# Deepak Chopra is a Moron **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472 "2005-07-14T05:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/41 "2005-07-14T17:22:03Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I believe you first require spiritual cleansing before you can achieve this state. To the enema station with you! When do we pound the drums and reject our mothers? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/42 "2005-07-14T17:26:54Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Judging by what (little) I’ve seen of daytime television, keeping “housewives entranced” isn’t much of a challenge. But I believe his audience ranges beyond the blithly fatuous and intractibly bored (qualities stereotypically, if perhaps not always accurately, associated with the demographic of housewives). I’ve known several PhDs–even a few with degrees in the hard sciences–who take internalize his “philosophy” into some kind of working method for dealing with life. I think this probably has more to do with the diuturnal dissatisfaction with life and the increasing gulf between traditional Western religious antiphons (in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic mold) and daily life in modern society. A more nebulous, but seemingly more applicable (read: mallable) philosophy, even one that is a Church of All Worlds-type kludge of beliefs, is a ripe opportunity for those who have no scruples about peddling semantic vapid emotional liberation. > > Personally, I find [Eckhart Tolle](http://www.eckharttolle.com/home.php?section=about&show=ABOUT%20-%20Eckhart%20Tolle) even creepier than Chopra. Chopra is more of a _USA Today_ school of existential philosophy. Tolle is about as close as you can come to being a cultist without drinking the almond-flavored Kool-Aid. For instance: > Wait up! What does that even mean? :rolleyes: > > Stranger It’s hypnotic suggestion. It’s a fairly common technique among these kinds of charlatans. “What I’m actually saying doesn’t matter. My ver presence will make you feel still and blissful. Do you feel that stillness? That’s because of my presence. And whenever you are in my presence you will feel peaceful and still and content…” Etc. It works on the marks on a subconscious level so that they feel good whenever the guy is yapping at him. The actual words of the lectures don’t even matter. The idea is for the “teacher” to get them to bliss out on his voice or his “presence” or whatever so that they will _want_ to keep showing up and giving him money. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/43 "2005-07-14T17:29:10Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Wait up! What does that even mean? :rolleyes: Hypnosis. Wrapped up in a healthy layer of woo. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/44 "2005-07-14T17:30:13Z")
Quick, everyone, run and hide before **Lekatt** finds this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/45 "2005-07-14T17:31:25Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I believe you first require spiritual cleansing before you can achieve this state. To the enema station with you! You know, the same people that are into this kind of stuff are also the ones telling me how great colonics are. I wonder about their gastrointestional perrogatives at both ends. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/46 "2005-07-14T17:35:05Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > When do we pound the drums and reject our mothers? Third day, after the firewalking. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/47 "2005-07-14T17:40:10Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Third day, after the firewalking. OK, is that before or after the bee-sting therapy seminar? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/48 "2005-07-14T17:43:16Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > OK, is that before or after the bee-sting therapy seminar? It’s after your check clears. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/49 "2005-07-14T17:56:41Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > As I understand it (and I’ll try to find a cite later) the sun accounts for about 1/3 of the tidal effect. Sometimes this partially cancels the tide (neap tide), and sometimes it magnifies it (spring tide). Thanks! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/50 "2005-07-14T18:00:15Z")
Glad to help. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/51 "2005-07-14T18:09:06Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Some of us also have . . . _BROADWAY RHYTHM!!!_ I Love Corny Posts ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/52 "2005-07-14T18:13:17Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Some of us also have . . . _BROADWAY RHYTHM!!!_ And still others have rhythm _thrust_ within them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/53 "2005-07-14T18:25:53Z")
Chopra is really crazy, the truth is entirely different. I close my eyes. Only for a moment, but the moment’s gone. My dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity. But they are just dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind. It’s just a tiny drop of water in anendless sea. Folks, all we do crumbles to the ground, yet we refuse to see. It is also dust in the wind. Don’t hang on, because nothing last forever, but the earth and sky. Seriously, it slips away and all your money won’t another minute buy. It’s dust in the wind. All we are is dut in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/54 "2005-07-14T18:30:21Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Chopra is really crazy, the truth is entirely different. I close my eyes. Only for a moment, but the moment’s gone. My dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity. But they are just dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind. It’s just a tiny drop of water in anendless sea. > > Folks, all we do crumbles to the ground, yet we refuse to see. It is also dust in the wind. > Don’t hang on, because nothing last forever, but the earth and sky. Seriously, it slips away and all your money won’t another minute buy. It’s dust in the wind. All we are is dut in the wind. Dude, the people are crazy in California. In _Kansas_ they are supposed to be normal. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/55 "2005-07-14T18:35:55Z")
If I recall, tidal effects caused by a celestial body are directly proportional to mass, and inversely proportional to the **cube** of the distance. Doesn’t Chopra also preach against materialism? And live in a really big house, paid for by the incredible amount of money he rakes in? ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/56 "2005-07-14T18:39:22Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Don’t hang on, because nothing last forever, but the earth and sky. Seriously, it slips away and all your money won’t another minute buy. It’s dust in the wind. All we are is dut in the wind. [YOU’RE MY BOY, BLUE!](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/57 "2005-07-14T18:49:26Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Dude, the people are crazy in California. In _Kansas_ they are supposed to be normal. You haven’t been to Kansas, have you? Stranger I don’t think we’re in Oz anymore, Otto. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/58 "2005-07-14T18:51:14Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Chopra is really crazy, the truth is entirely different. I close my eyes. Only for a moment, but the moment’s gone. My dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity. But they are just dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind. It’s just a tiny drop of water in anendless sea. > > Folks, all we do crumbles to the ground, yet we refuse to see. It is also dust in the wind. > Don’t hang on, because nothing last forever, but the earth and sky. Seriously, it slips away and all your money won’t another minute buy. It’s dust in the wind. All we are is dut in the wind. Oh oh oh oh oh. You don’t have to go. Oh oh oh oh. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/59 "2005-07-14T18:51:46Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I blame people from California. There’s no bullshit so offensive that they won’t stick their collective tanned noses in a take a huge friggin’ whiff. Sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/60 "2005-07-14T18:57:13Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Oh oh oh oh oh. You don’t have to go. Oh oh oh oh. I’m afraid he does, because you see, He’s Crazy, but that’s how it goes. There are Millions of people living as foes. Maybe it’s not to late, to learn how to love and forget how to hate. Still, the mental wounds are not healing and life’s a bitter shame. So he’s going off the rails on a crazy train. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472.md?page=4)