I began my “Journey to the East” in 1971, when I paid $35 to get initiated into Maharishi Mahesh’s Transcendental Meditation (TM). I received a mantra – Aing Namah – and simple meditation instructions: Just repeat the mantra in a relaxed unforced way, and be still, without making any real effort to do so. After … Continue reading Transcendental Meditation: My Story