The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.”
Deepak Chopra
Death, Easter, Thinking
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.
“Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships;...”
Deepak Chopra
Brain, Perception, Thoughts
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
“There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.”
Deepak Chopra
Puzzle, She, Universe
If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.
“If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your...”
Deepak Chopra
Best, Friends, Life
We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.
“We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing,...”
Deepak Chopra
Compassion, Creative, Nature
We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.
“We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the...”
Deepak Chopra
Change, Death, Scenery
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”
Deepak Chopra
Chaos, Stillness, You
We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.
“We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.”
Deepak Chopra
Identity, Real, Way
Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
“Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.”
Deepak Chopra
Karma, Space, Time
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.
“Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth...”
Deepak Chopra
Science, Stars, Sun
Victims always feel alone and helpless.
“Victims always feel alone and helpless.”
Deepak Chopra
Alone, Feel, Victims
So 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.
“So 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 Chopra
Silly, Universe, You
I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.
“I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.”
Deepak Chopra
Dislike, Self-Awareness, Yes
A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices, so the more conscious you are, the greater your life will be.
“A child in India grows up with the idea that you have to make choices that will create a better future. In fact, your whole life is a continuum of choices,...”
Deepak Chopra
Choices, Future, Life
Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.
“Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.”
Deepak Chopra
Awareness, Beyond, Identity
We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.
“We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.”
Deepak Chopra
Calm, Soul, Tools
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.
“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...”
Deepak Chopra
Experience, Spiritual, World
New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture.
“New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies,...”
Deepak Chopra
Age, Justice, Love
Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee, that's karma. I now have that memory that might give me the potential desire for having cappuccino, and I walk into Starbucks, and there's karma all over again.
“Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee,...”
Deepak Chopra
Coffee, Experience, Karma
Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I'm speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I'm doing neither. This is why our society is frazzled; this misconception that we can consciously do more than one thing at a time effectively.
“Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I'm speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I'm doing neither. This is why our society is...”
Deepak Chopra
Brain, Society, Time
For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go together as subjective experiences, and it's a straw man to set God up as the delusion. If he is, then so is truth itself or beauty itself.
“For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go...”
Deepak Chopra
Art, Beauty, Love
You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.
“You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have...”
Deepak Chopra
Adventure, Great, Magic
As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. You know, the two-year-old dies before the three-year-old shows up, the three-year-old dies before the teenager shows up.
“As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern...”
Deepak Chopra
Behavior, Death, Self
The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
“The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.”
Deepak Chopra
Heart, Others, You
The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.
“The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.”
Deepak Chopra
Best, Mind, Quality
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.
“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,...”
Deepak Chopra
Life, People, Space
“In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.”
Deepak Chopra
Life, Spirit, Wisdom
“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...”
Deepak Chopra
Better, Me, Soul
“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”
Deepak Chopra
Health, Influence, Life
“Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.”
Deepak Chopra
Allah, Islam, Obedience