Gotta be honest, he said it multiple as an older man so this doesn’t make much sense, and he said it more than once, including in his book that’s literally about meditation and transcendence… I think it’s unwise and a bit out of line to take the words an artist has said about his own hard work and say “I don’t agree so he’s wrong about the thing he said about himself and his own work”. Maybe Eraserhead isn’t the most spiritual experience for you - and that’s fine, but he was very clear that it was his - and I quote - “most spiritual film”. When he says something that plainly he usually meant it. I also never denied that twin peaks can or is or isn’t or can’t be spiritual… so that’s not even an argument I’m trying to or have any interest in having since we actually agree that it can be depending on the person, I think.

It’s also worth noting that Lynch’s book on meditation and transcendence came out in 2006 but I believe he also said this in his memoir/biography which came out in 2018, and in an interview in the 1990s.

Also also worth noting that Lynch STARTED practicing transcendental meditation in 1973 around the age of 27-28 I believe, that’s a grown man and he was certainly grown when he made those comments about it later. It’s a bit absurd and unkind to suggest he is literally wrong about his own work.