Deepak Chopra - Secular Theology

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[crissygrif]

Thank you for your time and inspirational messages . . . I look forward to your newest book. Bless you!

[shmegamera67]

i enjoyed your book...3 jesus..ty..I am happy to learn from your teachings,,,very greatful for your messages...Roger

[mjhanny21]

I love that you are looking at the true meaning of the bible. We have to believe that this ancient scripture has truth to it.

Although I believe its meaning has been skewed over time through mistranslation and misunderstanding, I also believe that the answers we seek are there, and enlightenment will help to make them clear.

Keep seeking the truth and Keep changing the world one mind at a time! Thank you!

[abikamel]

Dear Deepak, had Mohammad the prophet also such visions? and who came with religions after the dead of the prophets?

[jsb779]

Thank you.

[vetteluvnh]

Thank you for your continued insight Deepak. You are one of the main reasons I was able to liberate myself from 30 yrs of protestant fear/belief. I like the explanation that we are all energy...Can't be created nor destroyed, can be in many places at once (superposition), always has been & always will be. Sad how the church hijacks this for the definition of it's god. Thank you for showing me my devinity. I will be forever greatful!

[greatsea]

Chopra's a pantheist. In pantheism there is ultimately no basis for "I and Thou" relationships, to borrow from Martin Buber. While I am very sympathetic to Hinduism and it's outgrowth, Buddhism, I am not for the ultimate dissolution of the ego. One, I don't think that's possible; also I think the ego is not the problem, but the direction it is pointed in. We were meant to have loving, unselfish conscious "I AND Thou" communion with the infinite uncreated and his finite creatures.

[mrproducerman]

Hello Deepak, You r one of my heroes, thank you for all u do. All good things to you. I wanted to ask your opinion of Tom Harpurs book "the Pagan Christ" I'm sure you're familiar with the notion that Jesus is not actually a real historical person, but a fictional character based on ancient stories, astrological in nature and common to many cultures especially Egyptian, Perhaps u address this idea in your book or elsewhere, I don't know.

[AnthonyGF]

I have heard DC talk and saying that God is not male or female and i think he does talk about that in his book.

[nlperpave]

Taking the position that we are all One or - in a way of understanding our duality - part of the One, we remove ourselves from the authority of all dogma... all churches.

And that scares and befuddles the bejezus out of those who would have control.

This position also puts the responsibility for their own evolution square on the shoulders of the individual rather than it being a gift from some benevolent, Cosmic Sugar Daddy - depending on his mood at the time.

Ooops! There goes Forgiveness.