What's on your mind?  Feeling stressed? Tired? Frustrated? For
many, meditation is the solution  "Oooooooohhhmmmm ..." I'm
chanting over and over again, struggling to force my squeaky,
slurry voice into a deep resonant bass to match the sounds
emanating from my classmates as together we seek an escape from
the stresses in our lives through meditation.  "Oooooooohhhmmmm
..." I'm sitting in the lotus position on the lawn of Laurel
High School as dusk settles over Fort Sanders, my legs twisted
up pretzel-style into my lap, as if in some grotesque caricature
of a hippie--the kind Sergio Aragones might have hastily
sketched out in the early '70s in the margins of Mad magazine.
And I'm pondering my personal motivation. I've learned that
thousands of Knoxvillians are seeking out meditation of all
sorts--Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Christian, and a surprising
number of other variations on the old spiritual theme. Can this
ancient method of relaxation and enlightenment work for me, a
woman who sifts for nuggets of transc