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Transcendental Meditation
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Definition: Introduced into the United States and Europe in the 1960s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Transcendental Meditation is supposed to teach people how to improve physical and spiritual health through mental and physical discipline. Adherents must meditate at least twice a day and repeat mantras. Through this, amazing feats such as levitation and invulnerability are supposed to be possible.

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