As a physician who was smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, getting drunk on weekends, stressed out about having 35 patients in the hospital, and not being able to help either them or myself, I had my existential crisis way before I met Maharishi. I did meet him and he was an influence, but I met many other people as well.
Deepak ChopraMolecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides.
Deepak ChopraLife gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.
Deepak Chopra