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" Chopra: Deep stuff or New Age fluff?

 

ST. PETERSBURG

 

Motivational guru Deepak Chopra believes he provides answers for a

new age, teaching his international body of followers that the key to

solving problems is to seek God within. Chopra's philosophy,

zealously marketed through books, seminars and tapes, has won him

legions of fans...

 

" There is no guilt in his system. There is no need for remorse or

anything like that. It is not like you have to stop sinning (or) you

have to clean up your act. There are no commandments, " John Morreall,

professor of religious studies at USF, said of Chopra's teachings.

" People want easy, digestible stuff that doesn't require them to

change their life, and any way you can package that will be

successful, " Morreall added.

 

In fact, a sell-out crowd is expected Monday when Chopra makes an

appearance at the Mahaffey Theater, said the Rev. Joan Pinkston,

minister at the Center for Positive Living, which is sponsoring his

visit.

 

She said this is the third time her church, at 5200 29th Ave. N, has

brought Chopra to Tampa Bay.

 

" He is so popular and he does bring a universal message of truth for

those who are ready to hear it, " Pinkston said. " He brings it to the

masses who are unchurched and who may never capture that message

other than through the secular community. "

 

In a telephone interview, Chopra, who was born in India, said he

prefers to be thought of as spiritual rather than religious. " The

founders of religion were universal beings, " he said. " But at some

point it developed dogma and ideology and unfortunately we have had

more anguish and more war and more hatred and more bigotry and more

suffering in the name of religion than in every other name. . . . I

like to think of myself as seeking spirituality, which is the basis

of religion. God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he

said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.' "

 

Chopra, whose teachings are based in part on the Vedantas, the sacred

writings that are the root of Hinduism, added that it often is said

that God created man in his own image. " I think it is the other way.

Man created God in his own image, " he said. " The image of God is

usually a dead white man in the sky. That is just an image. It is not

satisfactory. Why can't God be black or a woman? ... All the conflict

in the world is because we have different images of God. God is

beyond image. As soon as you create an image about God, you limit

God. " But, he said, that is what defines most religion.

 

Spirituality is different, giving one the ability to love and have

compassion, added Chopra, author of 22 books, including best-sellers

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and

The Pathway to Love. " It is the capacity to experience joy and spread

it to others, " he said. " It is the security of knowing that your life

has meaning and purpose. It is a sense of connection to the creative

power of the universe. This creative power of the universe is by

various religions called God. " In my experience, it is infinite. It

is unbounded. It's immanent and transcendent. It is timeless. It

expresses itself in the infinite organization of the universe and in

the infinite intelligence of the universe. "

 

And to find God, those caught up in the search must get in touch with

what Chopra refers to as " the essence " of their own being. That

essence, he explained, is God. And it is within every person, said

Chopra, quoting Jesus in the book of John...

 

And it seems to sell particularly well among intellectuals, Morreall

said. For those trying to cope with stressful conditions, Chopra's

message finds a ready welcome.

 

" What Chopra offers is the promise that you will be able to quiet

down the noise and you will be able to control your world. And that

is immensely appealing, " Morreall said.

 

To members of the Center for Positive Living, part of the Spokane,

Wash.-based Religious Science organization, Chopra reaffirms a

familiar philosophy.

 

" With what we teach, we believe in one power and it doesn't matter

what you call it, whether it is God, spirit, nature, life, " Pinkston

said. " It is the ultimate one power. What we believe is true about

God is also true about us. The one thing that may separate us from

other mainline, traditional religions is that we truly believe that

this power that created us is within us and is not something that is

outside and separate from us and that it is, yes, greater than we are

and that we can use it and we are using it every moment. " Chopra's

popularity, she said, is based on his universal message.

 

" Here is a medical doctor who has taught at Tufts University, and he

is very well-read. I believe that people are really hungry for the

message ... that the soul responds to — that we are divine beings, "

added Pinkston, a former Baptist who began searching for a new path

about 30 years ago.

 

" We teach the metaphysical, the inner message of Jesus the Christ, "

Pinkston said. " (Chopra) is teaching the same message. The way he is

teaching is that love can renew, heal. Love can make us safe. Love

can inspire us and bring us closer to God and that is what we are all

searching for, the union of the self and the spirit. " ...

 

What morsels of wisdom will he leave with his audience Monday?

 

" I only want to achieve one thing in that when they leave they will

say to themselves there is a lot to think about, " he said. " And in

some of them it will start a new journey which will radically affect

the way they live their life. " "

 

Kitty Bennett, Times researcher, UMI Company 1998.

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