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A 3 page essay that summarizes Norman Rosenthal's text Transcendence, Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation and offers the writer/tutor's reaction to it. No additional sources are cited.
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which draws on the ancient spiritual traditions of India. TM has its practitioners focus on a silent mantra, which aids them in being able to achieve relaxation. Rosenthal offers a
thorough overview of TM, citing scientific studies that indicate the health and wellness benefits that are derived from TM by its practitioners. The text is divided into four sections.
The first part, subtitled Transcendence, describes how the author first learned about TM, which was when the author was a medical student in South Africa. Rosenthal interweaves his personal history
with that of TM, describing the significance TM has for him personally, and how he was inspired to meditate regularly due to the experience of Paul, one of his patients,
who was severely bipolar. Paul described TM as being a literal life-saving strategy, as he was suicidal before resolving to practice TM twice a day. It was his personal
experience of TM and its ability to aid an individual in stilling the mind and "quieting the fight-and-flight responses so often triggered by the stress of modern life" (Rosenthal 3).
The author points out that that TM, like any new skill, is not acquired properly without practice. However, after a few years of engaging in TM on a twice daily
basis, he reports that it enabled him to achieve a state that can only be described as transcendence, as TM, at this point in his life, produced blissful state of
mind characterized by a sense of peace, acceptance and serenity. Rosenthal also describes other TM strategies, such as mindfulness, which has also been shown to reduce stress. Part
II, Healing, describes the relationship between TM and the ability of the body and the mind to decompress, which aids in healing. Rosenthal indicates that a great deal of research,
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