David Lynch is even weirder than you think: he's a devotee of Transcendental Meditation out to raise $1 billion to build 100 peace palaces around America in which crowds of Transcendental Meditators will whip up the fresh, creamy karma that will bring about instant and total world peace, no strings attached.
But he's still going to make disturbing films filled with sex and violence.
Did you know that Transcendental Meditation is already helping to keep America safe? One of the world's leading centres of Transcendental Meditation is located right in the heart of the heartland, in my home state of Iowa. I speak of none other than Fairfield, Iowa's Maharishi University of Management, home of the Golden Domes of Pure Knowledge. I quote:
The Golden Domes of Fairfield Iowa are the world's largest facility for the development of higher states of consciousness through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhis Program, including Yogic Flying. Practicing this program in large groups has been found to more quickly develop the full potential of the individual, the state of Enlightenment. From the campus of M.U.M., near the population center of the United States, the group generates the Maharishi Effect.This field effect of consciousness, emanating from the heartland, is America's first line of defense, helping to avert negative intentions before they rise to action. The calming influence of coherence helps provide national security and invincibility, overflowing from the USA through every nation, the basis of world peace.
As the world's most generous contributors to Maharishi's programs for World Peace, Americans have enjoyed great support of Natural Law in return. Since the inauguration of the Golden Domes in 1997, when the country was deeply in debt and doubt during the cold war, America has grown to become the most creative, inventive, strongest, and wealthiest nation on Earth.
The Golden Domes are America's major Peace Keepers. But at some times, we have taken this protective shield for granted. In the months before September 2001, as attendance waned in the domes, national consciousness coasted towards dullness. It was said that "America's luck run out" as support of natural law ran out. Terrorist thoughts were able to come to action. Following this, a great push to increase attendance has helped America become stronger than ever.
I saw the Golden Dome once. It was smaller than I expected.
In 2001 the Mahrishis incorporated their very own suburb of Fairfield, Vedic City.
Probably the healthiest city in America, the City is the home to the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine of Maharishi University of Management and The Raj, America’s flagship health center and spa based on the natural, prevention-oriented Maharishi Vedic Approach to HealthSM.
That SM is by far the best part.
They even printed up their very own Vedic currency, the Raam Mudra. Each one is officially worth $10. The Raam also circulates in the Netherlands. (These are legally the equivalent of the Disney Dollars distributed at any of that eponymous firm's fine theme parks.)
My memory may be playing tricks on me here, so this may be nothing but an urban legend...But I recall hearing, in the murky depths of antiquity, that at least some students in Fairfield were taught authentically ancient Vedic algorithms for carrying out multiplication, as opposed to the usual technique. (At least I assume it's usual...) While, as I say, I cannot authoritatively confirm this, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Iowa isn't just for corn any longer.
It's also for amusing crackpots.
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