This is how answering a question can be left open for one's own interpretation.
KING: You were not shocked at his death, Deepak? Do you still think Michael should be alive tonight?
DEEPAK CHOPRA, MICHAEL JACKSON'S LONGTIME FRIEND: No. Michael was a mythical being much of his life.
He was a mythical being. He died a mythical death.
(The definition of mythical is Existing in myth; not real; false or fabricated)
KING: How do you explain the bad publicity he got, which was terrible for a while, Gotham seems to have disappeared.
G. CHOPRA: I think, you know, in death that happens with a lot of people, and there's been this desperate need by some of the very same people who scandalized him to now celebrate him. And it is part of the mythical elevation, but, you know, at the end of the day he was also a guy who was probably somewhere in between that.
KING: Deepak, in your opinion, is this a fitting good-bye?
D. CHOPRA: It's magnificent, fitting, magical, mythical goodbye to a mythical human being....
KING: What do you think, Gotham, he would have thought of this?
G. CHOPRA: I think he would have smiled at a lot of this. I mean we were all at the ceremony just a few weeks after he died at the Staples Center, and that was huge and epic, and thought that couldn't be topped. So this is clearly smaller, but as full of pageantry and, I think a lot of times these ceremonies are for the family.
(The definition of pageantry/pageant is an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes. Origin:
1350–1400; ME pagyn, pagaunt, pagand < AL pāgina a stage for plays, scene, platform)
D. CHOPRA: You know hardly any head of state would get this in the world.
KING: In your faith, Deepak, where is he now?
D. CHOPRA: Well, he is -- in my faith, his consciousness has survived his death, and that consciousness recycles itself.
( the definition of consciousness is an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation)
KING: Do you think he might see this now?
D. CHOPRA: No. If he is incubating, he wouldn't. It depends, you know? He's in a sleep state and the basic matrix of thought forms that was Michael Jackson will recycle itself.
(The definition of recycle is to extract and reuse; to recondition and adapt to a new use or function)
KING: So he's not gone gone?
D. CHOPRA: Consciousness is never gone gone. You know?
Deepak, he called you shortly before he died. What did he say?
D. CHOPRA: He said I'm sorry you're not there. This was in my voice mail. I'm sorry you're not there. I have really good news for you. Please call me back. And by the time I called him back, the number had been disconnected
G. CHOPRA: Can I make a prediction?
KING: Yes.
G. CHOPRA: In the 20 years I knew him he was never on time for anything so my money is on this not starting on time.