tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post3952254883255140006..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: Chopra says HE caused the Earthquake by meditating.......Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-71908756277223144172010-04-08T16:50:32.835-07:002010-04-08T16:50:32.835-07:00Ducky,
Aside from the left's traditions of sl...Ducky,<br /><br />Aside from the left's traditions of slave labor camps and shoving Jews into ovens, what are some other reasons leftists such as yourself desire to be considered seperate from liberals?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-34966074209982587942010-04-08T15:24:53.123-07:002010-04-08T15:24:53.123-07:00Hi, Z,
What I'm trying to say is that fame, f...Hi, Z,<br /><br />What I'm trying to say is that fame, fortune, notoriety and the tendency many people have to want to look at other people as "IDOLS" of one kind or another often has a corrupting influence.<br /><br />It's happened in many different fields. Whenever someone with extraordinary abilities of any kind "captures the public's imagination," that person is in danger of being effectively "worshipped" as an IDOL. After a while the "idol" starts to believe the fables others invent about him or her. When that happens, the "idol" loses his way and becomes debased.<br /><br />Elvis and the Beatles are supreme examples, but it's happened to countless movie stars, pop singers, politicians, playwrights, concert pianists, violinists, opera stars and charismatic "religious" leaders who develop a cult-like following almost against their will.<br /><br />Worldly "success" really CAN spoil people who started out as sincere, modest individuals who happened also to be very gifted.<br /><br />It seems to have happened to Chopra. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" means that only GOD can be God. Whenever one of us tries to play the role it invariably ends in tragedy and disaster.<br /><br />God is never false. Vanity is ALWAYS false.<br /><br />Frank Capra's Meet John Doe shows what can happen when the process of idolization is reversed, and then comes full circle. The public learns that trickery was behind John Doe's rise to fame, and turns on him, but the quality of John Doe's MESSAGE is so high and so true the public miraculously comes to accept him and correctly sees the forces determined to expose and ruin John Doe are the true evil in the picture. <br /><br />"A Face in the Crowd" is based on a similar theme, but with Bud Schulberg's treatment it becomes a horror story -- ugly, brutal, consummately cynical.<br /><br />It's a great theme. Thanks for bringing it up via Chopra's ridiculous claims.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-70186144968752566692010-04-08T14:49:18.261-07:002010-04-08T14:49:18.261-07:00Hi, Ft...are you saying that Chopra's meditati...Hi, Ft...are you saying that Chopra's meditation thing is good but his personna puts people off? I'm curious.<br />I had a talk with a Christian girlfriend from FLA this morning, she also reads a lot of Buddhism and has met the Dalai Llama in a symposium in France. <br />She finds peace in Buddhism and order; she likes a very Zen situation.<br /><br />Another friend, an actress buddy, was a 3-hour a day meditator who followed Buddhism for 25 YEARS....she's a solid Christian now and bemoans those years of putting her peace of mind on HERSELF...how many hours did she meditate, did she step on and kill an innocent ant, etc......she loved finally waking up and giving it to Christ and is a much, much happier person, according to her.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-26834230497332856072010-04-08T13:40:38.441-07:002010-04-08T13:40:38.441-07:00Prayer is a form of meditation and vice versa.
M...Prayer is a form of meditation and vice versa.<br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow"><b>Meditation beats Medication</b></a> --- by miles --- when it comes to dealing with depression, obsession, undue amounts of anger and resentment, fear, loneliness, envy and other nagging negatives. <br /><br />It's so perplexing that an entire movement or phenomenon can be dismissed and condemned because one -- or even several -- insincere or otherwise-flawed human beings become popularly associated with it. <br /><br />Remember Meet John Doe with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck? There's a lot of wisdom and truth in that old Frank Capra film. Much of it could apply to the Chopra Phenomenon. <br /><br />Oscar Wilde said, <b><i>"Whatever is popular is wrong."</i></b><br /><br />Now THAT was a mouthful.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-2186278579144514002010-04-08T12:58:47.522-07:002010-04-08T12:58:47.522-07:00Ducky, of course I agree Chopra's a charlatan....Ducky, of course I agree Chopra's a charlatan. <br /><br />I never heard of Bukowski.<br /><br />Interesting, that non-believers are always looking for something to believe in, and end up following Koolaid salesmen.<br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-32108477313484733872010-04-08T07:20:59.148-07:002010-04-08T07:20:59.148-07:00Pris, Chopra is a truly vulgar charlatan and his f...Pris, Chopra is a truly vulgar charlatan and his followers are a bunch of liberal (N.B. not leftist) class collaborators. Real bimbos.<br /><br /> Bukowski seems like an honest alternative to Chopra's brand of new age geekdom.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-36329025566925631412010-04-08T05:22:35.303-07:002010-04-08T05:22:35.303-07:00Looks like he's really put his foot in it this...Looks like he's really put his foot in it this time.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-89956106766414287802010-04-07T22:14:20.353-07:002010-04-07T22:14:20.353-07:00I hadn't known anything about Chopra until now...I hadn't known anything about Chopra until now, except seeing his picture on popular books which I ignored. Interesting to find out he's become the spokesman for Transcendental Meditation. As you may recall, TM was the meditation practice brought to America back in the 60s by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi through his devotees, the Beatles. <br /><br />I knew some people back then who practiced it quite seriously. They claimed their meditations could reduce crime in a city, and they'd even point to statistical evidence for their efforts wherever it went down some. Apparently they haven't been meditating near Congress for over a year now.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/00064746447414555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-1416424027907826762010-04-07T21:22:04.706-07:002010-04-07T21:22:04.706-07:00I guess it just struck me that anybody thinking TH...I guess it just struck me that anybody thinking THEY have this much power is a loon and how the mainstream media'd LOVED to have taken it to the LIMIT if a Christian said he'd PRAYED this hard to cause an earthquake.<br /><br />But, let a lefty loon say it and there's a mention, albeit a tad sarcastic, which did cheer me up!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-90936681468475625452010-04-07T18:49:19.662-07:002010-04-07T18:49:19.662-07:00Well, I read it all -- both here and at the link -...Well, I read it all -- both here and at the link -- and all I can see is that the man has made a fool of himself. The article is hardly supportive or flattering of him -- in fact the tone is snide.<br /><br />I'd like to believe that no serious Christian would ever make such a claim. Elmer Gantry-like televangelists and well-known quasi-religious figures like poor old Pat Robertson don't count as "serious Christians" to me, although many years ago Pat said a lot of very sensible helpful things. Then, he got famous and rich and it all went to his head. The same seems to have happened to Chopra.<br /><br />I am so sorry that anyone takes my observations as any sort of personal insult or unjustified criticism. I have no idea what to make of that.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-48933799038471200552010-04-07T18:44:42.125-07:002010-04-07T18:44:42.125-07:00FT....you're my kind of guy!
Assuming you'...<b>FT....you're my kind of guy!</b><br /><br />Assuming you're a guy...<br /><br />MajorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-7549100971805315482010-04-07T18:35:59.750-07:002010-04-07T18:35:59.750-07:00Perhaps I should have read the entire post. I stop...Perhaps I should have read the entire post. I stopped at the thought that if one man honestly claims he's powerful enough to make an earthquake happen, he's a pretty silly piece of goods. <br /><br />I didn't realize this had any bearing on the way liberals and conservatives are treated. I took the headline at face value.<br /><br />Remarks on this have been cryptic. I have no idea what we are supposed to think.<br /><br />Now, I'll read more and try to find out. It should be interesting to learn about Deepak Chopra's significance in American politics.<br /><br />He's said many interesting things in the past. Claiming to have started an earthquake hardly adds to his credibility. It looks more as though he's gone 'round the bend.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-48720153452146663692010-04-07T17:11:44.401-07:002010-04-07T17:11:44.401-07:00Like so many dinks...this one needs a straight jac...Like so many dinks...this one needs a straight jacket. I'd like to see him levitate his bony carcass to a far away moon...like Europa. I hear there's primitive life there.<br /><br /><br /><br />MajorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-35169448397414694392010-04-07T16:34:51.979-07:002010-04-07T16:34:51.979-07:00FT, If you don't think it's important enou...FT, If you don't think it's important enough to comment on skip it.<br /><br />Variety is the spice of life, and that's what makes Z's blog interesting. I don't think she needs you to tell her what's important.<br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-75095480004488349902010-04-07T16:08:39.814-07:002010-04-07T16:08:39.814-07:00Free Thinker..'is it really important'? ...Free Thinker..'is it really important'? ..I thought the difference with how Conservatives and Liberals are treated is mighty important. yes, I think it's really important.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-27334788070281817162010-04-07T16:07:44.434-07:002010-04-07T16:07:44.434-07:00"With Deepak Chopra's admission of guilt ..."With Deepak Chopra's admission of guilt that his meditations caused the earthquake, he should be held financially responsible for all the damage done by a court of law."<br /><br />Beamish, that wouldn't be a problem, he'd just meditate, and lo and behold a pile of money would appear.<br /><br />Why he bothers to lecture and write books is beyond me. That's a little beneath him don't ya think?<br /><br />What is this guy, the 21st century's Jim Jones? Good grief!<br /><br /><br />Ducky, Huh?<br /><br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-53058594757300641832010-04-07T15:53:48.457-07:002010-04-07T15:53:48.457-07:00Sounds pretty silly to me!
Probably a case where ...Sounds pretty silly to me!<br /><br />Probably a case where someone, who <i>may</i> at one time have grasped concepts of genuine significance let the reputation he made go to his head.<br /><br />Fame and fortune -- like POWER -- very often have a deleterious effect on the human spirit.<br /><br />This man -- like many others who let success delude them into thinking they had god-like powers -- appears to be suffering from a psychosis called megalomania.<br /><br />More to be pitied than anything else, but is this really IMPORTANT?<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-76857637393904246272010-04-07T15:28:33.379-07:002010-04-07T15:28:33.379-07:00:rolls eyes::rolls eyes:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-60393369785550176652010-04-07T14:53:34.660-07:002010-04-07T14:53:34.660-07:00He's preparing the excuse for Obama. When the ...He's preparing the excuse for Obama. When the country will be totally messed up, Obama will say it was because of his intense meditations, not his lefty policies.FrogBurgernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-79036193331935346552010-04-07T14:26:06.872-07:002010-04-07T14:26:06.872-07:00LAWSUIT!
With Deepak Chopra's admission of gu...LAWSUIT!<br /><br />With Deepak Chopra's admission of guilt that his meditations caused the earthquake, he should be held financially responsible for all the damage done by a court of law.<br /><br />As the history of human civilization clearly shows, there is no such thing as a leftist that is capable of rational thought, so find a lefty judge and sue him until he's penniless. A left-wing judge in California should be as easy to find as an imbecile in a Democratic Party convention.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-19357577288776198712010-04-07T13:46:04.169-07:002010-04-07T13:46:04.169-07:00Yeah, thinking about Bukowski and that fraud Chopr...Yeah, thinking about Bukowski and that fraud Chopra<br /><br />How Is Your Heart?<br /> <br /> during my worst times<br />on the park benches<br />in the jails<br />or living with<br />whores<br />I always had this certain<br />contentment-<br />I wouldn't call it<br />happiness-<br />it was more of an inner<br />balance<br />that settled for<br />whatever was occurring<br />and it helped in the<br />factories<br />and when relationships<br />went wrong<br />with the<br />girls.<br /><br />Charles BukowskiDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-5739666511182129222010-04-07T13:35:32.248-07:002010-04-07T13:35:32.248-07:00Ah, the darling of Volvo drivers everywhere.
&q...Ah, the darling of Volvo drivers everywhere.<br /><br /> "He could drive a car 80,000 miles without a brake job." Charles Bukowski said that.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.com