I have to say that other than a vague understanding that he was a man who had made a great deal of money spouting the sort of vaguely spiritual drivel that people so enjoy today, I hadn’t spent a lot of time thinking about Deepak Chopra. That is unlikely to change, but thanks to the Huffington Post, I’m at least getting a free insight into the great man’s wisdom. Last week it was something about Tom Cruise’s feud with Brooke Shield, this week he’s concerned with the London attacks. There’s the usual ill-informed guff about the links between terrorism and poverty, eco catastrophe and so on, but the conclusion shines out by itself as a monument of simpering, saccharine stupidity:

“Inside ourselves we’ve always carried the seeds of creativity. The next creative leap isn’t a mystery. Millions of people are ready to join in harmonious interaction with Nature — and with our own complex inner nature — to create a world of peace, harmony, laughter and love. Let us strengthen our intention to create that critical mass of peace consciousness. Every tear can be a drop of nourishment for the new world that wants to be born and is making itself known little by little, every day. Each one of us can help create this critical mass by becoming the embodiment of peace conciousness through peace practices: Being Peace/Thinking Peace/Feeling Peace/Speaking Peace/Acting Peace/Creating Peace/Sharing Peace/Celebrating Peace.”

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh. Thanks Deepak. More like this please!