Donovan Plans Meditation University
By BEN McCONVILLE 6 hours ago
--- from The Associated Press
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP)
Donovan, famous for '60s pop hits such
as "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and "Mellow Yellow,"
has announced plans to open the
Invincible Donovan University, where
students will adhere to the principles
of transcendental meditation.
"I know it sounds like an airy-fairy
hippie dream to go on about '60s peace
and love," said the 61-year-old singer,
who was born Donovan Leitch in the Maryhill
area of Glasgow. "But the world is ready
for this now, it is clear this is the time."
He said the university will be located in
either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Donovan discovered transcendental meditation
while visiting India and guru
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1968.
"The Maharishi told me during that 1968
visit that I should build a university
in Edinburgh. I went to my room and drew
a beautiful dome-shaped place of learning,"
he said Friday.
"I didn't know what to do because I
couldn't do this on my own. But then I met
David Lynch, who told me about the
positive effects of TM in education.
Although it's taken me 35 years, I will
do what the Maharishi told me to do."
Donovan and Lynch, Oscar-nominated director
of "Blue Velvet," "Mullholland Dr." and
"The Elephant Man," are part of a tour to
promote transcendental meditation as a means
of reducing violence, crime and stress
in schools and colleges.
The David Lynch Foundation has introduced
TM to schools in the U.S., where the
61-year-old filmmaker claims it has
transformed results and behavior.
"We have gone into some of the most
deprived areas and turned around kids
with violent emotional and behavioral problems,"
he said.
The duo said they will now contact
Scottish authorities to have the
institution accredited.
"For a country the size of Scotland it
would take only 250 students meditating to
protect Scotland from its enemies and to
bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse,"
Lynch said. "That is just a byproduct of the
students meditating together."
On the Net:
- Donovan: http://www.donovan.ie/
- David Lynch: http://www.davidlynch.com/
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