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Deepak Chopra to former IAF chief: Military strength is 'false god'
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Deepak Chopra 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for January 6, 2008.

The teachings of Deepak Chopra have reached many Israelis, and as the New Age Guru arrived in Israel last week, one of the followers anxiously anticipating the meeting with him was Former Israel Air Force chief Eitan Ben Eliyahu.

The senior military figure studied hard ahead of the meeting and even prepared notes, hoping to get the most from his encounter with the man who transformed his world view in the past year.
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But the former commander was not without his doubts on the guru's teachings, and challenged Chopra's wisdom when applied to conflict zones such as Israel.

Chopra said military strength is a "false god," and that Israel cannot win its battles until it addresses their causes.


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      1.   Military power 01:37  |  Danite 07/01/08
      2.   deepak chopra 02:04  |  JEFFREY F. COHEN 07/01/08
      3.   re: Chopra`s statement "false god" 06:21  |  Yardena 07/01/08
      4.   ghandi said same to jews how far would that have got against nazi 06:27  |  ralph 07/01/08
      5.   Idiot Israelis who worship THIS false god 06:59  |  stifffler 07/01/08
      6.   With all due respect to Mr. Chopra he is not living in a country 07:43  |  Marwan مروان خوري 07/01/08
      7.   Maybe if Israelis opened the TORAH instead of gentile fantasies.. 08:21  |  amir 07/01/08
      8.   Our former guru of blessed memory King Solomon once said.... 08:30  |  Bartley Kulp 07/01/08
      9.   deepak chopra and "false gods" 10:08  |  caleb 07/01/08
      10.   Crying Shame 10:22  |  Eric 07/01/08
      11.   deepak chopra is a pretenious nobody 13:04  |  harzion 07/01/08
      12.   Tell It to Moshe Rebbenu 13:41  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 07/01/08
      13.   Worshiping Money - Welcome to the 21st Century 13:54  |  Alex 07/01/08
      14.   # 6 Marwan Quite right!! THANK YOU!!!! 14:52  |  Petra 07/01/08
      15.   Chopra`s god is the Dragon 14:55  |  Brod 07/01/08
      16.   # 9 Caleb right on the mark! 15:09  |  Petra 07/01/08
      17.   #11 - you have obviously never read anything that Chopra wrote! 15:21  |  redmike 07/01/08
      18.   Israel needs both military strength and God 17:12  |  eric 07/01/08
      19.   Israel needs both military strength and God 17:35  |  eric 07/01/08
      20.   Eric, god does not pick sides 17:48  |  DA BUDDHA 07/01/08
      21.   Idolatry: Worship of the IDF, worship of the idea of being a jew 17:49  |  Idol 07/01/08
      22.   #17 What does an Endocrinologist have to do with spirituality? 17:55  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      23.   22 - you said that he is a pretentious nobody .. 18:32  |  redmike 07/01/08
      24.   golden idols 18:36  |  don 07/01/08
      25.   Historic Israel came and went and so will this farce 18:36  |  Predictor 07/01/08
      26.   #23 What does an Endocrinologist have to do with spirituality? 19:14  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      27.   Chopra needs to go a step further and ask Arabs to address Muslim 19:23  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      28.   Darfur is a much more suitable ground for this "Guru" 19:27  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      29.   Has anyone noticed, Chopra spends his time only in rich countries 19:34  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      30.   It`s easy to be a pacifist in California! 19:41  |  B 07/01/08
      31.   #23 even you cannot claim that your other life achievements 19:47  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      32.   Ignore Deepak 19:58  |  Ted 07/01/08
      33.   mike endocrinologists are a dime a dozen 20:09  |  avi 07/01/08
      34.   This is a joke, right? Maybe he thinks it will help wash the... 21:02  |  peacelover 07/01/08
      35.   False Comments from a False Guru turned False Military expert 21:41  |  Genuine Tosefta 07/01/08
      36.   deepak chopra is a fraud 21:43  |  haim 07/01/08
      37.   deepak chopra"we are living in the 21st century" 21:44  |  haim 07/01/08
      38.   Hinduism the oldest religion on earth 21:56  |  Buddhist 07/01/08
      39.   Deepak 22:21  |  Abi 07/01/08
      40.   Deepak Chopra 22:22  |  Connie 07/01/08
      41.   Can`t remember that we asked him for techsupport. 22:57  |  Sam 07/01/08
      42.   strength 23:04  |  Shmuelshachor 07/01/08
      43.   Deepak-mudak, expensive charlatan 00:30  |  z 08/01/08
      44.   Deepak Chopra is a Falce god --there is no God 01:09  |  Michael 08/01/08
      45.   Deepak - Tell it to the Arabs and the Iranians! 05:12  |  MIKE 08/01/08
      46.   Eitan Ben Eliyahu 05:23  |  Admirer 08/01/08
      47.   Dr. Chopra talks Torah 19:37  |  david 08/01/08
      48.   Chopra`s ego is the only false god in town. 21:53  |  Fortuna Benmayor 08/01/08
      49.   16 x 25.000 = 400.000.- Peanuts. 21:57  |  Fortuna Benmayor 08/01/08
      50.   Chopra is probably nwo 02:27  |  Caritas 14/10/08
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