Transcendental Meditation is a form of silent, mantrameditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950’s. The technique promotes a state of relaxed awareness, stress relief, and access to higher states of consciousness.

The technique offers as well physiological benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.

The technique has been seen as both religious and non-religious and practice for self-development

The Transcendental Meditation movement operates a worldwide network of teaching centers, schools, universities, health centers, herbal supplements, solar panel, and home financing companies, plus several communities.

The global organization is reported to have an estimated net worth of USD 3.5 billion.

The movement has been characterized in a variety of ways and has been called a spiritual movement, a new religious movement, a millenarian movement, a world affirming movement, a new social movement, a guru-centered movement, a personal growth movement, a religion, and a cult.

Participants are not required to adopt a belief system.

It is practiced by atheists, agnostics and people from a variety of religious affiliations. The organization has also been criticized as well as praised for its public presentation and marketing techniques throughout its 50-year history.

Some notable figures in pop-culture practicing Transcendental Meditation include The Beatles, Kendall Jenner, Hugh Jackman, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, Mick Jagger, Eva Mendez, DJ Moby, David Lynch, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Eric Andre, Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Russell Brand and Oprah Winfrey.

Bliss is the sweetest nectar of life. Bliss is physical, emotional, mental, spiritual happiness, and you can vibrate with this bliss. It’s this happiness from within.

There is a saying, true happiness isn’t out there; true happiness lies within. I always wondered where is this within? They don’t say where it is or even how to get to it.

This is the beauty of this technique. There are many forms of meditation but with Transcendental Meditation, to me, the key is the word transcend – to dive all the way in.

It’s a huge realm between the surface of life and this fundamental pure Consciousness, but it’s there, and when you’re in it, you know you’re in it. It’s familiar but it’s you.

And right away there’s a happiness, but it’s not like a goof-ball happiness. It’s a thick beauty, a thick beauty to appreciate life and living.