Mike Love of the Beach Boys on Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Mike Love from the Beach Boys on Transcendental Meditation (TM) - video subtitled in English
Video transcript:
Journaliste : I am here with the legendary Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and my question is about Transcendental Meditation. Can you give us a little bit about how that has affected your life and what that's done for you?
Mike Love: Transcendental Meditation, or the TM program, is something I've been practicing since I learned from Maharishi in December of 1967. And then, about a month after I learned, he [Maharishi Mahesh Yogi] invited me to go to India, which I did go. I went to Rishikesh, India, and the Beatles were all there. I didn't know they were going to be there, but when I got there, they were all there. A lot of music, a lot of meditation, and George Harrison and I both had our birthdays in the spring of 1968 in India. But the thing is about meditation, you can lower your metabolism to a level of rest twice as deep as deep sleep. So it's profoundly restful and therefore relaxing. And it gives you the energy and clarity and positivity to be able to undertake a lot of activity, which, you know, let's face it, the touring we do, there's a lot of activity involved. You know, there are concerts every night and travel most days. So as a practical tool, it really comes in handy. And there's a spiritual aspect of it, too, but there's a health and practical aspect of it in terms of the energy and clarity involved that it gives you.
Journalist: Awesome, and where do you recommend somebody start with that? Mike Love: You look up the TM program. TM program, and there are teachers all over the world actually, you can find somebody that's close by where you live. Journalist: Yeah, that's great.
That's probably the most important thing I could convey to somebody
Mike Love : That's probably the most important thing I could convey to somebody, because it keeps you away from the drugs and the alcohol and all those kinds of excesses. Because people are looking for a way to relax. Well, this is a natural way, with no negative side effects.
Journalist: Absolutely.
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