February 2008 Archives

   

In this video clip Deepka Chopra talks about the spiritual mechanisms behind synchronicity--while in a taxi cab.

Question:
I have read many spiritual works, and many of them mention Bodhisattvas as beings who come back and reincarnate for highly spiritual purposes. I am quite confused about it. Would you please provide some insights into the nature and level of consciousness of these Bodhisattvas. In other words, are they already fully evolved into Enlightenment and achieved Unity Consciousness or are they still experiencing Divine Consciousness, as the Saint does?

On Monday the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released a study
in which they chronicled the state of faith and organized religion in
America. The news is not good if you are a God lover, worst of all of
you are a Jesus lover. Cutting to the chase, the sharpest drop in
members amongst organized faiths is amongst Catholics. That is to say
that amongst those polled, the largest number of people who said
they had chosen to abandon the faith they had grown up with was
Catholics. The largest growth was amongst those who now claimed to be
"Unaffiliated." The study went out of its way to assure readers that
"unaffiliated" does not indicate agnostics or atheists, just those
who, ya'know, believed in God and all but just not when it was
organized" (I'm paraphrasing).

It's generally acknowledged that Hillary Clinton's campaign has stalled on the wrong side of a charisma gap. The Democratic electorate has surged to follow Barack Obama, and yet this doesn't signal that Hillary is unpopular -- she still earns a high favorability rating. Nor does she suffer by comparison on issues of substance; if anything, she's ahead. But Obama has done something very difficult for an inspirational campaigner. He's kept building support. Enthusiasm isn't waning as the first glow of infatuation fades. This is testimony to Obama's integrity, a much used word in politics that rarely matches reality.

Today is my birthday. I am not going to confess my age but here's a
hint: Jesus was crucified at this age. That got me thinking about
what I have really accomplished in my life up until now. Admittedly,
if Jesus is the measuring stick, then I find myself gravely
disappointed by my lack of accomplishments. However, Jesus' real A-
list status emerged after his death, which is sort of an awkward
thing to contemplate.

There has been much decrying in the anti-war movement of deception and disinformation, accusing the Bush administration of using both tactics to fool the American people into the invasion of Iraq. Little has been said about the shallowness of political...

Alison Rose Levy wrote an article of Deepak giving a talk on The Third Jesus, recently in New York City. "When Jesus said, "I'm the son of God," Chopra tells the audience, "His meaning wasn't 'I'm the son of...

On his way to a conference in Florida, Deepak Chopra talks about three ways we can tell if we're tuned in--or not....

Although Barack Obama's slogan is "the audacity of hope," the words have deeper connotations at this moment. One of the most powerful, I think, is the audacity to wake up. In order for the right wing to succeed in its...

Dear Friends, Here's a link to a video interview I did recently with TIME magazine. Interview with Deepak Chopra...

August 1, 1991 saw the publication of my book, Perfect Health, a popular guide to Ayurveda that came at the height of my involvement with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although I had been meditating less than a decade in comparison...

It was in 1985, two years after a trip to Rishikesh, that I got an opportunity to meet Maharishi. When my chance came I grew unexpectedly shy. A young psychologist at Harvard, who was doing a study on the benefits...

Even though I last sat with Maharishi more than ten years ago, he left an indelible impression, as he did on everyone. His extraordinary qualities are known to the world. Without him, it's fair to say, the West would not...

One of the more interesting parts of "growing up Chopra," was the range of people my sister and I were exposed to--from celebrities to heads of state to Nobel laureates and all the rest. As a teenager growing up in...

I learned transcendental meditation when I was 9. I think I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first time when I was 13, and for the next decade he was a major influence in my life. I remember sitting for...