David Lynch’s Family Announces ‘Worldwide Group Meditation’ to Honor Director

An uncompromising artist will receive an unorthodox memorial as David Lynch’s family has called for a “worldwide group meditation” on Monday in honor of the director.

“David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of creativity, love, and peace,” his four children — Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch — wrote on social media Saturday. 

“On Monday, January 20th—what would have been his 79th birthday—we invite you all to join us in a worldwide group meditation at 12:00pm NOON PST for 10 minutes.”

Lynch’s family continued, “Let us come together, wherever we are, to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love across the world. Please take this time to meditate, reflect, and send positivity into the universe.”

The 10-minute session — which will likely overlap with the Trump inauguration, in case anyone needs a timeout from that — reiterates Lynch’s longtime practice and belief in the methods of Transcendental Meditation.

As Claire Hoffman wrote for Rolling Stone about Lynch’s connection with T.M., “Lynch began to travel the globe, speaking out about his practice of T.M. and its positive benefits. He wrote a book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, and participated in several documentaries that followed him as he spoke to film students in Estonia, Brazil, Ukraine, and other places on the topic. The results of his efforts were significant: Over the last 20 years, according to David Lynch Foundation CEO Bobby Roth, the organization has raised over $100 million, taught more than a million people to meditate, and instituted meditation programs in schools and hospitals around the world.”

Lynch died Wednesday at the age of 78. Following his death, there was an outpouring of tributes from the actors and fellow filmmakers that the director worked with or inspired, including Kyle MacLachan, who — after his initial social media tribute — penned a New York Times essay Sunday about the director who cast him in Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Dune.

“I was willing to follow him anywhere because joining him on the journey of discovery, searching and finding together, was the whole point. I stepped out into the unknown because I knew David was floating out there with me,” MacLachlan wrote.

“I will miss my dear friend. He has made my world — all of our worlds — both wonderful and strange.”