LONDON - A sheikh subsidizing Michael Jackson spent almost $350,000 on a brain-power guru to help the singer's creative juices flow.

"Mind-mapping and motivational guru" Tony Buzan came to Bahrain for a week at the singer's request, said Bankim Thanki, lawyer for Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad al-Khalifa, who is suing Jackson for $7 million in a breach-of-contract case here.

Buzan "did not come cheap," he noted in court today: Buzan charged $37,000 a session for a total of $343,000.

"Who paid for that? Yes, Sheikh Abdulla," said Thanki.