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Self-Recovery: Treating Addictions Using Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Ayur-Veda

David F. O'Connell and Charles. N Alexander

Publisher: Harrington Park Press
Date Published:1995
ISBN: 1-56023-044-4

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Self-Recovery:
Treating Addictions Using Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Ayur-Veda

This is the first book on Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Ayur-Veda, and addictions treatment. Its publication rests on the dedication and arduous work done by the scientists, physicians, and clinicians who have pioneered the application of this new approach to addictive diseases. Their knowledge and enthusiasm is reflected in their inspired, original papers contributed to this volume. The book's structure and chapters are briefly summarized in the editors' introduction.

Over the past decade, researchers and clinicians have made important advances in the study of addictive diseases. Increasingly we have come to view clinically dependent patients as a heterogeneous population often with multiple addictions and showing concurrent psychiatric disorders.

This knowledge has led to improved matching of clients with treatments, such as psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, addictions counseling, and self-help group involvement. Significant advances have also been made in understanding the genetic and physiological basis of some forms of addiction which may lead to more effective biological treatments.

However, despite our best efforts to understand and treat addictions of all kinds, research shows that relapse rates gain unacceptably high and the formula for effectively controlling or eliminating addictive behaviors remains elusive.

The present volume represents the culmination of over two decades of clinical and experimental research on a new, comprehensive approach to treating addiction: the Transcendental Meditation program and the other modalities of Maharishi Ayur-Veda.

Research shows that this multi strategy approach produces lasting effects on addictive behavior and in many cases these changes are dramatic. Maharishi Ayur-Veda emerges as a natural bio behavioral approach that holistically addresses the psychological, physiological, and spiritual aspects of addictive behavior and could become a vital component of any program treating clinical dependency.

Maharishi lectured to hundreds of people during his 2-month stay; many people learned the technique. The San Francisco Chronicle covered one of Maharishi's lectures and published the first article on Transcendental Meditation ever in America.

Maharishi's message then was simple and direct, and it's the same today. Life is bliss. Man is born to enjoy. Within everyone is an unlimited reservoir of energy, intelligence, and happiness. Transcendental Meditation is a simple, effortless procedure to experience it. The technique can be easily learned by anyone of any age, culture, religion, or educational background.

Since Maharishi first began teaching the Transcendental Meditation technique over 36 years ago, modern science has made major breakthroughs in understanding how nature functions. Recently, scientists have glimpsed the deepest level of nature's functioning -- the unified field of natural law -- which is the source of the unlimited creative potential displayed throughout the universe.

As we'll see in this book, the unlimited potential found deep within human consciousness and the unlimited potential found at the level of the unified field are not different; they are the same.

Transcendental Meditation is a simple, effective technique that enlivens the unlimited potential of life from its source in the unified field. It enriches all areas of life, just as watering the root of a plant brings nourishment to all parts of the plant.

This book has been written to provide you with a brief and complete introduction to the Transcendental Meditation program. It is an introduction to the technique that can change your life for good.

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