# 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:** 4
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/61 "2005-07-14T18:59:11Z")
[Emily Litella] I can’t believe you people are so crass! Look, Tupac died almost ten years ago! Let him rest already. What? Deepak, not Tupak? Chopra, not Shakur? Never mind. [/Emily Litella] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/62 "2005-07-14T19:04:33Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Quick, everyone, run and hide before **Lekatt** finds this thread! He better not do vanity searches, because if he does, I’m kicking your ass. ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/63 "2005-07-14T19:05:25Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > You haven’t been to Kansas, have you? > > Stranger No, I’ve never been to Kansas. I just own the greatest hits album. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/64 "2005-07-14T19:33:44Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > 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. Ah, but at least someone’s doing something about it. With revolotion in their minds, the children start to march against the world in which they have to live and all the hate that’s in their hearts. See, they’re tired of being pushed around and told just what to do, so they’ll fight the world until they’ve won and love comes flowing through. Yeah. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/65 "2005-07-14T19:49:36Z")
My problem is that I have this _hunger_, a longing to escape from the life I live when I’m awake. So let’s go there, let’s make our escape. Come on, let’s go there. Let’s ask can we stay? Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see? Can you take me higher? To a place with golden streets? ::runs like hell:: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/66 "2005-07-14T20:02:58Z")
> [@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. Brought to you by your friendly Subaru dealer… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/67 "2005-07-14T20:38:51Z")
_Ducks…breaking wind All we are is ducks breaking wind!_ ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/68 "2005-07-14T20:41:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > _Ducks…breaking wind > All we are is ducks breaking wind!_ What do you suppose is the sound of one duck farting? Is it anything like the sound of John Denver being strangled by a duck? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/69 "2005-07-14T20:47:55Z")
AAAAF-lack! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/70 "2005-07-14T21:02:06Z")
You know, this is all Bush’s fault because…hey, let go!..quit shoving!..I said, quit shoving!..hey, uncool, man… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/71 "2005-07-14T21:02:51Z")
Does a duck’s fart echo? ::duck & run:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/72 "2005-07-14T21:33:26Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > I am not a follower of Deepak Chopra, but he is far from being a Moron. Oh, I’d agree. He’s a used-car salesman. He sells twaddle to insecure fools. He’s not stupid, he’s just unburdened by the guilt of being a knowing purveyor of snake oil. As implied here: > [@Mac Guffin](#): > > Damn my scruples. I could be rich offa morons, but Nooooo. I gotta be all moral and crap. Frankly, I’ve been struggling with this recently. So many stupid people, so much money, and only this conscience standing in the way. How incon_veeeeeeeee_nient. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Quick, everyone, run and hide before **[he who shall not be named]** finds this thread! I dare you to look in the mirror and say his name three times. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/73 "2005-07-14T21:39:12Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > Ah, but at least someone’s doing something about it. > > With revolotion in their minds, the children start to march against the world in which they have to live and all the hate that’s in their hearts. See, they’re tired of being pushed around and told just what to do, so they’ll fight the world until they’ve won and love comes flowing through. > > Yeah. Asbestos, Quicksilver, you guys rock! I’ve listened to preachers. I’ve listened to fools. I’ve watched all the dropouts, who make their own rules. One person conditioned to rule and control. The media sells it and you have the role. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/74 "2005-07-14T22:46:36Z")
You want truth? You want to know . . . the way? Well, I can give it to you! The Lord is all about you! His word is passing, invisible, through your body even now! But, your own eyes and ears can’t see, hear or interpret the word! But, you are surrounded by sacred solid state scribes who can! Turn on! Tune in! Rise up! You don’t need to journey through a desert! You don’t need to climb a mountain! You don’t need some big stone building! Alll you need glowing warmth of a cathode ray tube! In that most holy machine, the word of the Lord is made manifest. Join in union with God- being the program, and bearing the program and bearing witness to the program. One in three and three in one and Three’s Company! There are no castaways here! You don’t need a million dollars or a coconut radio. All you need is to sit in that flickering light of the sacred flame that burns but does not consume and open your heart to the Lord. Your worries and troubles will be gone! The clouds in the sky will vanish! It’s always a sunny day when you know the way to Sesame Street! God is IN the machine! Just waiting for you to come and know Him. Nanu nanu and amen. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/75 "2005-07-14T22:51:53Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > 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? Well, he’s just doing his part to ensure your happiness. If he’s got all your money, you needn’t worry about material things. Because he’ll have them all. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/76 "2005-07-14T22:59:03Z")
[Tony Robbins]Look, people say that I’m a charlatan. That I take people’s money and give them empty promises and meaningless platitudes in return. But if I can make one person happy… just _one_ person… even if that person is me… doesn’t that make it all worthwhile?[/Tony Robbins] ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/77 "2005-07-15T00:05:59Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > So, he’s sort of like the P-Diddy of the New Age scene? I guess so. Don’t listen to P-Diddy but thats the basics. Get some books on eastern thought from several sources and put it together in in a language western culture likes. Put your name in it and sell a million copies or so. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/78 "2005-07-15T00:12:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Tony Robbins]Look, people say that I’m a charlatan. That I take people’s money and give them empty promises and meaningless platitudes in return. But if I can make one person happy… just _one_ person… even if that person is me… doesn’t that make it all worthwhile?[/Tony Robbins] 😃 funny funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/79 "2005-07-15T00:35:17Z")
Actually, I think Chopra is lesser of two overall evils, the guy’s a crook, but he’s no Benny Hinn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472/80 "2005-07-15T01:07:56Z")
Having lots of degrees means you are capable of having lots of degrees (one definition of intelligence). Being intelligent, as far as this thread is concerned, means not saying this: > [@Chopra](#): > > But we also have an ocean within us as 60% of our body is water and once upon an evolutionary time when we stepped out of the ocean we brought a lot of it along as our body fluids. What a commie. He wants to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepak-chopra-is-a-moron/312472.md?page=5)