Deepak Chopra believes that he is magic. He thinks he can affect reality with his thoughts alone, and that is as good a definition of “magic” as any.<\/p>\n
On Sunday there was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Baja CA. This is a serious quake, and on the Mexico side of the border where construction quality is not as good, there was substantial devastation and some loss of life.<\/p>\n
Following the quake Deepak tweeted:<\/a><\/p>\n “Had a powerful meditation just now — caused an earthquake in Southern California,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n and then:<\/p>\n “Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake. Sorry about that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Chopra’s tweets have caused a bit of a stir. The immediate speculation is – was Chopra just kidding, or was he seriously claiming that he caused the quake in Baja? Either possibility is disturbing.<\/p>\n If he were just kidding (which is what I suspect will ultimately be his spin) then it was a callous and confusing comment, especially in light of the severity of the quake. It may have just been a bad joke or a moment of poor judgment, but less charitably it was an expression of supreme arrogance from someone who thinks he is a master of the universe.<\/p>\n But, regardless of what spin Chopra chooses to put on this, we reveal much when we “joke” – it is often a way to express our true feeling without being held accountable for them. It’s a moment of honesty with an escape hatch.<\/p>\n In Chopra’s case it is entirely reasonable to conclude that he actually believes he can affect reality with his thoughts. Regarding meditation (referring specifically to achieving “god consciousness”), he has written:<\/a><\/p>\n …you see the whole world as an expression of yourself and you see that the ground of your being is also the ground of all existence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n