By Deepak Chopra born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-born American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate, and a prominent figure in the New Age movement. Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine.
“The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.”
“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”
“Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.”
“Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.”
“It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.”
“Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.”
“Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.”
“The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.”
“To think is to practice brain chemistry.”
“The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective – people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.”
“Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.”
“Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.”
“The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor’s badge. You can be in the world but not engage in the melodrama of it; you can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully.”
“Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.”
“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.”
“Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.”
“I’ve worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it’s awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.”
“Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you’re flexible, when you’re spontaneous, when you’re detached, when you’re easy on yourself and easy on others.”
“A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness.”
“Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body.”
“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.”
“Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.”
“The fear of death comes from limited awareness.”
“Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good.”
“Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world – hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.”
“If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.”
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