Deepak Chopra
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at the age of 22 23 and i marched the streets of cambridge massachusetts i campaigned for governor dukakis the only state he won was in massachusetts and he lost in every other state and i went through all that where you are angry activism But I used to talk to my dad and my dad was a very well-known cardiologist from England before he came back to India. And he used to talk about the Holocaust.
at the age of 22 23 and i marched the streets of cambridge massachusetts i campaigned for governor dukakis the only state he won was in massachusetts and he lost in every other state and i went through all that where you are angry activism But I used to talk to my dad and my dad was a very well-known cardiologist from England before he came back to India. And he used to talk about the Holocaust.
He used to talk about the Second World War. He used to talk about the immense suffering that was happening. My grandfather used to talk about World War One, the pandemic, the Great Depression. And so I realized this is part of humanity. We have not moved from being medieval minds. And now we have modern capacities. Our minds are still medieval, which means driven by fear, greed,
He used to talk about the Second World War. He used to talk about the immense suffering that was happening. My grandfather used to talk about World War One, the pandemic, the Great Depression. And so I realized this is part of humanity. We have not moved from being medieval minds. And now we have modern capacities. Our minds are still medieval, which means driven by fear, greed,
He used to talk about the Second World War. He used to talk about the immense suffering that was happening. My grandfather used to talk about World War One, the pandemic, the Great Depression. And so I realized this is part of humanity. We have not moved from being medieval minds. And now we have modern capacities. Our minds are still medieval, which means driven by fear, greed,
The need for relevance, power, influence peddling, corruption, cronyism, and money. And it hasn't changed. But what has changed is modern capacities. We have nuclear weapons. We have biological warfare. We have internet cyber warfare. The Houthis have the same capacities, almost, as we have. And soon everybody will have. So those medieval...
The need for relevance, power, influence peddling, corruption, cronyism, and money. And it hasn't changed. But what has changed is modern capacities. We have nuclear weapons. We have biological warfare. We have internet cyber warfare. The Houthis have the same capacities, almost, as we have. And soon everybody will have. So those medieval...
The need for relevance, power, influence peddling, corruption, cronyism, and money. And it hasn't changed. But what has changed is modern capacities. We have nuclear weapons. We have biological warfare. We have internet cyber warfare. The Houthis have the same capacities, almost, as we have. And soon everybody will have. So those medieval...
emotional and lack of spiritual development, coupled with modern capacities for destruction, we are sleepwalking to extinction. And that's a fact. We can't deny it. Either we jumpstart into a new mindset, be the change we want to see in the world, Or we can walk to extinction. We're now told there are 2 trillion galaxies, 706 trillion stars, uncountable trillions of planets.
emotional and lack of spiritual development, coupled with modern capacities for destruction, we are sleepwalking to extinction. And that's a fact. We can't deny it. Either we jumpstart into a new mindset, be the change we want to see in the world, Or we can walk to extinction. We're now told there are 2 trillion galaxies, 706 trillion stars, uncountable trillions of planets.
emotional and lack of spiritual development, coupled with modern capacities for destruction, we are sleepwalking to extinction. And that's a fact. We can't deny it. Either we jumpstart into a new mindset, be the change we want to see in the world, Or we can walk to extinction. We're now told there are 2 trillion galaxies, 706 trillion stars, uncountable trillions of planets.
Our planet is not even a grain of sand in all the beaches of the world. So maybe nature might say to itself, the human species was an interesting experiment in evolution. Didn't work. Let's try something else. Dinosaurs were wiped out. We emerged and we might get wiped out. Something maybe better will emerge. I don't know.
Our planet is not even a grain of sand in all the beaches of the world. So maybe nature might say to itself, the human species was an interesting experiment in evolution. Didn't work. Let's try something else. Dinosaurs were wiped out. We emerged and we might get wiped out. Something maybe better will emerge. I don't know.
Our planet is not even a grain of sand in all the beaches of the world. So maybe nature might say to itself, the human species was an interesting experiment in evolution. Didn't work. Let's try something else. Dinosaurs were wiped out. We emerged and we might get wiped out. Something maybe better will emerge. I don't know.
So, you know, I'm a fan of your show. I enjoy your show. I enjoy your perspective. And I share your values. Now, having said that... does activism, particularly strident activism, or what I should say, angry activism, even for peace. It's kind of a contradiction, angry peace activists, and they end up getting Nobel prizes.
So, you know, I'm a fan of your show. I enjoy your show. I enjoy your perspective. And I share your values. Now, having said that... does activism, particularly strident activism, or what I should say, angry activism, even for peace. It's kind of a contradiction, angry peace activists, and they end up getting Nobel prizes.
So, you know, I'm a fan of your show. I enjoy your show. I enjoy your perspective. And I share your values. Now, having said that... does activism, particularly strident activism, or what I should say, angry activism, even for peace. It's kind of a contradiction, angry peace activists, and they end up getting Nobel prizes.
The angry peace activists end up getting Nobel prizes for peace, and they are totally not at peace with themselves. So I question whether that kind of activism actually works. And I'm not sure. It does to some extent. I mean, had we not had the anti-Vietnam war movement, the peace movement, the green movement and all of that,
The angry peace activists end up getting Nobel prizes for peace, and they are totally not at peace with themselves. So I question whether that kind of activism actually works. And I'm not sure. It does to some extent. I mean, had we not had the anti-Vietnam war movement, the peace movement, the green movement and all of that,
The angry peace activists end up getting Nobel prizes for peace, and they are totally not at peace with themselves. So I question whether that kind of activism actually works. And I'm not sure. It does to some extent. I mean, had we not had the anti-Vietnam war movement, the peace movement, the green movement and all of that,