Does anyone have any experience of transcendental meditation?

Hi Trixie, I do a form of meditation and it's helped me more than I can say.

I think that if you're interested you should just try it out, if it's not for you then you haven't lost anything, it's another experience in your life and all experiences have value.

On the other hand, this might be life changing for you and wouldn't it be a shame if you allowed someone to talk you out of trying something that you obviously have an interest in!

Yes. I've done it for nearly 30 years. It gets more and more amazing as the years go on. As one TM teacher said in an in-discussion, "If any of us were offered a million pounds to give up TM, I don't suppose any of us would stop..." I know I certainly wouldn't. As soon sell my soul.

It's not amazing like a drug trip, but the warmth and depth of love in life is amazing to see, and it's amazing to see that to every problem there's an answer, and it's always the same answer, and it's amazing to see what turns the world, and to see the world turning into a new creation; it's amazing to see how simple the solutions are, and yet how hard for one who does not meditate to see.

I haven't tried it but I have heard it is not a deep rooted meditation but dont quote me on that..

meditation depends veru much on the person also, if you do it with love for yourself & others it works...I mean if you do it becos you want inner-peace for yourself & those around you, out of love it works, or to work on yourself to become a better person, then yes it works. (I never thought about it that way actually, so thank you for jogging my memery!)

if you're looking for serious meditation , focus on what you want from the meditation (enlightenment!, relaxation, or self-exploration,or connection to God...) & ask that you be shown to the right meditation & you will....but keep in mind if it gets complicated you'll won't be able to do it, it has to be simple & straightforward.

you are very wise to want to start meditation, it is one of the best gifts you'll ever give to yourself....

This is one I'm aware of:

http://how-to-meditate.org/breathing-meditations.h...

I tried it only once it helped me, I felt good on that day only!

To learn more about it follow the link:

http://www.tm.org/

Yes. If the whole world would do it there would be no war.