Transcendental Meditation; Gurus, Capitalism, & The Autonomous Self

Does The Soul Exist?

Do we have a soul? One year after launching Night Blooming Jasmine, we’re diving into one of the biggest questions lurking behind the red curtains of Twin Peaks: what, exactly, are we? From Laura Palmer’s radiant light to Sarah Palmer’s terrifying abyss, David Lynch spent a lifetime exploring masks, doubles, dreams, identity, and the possibility that something exists beneath them all. But was Lynch pointing toward an eternal soul—or showing us that the self is nothing more than a beautiful illusion? In this anniversary episode, we wander through Buddhism, classical yoga philosophy, Jungian psychology, Transcendental Meditation, reincarnation, and Twin Peaks: The Return to ask whether there is a permanent self beneath the mask, or whether the mask is all there ever was. David Lynch believed that light overpowers darkness. This episode asks what happens when we follow that light all the way into the unknown. Rate, review, subscribe, and meet me beneath the sycamores…. or above the convenience store ☠️ JOIN PATREON! PATREON.COM/THISBODYPODCAST [http://patreon.com/thisbodypodcast] JOIN SUBTACK! SOFIACARAMELLA/SUBTACK.COM [http://sofiacaramella.substack.com] http://sofiacaramella.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe [https://sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Write It In Your Diary Laura Palmer

People are under a lot of stress. In this episode of Night Blooming Jasmine, we return to the eternal present - a post-David Lynch Los Angeles, where the surreal has collapsed into the everyday. The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is essential reading. The act of keeping a diary is an instinctual tradition - from Joan Didion to Pamela Des Barres to Eve Babitz’s sun-drenched fragments of Los Angeles life, this episode traces the diary as artifact, weapon, map, and mirror. A diary is not safe.But neither is silence. KNOW THYSELF. Write it in your diary. JOIN PATREON [http://PATREON.COM/THISBODYPODCAST] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe [https://sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

In Dreams : Tibetan Dream Yoga, Tulpas, and the Twin Peaks Bardo

This week, Night Blooming Jasmine drifts through Tibetan dream yoga, the mechanics of tulpas, and the dissolving boundaries between waking life and the unconscious. David Lynch’s Twin Peaks becomes a kind of bardo—an in-between space where identities split and time folds in on itself. What if your thoughts don’t disappear?What if they take form? From ancient Buddhist practices to modern anxiety loops, this episode explores how the mind constructs reality—and what happens when those constructions begin to look back at you. Do you know what you’re looking at? Join and support! sofiacaramella.substack.com [http://sofiacaramella.substack.com] Patreon.com/thisbodypodcast [http://patreon.com/thisbodypodcast] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe [https://sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Transcendental Meditation; Gurus, Capitalism, & The Autonomous Self

David Lynch's legacy is forever entwined with the practice of Transcendental Meditation. He was gleefully evangelical about it, describing the practice as a dive within, to the bottom of the ocean of consciousness. But what exactly is TM? Who invented it? How is it different from other forms of meditation? Allow me to enlighten you. 🪷🪷🪷 Subscribe to Patreon! [http://patreon.com/thisbodypodcast]🪷🪷🪷 2026 proceeds go to the ACLU Email thisbodypodcast@gmail.com Follow on IG @nightbloomingjasminepod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe [https://sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

This Body : BLUE MOVIE - Living in the Ruins of Porn's Golden Age

David Lynch lovers, here’s a taste of the water from the well - This Body Podcast [https://media.rss.com/thisbody/feed.xml], all about our bodies under pressure. Dark Hollywood, pop culture, the male gaze, ambition, capitalism. This new season, Blue Movie, explores the hidden history of porn 🌽 From French erotic postcards to stag films, Warhol’s downtown New York, Deep Throat, VHS vixens, and today’s OnlyFans economy, this series asks: how did we get here, and what has porn done to our bodies and fantasies? Join Patreon [http://patreon.com/thisbodypodcast] for early access and bonus content! xxx 💋 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe [https://sofiamella.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]