The PDM (Public Display of Meditation) was AWESOME!

Here's a recap written by our SCT sound sculptor Noa Winter Lazerus:

"We met at  Lululemon and Max Simon briefed everyone on the "strategy" for the  PDM. And then it was on to our first "sit" on the sidewalk in front  of Louis Vuitton at about 7:30 pm. amazing experience and remarkable  opportunity to get centered in the chaos.. had some beautiful  engagement with passersby who were, like us, "fielding the whole  thing and drinking it in", this large row of folks sitting on the  sidewalk meditating.

Then it was on to our last destination, the corner of Wilshire and  Rodeo Drive...in front of a very fashionable restaurant/Caffe. Magic things happened here for me and most, I went very deep into the  "zone" and what was going on around me, the cafe crowd and comments,  the passersby, the traffic all disappeared and I was left with a  tangible deep sense of connection to The One, The True and The  Beautiful..

So valuable to know this is possible anywhere under any circumstance. This sit on the sidewalk on Wilshire Blvd also had  quite a beautiful effect on the folks around us with remarkable  comments when we all got up to walk back to Lululemon..

The peace we  shine in this Public Display of Meditation is so real and it's being  parachuted into the middle of "life" so profound, many tales of the  second sit. Louis Vuitton was the warm up for certain. Fun, yep, Joy  Full Fun. Much smiling ensued.. thereafter.. folks coming up to us  as we're standing up and leaving and asking "What were you doing"?  "Meditating". "Oh, Meditating, that was amazing, never seen THAT  before".

Yep, in this world, having a group of young people simply  sit and meditate for ten minutes is, alas, pretty rad..The sits are usually ten mins to fifteen and time truly goes away...it's impossible to tell how long we're in it.. everything safely coordinated by the SCT team.

We returned to Lululemon and "unpacked" the experience and then had an improv music jam in the store which they allowed us to inhabit after closing for about an hour... beautiful vibe, it's a bit like a yoga studio as clothing store at Lululemon.

We had a great turn out.. consider coming sometime, in the future if you couldn't make this one.. the film will be up sometime on this i'm sure.. soon.Who knows where our team will go next? It's the "extreme sports" of meditation.. to be continued.." 

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Posted Jun 12 2008, 11:51 AM by Max Simon