Hi
I took the introductory course in TM a few years ago. My opinion is this: as long as you just practice on the simple meditation technique they teach you'll be fine. However, if you get deeper into the TM movement it might be too late before you realise you're caught in a sect.
My advice to you if you just want to learn to meditate: find some other course! You should easily find something that works at least equally well and doesn't cost nearly as much as TM does.
In fact, I bet you could find a web page where you could find a good meditation technique for free.
If you want more/something else than a meditation technique I'd suggest the Silva Method (much better than TM in my point of view) or Hemi Sync.
I urge you to check out: www.trancenet.org www.suggestibility.org www.minet.org for info about TM.
I strongly doubt that you'd want to take a TM course after you've read what they've got to say...
Hope this helps
John
[This message has been edited by zeus (edited December 30, 2001).]
