--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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): >
A discernable pattern? Sanitizing the Fairfield Story TMO editing PR (NYTimes article): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/79381 TMO editing PR (Washington Post article) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/123447 TMo editing Invincibility America http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/122911 > 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." > > >
