Paul Mccartney's Concert For The Transcendental Meditation Program

l McCartney, one of the most famous andhand has had a hit song in each one of the last
successful pop artists of all time will be performingfour decades as a result of his 70’s song
a global benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in“Everlasting Love” having being recorded
New York City on Saturday, April 4, 2009. Thisover and over again by dozens of top artists
appears to be a once in a lifetime event whosesuch as Andy Gibb, Gloria Estefan and U2.
purpose is to provide financial support to theThe David Lynch Foundation for
David Lynch Foundation’s internationalConsciousness-Based Education and World Peace
initiative to teach one million children thewas founded in July 2005 and its purpose is to
Transcendental Meditation technique—and changeprovide scholarships for the Transcendental
the world overnight.Meditation program and its implementation into
Paul will appear with a host of other famousschools throughout the United States and around
musicians and friends that are yet to bethe world. This effort, spear headed by long time
announced. However my guess is thatTM practitioner, and famous Hollywood director
Paul’s musical guest list could include theDavid Lynch, was inspired by the need to support
likes of Moby, Mac Gayden and Donovan Leitch, allTM’s proven scientific benefit in the areas
of whom have performed at other fund raisingcreativity, intelligence, academic performance,
events held at Maharishi University ofADHD, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
Management in Fairfield, Iowa and other locationsLast February while standing in a long line at the
around the world.Indian Consulate in San Francisco I found myself
The famous 60’s pop artist Donovan hastalking with David Lynch as we waited to receive
had many hits including “Hurdy Gurdy Man”Indian visas so that we might attend the funeral
and “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” both ofof Maharishi Mahesh Yogi a few days later. At
which were inspired by Donovans practice of thethat time David told me: “every child should
Transcendental Meditation technique. In fact thehave one 15 minutes class per day so that they
Beatles themselves have said that most of thecan dive within and experience the field of
White Album was written while they weresilence—the enormous reservoir of energy and
meditating in India with Maharishi in 1969. Unlikeintelligence that the TM technique allows access to.
McCartney and Donovan, Moby rose to popularityThis is the way”, he said, “to save the
in the 90’s and has built a steady fan basecoming generation”.
with his generation. Mac Gayden, on the other