yes I thought the same and it reminded me of this video by Matthieu Ricard: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1424079446171087119&ei=I2wQStLTN8iE-QawodD

yes I thought the same and it reminded me of this video by Matthieu Ricard: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1424079446171087119&ei=I2wQStLTN8iE-QawodDmBQ&q=ricard+mathieu http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1424079446171087119... More specifcally at this point: 37 min 23 sec he shows a picture of a grinning monk who's just come out of 6 years of meditation. He seems to have had a rather pleasant time.