The Greatest Crisis in the World - An interesting view by Deepak

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On a day-to-day basis those of us who don’t work for a news organization imagine that a reporter’s job must be fascinating because he (or she) is constantly running after the future. The evening news isn’t just a string of random events. The future is a mystery, and by gathering bits and pieces of it reporters are on the front line of unfolding the mystery. A new reality is always on the horizon of our television screens.

But what if the exact opposite is happening? I often feel that the evening news simply repeats an old reality. Headlines emerge as recycled versions of the same attention-grabbing crises:

Natural disaster strikes Third World country. Panic and chaos ensure.

New disease breaks out in Africa or Asia.

Peace talks break down in the Middle East.

Rebel forces approach the capital in heavy fighting.

These stories, and dozens more like them, are the prototypes of what is considered news. It would be legitimate to ask in what way they could be called news at all. Nothing becomes real until we perceive it. What I perceive on cable news is that the real crisis that should be covered -- the greatest crisis in the world, in fact -- is the crisis of perception.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/deepak-chopra/the-greatest-crisis-in-th_1747.html

[Imagine My Surprise]

1. Not to be TOO cynical but...

Deepak, at one time, was writing articles for the AMA in support of products he had stock in -- a MAJOR conflict of interest.

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2. and here all this time I thought he was a perfect human being

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