Is Transcendental Meditation Really Effortless?

Bob Roth explains how TM is different from other meditation techniques.

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Bob Roth: The key word in understanding how TM is different from other meditation techniques is the word effortless. When we think of meditation we think of something that involves control of the mind or concentration, some manipulation or something like that. You follow your breathing you focus on a thought or an idea. TM no concentration, no effort and that's important. The reason for this is that the natural tendency of the human mind is to be drawn to be something more satisfying.

You're sitting in a room and you're listening to some music and it's not very good music and in the other room some really good music comes on, something you love. What happens? The attention shifts, effortlessly drawn to something more satisfying. The source of thought, this inner reservoir of creativity, energy and intelligence which lies within each of us is a very satisfying field. Through TM we learn how to give the mind an inward direction and effortlessly it's drawn within.