Metro engagement only Canadian appearance on spiritualist's current speaking tour

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By Brent Mazerolle
Times & Transcript Staff

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It's pretty much a given that if you go see Dr. Deepak Chopra speak at the Moncton Coliseum Monday night, you will hear a presentation that speaks to your higher consciousness, explores life's meaning and mystery, and leaves you contemplating matters of your soul.

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Spiritualist Deepak Chopra will share his latest works with Metro residents Monday during an appearance at the Moncton Coliseum.

But that doesn't mean the globally renowned spiritual advisor, alternative medicine advocate and all-around wellness guru isn't above addressing more basic and immediate human concerns.

That's why he was willing to weigh in on the current H1N1 scare when he spoke to the Times & Transcript from California last week.

"I would say one word, 'relax,'" he said. "People should look at the statistics on car accidents, other illnesses or even human violence."

Saying those sobering statistics should put the threat of H1N1 into perspective, he added it was perspective itself that could help people stay healthy.

"The fear itself compromises people's immune systems. There's been too much melodrama."

So there you have it; for all of you who can't get in to see your own overworked M.D. this week, a bit of free advice from one of the world's most famous M.D.'s.

While that might all seem a bit mundane compared to Dr. Chopra's usual subjects of conversation, his lifelong concerns about people's physical, emotional and spiritual well-being dovetail nicely on the topic of the flu.

It's tempting to say the conversation will be more spiritual in nature when Dr. Chopra makes the only Canadian stop of his current tour this week, but he would likely balk at the notion that those aspects of self -- physical, emotional and spiritual -- can be completely separated.

At any rate, Monday's presentation will see him share his latest work and show people how their highest visions of themselves can be turned into physical reality.

He will discuss how a person can become a living cell within the body of a living universe, because he says, "you don't join the cosmic dance -- you become the dance."

He will also discuss his three keys to creating the self you desire, what he calls the Soul Shift, Subtle Action and Core Participation.

The Soul Shift means you must stop seeing yourself in materialistic terms. By Subtle Action, Dr. Chopra means, "before the soul creates the physical body, it creates a subtle body entirely out of information and intelligence."

His concept of Core Participation is that, "once you have reconnected to your source, a revolution takes place, and your spirit is resurrected in physical life."

The greatest spiritual secrets, he says, are tied up in this simple answer: "You can't change the body without changing the self, and you can't change the self without bringing in the soul. It's all one process, and it begins with knowing that your body exists to mirror who you are and who you want to be."

"Attention is energy. Intention is confirmation," he says.

Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev called Deepak Chopra, "one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time."

He is the author of 55 books translated into 35 languages, including numerous New York Times best sellers in both the fiction and non-fiction categories. While most would be categorized as being concerned primarily with personal well-being, he has also written best sellers about the founders of two of the world's great religions with his book The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, and Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment.

Time magazine has named him one of the Top 100 heroes and icons of the century and called him, "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine."

Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.

He is coming to Metro Moncton through the efforts of Anne Thibeault-Berube, the founder of the Autopoetic Ideas Festival, held each year in Nova Scotia.

"Deepak's dedication to a 'well' humanity is contagious," she said. "To be in the presence of such a powerful teacher is a rare occasion and an experience no one can afford to miss. I am thrilled to be able to bring Dr. Chopra to Moncton for the first time."