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Between 2007-2009 the iconic American director David Lynch made a series of trips to 16 countries in Europe and the Middle East to talk about Transcendental Meditation, Creativity, and Peace.

Wherever he went David was met by hundreds of fans and honored by several film societies. He spoke with heads of state, educators, the press, and local meditators inspiring them to form peace-creating groups.

Footage from these events was taken by film students and film institutes in cities on the tour and sent to David, who, along with his editor, turned it into the film titled, “Meditation Creativity Peace.”

Interwoven throughout the documentary is an excellent interview with a French journalist at an historic art studio in Paris where David goes to create his lithographs. Besides being a talented creative artist in various visual media, David is also an excellent teacher. The way in which he illustrates and explains how TM works and what it can do for us as human beings is absolutely brilliant!

The film premiered in various cities and countries to raise funds for the David Lynch Foundation to help teach Transcendental Meditation to at-risk students everywhere. Meditating celebrities joined David at the LA premiere. See some of the coverage and interviews below. The film is now posted on the DavidLynchFoundation YouTube channel for all to see: David Lynch – Meditation, Creativity, Peace; Documentary of a 16 Country Tour [OFFICIAL].

Here are a few related posts on this subject: David Lynch addresses Israelis on Skype call after they see his film Meditation Creativity Peace | David Lynch speaks with Alan Colmes about his 16-country tour film Meditation Creativity Peace | Russell Brand and David Lynch at LA Premiere of ‘Meditation, Creativity, Peace’ Documentary | David Lynch, Russell Brand, Bob Roth Q&A after screening Meditation, Creativity, Peace documentary at Hammer Museum | Watch the trailer for a new documentary film on David Lynch titled “Meditation Creativity Peace”.

This article beautifully complements the film: David Lynch on meditation in the NewStatesman: Heaven is a place on earth. It includes the diagram and reads like a transcription of David’s brilliant explanation woven throughout the documentary film. 

This earlier article is also very interesting: Celeb Spiritual Report: One significant day in my life by David Lynch for Jane Magazine (May 2004).

See a rare look at David Lynch in this documentary made by Richard Beymer: “It’s a Beautiful World.” New film shows David Lynch retracing Maharishi’s footsteps from North to South India and the start of the TM movement.

Read inspiring excerpts from an earlier post on David Lynch’s book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity.

David’s explanations on TM & Creativity from the Documentary

The complete brilliant explanation that David gave the French interviewer about TM was incorporated in sections into the documentary. It was filmed at Idem Printing Studio in Paris, where David works on his own art projects. Someone later edited those segments together and added a background soundtrack in this video: David Lynch explains Transcendental Meditation. Several years later, this talk was posted minus the distracting music: David Lynch gives a profound description of Transcendental Meditation.

That brilliant answer David gave a film teacher’s question at the Majestic Theater in Boston shown in the documentary, of whether TM could help her and her students, has been excerpted and posted as: David Lynch on Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain (Transcendental Meditation).

It was later brilliantly animated to David’s voice as David Lynch On How Meditation Can Change Your Life–Transcendental Meditation & Creativity.

They were all included in this Spanish website, IDEAS, by Juan Carlos Sosa Azpúrua on noviembre 1, 2019: Lynch: Meditación trascendental.

Sr. Azpúra also posted recent videos of David Lynch receiving his honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards, with introductions by Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan, and David Lynch‘s short acceptance speech.

Great interview by Paul Zollo for American Songwriter: A Q&A With Director, Songwriter David Lynch, on David’s birthday, January 20, 2020.

Tags: Bob Roth, creativity, David Lynch, David Lynch Foundation, europe, meditation, Middle East, peace, Russell Brand, speaking tour, Transcendental Meditation

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