Deepak Chopra's child recalls friend Maharishi
I think I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first time when I was 13, and for the next decade, he was a major influence in my life. I remember sitting for endless hours with Maharishi . . . Because of my father's (Deepak Chopra) relationship with him, Maharishi was someone we knew, rather than someone we idolized.
I think I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first time when I was 13, and for the next decade, he was a major influence in my life. I remember sitting for endless hours with Maharishi . . . Because of my father's (Deepak Chopra) relationship with him, Maharishi was someone we knew, rather than someone we idolized.
. . . I remember very clearly the evening my mother called me to tell me that she and my father had left Maharishi - for good. . . . At some time, the guru says good-bye, and the disciple moves on.
. . . I realized in that moment the wonderful gift that Maharishi had given me - the ability to connect to myself, to love myself, to laugh and feel connected to something universal.
- Mallika Chopra on www.intentblog.com
A CNN exit poll [Tuesday] night indicated that Latinos in California went for Hillary by a 2-1 ratio, and Asian Americans went for her 3-1. Democratic polls showed Hillary winning Latinos by 3-1.
Soon we'll be hearing a number of crackpot theories as to why this was so. Are Latinos and Asian Americans in fact slightly more conservative on immigration issues than everyone previously thought? Ridiculous. Are Latinos and Asian Americans unwilling to bring themselves to vote for a black man? Get out of here with that.
The reason Hillary won is because the Latino and Asian American votes remain
emergent
, not yet
insurgent
. . . . Emergent voting blocs respond to leaders in their community. If the candidate wins the leader, she wins her followers. Insurgent voting blocs . . . respond to calls for change, and may focus more on single issues or agendas.
- Jeff Chang on www.huffingtonpost.com
So, if your kid came to you, tried to read a paragraph from the newspaper to you and made it clear that it would be easier for him to walk barefoot through a room full of broken glass, would you demand that his teachers be fired and his entire school be shut down?
It's an interesting question being posed to parents in the Chicago School District, where a proposal is on the books to fire the teaching staffs of eight public schools and replace them with what they think would be better educators. Truth is the schools in question have a very low rate, like less than 40 percent, of achieving state standards. But would firing the teachers solve the problem, or is it the Windy City's familiar political shuck and jive?
- Madison J. Gray in Black Spin on www.blackvoices.com
Pope Benedict XVI has ordered a change in a problematic prayer said on Good Friday in the Latin Mass. It spoke of the "blindness" of the Jews and asked that they be lifted from "darkness." Benedict's action is a wise and helpful move, but . . . not all Jewish leaders think it's a purely wonderful solution. Neither do I. But I think it will take some time for both Catholic and Jewish leaders to assess where this leaves Catholic-Jewish relations.
- Bill Tammeus on