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34Rabbi Raphael Levine (obm), Rabbi Emeritus, Temple De Hirsh Sinai, SeattleThe TM program is not a religion. It has nothing to do with religion except as the easiest technique I have yet discovered for making religion become more alive, more meaningful, by helping people to live the way their religion teaches them to live%u2014on the level of love and self-giving.The effortless and enjoyable TM technique, practiced twenty minutes twice a day, subdues the self-centeredness we have always believed is our human nature, not by self-denial, but by the joy and happiness of self-enlargement, the enlargement of our state of consciousness. And the miracle is that it works!Rev. Dr. John R. Reigstad, Clergy Emeritus, Resurrection Lutheran Church, St. Louis; Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Saint Louis UniversityMy article, %u201cOn the Theological Permissibility of the Psychotherapeutic Use of Transcendental Meditation in a Christian Context,%u201d documents: 1) TM has been proven to provide many health benefits. 2) TM is a secular procedure, independent of religion. Many TMers report a greater appreciation of their own traditions. 3) Christians need feel no tension between the practice of TM and the Christian life. 4) The precise teaching and checking procedures ensure that one receives and maintains the benefits of the practice.