Spaceman Spiff Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Sorry, no link, a friend emailed it to me from their site... DIRECTOR GETS TRANSCENDENTAL IF you think Tom Cruise is wild about Scientology and Madonna is crazy about Kabbalah, eccentric filmmaker David Lynch is about to give both of them a run for their money. Tomorrow, the Oscar-nominated director of such graphically violent movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" is announcing the formation of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Lynch has been a devotee of transcendental meditation and its founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, for 32 years. The foundation he'll launch with his own money will fund schools to set up transcendental meditation (or "TM") classes and pay for research on the effects of the yoga technique on the "brain and body." Lynch hopes to raise $7 billion within a year. "This is not a pretend thing," Lynch told PAGE SIX's Steve Garbarino. "Our government spends seven times that on killing, calling it defending, and making machinery and technology to kill human beings in the name of peace." Despite "hating speaking in public," Lynch, 59, says he decided "to stop being quiet" about his passion for the 47-year-old Hindu chanting technique after observing the sad state of education in U.S. schools. Today's students "are even more stressed out. Their schools are hellholes," he goes on. "They're getting pathetic educations. They're not going forward with full decks of cards." Students who meditate, he says, "will start shining like a bright, shiny penny, and their anxieties will go away. By diving within, they will attain a field of pure consciousness, pure bliss, creativity, intelligence, dynamic peace. You enliven the field, and every day it gets better. Negativity recedes." Lynch eventually hopes to organize "peace-creating super groups of 8,000 meditators" around the globe, all chanting simultaneously. Why 8,000? "It's the size of the square root of one percent of the world's population." Quick to point out that "TM" is not a "religion" of "clones" but a "mental technique to dive within," he'll only say of Scientology and Kabbalah, "I don't know enough about either to comment. People believe in what they believe in, and that's a beautiful thing." Happily, Lynch hasn't given up his day job: He's working on his next flick, "Inland Empire," starring Laura Dern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff Today's students "are even more stressed out. Their schools are hellholes," he goes on. "They're getting pathetic educations. They're not going forward with full decks of cards." how about making a foundation that raises money for: teachers, supplies, transportation, extra-carricular activities etc. JACKASS! Yea trans-whatever meditation is gonna be a huge help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Don't watch any movies or TV.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 How is this different than people giving their money to any religion? I'm not sure why anyone cares what David Lynch does with his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Because it's going to the wrong type of religion, Predicto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by Predicto How is this different than people giving their money to any religion? I'm not sure why anyone cares what David Lynch does with his money. your right we shouldn't care... he can do what he wants with his money. but its definently not the same as people giving their money to religions. Churches are community based organizations. You donate to the church, the church grows, and then the community grows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by T.E.G. Because it's going to the wrong type of religion, Predicto. Way to infer. I'm just sick of the new age mystic crap that hollywood people are spouting off about (even though that stuff Madonna is into isn't new). He could give that money to a lot more charities and would do a lot more people good. Just cause you perceive me as being a conservative doesn't mean I feel that all money should be going to the church. I don't feel that way at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illone Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I don't my future kids growing up in schools where you can't play dodge ball and everyone holds hands and chants. nope. I'll pass on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by T.E.G. Because it's going to the wrong type of religion, Predicto. Yeah, the TM movement is taking all the hits. They must not have taken out that cross in the LA County Seal. And King County must not have banned employees from saying "merry Christmas." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by illone I don't my future kids growing up in schools where you can't play dodge ball and everyone holds hands and chants. nope. I'll pass on that. dodgeball rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd24 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff Despite "hating speaking in public," Lynch, 59, says he decided "to stop being quiet" about his passion for the 47-year-old Hindu chanting technique after observing the sad state of education in U.S. schools. You realize of course that Hindu chanting technique comes from Hinduism right? What difference does it make if it went to a different religion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 David Lynch is a genius...and I don't begrudge him for thinking outside the box. Everytime somebody starts thinking freely, especially in Hollywood, we have a tendency to call them a kook and discard them completely. It's a destructive way of viewing others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Originally posted by OrangeSkin David Lynch is a genius...and I don't begrudge him for thinking outside the box. Everytime somebody starts thinking freely, especially in Hollywood, we have a tendency to call them a kook and discard them completely. It's a destructive way of viewing others. Ain't conformity grand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinzOwnU Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 don't get me started on mulholland drive. worst movie ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Originally posted by RedskinzOwnU don't get me started on mulholland drive. worst movie ever made. It's my humble opinion that Mulholland Drive was a masterpiece, but I don't want to hijack the thread, so carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Here's the link: http://www.nypost.com/avantgo/avantgossip/26038.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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