Deepak Chopra Essay -- Biographies Papers

Deepak Chopra Our Real Self Just by being ourselves we are borne toward a destiny far beyond anything we could imagine. It is enough to know that the being I nourish inside me is the same as the Being that suffuses every atom of the cosmos. When the two see each other as equals they will be equal, because then the same force that controls the galaxies will be upholding my individual existence ~Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra was born in Poona India in 1947. He was the eldest son of Krishan Chopra, a prominent cardiologist. With his father being a doctor, Deepak Chopra was raised in the tradition of Western Medicine. His father considered the traditional ideas of Ayurveda to be pointless rituals and did not believe in raising his family in these ancient Hindu beliefs. Chopra wrote in his autobiography, â€Å"My father proudly practiced Western medicine and looked at his accomplishments as a personal triumph. He had every reason to think that modern India would be well off without the ignorant old ways. Ayurveda, being ‘unscientific’ to Western eyes, could join the other castoffs. It never occurred to me or my father that Ayurveda might be something great.† (Chopra 23) As a child Deepak’s father strongly pushed him towards pursuing a medical career. However, Deepak rejected his father’s urgings completely, wanting nothing to do with the field of medicine. He was more interested in soccer and cricket and saw himself becoming a journalist. Yet, as he reached adolescence his views began to change. At age sixteen, Deepak read Sinclair Lewis’s novel, Arrowsmith, which suddenly sparked in him a desire to follow in his father’s footsteps. He writes, â€Å"These words thrilled me. It had what... ...flin Company Gardner, H. (1993). Creating Minds. New York: Harper Collins Web Links: Barker, Jason. (2000) Deepak Chopra. http://www.watchman.org/profile/choprapro.htm Barrett, Stephen, M.D. A Few Thoughts on Ayuvedic Mumbo-Jumbo. http://www.quackwatch.com/04consumerEducation/chopra.html Carroll, Robert Todd. Ayurvedic Medicine and Deepak Chopra. http://www.skepdic.com/ayurvedic.html Hay, Veronica M. Deepak Chopra M.D. http://www.intouchmag.com/chopra.html http://www.howtoknowgod.com/about/author.asp Roderick, Daffyd, (2000) Hail Emperor. TIMEasia http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/interviews/int.chopra.html Scheinin, Richard (2001) Deepak Looks Deeper http://www.chopra.com/article.asp?program=general&id=7 Wheeler, Thomas, M.D.Deepak Chopra and Maharishi Ayurvedic Medicine. http://www.trancenet.org/chopra/news/ncahf.shtml