Deepak Chopra starts an internet company

January 31, 2001 2:32 PM

Deepak Chopra starts an internet company
"MyPotential, which opened for business on the Net this month, could use some clever wheeler-dealing. It is a lousy time to launch a multimedia venture, especially one that until a few months ago was hyped as a web-oriented business."
posted by cell divide (5 comments total)

dot.calm

heh.
posted by mathowie at 2:44 PM on January 31, 2001

I thought my loathing of Deepak Chopra had reached its apex, but the ceiling just lifted. I shall do a jaunty little jig when this site inevitably flames out.

From one of the articles:

"Of all the experiences we can have, experiencing our inner selves is the most important. Why? Because the body is the objective experience of our ideas, while the mind is the subjective experience of them. The body is ever changing and the mind, with its thoughts, feelings, and desires comes and goes. They are both experiences locked in time and space; they are not the experiencer. The one who is having the experience is beyond time and space; it is the real you. It is the timeless factor in every time-bound experience, the feeler behind the feeling, the thinker of thoughts, the animator of our bodies and minds. It is our soul."

I defy anyone to explain exactly what this drippy pseudomystical horseshit really means. It seems to me, if I'm generous, that he's taking an entire paragraph to say, "Know yourself." Hey, thanks!
posted by Skot at 2:56 PM on January 31, 2001

Oh, you can't fool me, Skot! I'm on to you and your tricks, you Belittling Ben!
posted by crunchland at 3:06 PM on January 31, 2001

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posted by Optamystic at 3:34 PM on January 31, 2001

If he were a real prophet, there'd be fleas in his hair.
posted by EngineBeak at 9:50 PM on January 31, 2001