transcendental meditation®: the still water of a great empire, the deep waters of david lynch a serene abundance: the empire «Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness, or success, or whatever15» It was 1958 when Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi [1918-2008], a degree in physics and more than a decade passed alongside Guru Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati, crossed the borders of India with the aim of bringing his creature which was barely three years old, named Transcendental Deep Meditation, on a tour that, from Asia, would have soon spread to North America and to the rest of the world. From Uttarkashi, the Indian Valley of Saints, to the world stage, the physical and cultural distances shortened by blow when Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's path crossed with that of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Hollywood Walk of Fame and began to fill up with stars the likes of the actress Mia Farrow, or with music legends like Mike Love, Donovan, but especially The Beatles The Beatles. From that moment on, the empire created by the Indian guru would have grown out of proportion, expanding to reach what, just to mention a 2013 estimation at the heading real estate, fluctuated between 3.6 and 5 billion dollars, while the personal asset of the Guru was valued at around one billion dollars. Some more numbers about the non-profit movement: 360 centers around the world, over 6000 teachers, a town, the Maharishi Vedic City in Jefferson County, Iowa, designed according to the principles of the Maharishi Sthapatya Maharishi Sthapatya Veda - an architectural system inspired by ancient Sanskrit texts, now home to the Global Country of World Peace, organization whose proclaimed mission is to bring enlightenment, good health and peace through the practice of Transcendental Meditation, as well as building Peace Palaces in 3000 metropolises in the world. And still a publishing house, the Maharishi University of Management Press, a satellite channel, the Maharishi Veda Vision, one television station, the KSCI TV Station, a radio station, the KHOE Radio Station, a network of universities spread across India and United States of America, two Maharishi Schools Maharishi Schools for primary and secondary education [in Skelmersdale and Ormskirk, in the United Kingdom], all based on the principle of consciousness-based consciousness-based education education and the practice of Transcendental Meditation. 15 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of being and art of living - Transcendental Meditation, ed. Allied Publishers, 1963 132 the O’ spa
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