Hello Friends,

Regarding Oprah Winfrey's recent visit to Fairfield, here's what
we've been hearing lately:
 
Oprah had been aware of Transcendental Meditation for
some time, but it was only a few months ago that she
finally learned TM in Chicago. She had tried other 
forms of meditation, and she's reportedly quite pleased
that she now found something that works. She was 
sufficiently inspired to then promptly pay for TM 
instruction for the 250+ employees of her company.
They now have group TM practice twice
daily at her company and apparently everyone loves it.
 
Oprah wanted to do a documentary program about TM, MUM and Fairfield.
She decided what the agenda would be. She wanted to visit
the Maharishi School, the Vedic Pandits, people that had 
moved to Fairfield from other locations, and she wanted 
to meditate in the dome. She wanted to speak directly
to the people and bypass movement leaders.
 
Arriving at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment,
Oprah remarked. "I have been waiting for the Age of Enlightenment
all my life."  She saw many of the students, and stopped to meditate
with part of the sixth grade. She told the students that they were
"Fortunate to be students here... I will make this school famous."
 
Oprah interviewed a family that moved from Atlanta to 
live in Fairfield. She wanted to meet a family and hear
why people would relocate to be a part of the community here.
 
At the end of the day, she went to the dome for the group
meditation. Oprah meditated surrounded by the women of the 
community. On the way out, she gazed at the picture of the
Holy Tradition, and then saw a number of framed posters with
quotes from great thinkers throughout history. One was from
Marcus Aurelius that said that the greatest solace was expressed
in silence. Oprah said that these quotes described the essence of 
TM. She described her meditation in the dome as the best experience 
of her life.
 
In 1991, Oprah was taping a show about the nature of the soul. 
Halfway through the show, she stopped taping. She felt no one 
in the studio audience understood the subject matter. Ten years 
later she tried again, and still the audience did not understand. 
"I have been looking for people that understand the soul, she said,
Now I have found them."
 
The show will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in January. As that
time approaches
you could go to the following website to find the broadcast date and time:
http://www.oprah.com/own