{"product_id":"2940158958168","title":"Transcendental Deception","description":"In this new book, Transcendental Deception, author Aryeh Siegel exposes the hidden world of the enormously wealthy and highly secretive Transcendental Meditation organization. Siegel was first introduced to TM in the early 1970s. What started off as a casual interest in meditation to relieve stress, morphed into an all-encompassing way of life that lasted almost ten years.     Siegel became a TM teacher and worked at TM's U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. He was involved with some early studies that were supposed to demonstrate the power and efficacy of the TM approach. He also participated in what is called the \"TM Sidhi\" program which promised that meditators could learn to levitate, become invisible, develop miraculous powers, achieve permanent, perfect health, and even eternal life.     Over time, Siegel became disillusioned with both his TM practice and the organization. He saw that the so-called research TM was pushing was biased, poorly designed, and flawed. Much of the science behind TM is but a form of contrived promotion. Although Siegel seriously practiced TM and the Sidhi program for years, he experienced no miraculous powers, no flying or levitating, just wishful thinking and hype. It became increasingly evident to him that TM was an adapted form of Hinduism, a religion, but was being falsely promoted to the public as secular and scientific. And lastly, Siegel experienced the TM organization as becoming increasingly authoritarian and cultic.    Siegel's new book, Transcendental Deception, is the first comprehensive look at the TM movement written by a former insider.","brand":"Janreg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113351168240,"sku":"2940158958168","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158958168_p0.jpg?v=1764125227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158958168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}