Weezer: Distraction Subtraction

"It's funny, I was just talking to the president of our record company, and he was concerned that our younger fans were going to be freaked out because I was meditating or whatever," he laughs. "Like, they might think I'm some kind of hippie or something. But honestly, it's all perfectly normal. People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy."

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Just Say "Ommmmm . . . "

A local experiment suggests teaching prison inmates meditation could be an effective form of rehab, among other benefits.


It was called the North Rehabilitation Facility, a nice name for jail. The 300-bed unit of King County's correctional system in Shoreline was rated minimum security, but there was nothing minimal about the problems that brought its inmates there. Most were serious substance abusers as well as convicted criminals, with discouraging rates of recidivism.

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Spotlight: A Life Sentence

The film tells the story of Kiran Bedi, the woman who took over as inspector general of India’s prisons in 1993, determined to change how things were done.

The previous jailers saw administering punishment as their job: the worse the punishment, the less likely inmates would return. Bedi saw this as the problem: giving inmates a steady diet of punishment without rehabilitation did not prepare them to live in society. She was right; most inmates ended up returning again and again.

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Confessions of a tourist: I bent over backwards for her

There are lots of good reasons to go on a meditation retreat in India, but stalking your ex, I discover, isn’t one of them.

Read more : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/article534744.ece

'Vipassana' doc showcases the power of meditative insight

What could possibly make hardened criminals locked up in one of the worst prisons on earth say that they are actually glad to be there? What powerful force could drive violent offenders to weep joyfully and unabashedly?

Read more: http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/05.25.05/vipassana-0521.html

Connections on and off the course

"Emotional balance and inner peace are extraordinarily useful assets in a normal day at the office. ..... Vipassana is by far the best training I have ever had in management and leadership." says a business warrior.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Connections-on-and-off-the-course/2005/04/25/1114281505152.html?oneclick=true