I have a friend who meditates for a living.

Yup. Gets paid to sit on his butt.

He’s living in Fairfield, Iowa, the US home of TM (Trancendental Meditation).

Apparenly, some gajillionaire (I think he actually has gajillion dollar bills!) believes that if enough TM people meditate (long, hard, with feeling, without feeling… something) enough, then they can change the course of human affairs and make the world a better place.

Don’t try to tell me that it’s true… or that it’s not. That’s not important.

What’s important, and what I love about this experiment is this: There’s no way they can lose!

If something — anything — changes in the world in what someone calls a “better” direction, they can say, “See, we did that by sitting on our butts!”

And if nothing changes, then that simply “proves” that the world simply needs more, better, faster, stronger, butt sitters.

You know that question, “Would you rather be happy or right?” Well, with a setup like this one, where you can be right no matter what… you could be very both!

I’m glad this guy has gajillions to spend.

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