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Deepak Chopra Quotes
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About Life
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. Life is set up to bring you every needed situation in its own right time.
When the material, psychological and spiritual dimensions are brought into balance, life becomes whole, and this union brings feelings of comfort and security.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes AcceptanceNothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.
You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.
Don't try to steer the river.
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AuthenticityYou give to the world your greatest gift when you're being yourself.
If you can cherish yourself even as you discard your current favourite mask, you are living perfectly in the way of peace.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes BeautifulEvery person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born. The surge of love that constantly upholds life is like the surge of the ocean that renews each wave.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes ChangeTake a little time every day to notice the contents of your mind. This act of noticing, although very simple, is one of the most powerful steps to bringing about change. What you don’t see you cannot change.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes CoincidencesThe more attention you put on coincidences, the more you attract other coincidences, which will help you clarify their meaning. Putting your attention on the coincidence attracts the energy, and then asking the question, "What does it mean?" attracts the information. The answer might come as a certain insight, or intuitive feeling, or an encounter, or a new relationship.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes CompassionCompassion is one of the most honoured and saintly feelings because it marches up to the front lines of suffering and says, "Take me." In this giving of oneself there is a direct experience of pain, yet in the giving there is love.
Compassion has the power to dissolve pain by not avoiding it, but by trusting that love affords the greatest protection. By discovering that there is a reality—love—stronger than any pain, you mount your strongest defense.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes CreativityWhen you are in the field of creativity, you lose track of time. Only the flow exists.
It’s the glory of the creative process to constantly flow and change. The more you can accept this, the easier it is to accept your own transformation.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes DeathDeath as a fact becomes less brutal if you can accept that it is a necessary part of life. The universe recycles everything in the never-ending flow of time. The atoms that make up your body have found a temporary shelter only. Like birds of passage they are always in flight.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes EgoThe Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.
The reason that ego and love are not compatible comes down to this: you cannot take your ego into the unknown, where love wants to lead. If you follow love, your life will become uncertain, and the ego craves certainty.
The ego wants the best for "me," yet there is another, subtler force that wants the best for all (which ends up best for "me," in the end). Allow this force to express itself, and you will discover that the walls of isolation are not as solid as your suffering makes them seem. Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes EmotionsYour emotions are the most present-centred thing you have.
To feel an emotion fully and completely, to experience it and then release it, is to be in the present, the only moment that never ages.
Emotion brings in the dimension of bonding or tuning in: An experience that touches your heart makes the meaning that much more personal.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes EnlightenmentAccording 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. If you’re really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world…you should have faith in yourself.
The most enlightened people in the world embrace their full potential of light and dark.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes EvolvingAs you access more creativity, you are evolving. On the other hand, if you try to use old solutions to solve new problems, your evolution will slow down.
As evolution proceeds, God changes. The level of consciousness that makes God a supporter of war and a source of fear shifts, to be replaced by a peaceful and loving God. That God is only sustainable, however, if your awareness has shifted to support it. This is one of the laws that govern spirituality. As you evolve, so will the divine. The way of peace depends on bringing that truth to life, step by step.
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FearIf you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.
On the surface the monster of resistance expresses anger and hardness, but this is only to protect the insecurity and loneliness lurking underneath. If you peel away the layers, you find that resistance is actually born of fear.
Put fear in perspective. Realize that positive outcomes are possible.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes FulfillmentEvery cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation. This is hard to realize when the mind sets up its own separate agenda for fulfilling other kinds of desires, ones that are loveless, without joy or satisfaction.
All fulfillment comes from within.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes GivingAnything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.
Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes GodThere are as many versions of God as there are people in the world.
The biblical story of how God created man in his own image isn’t complete until we realize that man returned the favour by creating God in his image, too.
If your mind feels conflicted, or guilty, or schizoid, there is no other way to view God than through those lenses. If your mind is organized, coherent and clear, there is no other way to view God than through those lenses. Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes Good AdviceEvery time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT. Whenever you feel yourself having a reaction of judgment, rejection or resistance, imagine the opposite. Instead of seeing an adversary, view your partner as totally on your side. Don’t focus on what he or she has done to irritate you; reframe it as an act of pure love, brought into being to teach you the perfect lesson you need to learn at just that moment. This isn’t a mind game or a trick: at the level of spirit your beloved acts only from love, holding your highest good at heart.
To think in a more orderly, conscious, efficient manner you first have to eliminate habits of thinking that obstruct the universe’s ability to carry out your desires. Imagine that your mind is a radio transmitter, bombarding the field with messages. If you sit quietly and observe your mind, you will see that it is full of mixed signals. The things we want to accomplish we also have doubts about; the person we want to turn into is also someone we aren’t quite sure about.
Ask for nothing less than inspiration.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes GratitudeWhen you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.
The expression of gratitude is a powerful force that generates even more of what we have already received.
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GriefGrief falls into the rare category of being a necessary suffering. You have to go through it before you can release it back to the light.
Those we love have been taken inside us and made a part of who we are. When they die or are threatened by crisis, we feel that our own being has been attacked. To the unconscious mind, there is a real threat that we are going to die with them. By going numb instead of grieving, your ego pretends that the loss isn’t agonizing, that the threat is not so grave as it actually is.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes HappinessThe healthiest response to life is joy.
Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real. If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up. At the very instant that you think, "I am happy," a chemical messenger translates your emotion, which has no solid existence whatever in the material world, into a bit of matter so perfectly attuned to your desire that literally every cell in your body learns of your happiness and joins in.
"If you have happy thoughts, then you make happy molecules."
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InsightfulHolding 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.
People are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.
When you make a choice, you change the future.
The more boundless your vision, the more real you are.
Bring shy, hidden, embarrassing, guilty or shameful energies into view. This exposure sets the stage for dealing with these energies.
You will never feel better about yourself by making others look worse.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.
Consciousness orchestrates its activity in response to both attention and intention. Whatever you put your attention on becomes energized. Whatever you take your attention away from dwindles.
If your approach to life is to take it one day at a time, the very last day won’t be any different.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes When you can live with all your opposite qualities, you will be living your total self.
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.
The trick to dropping the past is to find out how to live now as if it were forever.
Beneath the fear of being unique, each of us has a powerful craving for as much uniqueness and specialness as possible.
The traits we see most clearly in others exist most strongly in ourselves. When we can see into the mirror of relationship, then we can begin to see all of our selves. To do this, we need to be comfortable with our ambiguity, to embrace all aspects of our selves.
At a deep level we need to recognize that we’re not flawed simply because we have negative traits. No one has only positive traits. Recognizing that we have negative traits simply means that we are complete. And in that completeness we gain greater access to our universal, non-local selves.
"When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.
When the human organism is discharging its negative experience efficiently, the mind is empty of past or future concerns; there is no worry, anticipation, or regret. This means that the mind is left open to Being, the simplest state of awareness.
You will be transformed by what you read.
Focus on the quality of life. Add life to your years and then years will be added to your life.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes IntentionOur intentions hold within them the mechanics of their fulfillment. All we really need is clarity of intent. Then if we can get the ego out of the way, the intentions fulfill themselves.
Every intention is a trigger for transformation.
Attention activates the energy field, and intention activates the information field, which causes transformation.
Intent creates coincidence; it is the reason why, when you’re thinking of something, it happens.
Intent works by harnessing the creative forces inherent in the universe.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes Law of AttractionWithin every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.
Our intentions attract the elements and forces, the events, the situation, the circumstances and the relationships necessary to fulfill the intended outcome. We don’t need to become involved in the details—in fact, trying too hard may backfire. Let the non-local intelligence synchronize the actions of the universe to fulfill your intentions for you.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes Law of DharmaAccording 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.
The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions, "How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes LoveLove doesn't need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart.
Love is a force as real as gravity.
All love is based on the search for spirit.
Love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself.
In our imaginations we believe that love is apart from us.
Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to accept it. When you truly find love, you find yourself.
The intense desirability of another person isn’t innate in that person. Desire is born in the one who desires.
Mature love consists of being able to see yourself in your beloved and your beloved in yourself.
The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant to heal. Love is meant to renew. Love is meant to bring us closer to God.
Love vs. AttachmentIf you look deeper you will see that love and attachment are not the same thing.
Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you. Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires. Love imposes no demands. Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand—“Make me feel whole.” Love expands beyond the limits of two people. Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people.
It isn’t love when another person cannot give you the space to live your own life.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes MeditationSilence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being. Just the slightest opening of awareness causes a reality shift. Meditation, because it opens more channels of awareness and opens them to a deeper level, causes a bigger shift.
By removing the distractions of stress, meditation renews the nervous system’s memory of balance.
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Mind/Body RelationshipThe way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology. Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit. Of these, spirit is primary, for it connects us to the source of everything, the eternal field of consciousness. Just as light brightens darkness, discovering inner fulfillment can eliminate any disorder or discomfort. This is truly the key to creating balance and harmony in everything you do. Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life.
Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise, through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation. At the very instant that you think, "I am happy," a chemical messenger translates your emotion, which has no solid existence whatever in the material world, into a bit of matter so perfectly attuned to your desire that literally every cell in your body learns of your happiness and joins in.
Inner healing involves moving from darkness to the light. "Light" is a word that has different meanings yet is generally understood as love and understanding. Love nurtures the emotional body; understanding fills the voids created by pain.
Modern medicine has already discovered that love increases the human immune response.
People who feel loved live longer; have fewer colds, lower blood pressure and lower cancer rates; and have fewer heart attacks.
DNA gets influenced by your every thought, feeling and action.
The body at peace is stronger than the body at war. When you can free yourself of the random, uncontrollable stress that is always present, your body will start to be at peace.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes NowIn the one reality, the only time on the clock is now.
As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every sentient being. As you begin to experience this exultation of spirit in everything that is alive, as you become intimate with it, joy will be born within you, and you will drop the terrible burdens of defensiveness, resentment, and hurtfulness... then you will become lighthearted, carefree, joyous, and free.
Only the present is real. It contains the fullness of the world and the fullness of spirit at the same time.
The most direct way not to worry about tomorrow is to live in the present.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes OptimismNo matter how much of a mess we may have made of our lives, it is always possible to tap into the part of the soul that is universal, the infinite field of pure potential, and change the course of our destiny.
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PowerYou have the power to turn positive to negative and vice versa.
There are two kinds of power that emanate from the self. The first is the power of agency—the power that comes from having a famous name, lots of money, or an impressive title. The power of agency can be formidable, but it eventually comes to an end. True power comes from within, and it has a spiritual rather than a material foundation. It is permanent and does not die with your body.
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes ProfoundLearn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless, it is free, it is immune to criticism, it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery and enchantment.
When we seek money, or a good relationship, or a great job, what we are really seeking is happiness. The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.
What creates romance is the ability to see yourself as lovable. This shift in perception happens not by changing who you are but by seeing who you are and then shining it forth.
Protection from external threats is permanent when there are no externals, but only yourself, unfolding in two worlds, inner and outer, that completely mesh.
The reality you experience is a mirror image of your expectations.
Just by being ourselves we are borne toward a destiny far beyond anything we could imagine. It is enough to know that the being I nourish inside me is the same as the Being that suffuses every atom of the cosmos.
Ecstasy carries you completely outside your ego boundaries. In ecstasy you know yourself as cosmic ego, unbounded in time and space. Joy is a return to the deep harmony of body, mind, and spirit that was yours at birth and that can be yours again. That openness to love, that capacity for wholeness with the world around you, is still within you.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes Spiritual GrowthPeople who attain self-actualization reestablish their connectedness to the non-local mind. They have no desire to manipulate and control others. They are independent of criticism and also of flattery. They feel beneath no one, but they also feel superior to no one. They are in touch with the internal reference point that is their soul, and not their ego.
Discover your divinity, find your unique talent, serve humanity with it, and you can generate all the wealth that you want.
The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.
When hope serves as a means to reach deeper into yourself than anyone could predict, or than anyone believes possible, it is a spiritual force.
The spiritual concept of "I am enough" is truly critical.
It would be tidier if spiritual seeking were just a matter of enduring one dark night of the soul, after which you would feel secure in your link to God. But there are many dark mornings of the soul, many shadowy afternoons and dim twilights.
If you can live from the level of your soul, you are doing something very special.
Each of us is here to discover our true Self... Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes
SuccessThere are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.
If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill your desires with effortless ease. And yet success, including the creation of wealth, has always been considered to be a process that requires hard work and it is often considered to be at the expense of others. We need a more spiritual approach to success and to affluence which is the abundant flow of all good things to you.
When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of divinity—not occasionally, but all the time—then we know the true meaning of success.
Return to Index of Deepak Chopra Quotes SufferingSuffering contains a hidden spiritual message.
I was very afraid at the beginning, until Master told me that pain isn't the truth; it's what you have to get through in order to find the truth.
Nothing alleviates suffering like reaching out to another person who is suffering.
The ache of loss is difficult to bear, and often the worst part is the fear that nothing exists behind the ache except a void. Know that emptiness is an illusion. No matter how much you have suffered, your soul sees you as whole.
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