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Bring peace to schools by meditation, say Lynch and Donovan
by Amol Rajan

The Independent Translate This Article
24 October 2007

On 24 October 2007 The Independent reported: Celebrated director David Lynch and folk singer Donovan want to 'change education across the world forever' by incorporating the use of Transcendental Meditation in UK schools. It is a joy for Global Good News service to feature this news, which indicates the success of the life-supporting programmes Maharishi has designed to bring fulfilment to the field of education.

The Independent reported, 'The unlikely coalition of David Lynch and Donovan Leitch is set to launch itself upon British schools with a tour to promulgate 'Consciousness-based education and world peace'. Their aim: to bring Transcendental Meditation (TM) to millions of pupils.'

The Independent Lynch as saying, 'It's a simple, easy, effortless technique. A 10-year-old child could do it. Dive within, transcend and . . . experience this pure bliss, pure creativity, infinite intelligence, love, energy, power . . . the engine that runs the universe.'

Donovan added, 'It has shown enormous success in schools around the world where it has been used. Had I had TM in my school days I would have excelled as a child. Once you see the results it's extraordinary.'

Director Lynch is not only in the UK promoting his book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity, but is also promoting the use of TM in schools through his David Lynch Foundation.

The Independent explained, '. . . launched two years ago to promote the teaching of TM in schools, [the David Lynch Foundation] has provided more than $5m (£2.5m) in grants to schools willing to experiment with the technique. If adopted, TM would require pupils to conduct two 20-minute sessions per day in silence . . . .'

The Independent quoted Lynch as saying, 'When children get a chance to learn this technique, it transforms their life. Children are suffering more and more with stress at a younger age and this gets rid of stress. All negativity begins to lift.'

The article also noted that '. . . the first major report into British primary school children for 40 years concluded they were stressed, anxious, and under-achieving.'

A spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools, and Families said that the department did not have a position on meditation in schools but did not rule it out.
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