Deepak Chopra claims that considering Covid-19, the financial crisis, and “all this ideological conflict”, those who say they aren’t stressed are lying.
Criticism of the executive, the judiciary, the bureaucracy or the Armed Forces cannot be termed sedition, said the Supreme Court judge at a recent event.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Dr.Deepak Chopra Saheb..a wise entity… material science to its original form …as pertaining to natural Divine science which ofcourse is interrelated with meditation…..I m sure of Dr Saheb s wisdom and looking at all studies from a far off venture…
Seeing all the comments here – one thing is clear – even after getting educated, the Existential Crisis element of Desi’s looks eternal to me. This article is not against Deepak Chopra – it is just against the pseudoscience element he brings in his distorted logic and now pertinent to the fit bit part of it. Many took it as an allegation on Ayurveda or some ancient Indian culture. And then she talks about how twitter reacted to it. To me, a very good journalism. Spirituality sounds good but gives happy eyes and you will never focus on the true issues. Meditation, like UG Krishnamurthy says – it is a simple lie – I wont go there. Why the hell are you thinking un necessary stuff in the first place – then you focus your energy on stopping to think – what kind of fun is this.
Education has nothing to do with what one believes. If Mr. Chopra’s technique works for some people, so be it. Why try to categorise this into good/bad, true/untrue? Also, just because we do not have the scientific tools at this time to measure and quantify things like consciousness, energies from biological tissue, etc, does not mean we classify them as false. Maybe the best approach is to keep an open mind and reserve judgement for the future.
Usual India bashing article by a second rate junior journalist at The Print.
Nonsense. Chopra is a US citizen now and Fitbit is an American company. Where is India bashing in this, except in your twisted bhakt brain ?
You, (the author of this article) write from an obvious place of fear, deep within yourself.
Deepak Chopra is a decent human being with a strong desire to help people, and makes a healthy fruitful living doing exactly that.
As I read this article, all I could think was, “What on earth (or in his own head) is this dude so afraid of that he has to put down someone that is so influential/important to so many people, including Oprah Winfrey?”
I know that facts and I can see how you have twisted them in an attempt to depict him as an unreasonable, extreme, even delusional, personality.
Thankfully, he has a solid enough resume/education/background/reputation … so much so that FitBit is using his name.
The truth is showing itself through people like Deepak C., Eckhart, T., Oprah, etc.
Maybe it’s time to surrender to it dude, cuz it’s happening with or without your support.
At last a concern. This piece speaks more than what it says.
The media goes to town when some restrictions are imposed on the media and the social media. But here is case where the media is waving the red flag. Why this hypocrisy.
So there is possibility that the all media is being misused one way or another. And who is to decide what is use and what is misuse, if you are not in China?
Tail piece: Let us accept the fallibility of the social media. Some regulation is a must.
I’ve used Deepak Chopra free meditations for the past 6+ years and have benefited both physically and mentally from doing so. Your article bandied around accusation with no evidence other than any detail as opinions… and o e thing I ‘ve learned from social media is opinions are not facts
This article comes across are nothing but spiteful and narrow minded. There is no contradiction between scientific progress and recognising the power of the Mind, as expounded in ancient Eastern teachings [from which Mr Chopra channels much of his work]. We all have much to learn, let us be humble in our journey and not eschew knowledge because of dogma. My own mantra is to be cautious at all times, but open….Three cheers for Mr Chopra and everyone else in pursuit of a better way to live our lives.
I have never been healthier, happier and less stressed than the years since training in meditation and yoga at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, CA. Before you voice your opinion on someone maybe you should immerse yourself in the Ayurveda lifestyle for 30 days! It’s sad to see how close minded you are.
Well, it’s not pseudoscience if it works. If the intended effects of the practices come out, that’s evidence of some causation, even if it’s just placebo effect. Putting those practices on a highly used app opens opportunity for large hard science studies on the matter. Like with meditation, that has many published peer-reviewed studies proving it’s many benefits. Chopra’s biggest problem might be just his explanations for ancient practices effects, not those effects per se.
I am a scientist and I do some yogic practices and sadhanas and I can say by experience that they do wonders on my health, happiness and wellbeing. I’m highly skeptical though, so the only reason I do them is because they work. I don’t know how or why, but the experience, at least on my system specifically, proves their efficacy.
Actual science most definitely supports the health and wellness benefits of meditation, but saying that meditating can cure cancer… What a load. If I owned a Fitbit I’d cancel my membership too for associating with Chopra.
I am so sick of these kinds of woo spouting hacks being promoted just because people like the way their pseudoscience sounds. I don’t know if Chopra actually believes his own BS or not, but I am almost certain he full-and-well knows that by peddling profound-sounding BS in general to a gullible, and growing, audience one can benefit massively. Actual science most definitely supports the health and wellness benefits of meditation, but saying that meditating can cure cancer…? What a load! If I owned a Fitbit I’d cancel my membership too for associating with this charlatan.
Mind body connections is not psedo-science, It shows how ignorant you are. Science hasn’t figured out, what happens inside your brain, but lot of attention is being padi to it now.
I KNOW DR.DEEPAK CHOPRA JI from 1986,I worked with him in LANCASTER,Mass,USA.
His knowledge is appreciable.He is an Allopath but turned as an Ayurvedic lover by beauty of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is not a pseudo science.You may be traveling in car with a sticker jesus(GOD)will save us but dies in an accident that doesn’t mean God is not there.
Ayurveda practised from several centuries before Allopath has born.
All systems are good,it should give benefit to sufferers.
Jay Shetty, Deepak Chopra – they all are in same category – not only pseudoscience they live on human minds weaknesses like the baba and guru cults of subcontinent. Very interesting read but these guys are not stoppable in the near future. Mankind in search of something which never existed and Chopras cash on it.
If people are paying him for getting cured and it is been for reasonable period, it is better to learn what he does than brand what he does as pseudo science. Go on wikipeadia which says Ayurved is quackary. I have moved to Ayurved and have been repeatedly cured by it. I chose any kind of medical treatment of my choice which is off course conducted by well trained doctors of such treatments – that’s not pseudo science
ThePrint relishes bad comments on whatever is Indian and licks boots of who will do so. This is an example.
Wow what a vicious article!! The pseudo journalist is spitting venom as of he had some personal enmity with Shri Chopra and the Bharat’s ancient system of medicine. I would even fo so far to suggest that this article is probably sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi unsuccessfully tried for years to Qualify Ayur Vedic medicines in the West. To dialogue with the FDA in the USA, he invited and adopted Dr. Deepak Chopra in to his group. While Yoga was accepted even by Harvard, the medicines were found not scientific and hence unacceptable. Like Homeopathy, it too became a placebo at best. Dr Chopra too was unable to convince the FDA. It remains the Indian version of strong western belief, equally not scientific, in human life in Mars for centuries now.
The FDA is slave too the US Pharma industry. It will only do His Masters calling. The Pharma industry has a vested interest in keeping natural medicine, which is not made in their factories, out!
I know little about Deepak Chopra’s methods. Won’t comment on the contents of this article. But, I can certainly state that the West is fanatical about Allopathy medicine system and calls all traditional medical systems as pseudo science. This is similar to religious bigotry.
No. It is good science and plain common sense. Claims not backed up by hard evidence deserve to be called as pseudoscience irrespective whether the east, west, north or south does it.
India is a land of babas. Deepak Chopra is our export quality baba.
Dr.Deepak Chopra Saheb..a wise entity… material science to its original form …as pertaining to natural Divine science which ofcourse is interrelated with meditation…..I m sure of Dr Saheb s wisdom and looking at all studies from a far off venture…
Deepak’s quantum healing is NOT a pseudoscience. In fact the person writing this article needs to recover from superstition of materialism
Deepak’s quantum healing is NOT a pseudoscience . In fact the person writing this article needs to recover from superstition of materialism .
Quite surprised by the backlash that the article is getting.
Great work by the author. Definitely need more articles like these.
Seeing all the comments here – one thing is clear – even after getting educated, the Existential Crisis element of Desi’s looks eternal to me. This article is not against Deepak Chopra – it is just against the pseudoscience element he brings in his distorted logic and now pertinent to the fit bit part of it. Many took it as an allegation on Ayurveda or some ancient Indian culture. And then she talks about how twitter reacted to it. To me, a very good journalism. Spirituality sounds good but gives happy eyes and you will never focus on the true issues. Meditation, like UG Krishnamurthy says – it is a simple lie – I wont go there. Why the hell are you thinking un necessary stuff in the first place – then you focus your energy on stopping to think – what kind of fun is this.
Education has nothing to do with what one believes. If Mr. Chopra’s technique works for some people, so be it. Why try to categorise this into good/bad, true/untrue? Also, just because we do not have the scientific tools at this time to measure and quantify things like consciousness, energies from biological tissue, etc, does not mean we classify them as false. Maybe the best approach is to keep an open mind and reserve judgement for the future.
Usual India bashing article by a second rate junior journalist at The Print.
Nonsense. Chopra is a US citizen now and Fitbit is an American company. Where is India bashing in this, except in your twisted bhakt brain ?
You, (the author of this article) write from an obvious place of fear, deep within yourself.
Deepak Chopra is a decent human being with a strong desire to help people, and makes a healthy fruitful living doing exactly that.
As I read this article, all I could think was, “What on earth (or in his own head) is this dude so afraid of that he has to put down someone that is so influential/important to so many people, including Oprah Winfrey?”
I know that facts and I can see how you have twisted them in an attempt to depict him as an unreasonable, extreme, even delusional, personality.
Thankfully, he has a solid enough resume/education/background/reputation … so much so that FitBit is using his name.
The truth is showing itself through people like Deepak C., Eckhart, T., Oprah, etc.
Maybe it’s time to surrender to it dude, cuz it’s happening with or without your support.
At last a concern. This piece speaks more than what it says.
The media goes to town when some restrictions are imposed on the media and the social media. But here is case where the media is waving the red flag. Why this hypocrisy.
So there is possibility that the all media is being misused one way or another. And who is to decide what is use and what is misuse, if you are not in China?
Tail piece: Let us accept the fallibility of the social media. Some regulation is a must.
I’ve used Deepak Chopra free meditations for the past 6+ years and have benefited both physically and mentally from doing so. Your article bandied around accusation with no evidence other than any detail as opinions… and o e thing I ‘ve learned from social media is opinions are not facts
To each their own!!!
This article comes across are nothing but spiteful and narrow minded. There is no contradiction between scientific progress and recognising the power of the Mind, as expounded in ancient Eastern teachings [from which Mr Chopra channels much of his work]. We all have much to learn, let us be humble in our journey and not eschew knowledge because of dogma. My own mantra is to be cautious at all times, but open….Three cheers for Mr Chopra and everyone else in pursuit of a better way to live our lives.
I have never been healthier, happier and less stressed than the years since training in meditation and yoga at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, CA. Before you voice your opinion on someone maybe you should immerse yourself in the Ayurveda lifestyle for 30 days! It’s sad to see how close minded you are.
Well, it’s not pseudoscience if it works. If the intended effects of the practices come out, that’s evidence of some causation, even if it’s just placebo effect. Putting those practices on a highly used app opens opportunity for large hard science studies on the matter. Like with meditation, that has many published peer-reviewed studies proving it’s many benefits. Chopra’s biggest problem might be just his explanations for ancient practices effects, not those effects per se.
I am a scientist and I do some yogic practices and sadhanas and I can say by experience that they do wonders on my health, happiness and wellbeing. I’m highly skeptical though, so the only reason I do them is because they work. I don’t know how or why, but the experience, at least on my system specifically, proves their efficacy.
Actual science most definitely supports the health and wellness benefits of meditation, but saying that meditating can cure cancer… What a load. If I owned a Fitbit I’d cancel my membership too for associating with Chopra.
I am so sick of these kinds of woo spouting hacks being promoted just because people like the way their pseudoscience sounds. I don’t know if Chopra actually believes his own BS or not, but I am almost certain he full-and-well knows that by peddling profound-sounding BS in general to a gullible, and growing, audience one can benefit massively. Actual science most definitely supports the health and wellness benefits of meditation, but saying that meditating can cure cancer…? What a load! If I owned a Fitbit I’d cancel my membership too for associating with this charlatan.
Mind body connections is not psedo-science, It shows how ignorant you are. Science hasn’t figured out, what happens inside your brain, but lot of attention is being padi to it now.
I KNOW DR.DEEPAK CHOPRA JI from 1986,I worked with him in LANCASTER,Mass,USA.
His knowledge is appreciable.He is an Allopath but turned as an Ayurvedic lover by beauty of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda is not a pseudo science.You may be traveling in car with a sticker jesus(GOD)will save us but dies in an accident that doesn’t mean God is not there.
Ayurveda practised from several centuries before Allopath has born.
All systems are good,it should give benefit to sufferers.
Jay Shetty, Deepak Chopra – they all are in same category – not only pseudoscience they live on human minds weaknesses like the baba and guru cults of subcontinent. Very interesting read but these guys are not stoppable in the near future. Mankind in search of something which never existed and Chopras cash on it.
Deepak is a medical doctor and his books are fantastic. With the high rate of suicide and substance abuse in the US we can benefit from his wisdom.
Is there any data for this? I am just wondering.
If people are paying him for getting cured and it is been for reasonable period, it is better to learn what he does than brand what he does as pseudo science. Go on wikipeadia which says Ayurved is quackary. I have moved to Ayurved and have been repeatedly cured by it. I chose any kind of medical treatment of my choice which is off course conducted by well trained doctors of such treatments – that’s not pseudo science
ThePrint relishes bad comments on whatever is Indian and licks boots of who will do so. This is an example.
Wow what a vicious article!! The pseudo journalist is spitting venom as of he had some personal enmity with Shri Chopra and the Bharat’s ancient system of medicine. I would even fo so far to suggest that this article is probably sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi unsuccessfully tried for years to Qualify Ayur Vedic medicines in the West. To dialogue with the FDA in the USA, he invited and adopted Dr. Deepak Chopra in to his group. While Yoga was accepted even by Harvard, the medicines were found not scientific and hence unacceptable. Like Homeopathy, it too became a placebo at best. Dr Chopra too was unable to convince the FDA. It remains the Indian version of strong western belief, equally not scientific, in human life in Mars for centuries now.
The FDA is slave too the US Pharma industry. It will only do His Masters calling. The Pharma industry has a vested interest in keeping natural medicine, which is not made in their factories, out!
I know little about Deepak Chopra’s methods. Won’t comment on the contents of this article. But, I can certainly state that the West is fanatical about Allopathy medicine system and calls all traditional medical systems as pseudo science. This is similar to religious bigotry.
No. It is good science and plain common sense. Claims not backed up by hard evidence deserve to be called as pseudoscience irrespective whether the east, west, north or south does it.
India is a land of babas. Deepak Chopra is our export quality baba.
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You simplified – and the market for them in individualistic cultures is phenomenal – which is just a common sense