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Deepak Chopra

Chopra is the author of more than fifty-six books translated into over thirty-five languages. His latest books are the "Ultimate Happiness Prescription" and "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul"

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Silence of the Lamb

This will be a short response: I'd advise both candidates the same way. Don't mention religion a single time in the upcoming campaign. Various reverends and pastors have already embarrassed both McCain and Obama, proving that the clergy is even more fickle than the general public. (The fact that these reverends and pastors throw in their private brand of anti-Semitism, reverse racism, social paranoia, apocalyptic fantasies, and other flavors of kookism is even more embarrassing and offensive.) Courting the Christian right worked for the Republican party because the Democrats largely left the field open. Their distaste for wooing fundamentalists was well-founded and remains well-founded.

Religion is a divisive subject, and the founding fathers were wise to dampen its effect on government. Obama had every right to expect a smooth endorsement from his pastor, whom he regarded as a mentor and a friend, but the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was so dazzled by the limelight -- and the scent of political influence -- that he grossly overstepped the bounds of the pulpit. On the right, preachers overstep that boundary and regularly get away with it. They shouldn't. God does not send a signal through any messenger that one candidate is more worthy than another, and anyone who claims to be such a messenger is a fraud. As for Jesus, the Lamb of God is silent on political matters. Take your cue from him, if you need one.

By Deepak Chopra  |  August 27, 2008; 9:35 AM ET Save & Share:  Send E-mail   Facebook   Twitter   Digg   Yahoo Buzz   Del.icio.us   StumbleUpon   Technorati  
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We need to remind republicans that the party was born out of the anti-slavery movement and their primary and only stance should be fiscal conservation - NOT religious fundamentalism or superiority.
This is exactly why I created http://www.paganrepublican.com !!!

Posted by: Anand Sahaja | September 3, 2008 7:03 PM
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TO: SHMUCKS from HARVARD & GEORGETOWN & BERKLEY Religio folks:

VOTE For: innate "SiNGULARiTY" Of ReLiGiON() in U.S.A. & elsewhere Never via "PLURALiTY" of man-made imported RELiGiON(s) in America!

Goodbye "Interfaith-Nation" pipe dreamers!


Goodbye jealous Evil "HUMAnIST's" [Zero SECULAR] like ye proud Judeo Mr. gods-chosen-people , G.M.Epstein & idiot(s)!

August 29, 2008 12:05 PM

Posted by: Anonymous | August 29, 2008 12:08 PM
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Note To Alot Of WAPO's socalled PRE-APOCALYPTiC 'Moderator(s)", YE All

Are SUPER-STUPiD-STiTiOUSLY Devilishly Jealous of O.U.R. “EC{CLATi}-ON” NEW RelIGiON from Old!


Wow! EC{LAT} 'Not Allowed!
Wow JOK{TAN} 'Not Allowed!


Thank You 'onfaith' & 'postglobal' for allowing me to go Forward in U.S. FEDERAL COURT, after giving al ye Many many FAiR Warnings: For Religious Discrimination, Theft of iNTELLECTUASL Property, Plagiarism etc!

August 28, 2008 6:04 PM

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Posted by: NOTiCE TO SUE , in FEDERAL COURT: NEWS CORP., Washington Post, NYP, NYT et al | August 28, 2008 7:15 PM
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I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Let her kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love me.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Posted by: harold | August 28, 2008 2:11 PM
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If all the Religions evolved you wouldn't be able to tell them apart, you wouldn't even need to differentiate.

One simple religion is to focus on the divine concept through out the day, center your self, and be religious about it, maybe a dozen times a day, you could even add a little ritual, and look to where the Sun rises and think about the sun and how it provides and asks nothing, connect to the source, the infinite mind. Then just deal with the present moment and do within your power, and go with the flow... and everything works out.

This is the “Concise Religion” for today’s short attention spans and brevity of thought for those that want to simply worship and love all of creation and recognize the collective intelligence behind it. A finite mind connected to the infinite mind is a balanced mind. Think of it as tapping into the right brain, the non-linear processing mind.

So what is the Divine concept? That the Divine is you, and all the seemingly “other”, that the witness is all one being, both noun and verb; and that all are of one body, that this is why the right hand pulls the thorn from the left foot and the heart pumps blood to every cell. That there is only one source of love and it is unconditional, we can choose to channel it or not. If we do not then we cut ourselves off from the source. Then problems occur. The universe does not have problems, it only creates challenges and the resources to meet the challenges are always there if you are connected to the source, often found within and witnessed without.

There you go an entire religion in three paragraphs; we can call them the Trinity. We just throw in a virtual church and we have a new religion all the rest is science shouldn’t take long.

http://divine.me/virtual_church_of_concise_religion.htm

Posted by: Richard Thomas | August 28, 2008 12:53 PM
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-- From: LOVER's, Defender's & Inherotors of our O.U.R. Holy Cosmic NEBULA-Built Space-Ship Earth(s), not Bible(s):

"...God does not send a signal through any messenger that one candidate is more worthy than another, and anyone who claims to be such a 'MESSENGER' is A-FRAUD.."

Interesting: Remember, Apocalyptically speaking; That "IT"s (ECLATi, never a He or a She, by 1,000 Names, not Faces) about the MESSAGE & not about the MESSENGER! Soo,

Goodbye poet VYASA (founder? of Poly-god-HiNDU Vedicism)

goodbye prince GAUTAMA (Founder? of Poly-god-Buddhista Vedicism)

goodbye CONFUiCUS (founder? of Poly-god-BUDDHiSMa Vediciosm)

goodbye trader MUHAMMAD (Founder? of Poly-god-ABrahamics)

goodbye Rabbi JESUS(Founder? of of Poly-Theo god-Abrahamica)

goodbye Rabbi MOSES (Founder? of Poly-Theistic Abrahamicism)

goodbye Swami DEEPAK CHOPRA (Founder? of the Chopra Center for bollixed thinkers who will be more bollixed) Et al!

NOTE: Talking about the 'SiLENCE of the SCAMers' that ALL of the Above, are in FACT: ALL are [iMPORTED] PRE-APOCALYPTiC System(s) & 'iMPORTED' System(s) Not-MADE-IN nor Prophecied in Sweet Sweet AMERiCA! All hath their 'Synergeticless-Split Minded Asperants'! Time to DEPORT them all & sever theie 'IRS Tax Free Status's HERE! So,

Like Abrahamic 'KABALA' Mystical System(s) & Vedic Hindu System(s) and or a mix of Buddhism et al, is a SuperStupidStitious Scheme/Scam!

Do not Feel Sorry for like as Savy Biz Lady MODONA & still a baby BRiTNEY Spears & et al!

Question: Who the Heck needs to Tautologically be taught how to 'PRAY' ('Speaking' to YE ECLATi) and who needs to be taught an innate ability to 'MEDiTATE' ('Listening' to YE hol{i} EKLAHTi)?

Better to read & Practice from the "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion B.ook O.f T.rans{Finity}"

[O.U.R.-B.O.T.], as mentioned so so many times exclusively on WAPO, are an American born (not from India) , an ab-Originally MADE in AMERiCA, but genuinely Prophetic "NEW-SONG" coming from All them Oldy Song/Story mentioned Above & More good Tidings!

WHEREFORE: Sing The ECLAT{ARiAN} "Z Y G O M A N T R A"! not "OMMM" not "AUMM" not "AMEN" not "AMON"ra or re , not "LOLL", not "OLLL" etc.. [All are a Pre-Apocalyptic waste of SYNERGETiCS, if any]!

Note: ZYGOMANTRA Apocalyptically explained:

As the Last entry of the "O.U.R.-B.O.T." means:

"'Binding-iNVOCATiON." Zygo means to 'CON-NECT', 'JOiN' or 'Bind-TOGETHER' for "SYNERGETiCAL-Results"; And

'Mantra' refers to something that is 'DUE-TO-BE' Faithfully iNvoked for HUE{MATE} (not HUMAN) Contact with 'S O U R C E -- O N E' (EK-i), aka EPONYMOUS (ECLAT + "i" = LiFE/Photons Awarenes Conscious).

In Photo-finite essence, this is an ECLAT{i}-ON, 'Blessing' and "IT" is for that Purpose which was issued by [Dr.]

"SHi{LOH}" HARRY W. THERiAULT , aka "The PHOTON/Light BRiNGER OF THE APOCALYPSE ON SPACE-SHiP EARTH(s) around UYC (Universal Year Circa) 4.98Billion/1989 TO: The WORLD of O.U.R. Species from: SOURCE-ONE (G-d, by a 1000 names no more 999) at the top of "MT. TRANS{FiNiTY}" aka 'TRANS{FiNiTY}-MOUNTAiN", New York, U.S.A.,

NOW, Justly as "IT" is a 'BLESSiNG' for a Women to be a Mother and hath access to Her-Child, wether She Be 'WED' to the Father of the Chil(s) or Not, SO

"IT" (LORD) is a Blessing TO: THE PEOPLE (Potentiate HUE{MATE}'s Kinds, not HUMAN un-kinds) on SPACE-SHiP MA/PA EARTH(s), that they Shall have the "BOOK OF TRANS{FiNiTY}" (B.O.T.), as their [innate, not man-made] O.ne U.niversal R.eligio (O.U.R.) SYSTEM .

A TRUE (opposite of MYTHology Systems) HOL{i}, HOL{i} , SYSTEM of a belief, like a religion, but better, that is a genuine [innate, not Human made} HOly COsmic FEeeler's FAith (Ho-Co-Fe-Fa) SYSTEM, Specifically in order to Magnify, Uphold & Make Honorable the "HOLY COSMiC FEELERS FAiTH" [Ho-Co-Fe-Fa] the Mantra of All Mantra(s)!

Important: 'The-People' , aka "HUE{MATE}" Potentiates, should never have the 'OUR-BOT' "NEW-SONG" & the "TETRA NEEDS" (Food, Shelter, LOVE & Clothes) &

the "13-FiATS, OF THE APOCALYPTARiAN-NATiONAL(s) New Song" denied access To "IT" by One Another
RE-god-LESS of WHO believes in WHAT part of "IT" Or, Who Does-Not;

--- THEREFORE:

BEHOLD, Says the "CREATOR" (a non-Jealous thus Fearless ALMiGHTY/G-D/LORD, 'HOL{i}-NO-WO-MEN'..) of "TRANS{FiNiTY}" (Ye 'REALiTY' on a Hol{i} Cosmic , iMMORTAL, Purpose/Mission) and the "Light/Photon-Bringer" [Messenger] of E-C-A-T-A-i-A-N-T-Y for the PROPHECY to be fullfilled, this MiLLENiUMLY:

"NO one shall
Ever withold
The BOOK OF
TRANS{FiNiTY}
From ANY one
Who seeks "IT."

Dedicated By Proxy for: [Dr.] Harry W. Theriault [pbuh et al].

Written by JACOB JO...Z, O.R.M. [Ordained Relationship ad-Minister] of this APOCALYPTARiAN FAiTH, aka ECLAT{ARiAN}iTY Belief, aka HOly COsmic REligion (innate, never human made) SYSTEM.

Thank-O-SCHAME!

Posted by: JOKTAN-ian Eberu Race of America & Beyond, aka ECLAT{ARiAN} Nationals Movement 2013+ | August 28, 2008 9:19 AM
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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Posted by: harold | August 28, 2008 8:53 AM
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As for Jesus, the Lamb of God, the king of Sodom

ROME - A modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous may have its days numbered.
The Vatican letter said that the work "wounds the religious sentiments of so many people who see in the cross the symbol of God's love."
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

Posted by: harold | August 28, 2008 8:27 AM
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I agree with Deepak.

Religion has no place in politics. There is nothing wrong with being Spiritual and the idea that there is some Benevolent All Pervading Intelligence and a connection between all being and that compassion results in the creation of the best future reality for all. But it stops there the rest is mostly Dogma and Fiction.

There is nothing wrong with Spirit being aggressively involved in Politics, in other words giving truth, wisdom and compassion a voice and presence. We need more of this.

http://buddha.me

And the classic quote from infinite play

"Religion is a creation of man, not God, and is subject to flaws"

http://divine.me

Especially in the interpretation

Have you all ever witnessed Church politics? These people are supposed to be representatives for God and Spirit?

This is not to say certain writings are not divinely inspired and are void of spiritual insight and wisdom, but many of the have become tainted by source disconnected ego and organized religion has become an egoic institution to control and subvert, propagators of division, illusion and fiction.

http://illusions.me

I am sure all the great spiritual teachers are appalled at the commercialization of their work and it’s use in judgment and persecution.

Posted by: Richard Thomas | August 27, 2008 11:25 PM
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Angela:"Saving Faith in Jesus is what brings joy, continual worship and living it out through our life."
Yours maybe.... I am chock full of joy myself, and completely devoid of jesus or any other religion. You guys just don't own the franchise on joy, morality, happiness, or internal peace.

"how would you know what Jesus stands for when you worship maybe 1,000 Gods and reject the Christian doctrine of creation"
Mr Chopra is an educated man. It is quite possible to 'know' something without believing in or worshiping it. I know that broccoli is healthy I've heard about it read about it and even tried it. I still reject it though because to me, it doesn't taste quite right. I'll just get my vitamins somewhere else. Same with jesus, I've read the book, studied the words, listened to countless sermons, I get it, I understand it already... Thanks, but no thanks..

Posted by: GladeRunner | August 27, 2008 5:09 PM
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This article was one of your best, Dr. Chopra. Nicely done.

Posted by: Priver | August 27, 2008 3:46 PM
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Deepak:

You are right on target. I adivse the same. Keep your religion out of my government. These religious fundamentalist nutcases are very, very scary.

Posted by: Gaby | August 27, 2008 2:16 PM
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Deepak: how would you know what Jesus stands for when you worship maybe 1,000 Gods and reject the Christian doctrine of creation. Religion does need to go out of all types of worship, including worshipping fallen presidential candidates as if they can save us. Saving Faith in Jesus is what brings joy, continual worship and living it out through our life. However, I will stand on my moral convictions of Holy Scripture and do not have to say before I go into the polls if I'm christian or not. I will tell you this, when it comes time to write my senators and congressman, they don't ask if I'm a christian but they will always know that I stand by moral truth; THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST AND NOT A TRIBAL JUDGE AS YOU STATE...

Posted by: Angela | August 27, 2008 11:50 AM
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