Friday, June 15, 2007

Consciousness-Based Education

Governments Urged to Adopt Consciousness-Based
Education to Boost National Creativity
and Prevent Crime and Violence

Proven New Approach Develops
the Student’s Total Brain Potential

(NEW YORK) A new “Consciousness-Based” approach to education, which has been proven through extensive research to develop the student’s total brain and full creative potential, should be introduced in schools now to immediately boost national creativity and productivity and to prevent the widespread problems of violence and crime that afflict every country.

This was the urgent message delivered to UN ambassadors and government and education leaders by Dr. John Hagelin, world-renowned quantum physicist and executive director of the International Center for Invincible Defense, and Dr. Bevan Morris, president of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, during the “Global Conference on Consciousness-Based Education.”

Modern education fails to develop total brain functioning

“All problems can be traced to one fundamental cause—the failure of modern education to develop the total potential of a student’s brain physiology,” Dr. Hagelin said. “Modern education is fragmented and information based. It focuses only on what is ‘known’—facts and concepts—but ignores the ‘knower,’ the student’s consciousness and brain potential. When the brain is not fully developed, then people make mistakes and create problems and suffering for themselves and others.”

Consciousness-Based education provides the experience
of the Unified Field to develop total brain functioning

Dr. Hagelin said the solution is Consciousness-Based education—or “Unified Field-based education”—which provides the student with the direct experience, and complete intellectual understanding, of the holistic level of Nature’s intelligence—the Unified Field—the E8xE8 heterotic superstring. “This is the most advanced scientific discovery of unified quantum field theories,” Dr. Hagelin said. “And according to research, the Unified Field is open to direct experience in the simplest, self-referral level of human awareness.”

Consciousness-Based education provides the Transcendental Meditation technique of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to allow every student to experience the Unified Field. “Brain research shows that this is the only experience that promotes total brain functioning,” Dr. Hagelin said.

Benefits of Consciousness-Based education verified by extensive research

The beneficial effects of Consciousness-Based education have been verified by more than 600 scientific studies conducted at over 250 universities and research institutions in 33 countries. The research shows that the Transcendental Meditation technique promotes global brain wave coherence, increases creativity and intelligence, improves academic performance, reduces stress and stress-related disorders, improves health and reduces health costs, and improves relationships.

Dr. Hagelin said that as students continue with their twice-daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique during their school years, they rise to higher states of consciousness—enlightenment. “When the awareness of the student is established in the Unified Field, the home of all the laws of Nature, then he thinks and behaves spontaneously free from mistakes and problems, and enjoys growing happiness and the increasing fulfillment of his desires,” Dr. Hagelin said.

Creating the coherence in collective consciousness

Dr. Hagelin emphasized that the benefits of Consciousness-Based education extend beyond the individual student to influence society as a whole. “Extensive published research shows that just a few hundred to a few thousand people practicing the Transcendental Meditation program and its advanced techniques, including Yogic Flying, produce coherence in collective consciousness—what scientists call the “Maharishi Effect.” This coherent influence decreases negative tendencies, such as crime and war, and strengthens positive social and economic trends throughout the entire population. (The number of Yogic Flyers required depends upon the population size of the nation.)

“So when a few hundred students in a school enliven the Unified Field through their daily practice of Yogic Flying, they not only create coherence and total brain functioning within themselves but also enliven the field of unity, creating coherence in collective consciousness and raising their nation to invincibility,” Dr. Hagelin said.

Establishing Invincibility Schools worldwide

Dr. Morris said that the Global Financial Capital of New York is establishing Invincibility Schools offering Consciousness-Based education to students in every country. “Now the youth can secure invincibility for their nation as a natural side effect of their blissful practice of the Transcendental Meditation program and Yogic Flying,” Dr. Morris said.

A new time is dawning for the human race
through Consciousness-Based education

Dr. Morris concluded the conference by urging government and education leaders to act now to build Invincibility Schools—and to introduce Consciousness-Based education into the existing schools, colleges, and universities. “Students will rise to higher states of consciousness and live life in freedom, spontaneously in accord with all the laws of nature. At the same time, the students will radiate a powerful influence of coherence and harmony in national consciousness so that the whole population will live life free from mistakes.

“A new time in the world is dawning through Consciousness-Based education. Don’t let the suffering of the world continue any longer,” Dr. Morris told the government and education leaders. “Introduce Consciousness-Based education in your country now.”

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Sunday, May 20, 2007

David Lynch To Host Second Annual National Student Weekend on Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

Filmmaker to be Joined by Quantum Physicist
John Hagelin and Singer/Songwriter Donovan
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, Iowa, May 25-27, 2007
Lynchweekend.org

Filmmaker David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, INLAND EMPIRE), renowned quantum physicist John Hagelin (What the bleep do we know?!, The Secret), and legendary singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch (Hurdy Gurdy Man, Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow) will lead an extraordinary national student weekend entitled, "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity" at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, over Memorial Day Weekend, from May 25 to 27.

Students from throughout the United States and around the world are invited to attend.

During the weekend, Mr. Lynch will hold special workshops on filmmaking and the creative process; Dr. Hagelin will present recent discoveries in modern physics and brain neuroscience, which reveal deep insights into the origin of the universe-and the nature of human consciousness; and Donovan will perform his classic hit songs from the 60s. All three will explore the role of meditation in developing consciousness and creativity, and promoting peace.

To register for the conference, see www.lynchweekend.org.

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Filmmaker David Lynch : Songwriter Donovan

Celebrated Filmmaker David Lynch,
Legendary Singer/Songwriter Donovan
Come Together for Three Free Public Events
Lincoln Center. New York City, January 12, 8 PM
Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., January 14, 2 PM
Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, January 21, 7 PM

Filmmaker David Lynch is one of the world's greatest auteurs. Singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch shaped an entire generation with his own original blend of folk/flower/rock music in the 1960s.

Now these two acclaimed, yet highly reclusive artists are coming together for a rare free public event at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on Friday, January 12, 8 p.m.

Donovan will perform his greatest hits spanning the past 40 years (Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Season of the Witch).

Lynch will speak and answer questions about his new book, Catching the Big Fish (Tarcher/Penguin), and his new film, INLAND EMPIRE.

Seating is limited. Tickets are available through
Lincoln Center http://ny.david-donovan.org
Kennedy Center http://dc.david-donovan.org
Kodak Theatre http://la.david-donovan.org

Lynch and Donovan have come together out of a shared, decades-long interest in Transcendental Meditation to raise awareness and support for in-school meditation programs to help at-risk youth.

"Donovan inspired me and millions of others of my generation to meditate and find real happiness in the ocean of creativity and intelligence that lies within everyone," Lynch said. "The David Lynch Foundation is honored to have Donovan's support for our efforts to bring stress-reducing meditation to students in the U.S. and around the world."

The Lynch Foundation has already provided millions of dollars in scholarships for thousands of students nationwide to learn the Transcendental Meditation program.

For more information, see www.davidlynchfoundation.org.

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Friday, May 18, 2007

David Lynch to Announce Plan to End School Violence: Teach One Million Students Transcendental Meditate

Filmmaker says meditating students will transform schools from
breeding grounds of stress and violence to centers of creativity and peace
Filmmaker David Lynch will announce during a global webcast (www.DavidLynchFoundation.org/conference) on Tuesday, May 1, at 12 noon (EDT), the David Lynch Foundation’s new plan to end school violence: Teach one million students around the world to meditate to transform schools from breeding grounds of stress and violence into centers of creativity and peace.

The David Lynch Foundation has already provided nearly $5 million to support in-school Transcendental Meditation programs for thousands of students in public and private schools in the United States and around the world to learn to meditate. (See www.StressFreeSchools.org.)

The National Institutes of Health has granted more than $24 million to study the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique for reducing high levels of stress and anxiety, improving brain functioning, and promoting cardiovascular health. Other published research shows the technique reduces depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and hypertension—while improving academic performance, creativity, intelligence, and ADD and other learning disorders.

Lynch will be joined by John Hagelin, Ph.D., renowned quantum physicist and president of the David Lynch Foundation, and singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch (Hurdy Gurdy Man, Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow), who heads up the musical wing of the Foundation.

Lynch, Hagelin, and Donovan will explore the anti-violence plan in detail during a national student weekend entitled, “Exploring the Frontiers of Brain, Consciousness, and Creativity” at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, over Memorial Day Weekend, from May 25 to 27. (See www.LynchWeekend.org.) Students from throughout the United States are invited to attend.

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

David Lynch and Donovan Bring Stress-Meditation to America’s Stressed-Out Youth

In New York for a Benefit Talk and Concert
at Lincoln Center

Major Health Study at American University in D.C.
with 250 Meditating Students Under Way

America’s stressed out youth just got two unlikely allies: award-winning filmmaker David Lynch and legendary singer/songwriter Donovan Leitch. The two iconic artists are raising money to fund research studies on the effects of stress-reducing meditation for the growing numbers of students suffering from acute levels of stress, anxiety, depression, drug dependency, and ADHD and other learning disorders.

Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive) will be in New York City January 11 and 12 to discuss his new book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Tarcher/Penguin) and his new film, INLAND EMPIRE.

On Friday, January 12, Lynch, who has been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 33 years, will be joined by fellow long-time meditator Donovan (Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow, Jennifer Juniper) for a benefit talk and concert at Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, at 8 p.m. The event will raise awareness and support for his David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (www.davidlynchfoundation.org), which is funding in-school Transcendental Meditation programs for at-risk youth.

During the past 18 years, the National Institutes of Health has provided more than $24 million to study the effects of Transcendental Meditation on stress and heart disease—disorders afflicting an increasing number of young people. One recent NIH-funded study, published in June 2006 in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Internal Medicine, found TM practice reduced the risk factors for high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity.

Another study, now in its second year at American University in Washington, D.C., is monitoring the effects of Transcendental Meditation on the academic performance and mental and physical health of 250 meditating university students from American, Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, and the University of the District of Columbia (www.au-tm-study.org).

The Lynch Foundation was established 18 months ago, and has already provided more than $3 million for thousands of students, teachers, and parents to learn Transcendental Meditation as part of anti-stress/wellness programs in schools throughout the country. Lynch says there are hundreds of new schools ready to participate in the program.

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