Transcendental Meditation is a meditative technique taken from Hinduism by a Hindu guru named Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He wanted to spread Hinduism to the west without people knowing it. So he took the Hindu meditative system and called it a “relaxation technique.” It used the names of the Hindu gods and demons from the Veda texts. (Although users are told this is a meaning less word) the practitioner repeated the word given him over and over till he reaches a altered stat of consciousness.

To practice TM one must be initiated into it by a Hindu guru or holy man. The ceremony is called the Puja. It has been translated into English on this site for your reading. Repeating the name of a Hindu god or demon over and over again until something happens is not some thing God would have us to do. The advanced meditative technique, called Sidhi, begins to yoke you with the Hindu god/demon and you begin to develop psychic powers. Supposedly the highest form of which is levitation