Dr. Deepak Chopra was recently in Tampa, Florida to give a lecture on "Healing, Transformation and Higher Consciousness." I was fortunate to have third row seats. Imagine my surprise when a woman walked in and took a seat in the first row with not one, but two dogs. Evidently the two dogs are diabetic service dogs. I'm not sure why two dogs were needed. I suspected this was all a scam and that in fact the two dogs were actually rabid Deepak Chopra fans and this whole "diabetic service dog" thing was their way in. God bless you, puppies - whatever it takes to get a front row seat to Deepak Chopra. I understand!
I have no clue what kind of dogs these diabetic service dogs were - basically in my world, there's poodles, pugs, golden retrievers and pitbulls. So I am going to say these dogs were some sort of poodle mix. Which I am 97% sure is incorrect. I had to take pictures of the dogs, because frankly I was still in shock that there were dogs in front row seats at Deepak Chopra. Darn VIP dogs!
I have no clue what kind of dogs these diabetic service dogs were - basically in my world, there's poodles, pugs, golden retrievers and pitbulls. So I am going to say these dogs were some sort of poodle mix. Which I am 97% sure is incorrect. I had to take pictures of the dogs, because frankly I was still in shock that there were dogs in front row seats at Deepak Chopra. Darn VIP dogs!
Once Dr. Chopra came out and started talking, I forgot all about the cocker spaniel-y/poodle/scammer VIP dogs. I was mesmerized listening to Dr. Chopra's theories about ourselves, our universe and our place within it all. I think the concept that we are all interconnected within the universe and that we are constantly rebuilding ourselves molecularly is fascinating. The lecture was very interesting.
Yesterday, I finished Brad Warner's book "Zen Dipped in Karma Wrapped in Chocolate." (Which by the way, is a freaking rocking title.) Again themes of interconnectedness and how we're not special entities but all parts of the same universe. I think the universe may be trying to tell me something here. Hopefully the message is not that I need to get two dogs and start buying them VIP front row tickets to lectures ...
I bought two more of Brad Warner's books "Hardcore Zen" and "Sit Down and Shut Up." I am reading them out of order, as "Zen Dipped in Karma Wrapped in Chocolate" is his third book. But that's the way I approach the universe - out of order, chaotic and curious. Now where's my poodle?
