this week on the Maharishi channel there is a clip where an initiator presses Maharishi about the question, where does TM come from, Maharishi clearly indicates in a self-effacing way that it comes from him alone, he figured it out based only upon the effortlessly blissful experience that he had of just being in the presence of Brahmananda Saraswati. He also said the the understanding of the Gita came to the world only because there was people doing TM and taking teacher training, before that the commentary he made could not exist, likewise the Auparusheya Bhashya of the Veda. He also states that people who strictly follow ANY religion feel the same bliss. (though those that really do that is a very tiny number in the history of the whole Kaliyuga)
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