--- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- Stu <buttsplicer@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I could be wrong of course, but I always felt > > > > > Deepak's writing showed a lack of understanding > > > of > > > > > Maharishi's teaching. > > > > > > > > Another way of looking at it, George, is that > > > > Chopra *disagrees* with Maharishi's teaching. > > > > > > > > That does not imply that he never understood it. > > > > > > > I have been to a number of Chopra's lectures. After > > > a few one sees a > > > pattern. He has a few concepts down pat and then he > > > wings it from > > > there. He is an excellent public speaker and writer > > > and is able to hide > > > is lack of scholarly depth. > > > > > > I think George is correct here. Chopra lacks the > > > understanding. He is > > > somewhere on my level. > > > > I agree. In another post i noted that when ever i > > heard him speak when he was with the TMO it was clear > > that he did not truly understand what MMY was talking > > about. Some very core concepts were not understood. > > From time to time I'd see MMY correct him as he was > > speaking. > > I saw that several times. Also whenever seeing Chopra what was very > strong in the foreground was a huge ego. Clever fellow, good writer, > but huge ego. > Glad we could agree on something finally peter... >
Classic example of Chopra's "diasagreement" with Maharishi is his description of the role of the mantra in TM found in the HIstory Channel's documentary on Maharishi: "The mantra interferes with the thinking process." --Deepak Chopra on TM mantras... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGafwv2CvU Lawson
