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Meditation: A Lifeline to Sanity in a World Gone Crazy

Portrait of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

By William T. Hathaway
Humanity is in crisis. Our social structures are crumbling. Institutions that had seemed secure are now breaking apart. Politicians are figures of contempt. Once-respected news sources are distrusted. Schools have devolved into internment camps. A dozen war flags rally us into battle. Our punch-drunk planet is staggering on the ropes. People are dropping dead from the virus and from the vaccine that’s supposed to prevent it. Political polarization is destroying friendships. The economy is lurching around, torn by contradictory pressures. Explanations for the chaos abound, but attempts at solutions are stalemated.

However we react to this crisis – by revolutionary action to overthrow the established order, or by conservative action to defend it, or by a simple desire to survive in peace – to be effective we need to maintain inner calm and stability. Otherwise we’ll be swept up in the chaos and become its victim.

Transcendental Meditation is a good way to achieve this inner calm and stability. It’s the most scientifically researched method, and millions of people practice it worldwide. It uses a special technique of effortless, non-concentrative thinking that makes it fundamentally different from other forms of meditation.

Since we are so accustomed to concentrated, focused thinking, we need training in this new method. Although TM is very easy to do, learning how to do it takes personal instruction over a period of time. This results in its only drawback: it costs quite a bit to learn. I’ve seen internet sites that claim to teach it, but they’re not authentic.

Some people believe that meditation was free in ancient times and should be now, but that’s a nice-sounding myth. In Vedic times the people were obligated to care for and support their spiritual teachers. In our times that’s done with money. Maintaining a large international organization requires finances. Without the organization, the teaching wouldn’t be available worldwide.

Maharishi experienced how colonial exploitation had impoverished India and saw how Western countries still benefit from neo-imperialism in the global South. The fees charged for learning TM in the West subsidize low-cost instruction in South America, Africa, and Asia.

This painful issue is part of the overall crisis of humanity. Capitalism can’t continue the way it is. It’s starting to fall apart, and nations are fighting for bigger pieces of it before the collapse. Since that’s the material basis of our lives, we sometimes feel we are falling apart. Some of us freak out.

Which brings us back to the need to stay grounded in ourselves so we can act effectively amid all the seismic shocks that keep rolling through us. Meditation helps us develop an inner unshakability, a great asset in times like these.

William T. Hathaway is an award-winning novelist and an emeritus Fulbright professor of creative writing. His peace novel, Summer Snow, is the story of an American warrior falling in love with a Sufi Muslim and learning from her that higher consciousness is more effective than violence. Chapters are posted online here http://shattercolors.com/fiction/hathaway_summersnow01.htm

Source: https://trans4mind.com/counterpoint/index-new-age/hathaway33.html


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VEDA FOR WORLD PEACE Live on Thursday Sept 10, 2 PM Amsterdam time/5:30 PM IST

VEDA FOR WORLD PEACE Live on Thursday Sept 10, 2 PM Amsterdam time/5:30 PM IST
👉on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrRPNishank

👉on Youtube Streaming Link: https://youtu.be/s5BJ7TAkayI

Let’s Discover the Role of Veda in World Peace.

Other Information:- The event will be held in the auspicious presence of Hon. Education Minister,GOI Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank Ji’& Dr. Tony Nader MD, PhD. , ‘MARR’ MIUs President Worldwide(Leader Transcendental Meditation) Hosted by:- MSRVVP,Ujjain & MERU HQ for MIUs Worldwide Technical Partners and Organiser :- Dept of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh and ICPR,GoI, New Delhi
The event will be attended by Vice-chancellors, Scientists, Professors, Vedic Scholar, students and representatives from more than 35 countries.

🌈Note :A Joint certificate from fifteen organizations will be provided to those, who will register for the webinar, attend the webinar with registered email id on Youtube/Facebook and fill the feedback form at the end of the event.


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Sitar Concert by Reshma Srivastava

“Gandharva Veda has a very important part to play in eliminating the stress in the collective consciousness. It’s very beautiful music of Natural Law, music of total Natural Law.”

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
4th Dec 2002

June 2020 Full Moon Concert Series
LIVE through ZOOM
Sitar Concert by Reshma Srivastava

4th June Thursday 8:00 pm PST
5th June Friday 8:30 pm CET
6th June Saturday 8:15 pm EST
7th June Sunday 8:15 pm CST

Experience the journey of Gandharva Veda in the fullness of consciousness. The melodies known as Ragas are melodic themes expressed through improvisation. Reshma Srivastava has been performing Maharishi Gandharva Veda music for the last 30 years.
To find out more about Reshma:
www.reshmasrivastava.com

Contribution.
Your support of this musical journey is greatly appreciated. Purchase your link through one of these options, and send me an email with your choice of a concert date.

$15 per link for each concert.

Preferred payment method is paypal – rpizanis@yahoo.com,
Zelle payment to 559-789-1675
Venmo payments to Theodore M Pizanis
Also credit card payments over the phone – 559-789-1675
Any questions, contact me at:
rpizanis@yahoo.com
Also text, call or whats app to 559-789-1675 or 641-451-3906.

Enjoy a taste of Reshma’s music from youtube:

“Gandharva Veda music is the music of knowledge, knowledge flows in terms of melodies and this effect is to harmonize the disharmony, that means to neutralize the stress and strain in the collective consciousness”
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
4th Dev 2002


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ONLINE CONCERTS Maharishi Gandharva Veda Featuring Reshma Srivastava – Sitar

Dear Friends and Maharishi Gandharva Veda lovers,
You are invited to float in the waves of bliss through the experience of Maharishi Gandharva Veda Music and contribute to the reduction of fear and anxiety in World Consciousness.

ONLINE CONCERTS Maharishi Gandharva Veda Featuring Reshma Srivastava – Sitar Live

www.reshmasrivastava.com
Due to the corona virus and social distancing, my concert tour in 2020 had been cancelled. 

There has been great interest for online concerts. The first online concert happened on April 5th for the Mother Divine Ladies in Livingstone Manor and had amazing results.  The ladies felt it sparked a wave of joyfulness that we want to quickly share across the nation and world. Such a beautiful way to enjoy the benefits of this harmonising, uplifting music, and the much needed yagya effect, for the whole world.  The following concerts have been scheduled for this weekend, through the Zoom format .

SCHEDULED CONCERTS
There will be three concerts, in three different time zone categories, west coast, east coast and Europe, on different dates, featuring different Ragas. 
Friday April 10th 7:30 pm Eastern Time zone – EST.

Saturday April 11th 8:00 pm Europe – CET

Sunday April 12th 7:30 pm Pacific Time zone – PST

I deeply feel the application of this aspect of Maharishi’s Vedic Science will be greatly useful for reducing anxiety and fear in the world at this time.
Your contribution towards this musical event/yagya is $15 (or euro) per person for each concert.

The zoom link will be provided once payment has been received. Preferred payment method is paypal – rpizanis@yahoo.com, also credit card payments can be accepted. 
Any questions, contact us at: tmpizanis@gmail.com or rpizanis@yahoo.com.
Feel free to join any or all of these concerts and enjoy the rising waves of harmony, health, peace and joy!!
Musically yours, Reshma Srivastava