TantricSoul, I could have happily gone a whole lifetime without someone bringing up Chopra. I wish I could have gone a whole lifetime without that. But for some reason it doesn't surprise me that you would be the one to bring him up. He does seem to fit right into the kind of spirituality and mysticism that appeals to you.

But I'm not nearly qualified, nor intelligent, enough to debunk the mystical fantasyland he creates around himself, so I'll direct you to a couple of those whose opinions I respect.

The first is Robert T. Carroll, author of The Skeptic's Dictionary, from his article on Chopra.
Of particular interest to the topic here, the existence of an afterlife, the following stands out:
most people also want some sort of assurance that this is not all there is, that This is NOT It. They want to believe in immortality and "alternatives" like Ayurveda fulfill this need. The hypocrisy of a materialist advising them that materialism is the root of all evil easily slips by.
The second is Dr. Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer, who takes Chopra to task for his comments about skeptics.

Both of these articles link to other informative sources about Chopra, spirituality and mysticism in general.

I would also like to suggest that, along with your studies of mysticism and religion, you learn about critical thinking. See how easy it is to make people believe what they deeply want to believe in the first place, how easy it is to blind people to the real world by filling their heads with nonsense just by making them feel good.

Granted, there are a lot of things we can do to help ourselves, and prayer and meditation can help us to calm our minds and prioritize our thoughts, which can reduce stress and tension. But there is no reason to link that to spiritual nonsense about invisible gods taking care of us. That only clouds the issues and detracts from rational thought.

Want to feel awe and wonder? Study the universe and realize that our Sun is just one of billions of stars in our average-sized galaxy. And there are billions of galaxies in the universe that we can see! How many more billions or trillions are out there that we cannot see? How many of those billions of stars have planets containing life? Even intelligent life (as we measure it)? Can you possibly believe that all of that was created simply to impress Humans? That any possible creators have any real interest in some organic infestations on one of their planets? Sure, it might feel nice to think that, it may make you feel important to think that some powerful being is going to gather you into his arms and comfort you after having condemned you to pain and suffering on this ball of dirt. It just saddens me. It saddens me to think that so many are willing to turn aside and ignore reality just to feel a little better about themselves.

Reality is far more beautiful, far more awesome, and far more dangerous, than any made-up nonsense we can come up with to make ourselves feel safe. Learn to live with it. Learn to enjoy it. Spend your time productively, enjoying your family and friends, seeing the world around you. Leave the gods, and the likes of Chopra, to themselves.