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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!He's traveled quite a path. Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) served six terms in Congress, then spent 17 months in federal prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Now he is studying meditation at a Buddhist Temple in India.
Ney, 56, told the National Journal in a phone interview that since September he has lived in a $10-a-day rented room in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's headquarters-in-exile for more than 50 years. The ex-congressman quit drinking, dropped 60 pounds and spends his days meditating with monks and learning the Tibetan language.
Ney, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government and making false statements, said he started to try to meditate while in prison to help him cope with the stress of being locked up. Something about it clicked with him, he said, and now he practices meditation daily.
"You pick a quiet spot, as quiet as you can get," Ney told the National Journal. "You can do it any length of time you want. I usually do it about 10 or 15 minutes. And you focus on your breathing. ... Breath in, breath out. If you hear a sound, you acknowledge it and you just move on back to your breathing."
He said he plans to bring a Tibetan monk back to Ohio with him to train others in meditation. He wants to help the homeless, battered women and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
"My life is good," he said. "I'm a very lucky person, and I'm just very happy -- very, very happy. I'm doing what I want to do."
You tea partying GOPIGGPLETTS have forgot where you came from. Remember your neo con and ultra cons, ded eye dick cheneys chain gangers Ted Stevens, bob lay, duke cunningham, tom "the hammer delay", thomas reynolds pelipo sixto, scooter libby jack abramoff and heil karl rove.? You also have the lipstick pig sarah palin who quit her elected Alaska governess job to go to work for the neo cons. Some body has got to be paying her tour the world tea parties. Fine specimens of republicans.
November 23 2010 at 5:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt is a shame people like Ney are put into this nations highest positions and steal from constituents. It is a shame our government has the attitude it does that Senators, Judges , House Representatives up to the President forgot they are to serve the people. When these far too often occurring events are published it must make the USA appear the most ignorant entity on the entire planet. We are a financially broke nation yet we are giving financial support to other nations with money we have to borrow. We have been invaded for the past 50 years or more by illegal's from the south crossing our borders yet we pay their medical bills, provide their education and in some cases their welfare and SS rather than demand they return to their country and do as we did and fight for their rights. It is possible and likely probable we are the most ignorant entity on the planet!
November 23 2010 at 1:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGood for him! I was a deeply troubled nineteen year old, living a life that would have ended with me in prison or dead at 21. I realized that I was on a dead-end street, and I too began to meditate. That was 38 years ago. The best decision I ever made.
November 23 2010 at 12:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow, that is awesome, Mr. Ney. You will have a rewarding life. I am happy for you and pray that your life continues this way. Sometimes we have to go through the bad to know what the good is. It seems you have found that. Awesome!! You are more fortunate than most people in this world.
November 23 2010 at 12:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI commend you. You were involved in something negative, did some obvious soul-searching, and converted to something positive. Many should follow your lead and take the humble path. Good luck in your future endeavors.
November 22 2010 at 10:35 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replyso near the age of sixty, he finally discovered what's important in life - helping the home less, stopping domestic abuse and helping traumatized former soldiers who are used as pawns by those who control the world. funny. i knew all that by the time i was at least TEN years of age. and i wasn't taught this stuff either. i just KNEW it. idiot.
November 22 2010 at 9:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA few more decades/years and you might figure out forgiveness and politeness.
November 24 2010 at 8:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFollow Politics Daily
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