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		<title>Enlightenment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tegan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people think of enlightenment they think of “the enlightenment philosophy” or something that a rare few individuals have experienced by dedicating their life in a very renounced way. In order to proceed with this web page it would be wise to consider what enlightenment even is. What is enlightenment? Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TM shown to reduce incidence of heart attack, stroke, and  death</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newspapers all over the world have been reporting on new research showing Transcendental Meditation can reduce the likelihood of life-threatening clinical events. Patients with coronary heart disease who practised TM had 48% per cent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to those who did not meditate, according to research published in November 2012 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New video: benefits of TM in stressed populations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful new 5-minute video from the David Lynch Foundation, based in the USA, documents the work of the Foundation in bringing Transcendental Meditation to the disadvantaged and stressed populations of the world. There are moving testimonies from prisoners, soldiers, homeless men, native American Indians (an amazing 70% of this population suffers from diabetes), abused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah talks about her practice of TM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this 4-minute section of a fascinating in-depth interview, Oprah Winfrey describes to Dr Mehmet Oz, medical doctor and TV talk-show host, how she “&#8230;&#8230;brought Transcendental Meditation teachers into Harpo Studios to teach me and my team how to meditate. So we started meditating. Seven of us led to 70, led to 270, led to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TM reduces psychological distress among learners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published in the Journal of Instructional Psychology found that Transcendental Meditation significantly decreased psychological distress in high-school learners by 36 percent over 4 months compared to the control group (the group that did not learn TM). The study also found significant decreases in trait anxiety and depressive symptoms. Full story. The study was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcendental Meditation reduces medical expenses for high-cost patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published has found that people with consistently high health care costs had a 28% cumulative decrease in physician fees after an average of five years practising the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique. There was no significant change in a similar group who did not learn TM. Both groups received the usual medical care. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maharishi School in UK now receives full state funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maharishi School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, which incorporates the practice of  Transcendental Meditation twice a day, has been granted Free School status by the UK&#8217;s Department for Education, proudly joining other state-maintained schools in England. Free Schools are a new phenomenon in the UK, and the Maharishi School is one of only 24 schools (from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TM improves ability of ADHD children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcendental Meditation improves brain functioning and verbal fluency in ADHD children significantly within just 3 months of practice, a new study has found. The random-assignment controlled study was conducted at an independent school for children with language-based learning disabilities in Washington DC, USA, and was published on 26 July in Mind &#38; Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry (Vol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important new book on Transcendental Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most important new book on Transcendental Meditation for decades is coming to South Africa early next year, but can already be ordered from the USA. Its title is Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation.  The author is Dr Norman Rosenthal, a world-renowned psychiatrist who was the first to identify and treat Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcendental Meditation helps children improve in maths and English</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcendental Meditation can help under-achieving schoolchildren to improve their basic educational skills.  A new study published this week has shown Transcendental Meditation to improve maths and English results, among children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The study, published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Education, was conducted in a middle school serving an underprivileged California neighbourhood. [...]]]></description>
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