It is important for everyone to keep in close contact and preferably be in physical proximity with their loved ones.
Deepak ChopraMr. Gorbachev initiated Glasnost, Perestroika, so he was already, you know, way disenchanted with the rigid Communist ideology, and he was looking to become an international leader. He was more accepted actually outside of the Communist Soviet Union than inside.
Deepak ChopraOne's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.
Deepak ChopraSo many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly.
Deepak ChopraYou can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.
Deepak ChopraKnowledge of any kind ... brings about a change in awareness from where it is possible to create new realities.
Deepak ChopraHolding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.
Deepak ChopraChrist wasn't a Christian and Buddha wasn't a Buddhist and Muhammad wasn't Muslim. These people were having the experience of unity consciousnesses and universal consciousness and they spoke of it in words.
Deepak ChopraSex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.
Deepak ChopraDon’t follow someone else’s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself.
Deepak ChopraThere is nothing more attractive than a person who radiates simple unaffected humanity.
Deepak ChopraOur essential nature is pure consciousness, the infinite source of everything that exists in the physical world.
Deepak ChopraIt takes no effort to love. The state has its own innate joy. ...When you have the experience of love, either giving it or receiving it, you become magnanimous to the rest of the world. That’s why people in love can do extraordinary things!.
Deepak ChopraAccording to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world--and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.
Deepak ChopraTo make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.
Deepak ChopraAs human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the worst possible thing. It's better to be outrageous. It's better to hang out with the sages, the people open to possibilities, even the psychotics. You never know where you'll find the geniuses of our society.
Deepak ChopraWe can most easily fulfill our desires when our actions are motivated by love. We expand the least effort, and we offer no resistance. We tap into the infinite organizing power of the universe to do less and accomplish everything.
Deepak ChopraWhen you expand your awareness, seemingly random events will be seen to fit into a larger purpose.
Deepak ChopraMost people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.
Deepak ChopraThe most positive action we can take about the past is to change our perception of it.
Deepak ChopraI think seriousness is a mask of self-importance and self-importance in turn is a mask for self-pity. So if you're really going to pursue a spiritual way of living in the world, you must be lighthearted and carefree, have humor, be able to tolerate ambiguity and embrace uncertainty, and be forgiving of yourself and everybody else.
Deepak ChopraThe shelf life of molecules is very short. Ninety-eight percent of all the atoms in my body are gone by next year.
Deepak ChopraAwareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.
Deepak ChopraAccording to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous.
Deepak ChopraThere are three components to that purpose, one is to find out who you really are, to discover God, the second is to serve other human beings.
Deepak ChopraI think that is a very important component, to have passion, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life.
Deepak ChopraWhen you focus on just one thing at a time, without rushing or procrastinating, you cultivate a sense of timeless awareness that creates feelings of calm and well-being.
Deepak ChopraEvery present moment will offer itself as a window onto eternity, a doorway to the infinite.
Deepak ChopraWithout silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.
Deepak ChopraIn my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
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