P R E F A C E by Dr. Douglas Birx
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Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi Program Administrator for North America r.
Craig Pearson has done a great service to the world by writing The Complete Book of Yogic Flying. In a wonderfully flowing style he has covered the emergence and application of the knowledge and programs of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as they relate to Yogic Flying. He has put into perspective a lesson that we have learned over and over again — that when we apply the knowledge and technology of consciousness available to us in Maharishi’s programs, the results are extraordinary. For those of us who have participated in the programs and assemblies described in The Complete Book of Yogic Flying, each step has been an unprecedented thrill. Now, looked at from the perspective of time, we see a huge and compelling body of knowledge that has emerged, showing the great nourishing value of enlivening Natural Law in the consciousness of the individual and in the collective consciousness of the world. If you are not yet practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique and the TM-Sidhi program, I would like to encourage you to personally experience the profound development of consciousness that comes from practicing these techniques. This growth starts with our ability to transcend, which we learn when we are instructed in the Transcendental Meditation program. The ability to act from this level of consciousness is cultured by practicing the TM-Sidhi program. Through the group dynamics of consciousness, experienced during the group practice of Yogic Flying, we gain the ability to dramatically enliven coherence in world consciousness. One evolves from object-referral consciousness, being tightly bound by all our thoughts and actions, to subject-
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