to manage their emotions, ideally making them bet‑
ter workers in the process. More than 1,000 Google
employees have been through the training, and
another 400 or so are on the waiting list and take
classes like Neural Self-Hacking and Managing Your
Energy in the meantime. The company also has a
bimonthly series of “mindful lunches,” conducted in
complete silence except for the ringing of meditation
bells. The search giant even recently built a labyrinth
Kenneth Folk, an influential meditation teacher
in San Francisco: “All the woo-woo mystical stuff,
that’s really retrograde,” says. "This is about training
the brain.”
for walking meditations.
It’s n o t just Google that’s embracing Eastern tradi‑
tions. Across the Valley quiet contemplation is seen
as the n e w caffeine, the fuel that allegedly unlocks
productivity and creative bursts. Classes in medita‑
tion and mindfulness have become staples at many
of the region’s m o s t prominent companies. The
cofounders of Twitter and Facebook have made
contemplative practices key features of their n e w
enterprises, holding regular in‐office meditation ses‑
sions and arranging for work routines that maximize
mindfulness. These companies are doing more than
simply seizing on Buddhist practices. Entrepreneurs
and engineers are taking millennia-old traditions
and reshaping them to fit the Valley’s goal-oriented,
data‐driven, largely atheistic culture. “Forget past
lives; never mind nirvana,” says the article. "The
technology community of Northern California w a n t s
r e t u r n on its investment in meditation," and quotes
OSHO M E D I TAT I O N EVENTS
I N S I G H T, EXPERIENCE
Another gem from Google Alerts for "Osho : Under
the heading "Naked m e n with the munchies cause
gyoza shop to close down,” en.rocketnew524.com
reported that in early September, “the Katamachi
branch of the Chinese food restaurant Gyoza no
Osho (King of Gyoza) in Kanazawa City, Japan, shut
down after a group of m e n decided to drop in on
the restaurant dressed in nothing but their birth‑
day suits.” Reading the article I found that gyoza are
a Japanese form of dumplings or p o t stickers. B o n
appétit!
See you in the New Year! V
oshovz'[email protected]]
Deva Sulaocflrta j; Devaflnecslm
'itt‘t
8rSATSANG W I T H
SWAMI SATYA VEDANT
October ‐ December 2013
Dallas, San Diego, Atlanta, Baltimore, and
New York
Check www.05hona.com for details.
Email: [email protected]
Anuradha 8t Paritosh (678) 574‐8150
Anand 8t Chetna (404) 274‐2747
Songs on
this ( D :
1. Close to You 2. Here with You 3. From the
Smallest Grassleaf 4. Endless Night 5. Because
You Are Alive 6. Like Falling Leaves 7. Depth
of My Being 8. Just One Look q.This Precious
Moment
Available at www.0shoViha.org