Transcendental Meditation acts as the central core of the Natural Law Party. The “Visualize Success” so that you can succeed at your action mantra, only on a mass societal scale.

In the current cycle, the 2000, 1996 (and probably beyond) presidental candidate for the Natural Law Party has endorsed Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich. It’s a match that makes some sense. And news reports are that Kucinich supporters have, at times, engaged in “Collective Visualization”, which sounds like a watered-down version of transcendental meditation.

Sounds hooky? Easy to mock and make fun of?

Not so fast! Apparently George Bush has stolen from the Natural Law Party platform.

The artificial windows revealed an inviting blue sky. Bush portrayed a similarly sunny outlook with remarks that used “optimistic” or “optimism” seven times in 49 minutes. He repeatedly stressed the power of positive thinking as an engine of job creation.

“A lot of economic growth depends upon the psychology of the people making decisions all throughout our economy,” he said. “So far, the entrepreneurs have been upbeat.”

(news article courtesy of TPM.)

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