In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro, gives an introduction to Buddhist meditation, being part of a path leading to profound happiness, inner peace and liberation from suffering.
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Lynch gives some background on how he got involved in transcendental meditation and how it informs his consciousness and creativity.
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I discuss David Lynch here (http://www.suggestibility.org/#WeirdDavidLynch) and here (http://www.suggestibility.org/DavidLynch.shtml).
TM’s glossy PR push focuses only on the basic “twenty minutes twice a day” (20×2) practice. However, the TM organization encourages people to go to special “residence courses” where they meditate for hours a day rather than just 20×2. People can get more and more involved until they are part of a full-blown psychologically dangerous cult that exists behind the organizations PR facade. These people can end up meditating for 8 hours a *day*. There are serious psychological problems that develop with such people. They develop delusions such as that they are able to physically levitate. I was involved in the cult for 15 years, and I describe things here: http://www.suggestibility.org. There are also several formerly heavily involved people blogging here: http://tmfree.blogspot.com.
Children exposed to the TM organization are at a much higher risk of eventually being sucked into the cult because they have even fewer defenses than adults.
This is in no way intended to be a commentary on any other form of meditation.