I learned Transcendental Meditation recently, but I find it difficult to practice it on campus, where no one understands what I’m doing. Is it worth it?

We’re like lightbulbs. If bliss starts growing inside you, it’s like a light; it affects the environment.

If you go into a room where someone’s been having a big argument, it’s not so pleasant. You can feel it. Even if the argument’s over, you can feel it. But if you go into a room where someone has just finished meditating, you can feel that bliss. It’s very nice to feel that.

We all affect our environments. You enjoy that light inside, and if you ramp it up brighter and brighter, you enjoy more and more of it. And that light will extend out farther and farther.

Does Transcendental Meditation completely eliminate suffering? Wouldn’t you still feel sorrow over death a loved one, for example?

When you meditate the bliss starts coming up inside, and whatever sorrow you may be experiencing is not as painful.

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