Published: September 1, 2006

Take Your Meditation

Filmmaker David Lynch is on a mission to spread enlightened learning.

Famous for his surreal, often nightmarish style, director David Lynch has made more than a dozen films, including The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and the forthcoming Inland Empire. He also created the hit 1990s TV series Twin Peaks.

Last year, he launched the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace , which provides funding for students in grades 4 to 12 to learn Transcendental Meditation.

Developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one-time guru to the Beatles, the technique involves sitting with closed eyes and...