I used to love reading some of Deepak's books - I liked his auto-biography
Return of the Rishi, and I absolutely loved his first fiction novel, the Return
of Merlin.
I was somewhat disturbed when I saw allegations that he has written most if not
all of his books by employing a ghost writer! The allegations claim that no one
in the media will report on this for fear of angering Chopra. Dunno how true or
not true they may be.
I have a close friend who tied herself to his star in the sense of becoming a
certified Chopra instructor of meditation, yoga and ayurveda. After a few years
it became apparent that Chopra had no desire of supporting "his" instructors as
he had initially said he would, by using his considerable fame to assist them
in getting local students of their own. This led to a great deal of
disaffection amongst the teachers. I have very little respect for Chopra
anymore - he seems to have followed in Marshy's footsteps in becoming a self
centered self-aggrandizing ass who is mainly interested in his own fame and
money, lots and lots of money.
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From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's Consciousness Challenge....
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
So you don't like Ol' Deepak, eh? why, pray tell?
Ooh, I didn't say I dislike him. I respect him for making so much money out of
a few mantras and his ayurvedic snake oil. Much like his teacher Marshy he sure
knows how to spin a few simple answers to life's problems and the more quantum
bollocks you introduce the better for today's easily pleased seekers.
He also has a way with inspirational quotes:
"The web of life unfolds into human reality"
"Your body grows through a jumble of opportunities"
"The key to joy influences creative opportunity"
"Intuition transcends unparalleled marvel"
"Quantum physics experiences descriptions of sensations"
"Emotional intelligence" heals a symphony of knowledge"
So vague yet so familiar, even he couldn't tell them apart from the real thing.
It's also fascinating that he used to be Marshy's right hand man and now you
can't say his name in TM circles. Every TM centre has literally boxes full of
tapes of Chopra and Deepak holding forth, they will never be seen again.
But I don't dislike him in the way I dislike John Hagelin. Deepak knows nothing
about physics but, like Marshy, wants to be taken seriously as a scientist. JH,
on the other hand, is old enough to know better and his shameless
misappropropriations of physical principles to flog rubbish like jyotish,
yagyas and yogic "flying" ought to have him stripped of his PHD.
By comparison, Deepak is a simpleton who just sells the same old stuff in the
same old way. I still hope he loses his money though... and the sooner the
better - for the good of real science we need an explanation of consciousness.
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From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 5:30 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's Consciousness Challenge....
Worth a read. Woomeister Chopra challenges science to explain consciousness
with a Randi style prize. The money suggests he feels confident that there is
no scientific solution to the hard problem of consciousness- in the same way
that James Randi feels confident there is no paranormal.
The trouble for Chopra is that, while no one has managed to demonstrate even a
tiny morsel of magical powers, we know quite a lot about consciousness already.
Here's hoping for a swift solution to the hard problem as he's one bullshit
artist I'd like to see with some egg on his face. And a million bucks would be
a lot of
egg.....
Deepak Chopra embarrasses himself by offering a million-dollar prize
Deepak Chopra embarrasses himself by offering a million-...
I realize now that Chopra's affliction with Maru's Syndrome—the condition
described by Dr. Maru as "When I see a box, I cannot help but enter"—is ...
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