Robert Thurman--Columbia University prof, father of Uma and the
first American to be ordained a Tibetan monk--got a little too
detailed in this
New York Times Q&A this weekend about his meditation
fantasies:
What do you think about when you
meditate?
Usually, some form of trying to excavate any kind of negative thing cycling in the mind and turn it toward the positive. For example, when I am annoyed with Dick Cheney, I meditate on how Dick Cheney was my mother in a previous life and nursed me at his breast.
You mean you fantasize about being breast-fed
by Dick Cheney?
It’s a fantasy of releasing fear and developing affection. It’s a way of coming back to feeling grateful toward him and seeing his positive side, finding the mother in Dick Cheney.
I'm sure Cheney is touched by the gesture!