| People who age well are an | | | | So meditation with me was just a self-reliant |
| inspiration—especially for me since I just turned | | | | thing. I've been doing it almost forty years. |
| 60. | | | | Eastwood went public in the 1970s about his daily |
| Clint Eastwood is certainly a prime example. At | | | | TM routine when he appeared on the Merv Griffin |
| 62-years-old, Mr. Eastwood won his first Oscar | | | | Show with the founder of the Transcendental |
| for the film, "Unforgiven". Then, as many | | | | Meditation program, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He's |
| film-making professionals believe, he only got | | | | quietly kept enjoying his daily TM practice ever |
| stronger and better with age, going on a stunning | | | | since. |
| run of creative successes. | | | | I think it's amazing how many people practice |
| Eastwood is now 79, and since his first Oscar he | | | | Transcendental Meditation every day, year after |
| has made 15 movies—three of which have | | | | year. I think I know how they feel, and why they |
| been nominated for Best Picture. (His most recent | | | | spend the time transcending every |
| movie, Invictus, had two Academy-Award | | | | day–because it makes them feel more alive, |
| nominations.) Mr. Eastwood has also been | | | | more together, and better able to keep going and |
| nominated for Best Director or Best Actor four | | | | growing. |
| additional times. And he often collaborates on the | | | | It reminds me of something Maharishi wrote in his |
| music for his films. | | | | book, The Science of Being and Art of Living: |
| Of course I like to think that his Transcendental | | | | "Expansion of happiness is the purpose of life, and |
| Meditation practice has had something to do with | | | | evolution is the process through which it is |
| it. In a recent issue of GQ magazine Clint | | | | fulfilled…. |
| Eastwood was asked about his TM practice. | | | | ‘If one is not happy, one has lost the very |
| Do you still meditate? | | | | purpose of life. If one not constantly developing |
| Twice a day. | | | | his intelligence, power, creativity, peace and |
| How does that work for you? | | | | happiness, then he has lost the very purpose of |
| It works great. I'm religious about it when I'm | | | | life. Life is not meant to be lived in dullness, |
| working. | | | | idleness, and suffering; these do not belong to the |
| I believe in whatever self-help you can give | | | | essential nature of life. |
| yourself…. | | | | |