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David Lynch : Transcendental Meditation

Transcendental Meditation over the years
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:00:00 +0100
How has your meditation evolved over the years—from a different experience each time, or gone back to the same thing?  With Transcendental Meditation, it’s been my experience, and talking to others their experience as well, you’re an expert from your first meditation. And we could start talking about consciousness. Consciousness is this quite abstract thing. And it’s—yet the number one i [...]
The start of Transcendental Meditation
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:00:00 +0100
How did you get interested in meditation?When I first heard about meditation, I had zero interest in it. And I’d hear it, but I wasn’t even curious about it. I was not for it nor against it; I just didn’t care to know about it.And I had these phrases coming that we all hear, that “True happiness doesn’t exist out there; true happiness lies within.” And that phrase always got me. But in that [...]
The truth is the truth
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100
When I listen to you talk about Transcendental Meditation, I like everything about it. But I am a devout Christian, and Transcendental Meditation comes from a tradition totally different from Christianity—Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a Hindu monk. I feel I’m ready to learn TM, but I can do it only I reconcile it with my beliefs. I was raised Presbyterian. I respect people who are religious, and I think they find something there that’s beautiful. There’s truth there [...]
David Lynch on being the Master of Darkness and Mystery
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100
Most of your movies are full of negativity, violence—the more shadowy things in life. And yet you promote Transcendental Meditation, which seems to give you so much bliss. How are these opposites reconciled in your mind? There are many, many dark things flowing around in this world now, and most films reflect the world in which we live. They’re stories. Stories are always going to have conflict. They’re going to have highs and lows, and good and bad. I fall in [...]
Spirituaity, Christianity and Eraserhead
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100
You speak a lot about spirituality, and I heard that you were raised Christian. Did the Bible ever inspire you? Eraserhead is my most spiritual movie. No one understands when I say that, but it is. Eraserhead was growing in a certain way, and I didn’t know what it meant. I was looking for a key to unlock what these sequences were saying. Of course, I understood some of it; but I didn’t know the thing that just pulled it all together. And it was a struggle. So I got o [...]
How to balance success and failure
sanunit@iowatelecom.net Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100
It’s easy to speak about success through Transcendental Meditation when you are a successful movie director. Do you mean to say that people who practice TM never fail? You have to learn to find balance in success and failure. Success can kill you just as failure can. And the only way to have balance in success and failure is to function on that Unified Field level. There’s your friend. You can’t fake it—you’re either in that field or you’re not. And [...]

Education: News & Videos about Education - CNN.com

Study: Medical students show racial bias
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:22:00 -0400
Edna sits on an examining table ready and alert -- she wants answers about the lump in her breast.
Biz-school exam maker seeking Web cheaters
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:07:00 -0400
Prospective and current graduate business students who used a Web site to cheat on entrance examinations over the past five years could have their scores thrown out.
Little evidence of pregnancy pact, says mayor
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:52:00 -0400
School counselors, teachers and families of students the principal said made a pact to get pregnant and have babies together have no information to back the claim, the mayor of Gloucester said Sunday.

UN News Centre - Culture, Education

UNICEF to help 150,000 children in Niger with funding from Dubai charity
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Some 150,000 children in Niger are set to benefit from a $1.2 million donation to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for school equipment from the charity Dubai Cares.
UN unit on inter-cultural understanding launches online educational tool
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The United Nations campaign for understanding between faiths and cultures, known as the Alliance of Civilizations, today launched a website designed to foster dialogue and debate on media literacy.
Religious dialogue needed to promote mutual understanding – Ban
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Faith communities have a crucial role to play in fostering mutual understanding and in promoting consensus on common values and aspirations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a message addressed to the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid.

BBC News | Education | UK Edition

29% of teens' Sats marks delayed
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:05:46 -0000
The latest figures on delayed Sats tests for 14-year-olds shows that at least 29% of pupils still do not have all their marks.
'Farce' warning on degree levels
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:11:32 -0000
A committee of MPs warns that the lack of certainty about what a degree is worth is "descending into farce".
4,000 schools 'closed by strike'
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:08:55 -0000
A strike by teaching assistants and support staff closes at least 4,000 schools, its organisers have claimed.
Universities using entrance tests
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:00:52 -0000
Universities are using entrance tests as part of their selection procedure for would-be students, a report says.
Glasgow graduates suffer for art
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:34:45 -0000
Figures suggest 18% of Glasgow School of Art students fail to find work when they graduate.
Family celebrates double degrees
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:26:04 -0000
A mother and daughter both graduate with the same degree from the same university.
More questions about Sats results
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:35:25 -0000
Questions are being raised about the quality of the marking of some of this year's school tests in England.
Legal battle over school closure
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:36:31 -0000
The National Union of Teachers is taking a council to the High Court over alleged failure to consult over school closure plans.
New university takes rebel's name
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:52:16 -0000
Wrexham's new university, formerly North East Wales Institute, is named after Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndwr.
Q&A: delays
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:23:37 -0000
The problems with this year's Sats tests in England
Mike Baker
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:37:46 -0000
League tables might have to be scrapped
Pupils heat school
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:55:15 -0000
Children's bodies heat insulated building
Going up
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:40:06 -0000
What makes a school fail and what can be done
E-mail us
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:22:01 -0000
How to contact the BBC News website education team
From Parenting
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:14:51 -0000
Encouraging them without piling on the pressure
Sats company faces bill for delay
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:40:39 -0000
England's exams watchdog plans to seek legal and contractual redress from the company running this year's tests.
Girl guides' warning on self-harm
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:05:11 -0000
Girl guides' leaders warn that girls face too many sexual and consumer pressures to grow up too soon.
Armed forces 'get free education'
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:12:05 -0000
Service personnel are to be allowed to study for a qualification free of charge after six years' duty, it is reported.
Private school fees 'rise by 43%'
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:06:25 -0000
The cost of sending a child to private school in England has risen by 43% since 2003, according to a survey.
Adults give young 'bad example'
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:59:11 -0000
Adults too often set a bad example for young people, says a head teacher who is to report on tackling bad behaviour.
Exams chief faces Sats grilling
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:50:53 -0000
MPs have called in the head of England's exams watchdog to explain the Sats marking "shambles".
Academies exclusion rate higher
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:45 -0000
Rates of permanent exclusion of pupils in academies are double that of other state secondary schools.
Meals take-up rises in primaries
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:38:41 -0000
Take up of school lunches at primary schools in England rises for the first time since the drive to make meals healthier began.
Sats results expected to fall
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:18 -0000
A change to the way England's national Sats tests papers are marked is expected to lead to a drop in the pass rate.
Warning over universities' future
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:42:26 -0000
Universities could close or merge as they struggle to compete amid falling student numbers in coming years, vice-chancellors warn.
Laureate attacks reading policies
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:42:56 -0000
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen says a macho tests culture is stopping children from enjoying reading.
Was there ever a golden age?
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:37:54 -0000

What to do about 'easier' exams?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:48:09 -0000
Mike Baker looks at the choices facing those might wish to reform A-levels.
Should employers doubt Diplomas?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:30:22 -0000
Mike Baker says that Diplomas need to convince employers, rather than appeal to academic pupils.
Students: Customers or learners?
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:13:14 -0000
Mike Baker warns that universities' "wall of silence" over standards will not help their long-term interests.
School tests: who takes what
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:45:46 -0000
A guide to the varied pattern of testing around the UK.
School's out as teachers march
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:48:50 -0000
Thousands of teachers take to the streets to march over demands for a better pay deal.
Where learning strategy takes us
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:05:39 -0000
BBC News website education editor Gary Eason assesses which way the wind is blowing.
What is BBC News School Report?
Thu, 29 May 2008 16:46:56 -0000
Find out more about the project which motivates secondary students around the UK to make and broadcast their own news.

 

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