The principle of Transcendental Meditation is simple. Being is bliss in its nature, it's infinite happiness. Mind is always moving in the direction of greater happiness. It is the experience of everyone...wherever the mind goes, it goes in the direction of greater happiness. And because the nature of inner being is bliss...infinite happiness...therefore, the mind, during Transcendental Meditation, takes that inward course in a more spontaneous manner. In this meditation we do not concentrate, or control the mind, we let the mind follow its natural instinct towards great happiness, and it goes within and gains bliss consciousness in the being. Yes...the technique is...we take a specific thought, which suits us, which is called the mantra, or a suitable sound for us, which we see from the trained teacher of Transcendental Meditation. And these teachers are found everywhere in the world...I have trained them properly. And they give a suitable word, and the man experiences the thought of that sound, and starts minimizing that thought, to experience the finer state of that thought, until the source of thought is fathomed and the conscious mind reached the transcendental area of being. So from gross thought to the subtle state of thought, to the subtler, to the subtlest state of thought...this is the part of Transcendental Meditation...until the mind...conscious mind...reached the bliss consciousness, or transcendental consciousness, or pure consciousness, or the state of being.