 TM and Cult Mania takes a look at the assertions made by the Transcendental Meditation movement and analyzes them from a scientific perspective . The book acknowledges that those who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique feel relaxed and experience an increase in creativity . According to the book , the physiological effects reported by the scientific studies on Transcendental Meditation are relatively small from a scientific perspective and " no more effective than many other meditation techniques " . Transcendental Meditation is seen as most noteworthy due to its ability to manipulate stress and expectancy . 
