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More yogic flyers arrive in Fairfield, Ohio

Studies have shown that group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying, can foster harmony in society and reduce crime, war and other negative tendencies. In order to have the influence, research has shown the size of the group needs to exceed the square root of 1 percent of the population of a given area. That figure for the United States is 1,743.

Plan for Transcendental Meditation capital has Kansas farm town on edge

Smith Center, Kan. – A couple of minutes with the morning coffee klatch at the Second Cup Cafe is all it takes to get a feel for how these locals see plans by a global meditation empire to build a utopian city just north of town. The white limousine that movement leaders arrived in recently is a running joke. So is the fact that at a get-to-know-you picnic, they served vegetarian food in a Kansas county known for its cattle. “I could eat a dead cow in the street, but I never felt so bad as after eating that (vegetarian)

County supervisors reject Vedic City’s bid for support

County supervisors gave a unanimous thumbs-down this morning to Maharishi Vedic City’s request for help getting state money for a new visitors’ center and improvements to an astronomical observatory. Vedic City is applying for a $132,000 grant from the Community Attractions and Tourism fund, part of the state’s Vision Iowa program. Vision Iowa officials told Vedic City they first had to get financial support from the board of supervisors. Transcendental Meditation Behind the TM Facade How Transcendental Mediation really works, a critical opinion Who Took the “T” Out Of “TM”? Transcendental Meditation news tracker “Transcendental Meditation was ruled a religion

Vedic City becomes all-organic city

DES MOINES (AP) – Maharishi Vedic City has gone all natural. The town of about 200 in southeast Iowa has become the nation’s first all-organic city, banning the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers within city limits in accordance with state and federal organic program standards. “The people in the city already have been using all-organic, so this is making a policy of what was already the unwritten policy,” said Maureen Wynne, city attorney and one of the city’s founders. Transcendental Meditation Behind the TM Facade How Transcendental Mediation really works, a critical opinion Who Took the “T” Out Of