David Lynch Interview

[stickybelvedere]

@Hoppus217

ok sure.. i agree.

emulating the people you admire will not get you there, that is a fact. But, if you've ever meditated before, it promotes thinking about your own preferences and goals, and sorting them out with clarity. Every human being in the world who meditates, clears their minds towards their desires in life. Its a very real thing that everyone can experience. In a way its more of a tool for self enhancement rather than a pattern of behavior which determines what you will be

[stickybelvedere]

@Hoppus217

ok im sorry to assume.

"Meditation works for Lynch but it doesn`t have to be something you or I need. " david lynch would disagree, thats all im saying

[stickybelvedere]

@Hoppus217

dude youre the idiot. david lynch's biggest message is that he is no greater than you or me. we all the same potential as him.

so why he not strive to do the same?? david lynch is obviously doing something right.

[fetishisticrose]

@Hoppus217 you know what they say....'opinions are like a**holes , everyone's got one'

[JimmypinJimpin]

I don't trust it.

[suttonguy]

my god.....lynch is wearing a tie!

he`s probably making some subliminal metaphorical message there on his part methinks.

[MatthewTS22]

He’s wearing a necktie?!?!

[retread01]

I like Lynch a lot, I'm sure he believes what he's saying and that his heart and intention is in the right place. But TM most definitely IS a religion and IS a cult. The three Ws Suggestibility org.

[rubin3364]

@retread01

False, TM is an action. Saying TM is a religion is like saying that praying is a religion. Understand?

[retread01]

@rubin3364 No, you just don't understand the full scope of TM. It is a religion. They just don't tell you that at the front door to make sure you get involved. Deny it all you want, it doesn't change the facts.  The meaningless mantras are the names of Hindu gods and chosen specifically for that reason.

[rubin3364]

@retread01

TM is an action that can be taken without involvment in any group whatsoever. It is an individual action chosen by the person. You don't need to join anything.

At that, if people were to join it, it would be a cult, not a religion.

However, people hiring a meditation guide is normal. Meditation has proven to work for people. And people getting more into meditation is normal as well. People buying books on TM is just an extension of that.

Have you tried it?

[iamnothowardhues]

@retread01 The technique can be practiced without believing anything spooky or pseudoscientific (as can vipassana, as can the practice of stilling the mind in general), but it seems that some of the representatives of transcendental meditation feel they can make claims about objective reality based upon their subjective spiritual experiences. Meditation helps me feel amazing and helps me in interpersonal relationships, transcendent experiences, bla bla bla, but some feel they can go from this to

[iamnothowardhues]

@retread01 (continued) making claims about quantum physics and things of the like. It is very much like a religion in the sense that they have found an area of science which is currently difficult to understand, and they've inserted their metaphysical claims into that space. In any case, if TM works for people and makes them happier and such, I don't mind. It's an esoteric dispute, but I don't think the technique of using a mantra can get you to the base of consciousness as well as letting go.

[KissMyAssWMG]

There's nothing better than seeing David Lynch bieng interviewed by a serious interviewer

[erichinds7]

I feel like though the institution cost a decent amount of money, they have to cover costs and such. Just the fact that Mr. Lynch is trying to expand the influence of meditation though the world is a beautiful thing.

[BrokenChair88]

I wonder if he goes to Burning Man.

[peteagassi]

"Water the root and enjoy the fruit." This guy comes up with the greatest lines.

[ushilives]

i've learnt transcendental meditation and i find it hard to keep doing it twice a day. i'm working on it for sure. i believe what this guy says definately because i have experienced brief moments of pure bliss doing a few meditations in the past. its like there's nothing to worry about at all when it happens.

[Nei57]

hello ushilives im doing zen,zazen, im still beginner, and my zen master said that you dont need some special kind of method,mantra etc. to experience the deeper levels of consciosness. so i dont understand why is he only talking about transcendental meditation?

not to mention the mahariushi university costs 108.000 dollars. they seem to have good intensions,but still i can smell money behind it.