Office Space shows importance of meditating away stress

Phil — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:19:42 +0000

The 1999 hit film Office Space starts off like most work days – Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is stuck in traffic and trying not to think about what awaits him in the office, where his boss, Bill Lumbergh, will continually harass him throughout the day.

He becomes so fed up with his job, and stressed out, that he eventually goes to a therapy session to help him relax. In fact, that session helps Gibbons suddenly fall into a deeply meditative state that leads to his overall enlightenment.

He suddenly realizes that, if he doesn't love his work, something must be wrong and he has to do something about it. What follows is a hilarious sequence of events that leads Gibbons to finally figure out that maybe he wasn't meant to work in an office all day, anyway.

Director and writer Mike Judge was lauded for the film – Jim Carrey found the movie so funny that he wanted to meet him, and Chris Rock called him a few weeks after its initial release.

In 2008, Entertainment Weekly included Office Space in its list of the 100 best films from 1983 to 2008.

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Study finds human potential in meditation before taking a standardized test

Phil — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:22:05 +0000

Standardized exams time can be stressful for the minds of students, which could cause them to perform worse than they would if they did not have anxiety.

However, a recent study demonstrates the power of transcendental meditation and how it can bring about enlightenment. The research, which is published in the journal Education, studied 189 students in a California middle school who were taking the California Standards Test (CST).

The researchers found that students who meditated beforehand did better on the math and English portions of the exams over the course of a year in comparison to children who had not meditated.

Students who are looking to meditate in an effort to improve their standardized test scores may want to follow Ilchi Lee's teachings on meditation.

Additionally, children who are still suffering from performance anxiety may also want to take Lee's words to heart, as he says "Don't be afraid of obstacles. This means you have many chances for happiness, because when you resolve obstacles they will turn into joy."

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