Project Description

This book project seeks to preserve the history and ongoing experiences of the Transcendental Meditation Movement through the voices of those who are part of its past and present. Gathered from participants in courses, projects, campaigns, and community life, these personal anecdotes form a shared history and experience, shaped not only by public milestones but by quiet moments of growth, dedication, discovery, connection, and occasional hilarity. Together, they honor the spirit of an extraordinary movement as it has actually been lived and continues to evolve.

What we are looking for:

Descriptions of courses and course settings from long ago

Fun incidents and scenes from life in Fairfield, at MIU or in other TM Movement contexts around the globe

Profiles of personalities of interest

and more (submit what you have)

 

Call for contributions

Contribute to The Movement: An Anecdotal History

The Movement: An Anecdotal History seeks to preserve the lived history and ongoing experience of the Transcendental Meditation Movement through the voices of those who have taken part in its courses, projects, campaigns, and community life. We invite original personal anecdotes that reflect moments of growth, dedication, discovery, connection, service, challenge, and occasional hilarity.

Selected contributions may be included, edited, excerpted, combined with other material, published with or without attribution, and used in print, ebook, audiobook, promotional, archival, and related editions of the project and its future derivatives.

Important terms before you submit:

  • Submission is entirely voluntary.
  • Contributors will receive no payment or royalties.
  • Author credit is optional and may be granted at the publisher’s discretion or at the contributor’s request.
  • By submitting, contributors will be asked to sign a contributor agreement transferring publication and ownership rights in the submitted material to the publisher.
  • Contributors must submit only material that is original to them or material for which they hold all necessary permissions.
  • Submissions should not include private, confidential, defamatory, or unlawfully invasive material about living people.
  • The publisher may accept, reject, edit, shorten, title, anonymize, or decline to use any submission.

Suggested submission guidelines

  • Length: 300 to 2,000 words
  • Format: Word document or plain text
  • Include: legal name, preferred credit name if any, email address, city/state/country, approximate dates/events referenced, and whether publication should be under the contributor’s name, initials, or anonymously
  • Optional: supporting photos, letters, or documents only if the contributor owns them or has permission to share them

Submissions will not be considered for publication without the delivery via US mail of the agreement form (see button below)  to Paul Stokstad, 1889 Larch Avenue, Fairfield, Iowa 52556

That said, let's gather together to create something wonderful, amazing and fun to read.

REMINDER: YOU MUST PRINT, FILL OUT AND SEND THE AGREEMENT FORM OR WE CANNOT USE YOUR SUBMISSION.

 

Download Agreement Form

To submit text use the form below. If you want to send your submission in a Word or PDF Document format, send to paul@stokstad.com as an attachment. Please use the phrase THE MOVEMENT" in the subject line of your email.

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