Listed below
are references
which link to testimonies from individuals who have practiced TM, taught TM,
have functioned in leadership roles within the TM Organization, as well as
individuals who have been closely related to TM practitioners. These stories
focus, for the most part, on the negative TM experiences of these people.
"Patrick Ryan and Transcendental Meditation"
An excerpt from the book
Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan, pp. 87-88, published
by Park Street Press in Rochester Vermont in 1988 and 1990