A practical guide to what meditation research can and can’t measure—EEG, fMRI, HRV, and behavioral tests—plus steps to track your own practice without turning correlations into metaphysical proof.
Quantum Consciousness Proposals: Mechanisms, Objections, and Testable Bets
A grounded guide to quantum-consciousness proposals—what mechanisms they actually propose, the strongest objections, and how to turn big claims into testable bets without confusing interpretation for evidence.
TIMP2 and the Aging Brain: Can a “Youth-Associated” Protein Rejuvenate Microglia?
A Mount Sinai–linked report argues that TIMP2, a “youth-associated” protein, can shift aged microglia away from inflammatory states and restore debris-clearing function in mice. Here’s what the source claims, what’s established vs still uncertain, and why this matters for brain aging—and for how we think about mind and biology without overreaching.
Neural Correlates of Consciousness: What We Can Measure—and What We Can’t
Neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs) help researchers link subjective experience to measurable brain activity—but correlation isn’t the same as explanation. This beginner-friendly guide shows what we can measure, how to evaluate NCC claims, common pitfalls, and what remains genuinely unresolved.
Transcendental Consciousness, Samādhi, and Enlightenment
Transcendental consciousness is the term Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used for a state in which awareness remains present while ordinary thought, perception, and mental activity become minimal or absent. Within the Transcendental Meditation tradition, this state is described as pure consciousness: awareness knowing itself rather than being occupied by an object of experience. That description places […]
The TM-Sidhi Program
The TM-Sidhi Program is presented within Maharishi Vedic Science as an advanced extension of Transcendental Meditation. Where ordinary TM is intended to allow awareness to settle inward toward transcendental or pure consciousness, the TM-Sidhi Program is intended to cultivate the ability to think and act from that quieter level of awareness. This makes the program […]
Maharishi International University
Maharishi International University (MIU) is one of the clearest real-world expressions of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s larger educational vision. Founded in 1971, the university was created around an unusual premise: education should develop not only knowledge of a subject, but also the consciousness of the student who is acquiring that knowledge. Today MIU is an accredited […]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Maharishi Vedic Science
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is best known internationally for bringing the Transcendental Meditation technique to a global audience. But TM was only one part of a much larger intellectual and practical project. Over several decades, Maharishi presented what he called Maharishi Vedic Science: a systematic framework in which consciousness is treated not merely as a product […]
Scientific Research on Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) has been studied for decades, producing a research literature that is unusually large for a single meditation technique. That literature includes randomized trials, physiological studies, cardiovascular research, studies of anxiety and post-traumatic stress, and broader investigations of meditation and health. The important question is therefore no longer simply, “Has TM been studied?” […]
