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From: Deepak Chopra Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 12:24 PM To: Michael Shermer Cc: Barnaby Marsh; Leonard Mlodinow; Jennifer Shermer Subject: Re: Lunch Last nights conversation with Michael inspired this video this morn=ng https://www.facebook.com/DeepakChopra See you at lunch guys All love <https://www.facebook.com/DeepakChopra> Deepak Chopra I Facebook www.facebook.com Deepak Chopra. 2,107,976 likes • 37,230 talking about this. Official Page=of Deepak Chopra. Visit us on the web at https://www.deepakchopra.com or a=... 2013 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 92009 The C=opra Foundation <http://www.choprafoundation.org/> <http://www.choprafoundation.=rg/> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ryZ4SaSrL._S=S00_SS115_.jpg> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Wel=being chttp://www.am=zon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being/dp/0804140138/deepakchc=m07.20> EFTA_R1_01297252 EFTA02336631 <=span> From: Deepak Chopra Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:20:25 PM To: Michael Shermer Cc: Barnaby Marsh; Leonard Mlodinow; Jennifer Shermer Subject: Re: Lunch yes--God is an unfortunate term -with many interpretations. For me God i= the ground of being as pure consciousness-- potential for all experience--=efore the conditioning. Tagore the Indian poet/ philosopher says "God is every child =hat is born and proof as well that God has not ( yet ) given up on hu=an beings " 2013 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 92009 The C=opra Foundation <http://www.choprafoundation.org/> <http://www.choprafoundation.=rg/> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/l/51ryZ4SaSrL._5=500_SS115_.jpg> chttp://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Wel=being <http://www.am=zon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being/dp/0804140138/deepakchc=m07-20> 2 EFTA_R1_01297253 EFTA02336632 <=span> From: Michael Shermer <m=hermer@skeptic.com> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:16:27 PM To: Deepak Chopra Cc: Barnaby Marsh; Leonard Mlodinow; Jennifer Shermer Subject: Re: Lunch Got it. I wonder if you then concur or find resonance with Paul Tillic='s idea of god as the "ground of being"? On Jul 31, 2016, at 6:55 PM, Deepak Chopra <nonlocal101@chopra.com> wro=e: From the dic=ionary ontology I an'talaje I &=bsp;nounl </=pan>the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.<=span> <=pan role="text" class="df"> <=pan role="text" class="df">Being is fundament=l existence <=pan role="text" class="df">Ontologically it c=n be assumed to be physical or pure consciousness. <=pan role="text" class="df">We both know where=we stand <=pan role="text" class="df">The hard problem e=ists only if you assume a physicalist ontology <=pan role="text" class="df">If consciousness i= your ontological primitive --ie fundamental, without cause, irreducible--=here is no hard problem . <=pan role="text" class="df">Consciousness and =ts modifications --sensations, sensory experiences, images, feelings =nd thoughts are all experience we can have. These are interpreted by humans as mind and matter--the interpretations are also=in consciousness. <=pan role="text" class="df">'You can't get beh=nd consciousness" Max Planck 2013 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 9200= The Chopra Foundation <http://www.choprafoundation.or=/> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/SlryZ4SaSrL._S=S00_SS115_.jpg> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07- 20> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well-Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07- 20> Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Wel=being </=ont> From: Mic=ael Shermer <msherme=@skeptic.com <mailto:mshermer@skeptic.com» 3 EFTA_R1_01297254 EFTA02336633 Sent: S=nday, July 31, 2016 9:44:38 PM To: Dee=ak Chopra Cc: Bar=aby Marsh; Leonard Mlodinow; Jennifer Shermer Subject: Re: Lunch What do you mean by "being"? Here i think we encounter language pro=lems so semantic precision is helpful On Jul 31, 2016, at 6:11 PM, Deepak Chopra <nonlocal101@chopra.com> wro=e: Being --the =ntological primitive--wants to know . Shermer is a= assumed identity conditioned by religion( not anymore ), culture, mytholo=y, ideology, science ( maybe even scientism ). Genes, neural networks etc=are symbolic signatures of that conditioned identity . 2013 Costa Del Mar Road Carlsbad, CA 9200= The Chopra Foundation <http://www.choprafoundation.orq> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/l/SlryZ4SaSrL._S=500_SS115_.jpg> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well- Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> <http://www.amazon.com/Super-Genes-Astonishing-Optimum-Well- Being=dp/0804140138/deepakchcom07-20> From: Mic=ael Shermer <msherme=@skeptic.com <mailto:mshermer@skeptic.com» Sent: S=nday, July 31, 2016 9:08:36 PM To: Dee=ak Chopra Cc: Bar=aby Marsh; Leonard Mlodinow; Jennifer Shermer Subject: Re: Lunch The bigger question--Who or what wants to know if they have free will or not ?= I do. Me. The self who calls itself Michael Shermer. The pa=tern of information in the genome and connectome stored inside the skin an= skull of the entity known as Michael Shermer. How do you answer that question? 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