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"Rajneesh did not mince words. He told them that he considered the so-called Transcendental Meditation (TM) of Maharishi as a sleeping pill. It may be calming and good for people who are nervous or cannot sleep. But it is neither transcendental nor meditation. Meditation does not make you sleepy but wakes you —from sleep and dream into reality. It destroys every kind of illusion and reveals that you are god."
"I personally had a very good experience with TM, into which I was initiated when I was just 20. However, I also got influenced and stopped meditating after some two years, influenced not by Osho, but by German media which portrayed TM as dangerous and asked parents to watch out that their children don’t fall for this ‘sect’, as they may go mad. The Church had even appointed special officials to have an eye on sects. I loved those 20 minutes of meditation daily morning and evening, but then, I was young and not sure…"