John Lennon’s estate teams up with new app for ‘Mind Games’ meditation mixes [Video]

2 May 2024, 12:31

By Thomas Edward

“We’re playing those mind games together.”

John Lennon‘s 1973 song ‘Mind Games’, the title track from his album of the same name, is often misconstrued as a battle of wits with his lover, who was of course Yoko Ono.

The inspiration behind the song’s lyrics was in fact a book Lennon was reading at the time, titled Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space which came out the year prior.

Written by Robert Masters and Jean Houston, the book offered up brain training exercises to help encourage people to focus on a more positive outlook on life.

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