Deepak Chopra Quotes
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I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.
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Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.
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In moments of transcendence, when time stands still, your biological clock will stop. The spirit is that domain of our awareness where there is no time.
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People think meditation is a huge undertaking. Don't think of it like that.
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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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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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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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Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.
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Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.
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Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.
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When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.
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Passivity is the same as defending injustice.
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Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
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Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.
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Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.
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The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.
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What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.
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I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn't mean I'm going to miss my train, it just means that I'm not thinking about it right now because I'm speaking to you.
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My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.
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You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.
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If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.
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Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.
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Once you're more aware of people's needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you're responsible for your own well-being, too.
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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.