James Randi on Paranormal Claims of Transcendental Meditation

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  • @xtremeranger30
    @xtremeranger30 4 роки тому +165

    RIP James Randi, you skeptical legend.

  • @cj222100
    @cj222100 4 роки тому +140

    How does this guy manage to look the same decade after decade

    • @billo420.
      @billo420. 4 роки тому +2

      @@offensivebias3965 LOL

    • @ianbarbieri7159
      @ianbarbieri7159 4 роки тому +1

      @@billo420. LOL?? Bro 2012 says to return to your dimension

    • @StellarGamingOnline
      @StellarGamingOnline 4 роки тому +6

      Dumbaass. It's obviously magic. he's doing this whole thing so no one else can have the mana that he's using to keep himself immortal.

    • @harshbarj
      @harshbarj 4 роки тому +4

      This video is 12 years old. That's how. James Randi has not done new videos in a LONG time.

    • @hackerman7835
      @hackerman7835 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah this video was made in 2008 I suspect Mr Randi is not in the best of shapes right now :(

  • @TheLuisberg
    @TheLuisberg 4 роки тому +68

    RIP James Randi. For those who don’t know. He died earlier today

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok 4 роки тому +2

      92 years

    • @nohorasims656
      @nohorasims656 2 роки тому

      The world is a better place without that fake pervert around

  • @PhysicsWithParam
    @PhysicsWithParam 4 роки тому +63

    RIP James Randy. The world will miss you 😭

    • @terracottaneemtree6697
      @terracottaneemtree6697 3 роки тому +1

      Randi Jones died two months after this? He looks so healthy here. The Satanic Underground are killing people left and right!

    • @HassaanALal
      @HassaanALal 3 роки тому

      wtf when did he die? why is there no news? i even searched and could not find him being dead

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 2 роки тому +4

      @@HassaanALal He died in October 2020 from old age he was 92

    • @nerosuperstardom
      @nerosuperstardom 2 роки тому

      Speak for yourself. Randi was as big a fraud as those he debunked.

  • @hminkema
    @hminkema 4 роки тому +46

    I am happy to find that James Randi sounded as strong and enthusiastic in the year before he died, as he has always been sounding. The people who listened to him, are the better for it.
    Rest in peace, James Randi.

    • @theweekthatis
      @theweekthatis 4 роки тому +1

      This was 2008, it says in the video.

    • @fumarate1
      @fumarate1 2 роки тому

      I wonder if he believes in the parnormal now?

  • @e.o9470
    @e.o9470 2 роки тому +9

    “your beliefs simply betray you” best quote ever!

  • @Frankya92
    @Frankya92 4 роки тому +79

    RIP James randi, you’re one of the reasons why I became a skeptic.

    • @MasterAdam100
      @MasterAdam100 4 роки тому +8

      @Bria
      Citations needed.

    • @dustingrimmmagic1067
      @dustingrimmmagic1067 4 роки тому +6

      @@brialapoint2608 you realise most of who you are has been influenced by people around you?

    • @Stephen-vx2gq
      @Stephen-vx2gq 4 роки тому +7

      He helped me with my skepticism too, an incredible guy and a sad loss

    • @tommymurray7023
      @tommymurray7023 3 роки тому +2

      He's a street magician giving worded opinions. No proof or facts! Not even one debate! For The sheep

    • @dustingrimmmagic1067
      @dustingrimmmagic1067 3 роки тому +7

      @@tommymurray7023 he was no street magician ^^ and of course what he said were mostly opinions, but it was literally about being skeptical, so I'm pretty sure he would always reconsider if evidence is presented, so what's the problem? ^^

  • @alonzogarbanzo
    @alonzogarbanzo 4 роки тому +10

    Rest in peace, James. You are a hero to me. Thanks for all you did.

  • @AEGIPAN101
    @AEGIPAN101 4 роки тому +10

    Rest in peace, Randi :(

  • @joaoferreira8
    @joaoferreira8 4 роки тому +17

    I didn't know he had passed recently. I'm one of the fools who have spent money, time and effort trying to develop extra sensorial powers. Mr. Randi videos helped me to open my eyes to reality. Anyone else doing a work similar to his?

    • @perrysaunders777
      @perrysaunders777 3 роки тому +7

      People who make great discoveries are usually called fools first. To pursue your unconventional ideas is actually braver than most of us who just settle for what’s established. Whatever you pursue, be sure to enjoy life too.

    • @jdgolden8082
      @jdgolden8082 3 роки тому +6

      Don't know what you have tried, but ESP is very real. Magic is too. Shame you had to pay for what it was you tried learning but just like it takes time for a out of shape person to get fit. It's the same thing when trying to develop ESP. Also it starts with your beliefs.

  • @S.Y.S.64738
    @S.Y.S.64738 4 роки тому +9

    I will keep showing your legacy to the delusional as long as I live. Thanks for your work! You were (are) much needed.

  • @wendyspear
    @wendyspear 4 роки тому +18

    Rest In Peace Champ. You did a great service to humanity!

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      I'm skeptical that he is in peace

    • @nabiamiri8794
      @nabiamiri8794 2 роки тому +1

      @@MetalArms16212 you can have your own illusion as he is no more alive.

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      @@nabiamiri8794 I assure you. If he died in his ouw goodness, he is not in peace. Very witty but that doesn't get you anywhere in eternity. It's sad he seemed to be a nice man.

    • @nabiamiri8794
      @nabiamiri8794 2 роки тому

      @@MetalArms16212 I don't know if he is in peace , heaven or hell nor you know, but just using this kind word RIP give us a bit comfort.
      But you can stay skeptical 🧐 of this

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      @@nabiamiri8794 this is a real dilemma is on a cosmic level Nabi. We should not say words to just have a moment of comfort and think, "i dont know" that can be dangerous in regards to sliping into eternity. look, observe and think where did he go? What is the most reasonable, answer without confusion?

  • @DoodlingHitman
    @DoodlingHitman 4 роки тому +6

    i hope james keeps on living for many more years

    • @ZootWorld1
      @ZootWorld1 4 роки тому +3

      You blew it.

    • @starcat277
      @starcat277 4 роки тому +2

      this didn't age well

    • @DoodlingHitman
      @DoodlingHitman 4 роки тому +2

      @Derp de Derp omg what the actual fuccck!! i should've kept my mouth shutttt

    • @DoodlingHitman
      @DoodlingHitman 4 роки тому +2

      @@ZootWorld1 i killed him, noooo!! .A.

    • @DoodlingHitman
      @DoodlingHitman 4 роки тому +3

      @@starcat277 i cannot even...

  • @mikebarnes7734
    @mikebarnes7734 3 роки тому +8

    I gave up on T.M. forty years ago. Not surprisingly, their so-called "flying" only amounts to bouncing around on foam-plastic mats and has not changed in four decades.

    • @MrMaximino92
      @MrMaximino92 4 місяці тому

      That’s what an ignorant person that was thought by someone actually ignorant about what that were teaching would do.

    • @mikebarnes7734
      @mikebarnes7734 3 місяці тому +1

      @@MrMaximino92 No, that was a determination made by a person who had studied the original Sanskrit Sutras by Patanjali.

  • @KevinLopez-jf5ys
    @KevinLopez-jf5ys 4 роки тому +5

    RIP, we lost a good one....

  • @Hysteria98
    @Hysteria98 4 роки тому +5

    RIP One of the greatest heroes of our time.

  • @wolfeyez300
    @wolfeyez300 4 роки тому +2

    RIP James. August 7, 1928 - October 20, 2020

  • @tonyclown
    @tonyclown 3 роки тому

    Durch James Randi habe ich glernt dass es völlig okay ist kritisch zu denken. Nicht quer zu denken weil eben.... sondern Behauptungen zu hinterfragen und sie durch eigene recherchen, nachdenken und beobachten zu verwerfen oder zu bestätigen. Ein unfassbares Geschenk.

  • @iforget6940
    @iforget6940 4 роки тому +17

    There is real magic not in the sense of terocards or levitation or ghosts just the beauty of nature is true magic

    • @Meaderelle
      @Meaderelle 4 роки тому +7

      I get that magical feeling when I go 3 days without taking a shit. Then eating plums and releasing the dark power within.

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      Yes it's called creation

  • @jamesjameson9562
    @jamesjameson9562 3 роки тому +5

    He Will come back as a ghost and be like Damm i was wrong

  • @miguelsonofzeus
    @miguelsonofzeus 4 роки тому +10

    He's "destroying" their illusions because those lame asses are lying to people for money. James Randi is a hero!

    • @eldergod4809
      @eldergod4809 2 роки тому +1

      Mmmmm no he's not

    • @miguelsonofzeus
      @miguelsonofzeus 2 роки тому +1

      @@eldergod4809 Yes he was. He busted out all those phonies! They couldn't even lie correctly.

  • @Raz-q2r
    @Raz-q2r Рік тому +1

    1 million dollars to any necromancer who can bring this man back to life. Please 🥺

    • @LeMMon-e7o
      @LeMMon-e7o Рік тому

      3 mil cash and i will do it

  • @dmo-ra1655
    @dmo-ra1655 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you sir you open my eyes when I was a teenager✌

  • @finjay21fj
    @finjay21fj Рік тому +1

    He, himself, was a little magic, disproving all his arguements heehee yX-D! 😂He had a bit of magic in his heart mind and soul ❤️🏆🥇

  • @nufiprost
    @nufiprost 4 роки тому +3

    he isn't destroying peoples illusions as people destroy reality.

  • @Kyus2001
    @Kyus2001 4 роки тому +8

    RIP You will be missed!
    Wednesday, October 21st 2020

  • @Contagious93812
    @Contagious93812 4 роки тому +7

    Damn, he's 91!

  • @theultimatereductionist7592
    @theultimatereductionist7592 4 роки тому +6

    R.I.P. The Amazing James Randi! Great scambuster, illusionist, educators, skeptic, & atheist!

  • @zeddieb5150
    @zeddieb5150 4 роки тому +8

    How sad James Randi passed away today. Also i found a fact I never wondered about. Regardless he was gay. How crazy is that. He was just a really cool guy. I loved hearing his stories. If I remember right he was 92.

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      He was gay?? I'm skeptical and think it was actually a lust that his body appetites enslave him to wrong unnatural affections. He was deceived also.

    • @MrMaximino92
      @MrMaximino92 4 місяці тому

      Why did you feel so impelled to let whoever reads your comment to know that he was gay?
      Who bloody cares?

  • @Lehmann108
    @Lehmann108 3 роки тому +3

    Being deeply involved in the TM movement for many decades I can assure you that nobody can fly using the "flying sutra" from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. I don't know if Maharishi actually expected people to fly with this sutra or if he knew that this would not happen. Who knows?

    • @john-fg7js
      @john-fg7js 2 роки тому +5

      Maharishi didn't develop this technique with the intention of making people fly, that I can guarantee you. He actually believed in a level of brain coherence that one would achieve by exercising this practice over the long haul. As strange or nonsensical as you may think this is, lying and bringing false claims about Maharishi techniques is not going to make you right. So I disagree with this whole video.

    • @Quintessenceofdust7
      @Quintessenceofdust7 2 роки тому

      Should read autobiography of a yogi

    • @Burzurk1987
      @Burzurk1987 Рік тому +3

      I’ve been in TM for a few years. Randi is full of whale dung. TM has absolutely nothing to do with levitation or any other such thing. There are over 750 independent scientific studies done on TM from Universities around the world. Im very disappointed that Randi would talk like about TM like this. He is absolutely wrong. He normally does his research and is very knowledgeable but not in this particular at case involving TM.

  • @jackulstrom9150
    @jackulstrom9150 4 роки тому +4

    Did they censor that peacock's rear end?

  • @jimxantham3571
    @jimxantham3571 3 роки тому

    Thank you Simon Whistler

  • @bigeye167
    @bigeye167 3 роки тому

    Thank you Machello

  • @russell-di8js
    @russell-di8js 5 місяців тому

    Loved this guy, tried to stop people profiteering off others illness's & loss.. Was never against entertainment but hated charlatans. James Randi, original thinker RIP

  • @MarcHermans
    @MarcHermans 4 роки тому +1

    The great Inquisitor James « skeptic » RANDI has performed his last magic trick... RIP James!

  • @boris2342
    @boris2342 2 роки тому +2

    Science and technology works...magic and religion doesn't
    I f you go to the dentist do you want nova cane or holy water ???

  • @BooGaming1
    @BooGaming1 4 роки тому +1

    Ayoo slight of hand was smooth as er

  • @chrisgale5634
    @chrisgale5634 2 роки тому

    Brilliant, great guy, sadly missed.

  • @samhill5246
    @samhill5246 4 роки тому +2

    anyone who could would not need the money

    • @perrysaunders777
      @perrysaunders777 3 роки тому

      ha ha...I have a sign in my house that says “if cats could talk they wouldn’t”

  • @MrMaximino92
    @MrMaximino92 4 місяці тому

    This is when he actually talked about what he didn’t know anything about.
    Be careful to not take everything that your favourite influencers say as the truth.

    • @SamIAm-kz4hg
      @SamIAm-kz4hg 3 місяці тому

      @MrMaximino92
      "This is when he actually talked about what he didn’t know anything about."
      Let's get this straight. You want to claim that "he didn't know anything" about a man you likely never met and probably know next to nothing about.
      Can you say hypocrisy?

  • @allenanderson4911
    @allenanderson4911 3 роки тому +3

    Mantra meditation is beginner stuff. Other forms are for experienced meditators. And the goal has always been self-insight, not magic. TM is a scam. You can learn mantra for free lots of places such as a Vipassana center, or yoga studio.

  • @lancewalker1999
    @lancewalker1999 2 роки тому

    He always reminded me of Mr. Natural.

  • @FrankZambaras
    @FrankZambaras 4 роки тому +1

    RIP James.

  • @ritiksingh_2330
    @ritiksingh_2330 Рік тому +1

    R.I.P legend

  • @militantpacifist4087
    @militantpacifist4087 4 роки тому +2

    1:51 LMAO 😂

  • @Teabonesteak
    @Teabonesteak 4 роки тому +3

    TM sounded like something I could have really used until I found out how much it cost for someone to learn the technique.

    • @SRBurns-oo2ij
      @SRBurns-oo2ij 2 роки тому

      It's a very reasonable cost for what you get. Prices have been lowered and negotiable for low income. Guaranteed to work. Lifetime free followup. Non-profit organization.

  • @yolohulan2837
    @yolohulan2837 3 роки тому

    Man who created a generation of skeptic

  • @PrdiChlp
    @PrdiChlp 3 роки тому +3

    Illusions are not useless. They are great for deceiving weak-minded people :)

    • @perrysaunders777
      @perrysaunders777 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, and you can rip off a blind person, but don’t. Be good to people.

    • @PrdiChlp
      @PrdiChlp 3 роки тому

      @@perrysaunders777 I never said that deceiving has to be in a bad way. You can make a great day to someone who believes in astrogogy or god just by choosing right words in right situation for example.

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 3 роки тому +1

      Everyone can think, but some choose not to.

  • @kristyolsen6094
    @kristyolsen6094 4 роки тому +3

    Send me a message Randi. If anyone could get through, it's you. 💔

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      He dies and where did he go? I'm skeptical and don't think it was a good place.

    • @kristyolsen6094
      @kristyolsen6094 2 роки тому

      We go where ever we were before we were born.

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      @@kristyolsen6094 nope

    • @kristyolsen6094
      @kristyolsen6094 2 роки тому

      @@MetalArms16212 YOU DON'T KNOW

    • @MetalArms16212
      @MetalArms16212 2 роки тому

      @@kristyolsen6094 Yes infact there are two world views one with God and one with out God. Randy is in eternity now. More "alive" and conscious then we will ever be here but I don't think he is in a place of rest.

  • @josiahmain9031
    @josiahmain9031 3 роки тому

    He said something to the Bird... Break the Connection?

  • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
    @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому

    The interviewer sounds so much like one of Sacha Baron Cohen's characters. Is it Borat?

    • @brittanjawild8149
      @brittanjawild8149 4 роки тому +1

      Think he is from Germany. We have sometimes creepy English (-;

  • @zglazebrook
    @zglazebrook 4 роки тому +3

    Rip

  • @davidbeavers7746
    @davidbeavers7746 4 роки тому +2

    RIP

  • @holohulolo
    @holohulolo 2 роки тому

    These levitation thing and all the mysticism with some meditators really gave it a bad rep. A friend once asked me to try meditation and I was skeptical because of all that mysticism, but fortunately the one I went to dont really have all that bs and it was simply focusing on the breath, sitting still and being present. Meditation is very helpful without all that mysticism, but I bet many people out there are also skeptic about tryig meditation because they've heard these stories of some people claiming of meditation that can help you levitate or astral projection and all that.

    • @spuriusscapula4829
      @spuriusscapula4829 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, he is not referring to normal meditation which is simply removing oneself from distractions or along with optionally focusing oneself on one particular thing.

  • @FallGuy-68
    @FallGuy-68 2 роки тому +3

    I appreciate what he has done, exposing frauds and all, but he also sabotaged scientific research because of his prejudice against parapsychology.

  • @Muck-qy2oo
    @Muck-qy2oo 4 роки тому

    What is "paranormal" in the first place?

    • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
      @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 роки тому

      " events are purported phenomena ... described as beyond normal experience or scientific explanation."
      From Wikipedia.
      I'm not sure, but I think the "para" means "beside" or "next to." So a paralegal is someone who works alongside a lawyer, a paramedic ... You get the idea.
      From that, I think we can think of "paranormal" as being outside of the normal.
      Now we just need to define "normal." ... Yikes.

  • @haibutsu148
    @haibutsu148 3 роки тому +3

    Transcendental Meditation has nothing to do with levitating. Whoever claimed that was high on salt rocks. This video proved nothing sept that you cant levitate which i agree and nothing on how Transcendental Meditation is fake lol.

  • @TheRealBurticus
    @TheRealBurticus 4 роки тому

    This also applies to Government & Business

  • @sudevsen
    @sudevsen 3 роки тому

    David Lynch dislikes this video

  • @kju88
    @kju88 4 роки тому +4

    Well he sure knows the absolute truth now lol rip buddy

    • @rationaloutlook5772
      @rationaloutlook5772 4 роки тому +2

      If that's the case,I'll be in the company of a lot of great people when I reach Hell.😉

    • @Brugar18
      @Brugar18 3 роки тому

      or he is just dead and that's it.

    • @kju88
      @kju88 3 роки тому

      @@Brugar18 you totally missed the point.. dead or not he knows the truth now.

    • @Brugar18
      @Brugar18 3 роки тому +1

      @@kju88 no I have not missed the point. If a person is completely dead, we know that he is dead and he can't function, meaning he couldn't know anything now.

    • @kju88
      @kju88 3 роки тому +1

      @@Brugar18 .... Ok now im certain you missed the point. Tell me, with your great knowledge, how many stars are there in the universe from corner to corner? I wnt the exact number and not an estimate and i want the precise dimensions of each star and i want you to tell me exactly the day and the hour by the very milisecond when they jumped into existence... The truth is you don't know those answers and neither do I. So, how could you sit there and pretend you know what is true and what isn't true when you don't even know what's true about what you can see with your very eyes in the night sky? Can you magically change what's real and what isn't just because you say so? Do you think you know that much about life that all you need to do is invent your own truth so that your opinions become reality? The more you learn about the life, the more it should humble you because you realize you know very little, but you sit there as if youre the very author of life himself and that you have some sort of great governance over the momentum and the function of the entire universe ... you know very little my friend and so do I. So here's my point.. When the music stops and the smoke clears and egos and our "knowledge" pass away, only then will we know the absolute truth about life and death and what happens when we no longer exist here on this earth.

  • @btsbiggestarmy8388
    @btsbiggestarmy8388 3 роки тому

    I see something drawn on the bed and it's not drawn with blood it's drawn with breath sometimes there is a person floating and sometimes a person's head is cut of so I would say that the gost was and artist he draws preety clear 😂😂

  • @sannamati4571
    @sannamati4571 3 роки тому

    Maybe he never had the money in the first place

  • @dustsky
    @dustsky Рік тому

    Is he rejecting Transcendental Meditation entirely or just disputing the supernatural claims made by some practitioners? Is he attempting to convey that meditation is a futile use of time?

    • @SamIAm-kz4hg
      @SamIAm-kz4hg 3 місяці тому

      Is he attempting to convey that meditation is a futile use of time?
      No.

  • @theFLCLguy
    @theFLCLguy 4 роки тому

    One of the greatest to ever live. RIP

  • @richardfraser5162
    @richardfraser5162 10 місяців тому

    What the hell was his problem????

    • @SamIAm-kz4hg
      @SamIAm-kz4hg 3 місяці тому +1

      @richardfraser5162
      "What the hell was his problem????"
      He enjoyed showing that some people are pretenders.

  • @tommymurray7023
    @tommymurray7023 3 роки тому +2

    He should put-up or shut up! Guess God shut him up! Lmfao

    • @maciejcholewa3796
      @maciejcholewa3796 3 роки тому +2

      Lol he lived longer then yiu will ever live;) No god shut him up , as his videos are still aviable and he is present in minds of people. Your magical invisible non-existent god didn't do a shit to him;).

  • @Mr._POV_
    @Mr._POV_ 4 роки тому +2

    Real magic does exist, but in the right hands. Me and you probably seen it, or not.

  • @aliciapimentel5228
    @aliciapimentel5228 2 роки тому +2

    James Randi was right in most of the cases.. too bad he didn't try Ayahuasca and couldn't realize there is energy andl spiritual world up there..the nobody can explain..it's just there. Tesla proved it too. Its all about vibration.

    • @alexanderjackson8389
      @alexanderjackson8389 2 роки тому +1

      It’s your brain tricking you.. it’s kinda like when a dream feels real, you looking at an optical illusion or when doctors prescribe placebo drugs…
      People who are blind from birth are not going to have ayahuasca or dmt visions… they can only see visions of the shapes that they’ve touched..

  • @cheerry777
    @cheerry777 4 роки тому +1

    Because the million dollars aren't as attractive. Need to up the ante to a billion dollars.... :)

  • @Mrchong405
    @Mrchong405 4 роки тому

    His accent has changed so much

  • @basetbomsetlovebasetcatsex676
    @basetbomsetlovebasetcatsex676 4 роки тому +1

    James I Wana prove my ability to give anyone divanation I'll place you infront a mirro phenomenem and you will stare and see something different I'm blessed to tell the truth

    • @basetbomsetlovebasetcatsex676
      @basetbomsetlovebasetcatsex676 4 роки тому

      James when befor I sleep I see faces like how ushuly u think befor bed ide see the same few faces drive by the next day. Is this why the government wont talk about mirror

    • @Revanbzn
      @Revanbzn 4 роки тому +7

      Ho to therapy, and get medication if needed

    • @JohnSmith-vj8yq
      @JohnSmith-vj8yq 4 роки тому

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    • @Toohot2handle758
      @Toohot2handle758 4 роки тому

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    • @TeaSquiffy2
      @TeaSquiffy2 4 роки тому

      @@basetbomsetlovebasetcatsex676
      I hate to break it to you, but if _anyone_ stares at a mirror for long enough and in the right lighting, you'll start to see things. Not special.

  • @funnight56
    @funnight56 2 роки тому +1

    This guy is funny but he is a walking straw man argument. Not as clever as he thinks he is. Very rudimentary shallow thinking. Funny though.

  • @brirhehejrjrhez5212
    @brirhehejrjrhez5212 4 роки тому +2

    Ich bin Noah

  • @ggabb3399
    @ggabb3399 Рік тому

    lol this guy was so far behind poor soul

  • @ambientjohnny
    @ambientjohnny 2 роки тому

    Nope, we cannot see the truly real world, we see what we have evolved to see, which is enough to let us orient ourselves in the world. Seeing every detail of true existence would be utter chaos to the mind. People making claims about their supposed special powers are pointless and excessively fuelled by ego, yet that is quite separate from the actual benefits or teachings of many spiritual practices, expanding consciousness is not a worthless endeavour - just sticking to what a certain current of science can explain is a strange obsession, our minds and lives are our own, and experiences in the mind can induce profound changes to the physical as well, the expansion of inner horizons can completely change how we view existence and the world.

  • @rexgeorg7324
    @rexgeorg7324 4 роки тому +1

    is there really a million bucks up for grabs james

    • @oldboy5001
      @oldboy5001 4 роки тому

      No, it's an illusion like the ones he's just been debunking. Too many get out clauses, it's impossible to win.

    • @rexgeorg7324
      @rexgeorg7324 4 роки тому +1

      @@oldboy5001 its made him a decent living .. its always about money

    • @connarkent282
      @connarkent282 4 роки тому +1

      @@oldboy5001 well yeah, these people are bogus

  • @nohorasims656
    @nohorasims656 2 роки тому

    He was the biggest fake thats why he was allways talking

  • @tommymurray7023
    @tommymurray7023 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like he's a street magician. No proof or facts, just worded opinions.

    • @maciejcholewa3796
      @maciejcholewa3796 3 роки тому +4

      Yet all so called miracle workers were scared to take his test;)

    • @tboman4128
      @tboman4128 3 роки тому

      More like common sense.

    • @AccDeleted1
      @AccDeleted1 2 роки тому

      @@maciejcholewa3796 I don’t think real witches give a shit honestly

  • @Tibbygames
    @Tibbygames 4 роки тому +1

    This guy needs to debunk these current libs.

    • @Tibbygames
      @Tibbygames 4 роки тому

      @@ShikataGaNai100 since English is my 3rd language, it would help

    • @Tibbygames
      @Tibbygames 4 роки тому

      @@ShikataGaNai100 did I hit a soft spot?

    • @tdb517
      @tdb517 3 роки тому +1

      Would be nice to debunk these current conservatives too. You know, Qanon, god hate gay people, and so on. Way worse than the SJW.

  • @robertnewell5057
    @robertnewell5057 4 роки тому +1

    'This is the real world!' (Stamps foot). He sums up the danger of putative paranormal claims in just a few words. He is, I believe, overgenerous to those who make money from systems such as TM. I doubt that they believe their own claims. It is demonstrable that TM practice can lower heart rate. However, this is no differernt from any system that involves relaxation, and no appeal to a non-physical supernatural world is necessary. In other words, as with so many of these supposedly mystical systems, the bit that works is thoroughly grounded in the material world. The rest is all flim flam and window dressing. Imagine if the Maharishi had just put out a tape of relaxing music or given progressive muscle relaxation instructions (devised by Jacobsen in the 1930s). Both these approaches are as effective as TM, but there's not much money in them. Once again, I suggest Randi is overgenerous. May he rest in peace after a lifetime of important work.

    • @SRBurns-oo2ij
      @SRBurns-oo2ij 2 роки тому +1

      TM is a non-profit organization. No one ever got rich, or even close, teaching TM. It gets by on break-even basis thru dedicated staff and generous donors. Maharishi made it into a purchased product simply to make it available. Like housing, food, etc. Wouldn't be here if it didn't cost money. And he trademarked it to distinguish it for what it is, original Vedic meditation. And, no, it is not based in the material world, and no, relaxation techniques are not comparable. TM takes the mind/nervous system/physiology to Transcendental Consciousness, where all values off manifest existence are in latent form, allowing those values to be brought into manifest life. Everything gets better. The levitation technique is an advanced practice. Levitation isn't really the intention and not really seriously expected. See Patanjali's comments on the intent of the Yoga Sutras. The TM organization and M didn't make it very clear. In any case, you can't grasp its value if you are not doing it. Not criticizing anyone for not grasping. Just saying, it's an experience. And basic TM is enough by itself.

  • @dommidavros2211
    @dommidavros2211 2 роки тому

    I thought you couldn't talk to dead people! 😡
    So what the Hell is going on here ffs???

  • @john-fg7js
    @john-fg7js 2 роки тому +1

    Maharishi didn't develop this technique with the intention of making people fly, that I can guarantee! He believed in a level of brain coherence that one would achieve by exercising this practice over the long haul.
    As strange or nonsensical as you may think this is, lying and bringing false claims about Maharishi's techniques is not going to make you right. So I respectfully disagree with this whole video.

  • @dlr428
    @dlr428 4 роки тому +7

    What Are the laws of the universe then????
    And no I don't believe these tv psychics either, but I do believe in God using people to do gods work and miracles.

    • @88marome
      @88marome 4 роки тому +9

      The "miracles" of today are so weak, they can all be explained by natural means. The only reason that miracles seemed to happen in biblical times is that we did not know that much about the world as we do now, so we were impressed by completely natural phenomenon, tricks (such as what Randi performs), and drugs.
      There's lots of accounts in the Bible and other holy texts which implies that they took drugs or fasted to induce hallucinations.

    • @cBearTV-
      @cBearTV- 4 роки тому +1

      Please let's be honest here one minute, do you really believe that if there is a god he or she has powers to intervene to perform what religious people may term as miracles? Many religious people would say God doesn't intervene and just provided the building blocks of life, of course they are the religious people who accept evolution and science, and also understand that trying to argue against it with no evidence other than a book which contains very very very little that can be proven is foolish, and I must say in 2020 many creation believers get upset when they feel they are being mocked, but to ignore so much scientific testable evidence in favour for something that can't be proven in the slightest is mind boggling to many. I'm not suggesting creationists are unintelligent what I'm saying is that there are many very religious people who work in science and are actual scientists who will still say they believe in creation and that evolution isn't real despite the evidence, which leads me to think that those people especially scientists with those "beliefs" don't actually belief that at all, and deep down they must know, but maybe for social factors they attempt to deny that knowledge to themselves.

    • @youmadbro7733
      @youmadbro7733 4 роки тому

      @@joeysoroka2082 My favorite story in the bible is the one where God gives Man "free will", then murders them all for not acting how he wanted them to.

    • @connarkent282
      @connarkent282 4 роки тому

      @@youmadbro7733 the reason why he wanted the Jews to be released was so they can worship them. It says nothing about him wanting them freed, so they can be free people, its only so they can worship that. Thats some egotistical shit

  • @teaganpatell
    @teaganpatell 4 роки тому

    Get a job

  • @rogercarlson2330
    @rogercarlson2330 Рік тому

    wonder if he feels the same now.....

  • @davidorioli3870
    @davidorioli3870 4 роки тому

    RIP

  • @dannydeepo
    @dannydeepo 4 роки тому

    RIP

  • @jsh8305
    @jsh8305 4 роки тому +1

    RIP