[Acting Like Godot]

To tell you the truth, some very traditional meditation teachers know of IM, but advise against it. They would not want to teach it to their students. The reason is that it impedes long-term spiritual development. For example, students may get distracted by using IM to create material luxuries and riches for themselves, instead of concentrating on their spiritual development.

Since you already know something about meditation, I will share with you a perspective on why many meditation schools (especially Buddhism) place emphasis on meditating on feelings of love, kindness, compassion etc. From an IM perspective, since the meditator is focused on love, kindness, compassion etc, the meditator is actually manifesting love, kindness, compassion etc. And these are the only things that matter ultimately.

If you are a meditator, doing thise usual kinds of meditation, you know what will happen next. You become calmer, happier, kinder, less stressed. Your relationships with people around you improve. You treat them with more love and compassion. What is happening is that through meditation, you are manifesting love, compassion etc into your life.