transcendental meditation washington dc

No doubt you've heard the old adage that no one in his deathbed, never say that they wished to spend more time in the office! Well, given the hysteria is collective fear and panic that has been gripping the world economy in recent months, some do not even have the option of spending more time in that office never again! Do not say that lightly, it's just a fact of our times – but a fact about the state of the collective mind.

For those of us who live in these times, there is a special responsibility on us to stay (or become) calm. Only calm, or clarity of mind, will move around the world the keel, even "no longer be trapped by fear and mass panic. Just a clear mind will lead to the ability to stop the reaction nonsense and start acting. If we can all benefit from the wealth which gives us this life – today.

Calm does wonders. From small wonders – As our children not to cry, do not lose their heads when bad things happen – the most important wonders. Consider U.S. Transcendental Meditation experiment in Washington DC in 1993, where TM aimed to get 4,000 people calmly meditating on a convention center downtown Washington. Stanford quantum mathematicians calculated that the effect of 4000 quiet minds will be in a relationship calculable 25% drop in violent crime – murder, rape and assault. While the police were more than a little skeptical at first, why not look at the U.S. Federal Government's Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy – the results were exactly as predicted.

You see, the mood is contagious – if only to be bored by a boring person, yawning because everyone else has started yawning, getting all excited because their team is winning the big game, or be lifted in the company of someone who has "presence." That are not circumstances, state of the effects of my mood – and infects everyone else. Decades of psychological research shows that this is the case. And, in recent years, quantum physics has provided the hard scientific evidence – if evidence were needed – that energy affects my energy – and our energy affects the universal energy.

Which brings me back to the title of this article. Overall, the so-called "normal" people have their priorities wrong, in constant search of what some might call the "American Dream" of progress and wealth. Above all, those two words, achievements and wealth go hand in hand. But what about the richness of a calm mind, one soul at peace, happy relationships and good health? And take a long time to do what really excites you? What about helping those around you rather than helping yourself?

I started this article with an old saying – what about this one: What goes around comes around. If you take your foot off the accelerator that is speeding us all headlong into a disaster induced by greed and start putting things really important in life first decades of anecdotal evidence suggests that you get everything you need for a perfect life. Again, physics Quantum is in the foreground to show that the universal energy responds to our emotions and intentions. But if our intentions are not honorable, what do you think we'll get in return? Perhaps the current turmoil?

Why not put the quality of your life on top of your priority list? Why not realize that money can not buy love? Why do not awaken to the fact that without their own peace of mind, nothing else really matters? And where do you find peace of mind? Where do you find the calm mind? The answer is obvious – you find these qualities of the inner life.

Very few people are given space for travel within – are too busy trying to win the next hand, or simply trying to earn a living. The funny thing is that to make ends meet on their own will if you take a little space to get re-acquainted with reality, in its interior. If meditation can permeate an entire city, meditation can certainly affect you on your own. So no matter how you do it, take a few minutes each day to soothe, to inhale and exhale, to marvel at the wonder of the sky over your head, the song of birds. Let your peace of mind is their only priority. His priority for today – and every day – should be sure you are in a clear, calm state of mind, focused on the present moment. Everything else will follow as night follows day.

Meditate.

Copyright (c) 2009 Willie Horton

Willie’s work in the area of self-improvement and meditation has been described as “life-changing” and “phenomenal” by clients from every walk of life. His acclaimed two-day personal development workshop is now available online at Gurdy.Net.

2/2 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Addresses Skepticism, Washington DC 1993