Lynch Promotes Meditation for Schoolchildren

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Lynch Promotes Meditation for Schoolchildren

Mon, Aug 01, 2005, 04:08 AM PT

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - David Lynch, auteur of disturbing fare

such as "Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks," would like to instruct children

to achieve peaceful contemplation.

The filmmaker has formed the David Lynch Foundation for

Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace in hopes that

schools will use transcendental meditation in the classroom.

 

"It's knowledge in terms of the self and it works wonders in the kids," he

tells the AP. "I'm convinced there are hundreds or thousands of kids

who will see the truth of this and want to take part in one way or

another."

 

 

 

Lynch recently met with some students who practice the technique

during a visit to Maharishi Vedic City in Iowa, the movement's spiritual

center in the U.S. His foundation will provide scholarships for students

in his programs as well as raise money for peace groups. He says that

the technique will help students more effectively use their entire brain

instead of just a part of it.

 

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced transcendental meditation to the

U.S. in 1959, and currently one million Americans practice the

technique. The relatively simple practice involves sitting with eyes

closed for 20 minutes twice a day to achieve restful awareness. The

movement claims that the technique will provide benefits ranging from

increased creativity and higher IQ to reduced stress and increased

happiness.

 

The Oscar-nominated Lynch, 59, is also the director of "The Elephant

Man,Wild at Heart,Lost Highway,Mulholland Drive" and the

project he's currently filming, "Inland Empire."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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