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TM proves Cameron Diaz wrong — for good!

For quite some time, Cameron Diaz had known instinctively that meditation had something to offer her. But after trying out several techniques and seeing none of them bring any lasting, positive effect, she was ready to give up.
 
 
“I knew there was something there for me, in meditation, but every time I would try to do it, I was like, 'I just cannot meditate!’” she told Bob Roth in her recent interview with the David Lynch Foundation.
 
It was Cameron's close friend Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who advised her to have one more go at it.
 
“I learned TM and it was exactly what I needed! The thing that blew me away the most about it was that it was the easiest thing I’ve ever done – not the easiest meditation, but the easiest thing I have ever learned. And I learn a lot of things, you know; that’s my job!”, the actress smiles.
 
What really won Cameron over, however, was the combination of simplicity and effectiveness.
 
“TM is so simple to learn; it’s so simple to practise,” she says. “Yet the amount of restoration that comes to you – the benefit across your life – well, it has changed everything. 
 
"We had been filming in Boston to Los Angeles – 90 degrees, in the valley, at the Los Angeles Zoo parking lot, under a tent, in a car, under lights, windows up, and no air conditioning … ” Cameron recalls 
 
“I had a monologue to do, and I just couldn’t remember my lines. I had said them a million times, and I just could not access them at that moment … They were completely gone! I could see all those poor, grip guys, sweating, holding heavy equipment – looking at me like, ‘I hate you … Get your lines right so we can get out of here!’
 
I said, ‘Wait; I just need 25 minutes.’ I ran back to my trailer. I rebooted. I did my 20-minute meditation …
 
"I came back, and I nailed it! Done! Thank you very much, you know!” she laughs.
 
Cameron says that one of the things she finds most empowering about TM is how it allows you to access the most profound depths of the mind.
 
“The thing that I love about TM is that you don’t have to convince somebody to believe in something. You don’t have to get them to understand a different faith, or spirituality.
 
"TM is helping you to tap into something that’s already inside of you … that’s you, in essence. That’s something that was super-empowering for me once I grasped that.
 
"It’s not just something you go outside of yourself to obtain, and then bring it back to you. It’s actually the deepest part of you… To have that tool now, and to be able to go inside and recharge my battery … It’s so awesome. I feel so empowered … And then to show the people that you love … to show so many people that need to know they have that ability ... It’s so gratifying.”

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