Regular practice

Donna,

People tend to visit this site only when they have questions, but I do hope you get some responses.

I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation since September 26, 1970 regularly, morning and evening. I credit my regularity to the excellent personal support I got in those early days, ranging from having my questions answered well to attending residence courses to the wonderful fellowship of painting a TM center or sharing a meal with the other teachers and volunteers.

Since the mid 1970's, the TM folks have turned their attention inward, toward expensive advanced courses and programs, toward weird unscientific mysticism, and largely abandoned the public at large. Here at Natural Stress Relief we want to turn this around, and put the emphasis on teaching everyone effective meditation again.

Our instructional materials are excellent. All we lack at this point is the critical level of publicity that will ignite massive awareness of NSR. With a quantum increase in teaching NSR, we might have the resources to set up centers, teachers, courses, radio or TV programs, or whatever else is needed to make newcomers feel welcome and supported.

Your question is a great one. My view is that all that is needed for regularity of practice through the years is a bit of personal support from us and from society. What do others think?

David Spector
Natural Stress Relief/USA