“Transcendental Meditation was introduced to the world by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is called transcendental because it brings you to a state of meditation wherein you think ‘beyond the material world’ and focus on ‘nothingness’…. Transcendental Meditation is neither a belief nor a religion but it is a discipline that needs to be practiced for results.”
–How To Learn Transcendental Meditation
http://www.yogawiz.com/blog/health-tips/learn-transcendental-medidation.html
There are countless videos and websites on yoga and TM that teach breathing techniques not much different than those taught by Rob Bell (see here). For example:
Yoga Poses & Meditation : How to Practice Transcendental Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9mPs7zUes
However, this is all based on a spirituality that is in opposition to, and in denial of, the loving God of the Bible.
The bottom line is that Maharishi and Transcendental Meditation promote the ultimate rebellion against the Creator. They deny the infinite personal Creator/God and replace Him with an impersonal All or Brahman/Atman of Hinduism. They also deny the physical personal creation and replace it with an impersonal spiritual cosmos. The sad reality of T.M. is that an impersonal universe never loved or cared about anyone. Only a personal Creator loves and cares for His creation. True Biblical Meditation is not an inward, subjective descent into yourself as T.M. promotes, but an outward objective ascent to the personal Creator who “so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life!”
–Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
By Dr. Ron Carlson
http://www.christianministriesintl.org/articles/18.html
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