Newly released Justice Department files expose a trove of emails and text messages between best-selling spiritual advisor Deepak Chopra and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — dozens of exchanges spanning from 2016 to early 2019 that include references to women and girls, invitations to Epstein's homes around the world, and the kind of chummy rapport that makes Chopra's post-release denial read like one of his own meditation exercises in detachment from reality.

The correspondence shows Chopra — the man who built an empire on consciousness, wellness, and inner peace — telling Epstein to "bring your girls" to Israel and to "use a fake name." It shows him writing "God is a construct. Cute girls are real," and describing himself as "not a predator Just a lover." It shows him thanking Epstein "for a v lovely experience" and marveling at Epstein's ability to pick up women in the street.

Their friendship began eight years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Chopra knew exactly who he was befriending.

The Introduction and the Escalation

According to The Daily Mail, British philanthropy advisor Barnaby Marsh introduced the two men in the summer of 2016. What followed was a rapid escalation — within roughly two months, Epstein was referring to Chopra as "one of the family" when connecting him to powerful contacts across the globe.

And the contacts were extraordinary. Through Epstein, Chopra gained introductions to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Emirati businessman Sultan Bin Sulayem, Nobel laureate Richard Axel, billionaire banker Baroness Ariane de Rothschild, then-president of the United Nations General Assembly Miroslav Lajčák, and director Woody Allen, along with his wife Soon-Yi Previn. Epstein even emailed billionaire Peter Thiel to set up a meeting with Chopra — though he described the spiritual guru's work to Thiel as "woo woo."

The access was the currency. Epstein was the broker. And Chopra was a willing client.

The Messages Themselves

What makes these files devastating isn't a single smoking gun — it's the sheer volume of messages in which Chopra mirrors, accommodates, and enthusiastically participates in Epstein's tone about women.

When Epstein described meeting a woman on the street and sending for her details, Chopra responded:

"Amazing! How did you pick her up?"

When Chopra wrote "Sending love" to close a text, Epstein replied, "Can you send it in female form?" Chopra's response: "Ha ha ha."

Epstein told Chopra:

"I liked watching you zero in on your prey. Made me smile."

Chopra told Epstein he enjoyed "the company of younger, intellectually sharp and self-aware women" and loved to "engage with them to inspire and stimulate them." He wrote about "Just finished my session with lovely Sarah," to which Epstein replied, "Session is what you call it?"

From a trip to the Middle East in 2017, Chopra reported back:

"There were many beautiful Saudi girls."

He described former Saudi Princess Ameera Al-Taweel as "v sweet - like your girls" and called her "now my best friend." He opened up to Epstein about his feelings for actress Kat Foster, describing her as "innocent and smart at the same time." When it came to hiring Leena Nasser as CEO of his organization, Chopra warned Epstein that she was the daughter of the head of Saudi-owned Aramco — "So let's not crack any sex jokes, etc."

The guru even wanted to introduce Epstein to his son-in-law, a venture capitalist, with a parenthetical warning that captures the entire relationship in five words: "(can't talk about girls)."

He knew. He always knew.

Spiritual Wisdom for a Convicted Sex Offender

The philosophical dimension of the correspondence would be darkly comic if the underlying crimes weren't so serious. Chopra and Epstein engaged in a running pseudo-intellectual exchange about consciousness and divinity that functioned as inside jokes layered over references to women.

When Epstein asked, "So when the girl says oh my god... '?" Chopra replied:

"Cells are human constructs. No such thing! Universe is human construct. No such thing. Cute girls are aware when they make noises"

Epstein quipped back, "Oh, I thought she was just referring to me." Chopra's response: "Yes. That's divine transcendence" [sic]. Then: "That's because you are God in drag."

This is the man who sells millions of books on meditation and personal transformation. The man who describes himself as a "consciousness explorer and world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine."

Chopra visited Epstein's Manhattan mansion frequently — sometimes sleeping over, sometimes stopping by for an hour, even when Epstein was not home. He occasionally visited the Palm Beach residence. Epstein, in turn, donated at least $50,000 to Chopra's nonprofit, and the two discussed developing an app and a board game together.

Invitations to Epstein's ranch near Santa Fe, his apartment in Paris, and his island off St. Thomas were part of the relationship's fabric. Chopra wrote to Epstein with gratitude that reads less like friendship and more like courtship:

"I'm grateful for what I see as the beginning of a friendship and I could use some of your mentoring so I don't irk the big boys in the intellectual club that is mainstream academia"

And later:

"I did not experience anything other than graciousness and hospitality from you. Your manners are impeccable and your comments razor sharp. I could learn a lot. All love and gratitude"

When the Press Closed In

By early 2019, Epstein texted Chopra about "another round of very bad press. Ugh." Two weeks later, he wrote again: "I think of you often. I am aware of the toxicity of my press."

Chopra's advice to the convicted sex offender? Meditate.

"Stay silent. Meditate."

He told Epstein he was "not concerned" about the toxicity of the press and suggested they communicate mostly via WhatsApp. The last exchange referenced in the files came during winter 2019, when Epstein told Chopra it was his birthday — his last before his second arrest and death in a jail cell in August of that year.

Back in 2016, when Epstein forwarded a Daily Mail article about a lawsuit in which a woman claimed Epstein had assaulted her when she was 13 years old, Chopra's response was to ask whether the woman had also dropped her civil case against Epstein. When Epstein said yes, Chopra replied simply:

"Good"

The Denial That Denies Nothing

On February 4, Chopra posted on X:

"I was never involved in, nor did I participate in, any criminal or exploitative conduct. Any contact I had was limited and unrelated to abusive activity."

He acknowledged that his emails with Epstein reflect "poor judgment in tone." Dozens of messages over nearly three years, frequent visits to Epstein's mansion, sleepovers, invitations to multiple properties across continents, and at least $50,000 flowing to his nonprofit. That's a peculiar definition of "limited."

Chopra was spotted arriving at Los Angeles airport last week — his first public appearance since the files dropped. His wife Rita, married to him for 56 years, was at his side. When a journalist pressed him with questions, the man who had made a career out of words suddenly had none.

"You decide"

He repeated the phrase. Then: "You give me your opinion. You have a right to your opinion." And finally: "You do your own work and find out....I'm not answering."

He did offer one last line before retreating:

"It will all come to light."

The Guru's Real Lesson

Chopra once texted Epstein about his own identity in this friendship:

"You are a friend and a genius in many ways. I've only hung out with sages psychotics genuses rebels all my life. You can vilify them praise them kill them, love them. But you cannot ignore them !!!"

He mentioned his wife of 56 years exactly once in the entire correspondence.

The wellness-industrial complex has always operated on a simple exchange: trust the guru, buy the book, and transformation will follow. The Epstein files reveal what the guru was actually doing while selling transcendence to millions — flattering a convicted sex offender, laughing at his jokes about women, requesting introductions to the powerful, and cashing checks from a man whose crimes were already a matter of public record.

Chopra told Epstein at the end of 2018, just months before it all collapsed, that he was "Giving up on idea of fun. Shifting to profound peace." He was about to begin a silent retreat.

Silence, it turns out, is the one thing Deepak Chopra has always been best at — when it mattered most.