Strangely seductive, they are an apt symbol of the singular institution of higher learning amid the cornfields of Fairfield, Iowa. Everywhere paint is peeling. The walkways are rubble. And I have never seen so many junk cars at a university. In town the farmers call the meditators 'roos,' as in gurus, and they tell wild stories of roos getting so jazzed up in the domes that they can't keep their cars on the road afterward, or walking around town dressed like mummies, terrified of sunlight.
Meditation is more central to their lives than sex, food, or sleep.
An article published by three MUM faculty in the December 1988 issue of Yale's Journal of Conflict Resolution. Some higher-ups in the TM movement claim they helped bring down the Berlin Wall, reduce crime in American cities, lower traffic fatalities, and spur the current bull market on Wall Street. Next, John Gray, the author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, selling more than 6 million copies in hardcover, more than any nonfiction book in history. Despite limited experience, Gray learned a lot from his master. Gray's M.A. is in Maharishi's Science of Creative Intelligence, and his Ph.D. came via a correspondence course from Columbia Pacific University.