In a typical move, Global Good News has simulated a reprint of this article from the NYT, but all negative news has been deleted -- specifically, the inconclusive research on TM at the U of Michigan noted in paragraph 19, and the student who was interested in learning TM only until he found out it costs $2500 (next-to-last paragraph in original NYT article):
http://tinyurl.com/89ykj http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/giving/14koppel.html ******************** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/giving/14koppel.html > > > > > > Earth's Future Peacemakers Just Need a Little T.M. > > ⢠Sign In to E-Mail This > > ⢠Printer-Friendly > > ⢠Save Article > > By LILY KOPPEL > > Published: November 14, 2005 > > DAVID LYNCH, the filmmaker known for his distorted, labyrinthine worlds, > > wants America's young people to clear their minds. > > The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, > > formed in July, is raising money to bring Transcendental Meditation to > > students from first grade through college. Mr. Lynch's vision involves raising $7 > > billion and creating universities dedicated to earth's future peacemakers. > > "Diving within" to the "energy" and "bliss" is how Mr. Lynch, who has been > > meditating for 30 of his 59 years, puts it. He hopes "diving within" will be > > standard in every student's curriculum. > > "Pouring water on this root, these kids," he said. "Enlightenment is the > > fulfillment of the most exquisite machine on earth. Any human being can visit it. > > Anything that is a thing emerges from this thing." > > Mr. Lynch's explanations are certainly imaginative, a film of his mind: "The > > word transcending is the key to it, to the very deepest, most profound eternal > > level"; "It's not a joke. It's a thing that works. Mankind is not meant to > > suffer"; "This is an ocean of bliss. It's like grabbing onto the biggest elec > > trical line filled with bliss." > > Mr. Lynch, who is working on a film "Inland Empire," practices T.M. 20 > > minutes twice a day by sitting in a comfortable position, closing his eyes and > > repeating a mantra. He says it allows him to enjoy "the doing of things" more. > > "If somebody is a filmmaker, they get rid of things like deep fear, anxiety, > > frustration," he said of meditation's benefits. "It's the real deal. The whole > > enchilada. You will fall deeper into the film." > > Notoriously reclusive, Mr. Lynch has come on stage to spread > > Consciousness-Based Education with fall speaking tours to universities on the East > > and West > > coasts. "I really think it will change the world," he said. "It's all > > imagination." > > The Lynch Foundation, with assets of about $410,000, has awarded so far > > $25,000 each in seed money to seven schools, three public charter schools, three > > public schools and one private school for children with learning disabilities, > > all of which requested help. Only two of the charter schools agreed to discuss > > their meditation program publicly because the other five schools were involved > > in research studies related to T.M., the foundation said. > > "We have not gotten so much yet," Mr. Lynch said. "But there are indications > > that we are going to do really well." > > Several of the seven schools received matching grants from other foundations > > and philanthropists who partnered with the Lynch Foundation. > > "He is going to revolutionize education in America," said Dr. George H. > > Rutherford, principal of the Ideal Academy Public Charter School, an elementary > > and > > middle school in Washington. > > Dr. Rutherford said that many foundations call to donate computers, but what > > he needs is Transcendental Meditation so that the students can concentrate > > better to use the equipment. "T.M. helps to reduce the stress that creates > > problems," he said. > > A meditation component is written into Ideal's charter, which was approved by > > the Board of Education and the Charter Association, both in Washington. > > Researchers at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, will > > measure the effects. > > To train teachers and fifth- and sixth-grade students, Ideal received $75,000 > > - $25,000 from the Lynch Foundation and a larger partnering gift from Jeffrey > > F. Abramson, a principal in a Washington real estate company and the Abramson > > Family Foundation, a founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. > > After completing training, homeroom teachers will lead meditation, a new age > > variation on the Pledge of Allegiance. > > Training is led by instructors from the Maharishi Vedic Education Development > > Corporation, also in Fairfield, Iowa. The seven-step program costs $2,500 a > > student. > > Last month, a Lynch Foundation's gift of $25,000 went to the Nataki Talibah > > Schoolhouse of Detroit, a public charter school, which previously received T.M. > > financing from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund and the General Motors > > Foundation. > > The Lynch gift of meditation was for Nataki seventh- and eighth- grade > > students who worked as a nonmeditating control group in a 2002 study tracking the > > "social-emotional competencies" of the meditating students conducted by Rita > > Benn, director of the Education Center of the Center for Complementary and > > Alternative Medicine at the University of Michigan and a clinical psychologist. > > The > > study was inconclusive, but the students in the group wanted to experience what > > their peers had felt. > > Carmen N'Namdi, a co-founder and the principal of Nataki and vice chairwoman > > of the board of the National Charter Schools Institute, said that just a few > > of her parents connected T.M., a secular practice, with religion, and she > > anticipated none would question Mr. Lynch's artistic work. > > The Lynch Foundation is partnering with other philanthropists to grant > > another $25,000 to the University of Michigan, Yale, Emerson College and other > > colleges to help train students in meditation. On Mr. Lynch's recent visit to East > > > > Coast schools, he was a draw for film students and seekers alike. Mr. Lynch, > > Mr. Abramson and others are also supporting an American University study on > > T.M. on college students. > > David Jacobson, 22 , a senior film student, attended Mr. Lynch's T.M. lecture > > at New York University. He said he was there because he admired Mr. Lynch's > > films. After hearing that two of his biggest heroes, Mr. Lynch and Roy Orbison, > > once meditated together, he said he got curious about T.M. until he learned > > from the Maharishi Institute that the full training cost $2,500. > > "I feel like this is part of something big he is doing," said Mr. Jacobson, > > to friends who were discussing their awe of Mr. Lynch while questioning his > > eccentric role in education. "Like taking over the world." > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! 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