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, the natural way to escape
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iider the human mind as
lera operating with a
ngle lens,” able to cap-
i.surroundings exactly.
is
transcendental
lion or TM, according to
and Mary Fields, TM
iasts.
e the creation of man,
as been practiced by
I beings as a means to
! mental and physical
stresses and strains which occur
in everyday existence,” Fields
said. According to Fields, man
was not created to endure the
amount of pressure he ex
periences everyday.
“Every person experiences
highs and lows which put an
awful strain on the mental and
physical well being of the in
dividual,” he said. “By tran
scending (Literally to go
beyond thought) one is able to
obtain a mental clarity which in
turn relieves the physical
nature from unnecessary
strain.
Fields said that TM is an in
nocent technique developing
the mind and eliminating all
deep rooted stresses and
strains.
“To obtain the transcending
state, one does not need the
use of drugs, concentration, or
contemplation,” said Mrs.
Fields, “it is an effortless ex
perience,”
SG helps finance films
iciated Student Gover-
rvoted at its Oct. 5
ig to allocate $400 to
¡ history instructor Fred
fe, to help pay for his
¡1 series.
will give him $325 for
film series and $75 for
pon Heroes in Western
fogy. Both are shown in
pction with College
b but are open to the
Ipublic.
r possibility t exists that
Give him more money in
pure,” said ASG vice
ent, Dave
Riggs,
“because: his offerings are so
good that we may not have to
spend the money to run the 11
films we had scheduled for the
next two terms.”
ASG is currently having
trouble showing the films it has
planned because of scheduling
conflicts with baseball games
and other events, Riggs said.
Riggs anticipates that the
focus will change from movies
to' video programs which will
reach more people in more
areas of the campus instead of
over-saturating the students
with movies.
“If we do this we can afford
to give Mr. DeWolfe more
money for his film series which
will give ASG a better rapport
with the faculty,” he said.
It was also decided to allow
members of ASG to participate
in the costume competition at
the Halloween Dance, Oct. 28.
Senators informally polled
students on campus and
responses gathered indicated
that students did not feel there
would be a conflict of interest
as long as an impartial judge
was selected, said Happie
Thacker, ASG media director.
Once in the transcendental
state, one is able to obtain his
“full mental capacity” which
Fields says is present in anyone
who desires to tap this source.
“Transcendental meditation
is not for the lethargic but for
the dynamic person who
wishes to become better
‘aware’ of his environment,”
Fields said.
It is proven fact that an in
dividual’s metabolic rate or
level of rest by oxygen con
sumption decreases 20 to 50
percent in the transcending
state, he said.
A vast amount of the human
mind has never been tapped
and most human beings use
only a limited amount of their
mental capacity, Fields said.
“TM is a non-thinking ex
perience in which the in
dividual becomes aware of his
surroundings and is able to
harmonize with it,” he said.
Many people argue that how
can an individual experience a
state of self awareness without
thinking. Fields said that before
you obtain the ability to think
you must exist first and
therefore existance is a state of
awareness.
Lately the TM craze has been
practiced
by
politicians,
athletes and numerous others
to relieve everyday stresses and
strains, according to Fields. In-,
dia originated the ancient
technique of TM centuries ago.
Today, Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi or the “Great Teacher” is
the man responsible for tran
scendental meditation.
“Every great civilization en
compasses a means of tran
scending,” Fields said.“There
have been many guises to TM
but this is the real technique.”
Fields said that he is not here
for religious, monetary or
fanatical reasons but just to
share his experience with all
who wish to try. It is proven
that students grades and grade
point averages have increased
by using TM, he said.
“Why dwell on problems which
occur everyday when you can
relieve these problems and
then further expand your
knowledge of life around you,”
he said.
David and Mary Fields will
present a lecture Monday in the
Community Center building
room 101. The lecture will
begin at 8 p.m.
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