Britain: TM A call for an official enquiry into the aims and methods of the Transcendental Meditation movements was made at a public meeting in Wealdstone in May.
Former TM teacher, Hesta Fischberg said Britain was the only country in which the movement was not the subject of government investigation. “Britain has always been proud of her heritage of freedom and justice,” she told the meeting, “the last thing we should allow on our soil is this horrible falsehood. It is about time someone started to do something. The Maharishi has got10,000of our people under his control and God knows where they are going to end up.” The meeting was organized to warn the public of the “cancer” of TM. Miss Fishberg said, “Some people do feel relaxed when they begin to meditate, but as they become more and more drawn in to the movement they become so ‘relaxed’ that they can be totally dominated¼. They say they have achieved peace, but whose world are they living in where there is peace?” “What is happening to those people is quite horrifying,” continued Miss Fischberg, “They deteriorate to a state in which they can no longer resist.” In the meantime, MentmoreTowers is open to the public, its walls hung with silk and velvet, its grounds about to be built over to provide more accommodation. They now sell silk dresses (made by meditating Chinese in Hong Kong) through the trade for between £230 and £390!
