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10 Ways to the New Body Paradigm
Adapted from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2007 ).
Here are some vast assumptions, the makings of a new reality, yet all are grounded in the discoveries of quantum physics and made almost a hundred years ago. The seeds of this new paradigm were planted by Einstein, Bohr Heisenberg, and the other pioneers of quantum physics, who realized that the accepted way of viewing the physical world was false.
1. The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.
2. In their essential state, our bodies are composed of energy and information, not solid matter.
3. The mind and body are inseparably one. The unity that is “me” separates into two streams of experience. I experience the subjective stream as thoughts, feelings, and desires. I experience the objective stream as my body. At a deeper level, however, the two streams meet at a single creative source. It is from this source that we are meant to live.
4. The biochemistry of the body is a product of awareness. Beliefs, thoughts and emotions create the chemical reactions that uphold life in every cell.
5. Perception appears to be automatic, but in fact it is a learned phenomenon. The world you live in, including the experience of your body, is completely dictated by how you learned to perceive it. If you change your perception, you change the experience of your body and your world.
6. Impulses of intelligence create your body in new forms every second. What you are is the sum total of these impulses, and by changing their patterns, you will change.
7. Although each person seems separate and independent, all of us are connected to patterns of intelligence that govern the whole cosmos. Our bodies are part of a universal body, our minds an aspect of a universal mind.
8. Time does not exist as an absolute, but only eternity. What we call linear time is a reflection of how we perceive change. If we could perceive the changeless, time would cease to exist as we know it.
9. Each of us inhabits a reality lying beyond all change. Deep inside us, unknown to the five senses, is an innermost core of being, a field of non-change that creates personality, ego and body. This being is our essential state–it is who we really are.
10. We are not victims of aging, sickness, and death. These are part of the scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change.
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add your comment »This book and these thoughts aided in changing my life for the better. Once I saw through the old paradigms of aging and even living life, my 49 years became maybe 35 and I lost old fears, lost 25lbs and am living for the first time. Oh, and time is the next thing I am losing. Who needs it. Just BE.
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As I get a bit older I realize the reality of entropy. Things do wear out but perception remains clear. Mick Anderson
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Thanks Deepak for this article. Very clear and informing for everyone who needs a background in The Law of Attraction, Energy Healing, EFT etc. By the way, I recommend EFT too. I use it as a meditation tool with astonishing results for me and the people I spiritually coach!
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Thank you Jillian and Shellie for sharing with me. I did find out that synthroid which I was taking can be a cause of heat intolerance. I am such an outdoor person and I do have to alter my life style in these summer months here in Minn. I did learn if you focus on your symptoms you get more of what you focus on and I try to stay in the moment which helps. Thank you for caring I appreciate both comments.
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To Deborah B. Regarding the heat exhaustion you suffer, why don't you try to avoid the situations that cause it? I am British and have lived in Spain for the last thirty odd years and the heat in Madrid really used to knock me out. Now, however, I avoid going outside after 9 a.m. and before 9p.m. unless it is in the car (air-conditioned) to a shopping mall or to friends who have air-conditioning. At home, I keep the windows and blinds drawn until sunset when I open up all the house. This way, my body suffers less from the heat and I am able to tackle my daily chores without getting exhausted.
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Try EFT for fear of another experience. You can even use that during if one shows up. www.emofree.com
but I am not sure I would "ignore the symptoms" of anything. Some things need immediate attention. For example, you can't think away a broken bone...maybe uncover the reason the accident occured and use that as an opportunity to explore healing other issues. I am sure Deepak would agree.
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I have had 2 heat exhaustions in the past 2 summers and it is such a challenge to not pay attention to the symptoms when I feel them and the fear of another. This is helpful and a good reminder to how I can better manage my health since experiencing such a change in my well being. If anyone has any other suggestions or have experienced a heat exhaustion and can pass any good healing advice along I would appreciate it. Thank you
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I agree completely age less body/Timeless mind and am on the path Thanks for the renewal of what is real and possible. P.Tyler
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