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David Lynch interviews Paul McCartney about Meditation and Maharishi

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    First of all, it's a real big honor
    to interview you, to talk to you Paul.
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    And, I gotta tell you,
    I am not a professional interviewer.
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    But I'm curious, so I'll just ask you,
    you know, some things.
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    Yeah.
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    And I'm curious, um, I assume sometime
    in the 60s... set the stage...
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    when did you first hear the word "meditation"
    and what did you make of it?
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    It was actually George Harrison's wife, Patty,
    who had heard that Maharishi was coming to town.
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    And she said we should all go.
    It was one of those things.
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    And I was personally
    not in a good... good place.
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    I think, you know,
    just overdoing it in the 60s.
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    So I was just not very sort of centered,
    and I was looking for something.
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    I think we all were.
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    So we heard that Maharishi was going
    to have a meeting and give a lecture.
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    Um, so that was the first time
    I'd heard about meditation,
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    but we'd actually seen him when
    we were kids growing up in Liverpool.
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    Because, as you know, he went around
    the world seven times to spread his message.
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    And he was on TV.
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    And we remembered this giggly little guy,
    and we thought we loved him.
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    We just said he's so cool, you know.
    And he just on TV and he was giving an interview
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    and he would giggle... that fabulous laugh of his.
    And he was very entertaining and very attractive.
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    So we all said, "That's that guy!"
    But then I say he was giving a lecture.
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    Where was it?
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    In London.
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    Do you remember the place?
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    I don't remember it. I think it was in
    Kensington, Chelsea or somewhere.
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    But, um, so that was the first time
    I heard about him.
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    We all went along to listen.
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    Uh-huh. And in the talk,
    what feeling, you know,
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    came over you about what
    he was saying, his message?
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    It was, um, very interesting.
    It was very calming.
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    And it seemed like something
    that was worth trying.
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    He put it very well.
    He made it seem simple.
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    He made is seem very attractive.
    And so I think we were all just sold.
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    And, I say, his personality was a lot to do with
    Maharishi, you know, um, you know,
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    I think you'd seen other people who were
    maybe a little more serious, um,
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    which wasn't a bad thing,
    but he put humor.
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    He had a very infectious sense of humor,
    so I think that was very attractive to us.
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    It was a great message.
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    It was something I think we felt
    we needed, but put over in this way...
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    It was very attractive.
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David Lynch interviews Paul McCartney about Meditation and Maharishi
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David Lynch: First of all its a real big honor to interview you, to talk to you Paul, and I've got to tell you I am not a professional interviewer. But I'm curious. So I'll just ask you some things. And I'm curious-- I assume some time in the sixties, set the stage, when did you first hear the word meditation and what did you make of it?

Paul McCartney: It was actually George Harrisons wife, Pattie, who had heard that Maharishi was coming to town. And she said we should all go. It was one of those things. And I was personally not in a good place. I think you know just over doing it in the sixties. So I was just not very--sort of --centered and I was looking for something. I think we all were. So we heard that Maharishi was going to have a meeting and give a lecture. So that was the first time Id heard about meditation. But we'd actually seen him when we were kids growing up in Liverpool. Because as you know he went around the world seven times to spread his message. And he was on TV. And we remembered this giggling little guy and we thought, we loved him. We just said he's so cool! you know. And he was just on TV, and he was giving an interview and he would giggle--that fabulous laugh of his. And he was very entertaining and very attractive. So we all said that's that guy! But then I say, he was giving a lecture.

David Lynch: Where was it?

Paul McCartney: In London.

David Lynch: But do you remember the place?

Paul McCartney: I don't remember it. I think it was in Kensington, Chelsea or somewhere. But—so that was the first time I heard about it and we all went along to listen.

David Lynch: And in the talk—what feeling, you know, came over you about what he was saying--his message?

*Note: Paul McCartney all the Beatles learned Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1960's.

Now the David Lynch Foundation is teaching at-risk children Transcendental Meditation to help overcome classroom stress and other social issues.
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
03:00

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