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- *The Communiversity of South Africa
See videos at http://www.communiversitysa.org/156-2/ See picture book at http://thecommuniversityofsouthafrica.com/wp-content/plugins/page-flip-image-gallery/popup.php?book_id=2
- A leading IT company starts supporting the Maharishi Institute in South Africa
"The South African branch of SAP, the world’s largest provider of business software solutions, has announced a partnership with the Maharishi Institute to cover education costs of black students in need."
- Can Meditation Change the World?
Steve Taylor, Psychology Today, Dec 10, 2012 Last week a group of my students were giving a presentation on the spiritual philosopher Ken Wilber. It included a video interview in which Wilber remarked, ‘The best way to stop famine in the world is to meditate.’ Some students were outraged, and my initial thought was that the comment was glib and offensive. Surely the best way to stop famine is to provide food, to donate money, or at least to end conflict or reduce corruption? However, there is a case study which illustrates Wilber’s meaning very clearly. It’s the story of the ‘meditating president’, Joachim Chissano of Mozambique.
- Consciousness-Based Education (CBE) Schools in South Africa
"The Consciousness-Based education programme (CBE) provides a practical, proven approach to prevent anti-social behaviour and other educational problems by developing the creative intelligence and inner happiness of every student."
- How A Free College in S. Africa is Ending Generations of Poverty with Transcendental Meditation
Linda Egenes, March 30, 2014 One bright light is the Maharishi Invincible Institute (MII) in Johannesburg, which serves students who normally would not receive a higher education. Every student is instructed in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-SidhiSM program as part of the curriculum, and every student receives free access to a university education.
- Reduction of PTSD in South African University Students Using Transcendental Meditation Practice
Carole L. Bandy, Michael C. Dillbeck, Vincent Sezibera, Lian Taljaard, Mirah Wilks, David Shapiro, Jody de Reuck, Richard Peycke
Psychological Reports. First published February 19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119828036
Abstract
A study was conducted on South African college students using the Transcendental Meditation technique to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder. Students meeting the criteria for possible posttraumatic stress disorder were included. Thirty-four students at the experimental university in South Africa clinically diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder were instructed in and practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique twice daily compared to 34 diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder comparison students at the comparison university. The multivariate effect was significant for both the posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology and depression. Results were significantly associated with regularity of practice. The study replicates recent findings and offers an alternative educational treatment for higher education.
- Taddy Blecher - cofounder of Maharishi Invincibility Institute
Gillian Jones, Financial Mail (South Africa), May 16, 2013 Blecher first developed a public profile in 2000 when he cofounded Cida City Campus in Johannesburg - a free education model offering a four-year business administration degree. He left Cida in 2007 to start another free educational body, the Maharishi Institute, which keeps its costs low by getting students to contribute to its running. The institute this week launched the Impact Sourcing Academy in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and Aegis Outsourcing SA. It offers young people from disadvantaged communities access to free education and the opportunity to work four hours a day in a customised call centre on the campus in inner-city Johannesburg.
- The CIDA Foundation (South Africa)
…supporting universal access to innovative quality education worldwide that contributes to the full development of those individuals wishing to create the highest social and economic good for their communities and their nations. The purpose of the CIDA Foundation is to provide support for non-profit educational organizations and programs throughout the world that have, as a principal goal, the development of greatness and leadership within individuals and communities, through consciousness-based, holistic education of young people. The CIDA Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_%26_Individual_Development_Association
- The Maharishi Institute
Maharishi Invincibility Institute provides access to youth wishing to enroll in higher education, by assisting them and partner accredited institutions to get connected. The Institute is a non-profit organisation established in June 2007 to develop a new generation of leaders for South Africa. It provides financial access to the qualifications of its education partners which students access via distance education, while gaining work experience. The Institute enriches the distance education learning experience and makes it complete through the provision of comprehensive support services, including work experience, infrastructure access, bridging programmes, and self development programmes.
- TMhome.com - Taddy Blecher, the man who gave himself to education
TMhome.com, August 22, 2014 Taddy Blecher is a young South African with a great heart and a brilliant mind. In 1995, during one restless night of tossing and turning, he realized that his whole life had been dictated by fear of freedom.
- TMhome.com - The first free university in South Africa
TMhome.com, October 19, 2014 Maharishi Institue is the first university in South Africa where higher level education is offered free of charge..It is also the first academic institution in the country to couple the rigors of academic discipline with the deep relaxation of Transcendental Meditation sessions.
- Zulu students begin TM
120 Zulu students at the Khetokhule School in Durban recently learned Transcendental Meditation (10/16/2015)