Summary

Ann Purcell is an award winning author and musician whom has been teaching meditation around the world since 1973. Ann currently oversees the teaching of Transcendental Meditation in girl’s schools and communities in several countries in Africa.

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In addition, she has worked on curricula and course development for universities and continuing education programs. Her latest book, The Transcendental Meditation Technique and the Journey of Enlightenment was published on March 13, 2015 and her 7th album was released earlier this month (August 2016). She regularly writes for the Huffington Post.

I chat with Ann about Transcendental meditation including the benefits and techniques that could be useful for our personal practice. We also delve into her book and talk about happiness and enlightenment. Very much a spiritual conversation that I enjoyed greatly, I hope you do too.

Key Take Outs

• The journey of life. We are all on a journey to enlightenment however it is how you do life that must be considered. For so many of us we get trapped in the conditioning of life that a true enlightened journey is never realised or at best it takes a long time for any realisation.

I believe strongly that if you are not happy where you are you need to become more aware of this and take the courage to make change. Learn and adopt practices that will help you get you on a path truer to yourself and fast track your journey of enlightenment.

• Happiness is life. The innate desire of all human kind is happiness. I believe this relates to all life. It’s more than a desire, it’s a force. This force creates the basic human desires and how we aim to fulfil these desires is the key to more or less happiness entering our lives. If you know what happiness looks like to your unique soul and you will be in better position to direct yourself, through your behaviours and actions, to living the life you desire.

• Conformity and conditioning. If how you currently live your life is not how you truly desire to live than you need to make change. Remember your conditioning and the almost natural state to conform will challenge you as you attempt to redirect your life. There is no rule or condition on how you should live your life so do as you will, as your intuition directs you.

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

Having a balanced routine. Good sleep. Eating good food, exercise and to be around positive people.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?

To enjoy life and not take life so seriously. Also, to listen to my inner feelings and to transcend.

Ann’s interpretation of success.

Being happy and being kind towards others.

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Avocados

Favourite Leisure Activitiy

Music

Favourite book(s)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-gita: A New Translation and Commentary with Sanskrit Text by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Love of God in Biblical Counseling by Luciano Cozzi

Do we all have a why?

Yes. The underlying purpose is to be happy.

What does living life with passion and purpose mean?

Putting yourself into what you do, doing it as best as you can, and enjoying what you do.

How to find Ann and other links

You can reach out to Ann by visiting her website Enlightenment For Everyone.

Make sure you pick up a copy of here book and check out the TM course at TM.org

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