David Lynch, founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the David Lynch Foundation, award-winning director, writer, and producer, talks about Transcendental Meditation and the David Lynch Foundation:
“I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity, and happiness deep within. This level of life is sometimes called ‘pure consciousness’—it is a treasury. And this level of life is deep within us all.
“But I had no idea how powerful and profound this technique could be until I saw firsthand how it was being practiced by young children in inner-city schools, veterans who suffer the living hell of post-traumatic stress disorder, and women and girls who are victims of terrible violence.
“TM is, in a word, life-changing for the good.
“In 2005, we started the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace to ensure that every child anywhere in the world who wanted to learn to meditate could do so. Now, the Foundation is actively teaching TM® to adults and children in countries everywhere.
“How are we able to do it? Because of the generosity of foundations and philanthropists and everyday people who want to ease the suffering of others—and who want to help create a better world.”
Speaker: David Lynch
Duration: 5:24
Author: Cheryl Stone
Project Manager
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