to conflict. Kutai, an energetic TM instructor, was drawn to the motion after the 1973 Yom Kippur conflict. “After each conflict, the curiosity in TM turns into excessive. 1000’s discovered TM after the Yom Kippur conflict. I assumed it may assist my well-being,” he mentioned.

Kutai mentioned many individuals have been affected by trauma, melancholy and ache due to the continued Israel-Gaza battle. “When individuals alongside the Gaza Strip needed to be evacuated, we taught them meditation in order that they might deal with the loss. We’re additionally instructing TM without cost to those that are affected by the lack of lives of shut ones,” he mentioned. Kutai lives in Hararit, a village close to the Lebanon border which was created by a group of TM members within the Eighties. Although he has not taught TM to Palestinians, Kutai mentioned he was keen to show pleasant Arabs who reside round his village.

One other participant within the programme was Vadym Bykovets, a Ukrainian who nurses conflict wounds though he’s not bodily concerned within the conflict with Russia. The 49-year-old lives in Lithuania and works within the non-public sector. He counts his mates and acquaintances amongst those that died or have been significantly wounded. He encourages fellow Ukrainians to practise meditation. “I really feel that they’re emotionally wounded and confused. With out meditation, they’d really feel horrible. They’re even petrified of loud sounds.” How does meditation assist him? “Conflict is a painful subject. No matter what info I get from again dwelling, I meditate,” he mentioned. “It cleans my thoughts and soul, and I don’t really feel concerned in that scenario.” The rationale Bykovets got here all the best way to Hyderabad is to assist the assumption that meditation is the best medium to attain international peace.

^{Correction: Maharishi College of Administration is Maharishi Worldwide College.}

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Go to Dr Tony Nader’s Instagram @drtonynader for uplifting pictures, excerpts from articles, and video clips from the course and extra.

See this glorious detailed report by Col Kul Bhushan (Retd.) revealed within the Transcendental Meditation India web site: I used to be there with 10000 for World Peace Meeting at Hyderabad.

See an earlier announcement and interview: World Union of Scientists for Peace: Open Letter within the Wall Road Journal to the President of america and all World Leaders Providing a Confirmed Expertise for Peace, Safety, and a Swift Decision of Battle.

Interviews got earlier than this monumental occasion (CNN-News18), and reward afterwards (Devdiscourse). Hearken to this pleasant dialogue on Radio Metropolis India Past Borders through Viral Metropolis: Tony Nader’s Outstanding Journey from Battle to Aware Therapeutic.

They wrote: Dive into the fascinating world of Dr. Tony Nader, a Lebanese neuroscientist, researcher, and chief of the Transcendental Meditation motion. Uncover his inspiring journey from the turmoil of the Center East’s civil conflict to changing into a famend determine in neuroscience. Be a part of RJ Archana as she explores Nader’s insights on the present international conflicts, the roots of youth anger, and the significance of grassroots change. Find out about Nader’s transition from his preliminary days to his present stature, and acquire profound insights into his work, together with the founding of the Worldwide Journal of Arithmetic and Consciousness. Don’t miss this thought-provoking episode on Viral Metropolis!

Final summer season, The Week revealed an article on TM analysis at MIU. Craig Pearson’s TM article is a canopy story in India’s The Week: A Higher Mind in 20 Minutes. Meditation analysis findings at a US college.

Take pleasure in these latest glorious productions: Transcendental Meditation is featured in three BBC/GWI-made movies Within the Pursuit of Wellness produced for the Dr. Tony Nader Institute.

_{— Written and compiled (citing sources) by Ken Chawkin for The Uncarved Weblog.}

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