Legendary filmmaker David Lynch gave a poignant final speech at the TM foundation's Meditate America gala, reflecting on his spiritual journey and the lasting impact of the Beatles' meditation. Delivered remotely from his home due to health complications, Lynch's speech explored themes of consciousness, the transcendent, and the power of 'nothing' to change the world.
Before David Lynch passed away Thursday - four days before his 79th birthday - he gave a haunting, stirring speech at what would ultimately become his final public appearance. The legendary, eccentric filmmaker had to do so remotely as he became homebound relying on supplemental oxygen after being diagnosed with emphysema in 2020.
David looked cool as ever with his thick white hair and sunglasses while delivering his parting remarks to attendees, which was livestreamed to his TM foundation's Meditate America gala held at Lincoln Center in Manhattan on September 12. \'Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful night. I'd like to talk a little bit about nothing,' Lynch began. 'And this nothing is the transcendent. It's the unified field. It's no hyphen-thing. It's pure consciousness.' The honorary Oscar winner - who began meditating in 1973 - went on to discuss the Beatles' 1968 trip to Rishikesh, India where they studied at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. \'Maharishi starts talking about this field within as nothing - unmanifest. No hyphen-thing,' David explained. 'And you can see John Lennon picking up on this and saying to Maharishi,'Maharishi are you trying to tell me that nothing is gonna change my world?' And they would laugh.' Lynch pointed out how that inspired the British rocker to use that line as well as his mantra 'Jai guru deva om' ('All glory to Guru Dev') in the Beatles' 1969 classic, Across the Universe, which later appeared on their 1970 album Let It Be. Read More Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director David Lynch is dead at 78 'People probably thought that was a downer. It was an upbeat song in some ways about meditation and the beauty of it, but it kept having this thing'Nothing's gonna change my world' and they wonder what this is?' the Palme d'Or winner said. 'But John Lennon knew what is was, it's not'No, nothing's gonna change my world.' It's yes.'Yes, nothing's gonna change my world' big time!' At that point, David played an obscure band from Georgia's acoustic cover of Across the Universe on his record player. 'May everyone be happy,' Lynch said in darkness after the song ended. 'May everyone be free of disease. May auspiciousness be seen everywhere. May suffering belong to no one. Peace. - Jai Gurudev.'
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