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The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You

Deepak Chopra — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:05:42 +0000

The Kingdom is your essence.

Here Jesus points the way to hidden dimensions, not simply the conventional notion of Heaven. When you go inside, you are aware of activity such as thoughts and feelings. Your instinct is to pursue the activity that brings pleasure and avoid that which brings pain. But Jesus speaks of a completely different inner reality. The consciousness hidden behind your thoughts is the consciousness that upholds all intelligence in the universe. It is personal and collective at the same time. The personal is made up of your relationships, the collective is made up of the myths and archetypes common to all cultures. Both dimensions are you, and you can begin to connect the two as a bridge to the sacred.

Confusion in the Teachings

Deepak Chopra — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Jesus devoted many teachings to the subject of the self, meaning the bundle of aspects we call �me.� In this bundle are wrapped the ego, the personality, and the soul. They aren�t neatly arranged into separate compartments but bleed confusingly into one another. Sometimes we feel close to the soul, sometimes very far away. More [...]

Overcome a Subtle Aspect of Identification

Deepak Chopra — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:39 +0000

When the image of a rose falls on the retina, it automatically makes an impression on the visual center in the brain. No choice is consciously made, because the nervous system has taken instant possession of the image. Until the attention wanders to another object, one�s awareness is imprinted with a rose. This is therefore [...]

To Be or Not To Be Conscious

Deepak Chopra — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:05 +0000

The choice is to be conscious or not, which brings us to the possibility for transformation. No one disputes the fact that life consists of change. But can a person, simply by altering his or her consciousness, actually bring about a deep transformation and not just another superficial change? Transformation and change are two different [...]

Are You Fully Human?

Deepak Chopra — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:22 +0000

War has become unbearably brutal. It is deeply disturbing that human nature didn�t revolt against our descent into brutality but decided to adapt instead. What makes modern suffering so sinister is that most people have passively accepted living in an atmosphere of fear. Why do we sit still and watch? The spiritual malaise we have [...]

Spirit To The Rescue!

Deepak Chopra — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:13 +0000

What if the pain that seems to be yours is really not yours? And here I do not mean to belittle personal suffering, but only to offer a larger perspective that may help alleviate it.) The truth if that fear and anger exist outside ourselves. They are not yours or mine, unless we attract them. [...]

Are You Time-Bound or Timeless in your Awareness?

Deepak Chopra — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:01:56 +0000

How you age depends on how you metabolize your experience. And in the final analysis, how you metabolize time is the most important aspect of this process, because time is the most fundamental experience. It�s possible to have actual experiences of timelessness, and when this happens, there is a shift from time-bound awareness to timeless [...]

Surrendering to Uncertainty

Deepak Chopra — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:01:01 +0000

Scientists recognize the unpredictability of nature, and have been trying to make sense of it. Even the most seemingly simple events are governed by this unpredictability. When and where will bubbles appear in a pot of boiling water? What patterns will be made by the smoke of a lit cigarette? How does the position of [...]

You Are the Source of Passion

Deepak Chopra — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:01:16 +0000

Although most of us consider ourselves fortunate if we can still feel passion about anything as we grow older, feeling passion for your work or politics or even sex is not the same as having a passion for life. It is not just that life is bigger than work, politics, or sex. Shakti is life [...]

How to Create Harmony with Your Intentions

Deepak Chopra — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:01:17 +0000

Our intentions are a manifestation of the total universe because we are a part of the universe. And our 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. Our intentions attract the [...]