Deepak Chopra Quotes
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Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.
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No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the point where these molecules became conscious.
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Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking.
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In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.
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Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.
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Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.
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We must revisit the idea that science is a methodology and not an ontology.
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People think meditation is a huge undertaking. Don't think of it like that.
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And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective component which is more archetypal and a deeper level, and then a universal domain of consciousness.
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I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.
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We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure.
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A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.
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Dynamic activity and deep rest of the mind are complementary to each other.
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Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.
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Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
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No solution can ever be found by running in three different directions.
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Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.
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Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.
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Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It's conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it's a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again.
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People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.
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Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.
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So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.
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Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.
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Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.