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Paul McCartney, David Lynch, and Ringo Starr at David Lynch Foundation benefit concert, Radio City Music Hall, April, 2009

The David Lynch Foundation For Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace is a charitable foundation based in Fairfield, Iowa,[1] which operates throughout the world.

The foundation primarily funds scholarship programs for schools so that any students who wants to can learn Transcendental Meditation.[2][3] Additionally, it funds wellness programs in hospitals, and independent research on Foundation programs and their effects on creativity, intelligence, academic performance, substance abuse, diabetes, hypertension, and learning disorders.

Notable benefactors and supporters include Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan, Moby, Jerry Seinfeld, Sheryl Crow, and Russell Simmons, all of whom performed or appeared at a 2009 benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in aid of the Foundation.

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Programs

According to an article from ABC News, Lynch says: "It's not a religion. It's not against any religion, it's not mumbo-jumbo. It truly does transform life," Lynch told ABC News. "Kids come to school and they meditate together for 15 minutes in the morning. And before they go home they meditate for 15 minutes. A lot of them come from, you know, bad situations, and so this gives them this thing you know, at the beginning and the end of the day, the rest of the time you just watch the violence stop. Watch relationships improve. Watch happiness in the hallways, in the classroom, watch creativity flow more and more, watch that heavy weight that we are living under gently lift away."[4]

  • Education: Focuses on school-wide instruction in Transcendental Meditation with the aim to improve educational and health outcomes. All school program instruction is voluntary, is provided with parental permission, and is offered to children with no cost to parents or to the school.[5]
  • Hypertension research: Promotes results of studies at Medical College of Georgia investigating the effects of Transcendental Meditation on African American teens at risk of high blood pressure.[6]
  • Learning disorders research: Studies on Transcendental Meditation as an intervention for students with ADHD.[7]
  • Homelessness: Concentrates on providing meditation instruction for homeless men in a New York City Doe Fund job skills training program.[8]
  • Conferences: Supports conferences such as the TM Conference at the Harvard Club and the Emerson College Conference on Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain.[9]
  • DLF.TV: Online television channel "that celebrates consciousness, creativity, and bliss".[10] Showcases video content from Foundation events, profiles and documentaries, and exclusive content from David Lynch.
  • Universities of World Peace: The Foundation has the long-term goal of raising $7 billion in order to establish seven affiliated "Universities of World Peace" in seven different countries, to train students to become "professional peacemakers".[11][12]

In 2006, six public schools were each awarded $25,000 by the David Lynch Foundation.[13]As of September 2006, the DLF had "helped approximately 500 students adn 50 teachers learn how to meditate".[14]

History

According to Newsweek magazine, the David Lynch Foundation was founded in July 2005 in order to provide scholarships for Transcendental Meditation programs in public schools, private schools, and charter schools both within the United States and around the globe.[15] Since 2005, the Foundation has funded over $ 3.5 million in school programs aiding over 55,000 students in 26 countries.[16]

Significant funding sources include all author royalties from David Lynch's bestselling 2006 book on consciousness and creativity, Catching the Big Fish (Tarcher/Penguin 2006). In addition, the 2009 Change Begins Within benefit concert[17] has generated about three million dollars in funding for the Foundation.[18]

Mission statement

"The purpose of the David Lynch Foundation is to ensure that every child in the world who wants to learn the Transcendental Meditation program can do so. As the most thoroughly researched program in the world for developing full mental potential, ideal health, and reduced stress, the Transcendental Meditation program is critical to enhancing the quality of a student's school and home life.[19]

Global initiatives

In addition to funding in-school Transcendental Meditation programs in the USA and Canada, the Foundation has supported meditation instruction for over 35,000 students in South America. The founder of Fundación Hogares Claret,[20] the Columbian Roman Catholic missionary priest Father Gabriel Mejia, directs 47 shelters for homeless children where over 3,600 young people meditate twice daily.[21][22]

Directors and advisors

The Foundation is governed by the Board of Directors consisting of: John Hagelin, Jeffrey S. Abramson, Robert G. Brown, Dean Dodrill, Joni Steele Kimberlin, Arthur Liebler, and Nancy Liebler.

Current Foundation Board of Advisor members are: Ashley Deans, Sarina Grosswald, Linda Handy, Gary P. Kaplan, James Krag, César Molina, Carmen N’Namdi, George H. Rutherford, Frank Staggers, William R. Stixrud, Ramani Ayer, and Ralph Wolff.[23]

References

  1. ^ David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace Iowa Secretary of State
  2. ^ Spivak, Rachel (December 9,2005). "Trend of Mediation Remedies Grows on Campuses". The Daily Collegian (Penn State). http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/12/12-09-05tdc/12-09-05dnews-02.asp.  
  3. ^ Orange County Register, Peter Larsen, Tapping into TM, August 10, 2005
  4. ^ ABC News, Transcendental Meditation Thrives in Iowa, John Berman and Maggie Burbank, January 8 2010, [1]
  5. ^ David Lynch Foundation "Transforming Lives: The David Lynch Foundation", retrieved July 17, 2009
  6. ^ American Journal of Hypertension Volume 17 2004 "Impact of transcendental meditation on ambulatory blood pressure in African-American adolescents"
  7. ^ Current Issues in Education Volume 10 2008 "Use of the Transcendental Meditation technique to reduce symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by reducing stress and anxiety: An exploratory study"
  8. ^ Doe Fund "Doe Fund Ready, Willing, and Able Program", retrieved July 17, 2009
  9. ^ David Lynch Foundation "Conferences on Video", retrieved July 17, 2009
  10. ^ David Lynch Foundation Television "About DLF.TV", retrieved July 18, 2009
  11. ^ Wasserstein, Scoop, "David Lynch meditates on peace", Harvard Crimson (September 30, 2005)
  12. ^ Hoover, Eric, "Filmmaker starts foundation to help students chill out - with Transcendental Meditation", Chronicle of Higher Education (July 21, 2005)
  13. ^ NEA Today, National Education Association,Clear Your Mind, May 2006,
  14. ^ Teacher Magazine, Taker you Meditation, Denise Kirsten Wills, September 1 2006
  15. ^ Springen, Karen "The Magic of Meditation"
  16. ^ David Lynch Foundation "David Lynch Foundation", retrieved July 17, 2009
  17. ^ Variety Magazine "Change Begins Within", retrieved July 18, 2009
  18. ^ The Hollywood Reporter "Change Begins Within at Radio City Music Hall -- Concert Review", retrieved July 18, 2009
  19. ^ Lynch, David "David's Message", retrieved July 17, 2009
  20. ^ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime "Fundación Hogares Claret"
  21. ^ Change Begins Within April 3, 2009 News Conference "Coming together to teach one million at-risk youth to meditate"
  22. ^ Ringsrud, Ronald "Columbian Charities"
  23. ^ David Lynch Foundation "Directors and Advisors, retrieved July 17, 2009

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