Mike at David Lynch's TM Summit Today

[Alex]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

I think the idea itself is great - meditation is a beautiful thing that could really benefit a lot of people, and celebrating it through such things is good. It's Good Vibrations, Alex. 

I don't know about Mike Love but David Lynch is an interesting mind. Seen his films? I find it hard to believe that for 32+ years he's been doing TM only (as in, no drugs...). And yet, in many ways, it seems perfectly obvious. His films are like shining light on the unconscious part of the mind - which is something you encounter in meditation. Not to mention that one tends to have more lucid dreams while meditating regularly. Lynch's work often seems like an exploration of the spiritual condition of being 'asleep' while in waking consciousness. Lost in the web of the mind's own spinning. Also a look into the absurdity and sometimes horror of this human condition - being trapped in this body, in this world, in these circumstances - a perspective from a distance, a sort of positive depersonalization that develops through meditation.

Anyway, I really like David, and I find the fact that he (says he) hasn't used any drugs except pot a few times to be quite inspirational. A lot of people push the idea that unless you're an avid user of psychedelics you can't open a whole area of creative thought in the mind, and clearly Lynch is an exception to that 'rule'.

I've got nothing against meditation itself. It's just that it seems so simple to do that I wouldn't need to pay $$$ out my ass to be taught how to do it by a huckster who claims to be wise and all-knowing. I'm not cynical, I'm just skeptical of cults, religions, etc.

[sofonanm]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

I think the idea itself is great - meditation is a beautiful thing that could really benefit a lot of people, and celebrating it through such things is good. It's Good Vibrations, Alex. 

I don't know about Mike Love but David Lynch is an interesting mind. Seen his films? I find it hard to believe that for 32+ years he's been doing TM only (as in, no drugs...). And yet, in many ways, it seems perfectly obvious. His films are like shining light on the unconscious part of the mind - which is something you encounter in meditation. Not to mention that one tends to have more lucid dreams while meditating regularly. Lynch's work often seems like an exploration of the spiritual condition of being 'asleep' while in waking consciousness. Lost in the web of the mind's own spinning. Also a look into the absurdity and sometimes horror of this human condition - being trapped in this body, in this world, in these circumstances - a perspective from a distance, a sort of positive depersonalization that develops through meditation.

Anyway, I really like David, and I find the fact that he (says he) hasn't used any drugs except pot a few times to be quite inspirational. A lot of people push the idea that unless you're an avid user of psychedelics you can't open a whole area of creative thought in the mind, and clearly Lynch is an exception to that 'rule'.

I've got nothing against meditation itself. It's just that it seems so simple to do that I wouldn't need to pay $$$ out my ass to be taught how to do it by a huckster who claims to be wise and all-knowing. I'm not cynical, I'm just skeptical of cults, religions, etc.

Yeah, I agree about the money.

Although... I do like the idea that in this sort of culture where worth is often calculated by monetary cost people 'out there' will pay to learn something as neat as meditation. To me it represents a change in values.

[sofonanm]

btw

I still find it so cool that Lynch is into all of this.

Anyone who has seen his films would probably never guess that he was into something like meditation. Although, once you find out he is the interpretation of a lot of his films can take on a whole other meaning.

[Rocky]

One story I read re the concert referred to Mike as 'ex Beach Boy'. Oh dear!

  if Mike finds out who it was he'll sue. I swear he will!!!

[Alex]

One story I read re the concert referred to Mike as 'ex Beach Boy'. Oh dear!

  if Mike finds out who it was he'll sue. I swear he will!!!

...Let's get together and sue him again! Do do do ba ba ba...

[sofonanm]

One story I read re the concert referred to Mike as 'ex Beach Boy'. Oh dear!

  if Mike finds out who it was he'll sue. I swear he will!!!

...Let's get together and sue him again! Do do do ba ba ba...