
After the lecture, I shook Maharishi’s hand with tears of disappointment running down my face. However, my mother, who suffered her entire life with mental illness was very much against me doing anything “non-catholic” and refused to let me take the training. I remember him saying that students are better able to concentrate and retain information and that thought excited me. I don’t recall where I first heard of TM, but somehow I ended up at an introductory lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. My story goes back to the mid 80s, when I was a freshman in high school. I wanted to take a few moments and talk about my experience with TM. Written in Rosenthal's trademark style of restraint and intellectual carefulness, Super Mind explores how we can aspire to so much more than we ever thought possible.

It is a gateway to functioning physically, emotionally, and intellectually at levels we never knew we could attain. In his most ambitious book yet, Rosenthal shows how TM is more than a tool for destressing or for general wellness.

Rosenthal, MD, shows how the incredibly simple daily practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) can permanently alter your state of mind during the routine hours of waking life - placing you into a super-mind state of "cosmic consciousness" where you consistently perform at peak aptitude. In Super Mind, clinical psychiatrist and bestselling author Norman E. Most of us believe that we live in only three states of consciousness: wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming.

The noted research psychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author explores how Transcendental Meditation permanently alters your daily consciousness, resulting in greater productivity, emotional resilience, and aptitude for success.
