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Hi, since today’s day is yoga practice and tm meditation very popular in the world and is helping a lot of people, I would appreciate if I could get the torah view and halachah on it, Thanks a lot
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To the Questioner,
According to my research, it seems that what is termed as TM meditation is no more than a basic technique to reach a state of consciousness that is described in holy Jewish Sforim as being a very beneficial tool in redirecting character traits and in achieving a higher level of avodas (worship of) Hashem.
, This tool, called in Hebrew "hashkatah", is described in detail toward the end of Sefer Derech Hamelech
a compilation of Torah discourses from Rav Klonymus Kalman Shapira ob"m Hy"d.
He offers in the aforementioned cite an additional two tools of how to arrive at that same state of consciousness.
With blessing,
Rav Nachum
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