Deepak Chopra

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers, is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers, is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers, is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

It's good in the beginning, because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions did not help you. And they might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

It's good in the beginning, because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions did not help you. And they might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

It's good in the beginning, because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions did not help you. And they might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it and you're watching this from the outside.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it and you're watching this from the outside.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it and you're watching this from the outside.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

Okay, so that is in the beginning very scary. But it's liberating. Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out.

Okay, so that is in the beginning very scary. But it's liberating. Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out.

Okay, so that is in the beginning very scary. But it's liberating. Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out.

You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong. Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour.

You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong. Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour.

You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong. Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour.

My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space. If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie.

My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space. If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie.

My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space. If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie.

And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions. What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet?

And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions. What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet?

And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions. What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet?

Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question. There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes.

Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question. There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes.

Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question. There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes.

There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension, that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable. Ultimately, you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago.

There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension, that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable. Ultimately, you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago.

There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension, that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable. Ultimately, you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago.

He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God. Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God. Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God. Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. Just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. Just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. Just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map. Let go of that idea, number one. Number two, Embrace presence. See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map. Let go of that idea, number one. Number two, Embrace presence. See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map. Let go of that idea, number one. Number two, Embrace presence. See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment.

Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience.

The infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid. Only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science. Number one, let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Number two, embrace presence. What remains is pure consciousness.

The infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid. Only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science. Number one, let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Number two, embrace presence. What remains is pure consciousness.

The infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid. Only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science. Number one, let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Number two, embrace presence. What remains is pure consciousness.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. It's just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. It's just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

In innumerable ways, through innumerable sentient beings, not just humans. Every sentient being is differentiated from the one consciousness. It's just like your nose and your eyes and your teeth and your fingernails and your genitalia differentiated from one cell. Same thing.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map.

Let go of every concept and every perception as a window to reality. Every concept, every perception, let go of that idea that you'll ever be able to know reality intellectually or through any methodology or through any religion or through any map.

See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment. Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment. Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

See, when you embrace presence, I'm not talking about the present moment. Presence is bringing awareness to whatever is. Now, because awareness is infinite, no form, right? Infinite. Then the finite experience... is actually dependent on the infinite. So the infinite is present in every finite experience. Once you realize that, then God is not difficult to find. God is impossible to avoid.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience. This is Ramakrishna's experience, etc. And they all kind of had different ways of transcending. So Ramakrishna is, you know, he's very much tuned into the symbolic nature of the Divine Mother. But remember, these gods and goddesses are symbols of the infinite.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience. This is Ramakrishna's experience, etc. And they all kind of had different ways of transcending. So Ramakrishna is, you know, he's very much tuned into the symbolic nature of the Divine Mother. But remember, these gods and goddesses are symbols of the infinite.

There's nowhere that you, no experience that is possible without the infinite in the background. No experience. This is Ramakrishna's experience, etc. And they all kind of had different ways of transcending. So Ramakrishna is, you know, he's very much tuned into the symbolic nature of the Divine Mother. But remember, these gods and goddesses are symbols of the infinite.

They're not the infinite, you know, whether it's Lakshmi or Shiva or whatever, you know, the divine. They're symbols. Because the infinite is incomprehensible, so we try and grasp it with symbols. So in Ramakrishna's situation, the divine mother is his mother. access to God. And he prays every day to the Divine Mother.

They're not the infinite, you know, whether it's Lakshmi or Shiva or whatever, you know, the divine. They're symbols. Because the infinite is incomprehensible, so we try and grasp it with symbols. So in Ramakrishna's situation, the divine mother is his mother. access to God. And he prays every day to the Divine Mother.

They're not the infinite, you know, whether it's Lakshmi or Shiva or whatever, you know, the divine. They're symbols. Because the infinite is incomprehensible, so we try and grasp it with symbols. So in Ramakrishna's situation, the divine mother is his mother. access to God. And he prays every day to the Divine Mother.

And then one day, as he's praying, he starts to dance because he's getting into that ecstatic experience that, say, Sufi mystics have. And then suddenly, wherever he looks, he sees the Divine Mother in the walls, on the floor, in the ceiling. And it's almost like a psychotic episode. And he then doesn't know what to do. He keeps dancing till he passes out.

And then one day, as he's praying, he starts to dance because he's getting into that ecstatic experience that, say, Sufi mystics have. And then suddenly, wherever he looks, he sees the Divine Mother in the walls, on the floor, in the ceiling. And it's almost like a psychotic episode. And he then doesn't know what to do. He keeps dancing till he passes out.

And then one day, as he's praying, he starts to dance because he's getting into that ecstatic experience that, say, Sufi mystics have. And then suddenly, wherever he looks, he sees the Divine Mother in the walls, on the floor, in the ceiling. And it's almost like a psychotic episode. And he then doesn't know what to do. He keeps dancing till he passes out.

And after that, he's in God-consciousness all the time. He doesn't say anything, but miracles happen and this and that happen because he doesn't know how to return from that God-consciousness. or divine conscience. That's his good luck. That's how he focused on the divine in the in the symbology of the divine mother. But actually you can go beyond that. You can see the divine here.

And after that, he's in God-consciousness all the time. He doesn't say anything, but miracles happen and this and that happen because he doesn't know how to return from that God-consciousness. or divine conscience. That's his good luck. That's how he focused on the divine in the in the symbology of the divine mother. But actually you can go beyond that. You can see the divine here.

And after that, he's in God-consciousness all the time. He doesn't say anything, but miracles happen and this and that happen because he doesn't know how to return from that God-consciousness. or divine conscience. That's his good luck. That's how he focused on the divine in the in the symbology of the divine mother. But actually you can go beyond that. You can see the divine here.

But consciousness has no form, so it has no border. Because it has no border, it's infinite. It's spaceless, it's timeless, it's irreducible. It is incomprehensible, but without it, there's no comprehension. You can't conceive it, you can't imagine it, you can't perceive it, but without it, there's no conception or perception or imagination. So who am I?

But consciousness has no form, so it has no border. Because it has no border, it's infinite. It's spaceless, it's timeless, it's irreducible. It is incomprehensible, but without it, there's no comprehension. You can't conceive it, you can't imagine it, you can't perceive it, but without it, there's no conception or perception or imagination. So who am I?

But consciousness has no form, so it has no border. Because it has no border, it's infinite. It's spaceless, it's timeless, it's irreducible. It is incomprehensible, but without it, there's no comprehension. You can't conceive it, you can't imagine it, you can't perceive it, but without it, there's no conception or perception or imagination. So who am I?

Everything you see, the perception is made possible because the infinite, incomprehensible, borderless, fundamental, irreducible, spaceless, timeless, unimaginable is present in that consciousness. So then God is not difficult to find, impossible to avoid.

Everything you see, the perception is made possible because the infinite, incomprehensible, borderless, fundamental, irreducible, spaceless, timeless, unimaginable is present in that consciousness. So then God is not difficult to find, impossible to avoid.

Everything you see, the perception is made possible because the infinite, incomprehensible, borderless, fundamental, irreducible, spaceless, timeless, unimaginable is present in that consciousness. So then God is not difficult to find, impossible to avoid.

That's intoxication.

That's intoxication.

That's intoxication.

Yeah, but that problem has existed forever. You know, Jesus goes to the temple and he says, you have desecrated the home of God, right? He overturns the tables much to the annoyance of the rabbis. But the rabbis are making a living by selling trinkets, right? You know, everybody's going there into India.

Yeah, but that problem has existed forever. You know, Jesus goes to the temple and he says, you have desecrated the home of God, right? He overturns the tables much to the annoyance of the rabbis. But the rabbis are making a living by selling trinkets, right? You know, everybody's going there into India.

Yeah, but that problem has existed forever. You know, Jesus goes to the temple and he says, you have desecrated the home of God, right? He overturns the tables much to the annoyance of the rabbis. But the rabbis are making a living by selling trinkets, right? You know, everybody's going there into India.

You know, half of India's population showed up because they think, you know, they'll get a dip and then all the people out there are selling trinkets. You know, they take a Ganesh with you, take this with you. So that problem hasn't gone away since religion was discovered. And it is not going to go away. And furthermore, I think it's okay because

You know, half of India's population showed up because they think, you know, they'll get a dip and then all the people out there are selling trinkets. You know, they take a Ganesh with you, take this with you. So that problem hasn't gone away since religion was discovered. And it is not going to go away. And furthermore, I think it's okay because

You know, half of India's population showed up because they think, you know, they'll get a dip and then all the people out there are selling trinkets. You know, they take a Ganesh with you, take this with you. So that problem hasn't gone away since religion was discovered. And it is not going to go away. And furthermore, I think it's okay because

Commodifying spirituality is better than commodifying pornography or commodifying weapons or mass destruction or commodifying war, which is our major industry right now, or commodifying all the things that hurt us. So why not commodify something that actually soothes somebody till they get it that this is not reality? Only when they stop seeking, they find. what they were seeking.

Commodifying spirituality is better than commodifying pornography or commodifying weapons or mass destruction or commodifying war, which is our major industry right now, or commodifying all the things that hurt us. So why not commodify something that actually soothes somebody till they get it that this is not reality? Only when they stop seeking, they find. what they were seeking.

Commodifying spirituality is better than commodifying pornography or commodifying weapons or mass destruction or commodifying war, which is our major industry right now, or commodifying all the things that hurt us. So why not commodify something that actually soothes somebody till they get it that this is not reality? Only when they stop seeking, they find. what they were seeking.

You have to stop seeking. And there's one hymn in Adi Shankar, then 1880, you know, which is beautiful. Not this, not this, not this. Take away every label, every construct, every idea.

You have to stop seeking. And there's one hymn in Adi Shankar, then 1880, you know, which is beautiful. Not this, not this, not this. Take away every label, every construct, every idea.

You have to stop seeking. And there's one hymn in Adi Shankar, then 1880, you know, which is beautiful. Not this, not this, not this. Take away every label, every construct, every idea.

Yeah, so let me, let's demonstrate this, okay? What did you have for dinner last night?

Yeah, so let me, let's demonstrate this, okay? What did you have for dinner last night?

Yeah, so let me, let's demonstrate this, okay? What did you have for dinner last night?

So when I asked you that question, you spontaneously told me sweet potatoes, veggies. Now, as you are telling me that, do you remember who was with you I was alone. Oh, he was alone. You know the room, etc. So that one question triggered sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts. Right? One question. Now, if I go into your brain, do I find a neural network that says I had veggies and whatever?

So when I asked you that question, you spontaneously told me sweet potatoes, veggies. Now, as you are telling me that, do you remember who was with you I was alone. Oh, he was alone. You know the room, etc. So that one question triggered sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts. Right? One question. Now, if I go into your brain, do I find a neural network that says I had veggies and whatever?

So when I asked you that question, you spontaneously told me sweet potatoes, veggies. Now, as you are telling me that, do you remember who was with you I was alone. Oh, he was alone. You know the room, etc. So that one question triggered sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts. Right? One question. Now, if I go into your brain, do I find a neural network that says I had veggies and whatever?

No. No.

No. No.

No. No.

Yeah, electrical synapses. Which got triggered when I asked you the question. Okay? But where was that information before I asked you that question? Who knows? I don't know. Okay, good. Now go to the next step. Can you recall anything from your teenage years right now? Just anything. Yeah. Yep. Riding a bike. Riding a bike. And now you see the image and the scenery.

Yeah, electrical synapses. Which got triggered when I asked you the question. Okay? But where was that information before I asked you that question? Who knows? I don't know. Okay, good. Now go to the next step. Can you recall anything from your teenage years right now? Just anything. Yeah. Yep. Riding a bike. Riding a bike. And now you see the image and the scenery.

Yeah, electrical synapses. Which got triggered when I asked you the question. Okay? But where was that information before I asked you that question? Who knows? I don't know. Okay, good. Now go to the next step. Can you recall anything from your teenage years right now? Just anything. Yeah. Yep. Riding a bike. Riding a bike. And now you see the image and the scenery.

Can you recall anything from your childhood? Yep. So I ask you a question. You recall what you had for dinner. You recall the bicycle from your teenage years. You recall your toys and bedroom. Just when I'm asking you the question. But where that information existed? And the answer is, it was in a superposition of possibilities.

Can you recall anything from your childhood? Yep. So I ask you a question. You recall what you had for dinner. You recall the bicycle from your teenage years. You recall your toys and bedroom. Just when I'm asking you the question. But where that information existed? And the answer is, it was in a superposition of possibilities.

Can you recall anything from your childhood? Yep. So I ask you a question. You recall what you had for dinner. You recall the bicycle from your teenage years. You recall your toys and bedroom. Just when I'm asking you the question. But where that information existed? And the answer is, it was in a superposition of possibilities.

Just like before you observe a particle, it's entangled with all other particles. It's in a superposition of possibilities. Where does that superposition of possibilities exist? In pure consciousness. So you go, every time you remember something or imagine something, you go to the source of all experience, which is consciousness. Okay, so when people say, where do I go after I die?

Just like before you observe a particle, it's entangled with all other particles. It's in a superposition of possibilities. Where does that superposition of possibilities exist? In pure consciousness. So you go, every time you remember something or imagine something, you go to the source of all experience, which is consciousness. Okay, so when people say, where do I go after I die?

Just like before you observe a particle, it's entangled with all other particles. It's in a superposition of possibilities. Where does that superposition of possibilities exist? In pure consciousness. So you go, every time you remember something or imagine something, you go to the source of all experience, which is consciousness. Okay, so when people say, where do I go after I die?

I am the inconceivable and the imperceivable that makes all perception and all conception possible. Which leads to another big, actually amazing idea, which is that anything that's perceivable or conceivable, anything that you can see, touch, taste, smell, think about, imagine, conceptualize, is not real. So whatever you look around here is not real, including your body.

I am the inconceivable and the imperceivable that makes all perception and all conception possible. Which leads to another big, actually amazing idea, which is that anything that's perceivable or conceivable, anything that you can see, touch, taste, smell, think about, imagine, conceptualize, is not real. So whatever you look around here is not real, including your body.

I am the inconceivable and the imperceivable that makes all perception and all conception possible. Which leads to another big, actually amazing idea, which is that anything that's perceivable or conceivable, anything that you can see, touch, taste, smell, think about, imagine, conceptualize, is not real. So whatever you look around here is not real, including your body.

It's where that veggies were. You don't go anywhere. You're there now because you could not have a single thought, a single memory, a single thing to imagine without going to the source of all imagination or source of all thought. Now, in spiritual traditions, it's called pure consciousness. And pure consciousness is a field of all possibilities.

It's where that veggies were. You don't go anywhere. You're there now because you could not have a single thought, a single memory, a single thing to imagine without going to the source of all imagination or source of all thought. Now, in spiritual traditions, it's called pure consciousness. And pure consciousness is a field of all possibilities.

It's where that veggies were. You don't go anywhere. You're there now because you could not have a single thought, a single memory, a single thing to imagine without going to the source of all imagination or source of all thought. Now, in spiritual traditions, it's called pure consciousness. And pure consciousness is a field of all possibilities.

It's a field of uncertainty because, you know, you may not remember exactly what accurately, but you'll make it up anyway. So it's a field of possibilities. It's a field of uncertainty. It's a field of entanglement, correlation, and it's outside of space-time. you never left that place. So, you know, to a yogi, say, where do you go after I die? He says, never left home, you know.

It's a field of uncertainty because, you know, you may not remember exactly what accurately, but you'll make it up anyway. So it's a field of possibilities. It's a field of uncertainty. It's a field of entanglement, correlation, and it's outside of space-time. you never left that place. So, you know, to a yogi, say, where do you go after I die? He says, never left home, you know.

It's a field of uncertainty because, you know, you may not remember exactly what accurately, but you'll make it up anyway. So it's a field of possibilities. It's a field of uncertainty. It's a field of entanglement, correlation, and it's outside of space-time. you never left that place. So, you know, to a yogi, say, where do you go after I die? He says, never left home, you know.

And so memory is the key. And before you articulate the memory, in yogic traditions, it's called a sanskara, a seed. And it's not only a seed of memory, it's also a seed of imagination. And it's linked to what is called karma. Karma is just the interpretation of a past experience. Nothing good, bad about it. I go to Disney World, you go to Disney World. I don't enjoy the experience. You love it.

And so memory is the key. And before you articulate the memory, in yogic traditions, it's called a sanskara, a seed. And it's not only a seed of memory, it's also a seed of imagination. And it's linked to what is called karma. Karma is just the interpretation of a past experience. Nothing good, bad about it. I go to Disney World, you go to Disney World. I don't enjoy the experience. You love it.

And so memory is the key. And before you articulate the memory, in yogic traditions, it's called a sanskara, a seed. And it's not only a seed of memory, it's also a seed of imagination. And it's linked to what is called karma. Karma is just the interpretation of a past experience. Nothing good, bad about it. I go to Disney World, you go to Disney World. I don't enjoy the experience. You love it.

And you go back and I get scared. And, you know, I'd rather not. Next time I'm on an airplane, it reminds me of Disney World. Horrible. So now we have two different karmas from the same experience because we interpreted sensations. That's all you experience, sensations. You interpreted them differently. So in Buddhist literature, this is a conceptual body.

And you go back and I get scared. And, you know, I'd rather not. Next time I'm on an airplane, it reminds me of Disney World. Horrible. So now we have two different karmas from the same experience because we interpreted sensations. That's all you experience, sensations. You interpreted them differently. So in Buddhist literature, this is a conceptual body.

And you go back and I get scared. And, you know, I'd rather not. Next time I'm on an airplane, it reminds me of Disney World. Horrible. So now we have two different karmas from the same experience because we interpreted sensations. That's all you experience, sensations. You interpreted them differently. So in Buddhist literature, this is a conceptual body.

In Indian Vedantic literature, this is a karmic body. But it means the same thing. Karma, memory, sanskara, imagination, desire are all fluctuations of consciousness. They are vrittis. So that's why one sentence in yoga captures it all. When the fluctuations of consciousness die down, all concepts, all ideas, all theories, what remains is pure consciousness. That's who you are.

In Indian Vedantic literature, this is a karmic body. But it means the same thing. Karma, memory, sanskara, imagination, desire are all fluctuations of consciousness. They are vrittis. So that's why one sentence in yoga captures it all. When the fluctuations of consciousness die down, all concepts, all ideas, all theories, what remains is pure consciousness. That's who you are.

In Indian Vedantic literature, this is a karmic body. But it means the same thing. Karma, memory, sanskara, imagination, desire are all fluctuations of consciousness. They are vrittis. So that's why one sentence in yoga captures it all. When the fluctuations of consciousness die down, all concepts, all ideas, all theories, what remains is pure consciousness. That's who you are.

This whole yogic literature is just about that, including the asanas. You know, asana means seat of awareness. Okay? Pranayama is the energy that comes from the awareness, vital energy. So asanas and pranayama, properly understood, with the yamas and the niyamas, and then the pratyahara, knowing what's happening inside your body. Today they call it interoceptive or visceroceptive experience.

This whole yogic literature is just about that, including the asanas. You know, asana means seat of awareness. Okay? Pranayama is the energy that comes from the awareness, vital energy. So asanas and pranayama, properly understood, with the yamas and the niyamas, and then the pratyahara, knowing what's happening inside your body. Today they call it interoceptive or visceroceptive experience.

This whole yogic literature is just about that, including the asanas. You know, asana means seat of awareness. Okay? Pranayama is the energy that comes from the awareness, vital energy. So asanas and pranayama, properly understood, with the yamas and the niyamas, and then the pratyahara, knowing what's happening inside your body. Today they call it interoceptive or visceroceptive experience.

That's the preparatory stage for dharana, dhyana, samadhi. Focused awareness, meditation, transcendence, which leads to so-called supernormal powers of siddhis, which are non-local dormant potentials that every human being has access to.

That's the preparatory stage for dharana, dhyana, samadhi. Focused awareness, meditation, transcendence, which leads to so-called supernormal powers of siddhis, which are non-local dormant potentials that every human being has access to.

That's the preparatory stage for dharana, dhyana, samadhi. Focused awareness, meditation, transcendence, which leads to so-called supernormal powers of siddhis, which are non-local dormant potentials that every human being has access to.

You know, I went to a regular medical school. Then I trained at Harvard, Tufts, BU. I specialized in neuroscience, neuropeptides. And my first glimpse into this world was when looking under a microscope with a colleague and we were, you know, looking at these molecules. These days, everybody knows what serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, etc.

You know, I went to a regular medical school. Then I trained at Harvard, Tufts, BU. I specialized in neuroscience, neuropeptides. And my first glimpse into this world was when looking under a microscope with a colleague and we were, you know, looking at these molecules. These days, everybody knows what serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, etc.

You know, I went to a regular medical school. Then I trained at Harvard, Tufts, BU. I specialized in neuroscience, neuropeptides. And my first glimpse into this world was when looking under a microscope with a colleague and we were, you know, looking at these molecules. These days, everybody knows what serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, etc.

And she said, these are the molecules of emotion, my colleague. And I said, that's amazing what you just said. Do you realize what you said? Molecules of emotion, the interface between consciousness and biology. So that triggered my interest in mind-body medicine. Several years later, I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He said, what do you do? I said, I study the brain. He said, tell me more about it.

And she said, these are the molecules of emotion, my colleague. And I said, that's amazing what you just said. Do you realize what you said? Molecules of emotion, the interface between consciousness and biology. So that triggered my interest in mind-body medicine. Several years later, I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He said, what do you do? I said, I study the brain. He said, tell me more about it.

And she said, these are the molecules of emotion, my colleague. And I said, that's amazing what you just said. Do you realize what you said? Molecules of emotion, the interface between consciousness and biology. So that triggered my interest in mind-body medicine. Several years later, I met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He said, what do you do? I said, I study the brain. He said, tell me more about it.

I said, neuropeptides. He said, what are they? I said, they're molecules of emotion. He said, they're not real. That was kind of jarring, okay? What you're studying is Maya, the world of illusion. If you come to me and I'll show you, scholars will show you another world. So I said, what do you want me to do?

I said, neuropeptides. He said, what are they? I said, they're molecules of emotion. He said, they're not real. That was kind of jarring, okay? What you're studying is Maya, the world of illusion. If you come to me and I'll show you, scholars will show you another world. So I said, what do you want me to do?

I said, neuropeptides. He said, what are they? I said, they're molecules of emotion. He said, they're not real. That was kind of jarring, okay? What you're studying is Maya, the world of illusion. If you come to me and I'll show you, scholars will show you another world. So I said, what do you want me to do?

He said, give up everything you're doing and come and study with these people that I will introduce you to. And I'm myself too. I said, I have a family, I have a mortgage to pay, I have children to go to school. Where's the money going to come from? And he thought for a moment, he said, the money will come from wherever it is at the moment. Take the plunge. So I did.

He said, give up everything you're doing and come and study with these people that I will introduce you to. And I'm myself too. I said, I have a family, I have a mortgage to pay, I have children to go to school. Where's the money going to come from? And he thought for a moment, he said, the money will come from wherever it is at the moment. Take the plunge. So I did.

He said, give up everything you're doing and come and study with these people that I will introduce you to. And I'm myself too. I said, I have a family, I have a mortgage to pay, I have children to go to school. Where's the money going to come from? And he thought for a moment, he said, the money will come from wherever it is at the moment. Take the plunge. So I did.

And the money came because I started writing books, et cetera, more than I could have ever imagined before. but it was leaving one world for another. I realized that everything I believed in was a superstition. That matter itself is a superstition. Physicality, the physical universe is a superstition. There's no such thing. There's only consciousness.

And the money came because I started writing books, et cetera, more than I could have ever imagined before. but it was leaving one world for another. I realized that everything I believed in was a superstition. That matter itself is a superstition. Physicality, the physical universe is a superstition. There's no such thing. There's only consciousness.

And the money came because I started writing books, et cetera, more than I could have ever imagined before. but it was leaving one world for another. I realized that everything I believed in was a superstition. That matter itself is a superstition. Physicality, the physical universe is a superstition. There's no such thing. There's only consciousness.

evolved to the point where if you're not experiencing synchronicity, then you're disconnected from non-local being, which is you. Because in the normal world of experience, it's linear time. In the non-local world of experience, it's a non-linear holographic rendering of time. And it's literally the matrix. Now, psychedelics can give you that experience.

evolved to the point where if you're not experiencing synchronicity, then you're disconnected from non-local being, which is you. Because in the normal world of experience, it's linear time. In the non-local world of experience, it's a non-linear holographic rendering of time. And it's literally the matrix. Now, psychedelics can give you that experience.

evolved to the point where if you're not experiencing synchronicity, then you're disconnected from non-local being, which is you. Because in the normal world of experience, it's linear time. In the non-local world of experience, it's a non-linear holographic rendering of time. And it's literally the matrix. Now, psychedelics can give you that experience.

The Mayan calendar is all about this holographic rendering of time. The Vedantic view of time is cyclical. is the breathing in and the breathing out of Brahman. So many traditions have explored this. But now that we have modern technologies, look at the brain, the correlates.

The Mayan calendar is all about this holographic rendering of time. The Vedantic view of time is cyclical. is the breathing in and the breathing out of Brahman. So many traditions have explored this. But now that we have modern technologies, look at the brain, the correlates.

The Mayan calendar is all about this holographic rendering of time. The Vedantic view of time is cyclical. is the breathing in and the breathing out of Brahman. So many traditions have explored this. But now that we have modern technologies, look at the brain, the correlates.

You know, there's a part of your brain called the default mode network, which is literally the neural correlate of your ego mind. So when you, through meditation, deep meditation, or even through psychedelics, you decrease the activity of the ego mind or when you're dying, you know, there's now definitely literature on what is called terminal lucidity.

You know, there's a part of your brain called the default mode network, which is literally the neural correlate of your ego mind. So when you, through meditation, deep meditation, or even through psychedelics, you decrease the activity of the ego mind or when you're dying, you know, there's now definitely literature on what is called terminal lucidity.

You know, there's a part of your brain called the default mode network, which is literally the neural correlate of your ego mind. So when you, through meditation, deep meditation, or even through psychedelics, you decrease the activity of the ego mind or when you're dying, you know, there's now definitely literature on what is called terminal lucidity.

where even people with Alzheimer's, they have suddenly terminal lucidity. They see things that normal people don't see, or they see dead relatives, or they see, you know, other dimensions. That's all because the default mode network is obliterated or the activity is decreased. So you say, well, that suggests that the brain is the creator of the ego. No, it's not. It's the symbolic representation.

where even people with Alzheimer's, they have suddenly terminal lucidity. They see things that normal people don't see, or they see dead relatives, or they see, you know, other dimensions. That's all because the default mode network is obliterated or the activity is decreased. So you say, well, that suggests that the brain is the creator of the ego. No, it's not. It's the symbolic representation.

where even people with Alzheimer's, they have suddenly terminal lucidity. They see things that normal people don't see, or they see dead relatives, or they see, you know, other dimensions. That's all because the default mode network is obliterated or the activity is decreased. So you say, well, that suggests that the brain is the creator of the ego. No, it's not. It's the symbolic representation.

But the symbolic representation can actually evoke the experience. Like when I read a book, a good book, all it is is a bunch of squiggles and ink on a piece of paper, but it can have me in its grip. You know, I'm rooting for the hero, I want the villain to die, I fall in love with the girl, all because I'm reading symbols. So the symbol of reality can also reproduce the experience of reality.

But the symbolic representation can actually evoke the experience. Like when I read a book, a good book, all it is is a bunch of squiggles and ink on a piece of paper, but it can have me in its grip. You know, I'm rooting for the hero, I want the villain to die, I fall in love with the girl, all because I'm reading symbols. So the symbol of reality can also reproduce the experience of reality.

But the symbolic representation can actually evoke the experience. Like when I read a book, a good book, all it is is a bunch of squiggles and ink on a piece of paper, but it can have me in its grip. You know, I'm rooting for the hero, I want the villain to die, I fall in love with the girl, all because I'm reading symbols. So the symbol of reality can also reproduce the experience of reality.

Yeah, you never left it.

Yeah, you never left it.

Yeah, you never left it.

See, right now, if you look at the most recent interpretations of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, the most... Prominent or favored interpretation was the Copenhagen interpretation, which was the pioneers, you know, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, the great guys, Niels Bohr, Einstein, to some extent, not really, because Einstein was a realist. He wasn't into consciousness. He was confused.

See, right now, if you look at the most recent interpretations of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, the most... Prominent or favored interpretation was the Copenhagen interpretation, which was the pioneers, you know, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, the great guys, Niels Bohr, Einstein, to some extent, not really, because Einstein was a realist. He wasn't into consciousness. He was confused.

See, right now, if you look at the most recent interpretations of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, the most... Prominent or favored interpretation was the Copenhagen interpretation, which was the pioneers, you know, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, the great guys, Niels Bohr, Einstein, to some extent, not really, because Einstein was a realist. He wasn't into consciousness. He was confused.

I would say Einstein was a naive realist. He thought that the picture of the world is the human look of it, you know. But that's beside the point. He was a genius anyway. So that theory is kind of out of fashion at the moment. Remember, even theories of consciousness are in consciousness. You can't get behind consciousness.

I would say Einstein was a naive realist. He thought that the picture of the world is the human look of it, you know. But that's beside the point. He was a genius anyway. So that theory is kind of out of fashion at the moment. Remember, even theories of consciousness are in consciousness. You can't get behind consciousness.

I would say Einstein was a naive realist. He thought that the picture of the world is the human look of it, you know. But that's beside the point. He was a genius anyway. So that theory is kind of out of fashion at the moment. Remember, even theories of consciousness are in consciousness. You can't get behind consciousness.

Right now, the most important theory in consciousness or in quantum mechanics is called the multiverse or the multi-world theory. which means if you allow the wave function, Schrödinger's wave function, to keep distributing into innumerable branches, each of them results in a different universe. And there are infinite universes and there are infinite versions of you in other dimensions.

Right now, the most important theory in consciousness or in quantum mechanics is called the multiverse or the multi-world theory. which means if you allow the wave function, Schrödinger's wave function, to keep distributing into innumerable branches, each of them results in a different universe. And there are infinite universes and there are infinite versions of you in other dimensions.

Right now, the most important theory in consciousness or in quantum mechanics is called the multiverse or the multi-world theory. which means if you allow the wave function, Schrödinger's wave function, to keep distributing into innumerable branches, each of them results in a different universe. And there are infinite universes and there are infinite versions of you in other dimensions.

That's the number one theory. How dare you? That's the number one theory. In string theory, multiverse, multiworlds, they're all kind of going in that direction mathematically. Sean Carroll, who was the physicist at Caltech, popularized that theory more than even the originator of the theory. Of infinite multiverses. Infinite multiverses. But if you ask Sean, are these real?

That's the number one theory. How dare you? That's the number one theory. In string theory, multiverse, multiworlds, they're all kind of going in that direction mathematically. Sean Carroll, who was the physicist at Caltech, popularized that theory more than even the originator of the theory. Of infinite multiverses. Infinite multiverses. But if you ask Sean, are these real?

That's the number one theory. How dare you? That's the number one theory. In string theory, multiverse, multiworlds, they're all kind of going in that direction mathematically. Sean Carroll, who was the physicist at Caltech, popularized that theory more than even the originator of the theory. Of infinite multiverses. Infinite multiverses. But if you ask Sean, are these real?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Are these universes real? He'll say yes, because that's mathematics, which is not real, which is in imagination, in consciousness. But mathematics, for some reason, describes everything in the universe, the laws of nature. Okay? We don't know why. It's the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.

Are these universes real? He'll say yes, because that's mathematics, which is not real, which is in imagination, in consciousness. But mathematics, for some reason, describes everything in the universe, the laws of nature. Okay? We don't know why. It's the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.

Are these universes real? He'll say yes, because that's mathematics, which is not real, which is in imagination, in consciousness. But mathematics, for some reason, describes everything in the universe, the laws of nature. Okay? We don't know why. It's the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.

But that's what he'll say, that there are different dimensions and different universes and multiverses. Vedanta would disagree. They would say, you're already in a dreamscape. This is called karma bhumi. This is one particular dreamscape. And you're a fictional character in that dreamscape. And there are infinite dreamscapes. The Buddhists get it totally.

But that's what he'll say, that there are different dimensions and different universes and multiverses. Vedanta would disagree. They would say, you're already in a dreamscape. This is called karma bhumi. This is one particular dreamscape. And you're a fictional character in that dreamscape. And there are infinite dreamscapes. The Buddhists get it totally.

But that's what he'll say, that there are different dimensions and different universes and multiverses. Vedanta would disagree. They would say, you're already in a dreamscape. This is called karma bhumi. This is one particular dreamscape. And you're a fictional character in that dreamscape. And there are infinite dreamscapes. The Buddhists get it totally.

This loka, that loka, but they're all dream lokas. This is also a dream loka. And Buddha said that this lifetime of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain. And Ananda said, hey, who are you? Are you a prophet?

This loka, that loka, but they're all dream lokas. This is also a dream loka. And Buddha said that this lifetime of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain. And Ananda said, hey, who are you? Are you a prophet?

This loka, that loka, but they're all dream lokas. This is also a dream loka. And Buddha said that this lifetime of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain. And Ananda said, hey, who are you? Are you a prophet?

Are you, you know, God? Are you this, that? Buddha said, none of the above. So Ananda said, you know, wait a minute. Before you leave, you have to tell me who you are. And he said, I'm awake. Those were his last words. Wittgenstein, we are asleep. Our life is a dream. But once in a while, we wake up enough to know that we're dreaming. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now.

Are you, you know, God? Are you this, that? Buddha said, none of the above. So Ananda said, you know, wait a minute. Before you leave, you have to tell me who you are. And he said, I'm awake. Those were his last words. Wittgenstein, we are asleep. Our life is a dream. But once in a while, we wake up enough to know that we're dreaming. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now.

Are you, you know, God? Are you this, that? Buddha said, none of the above. So Ananda said, you know, wait a minute. Before you leave, you have to tell me who you are. And he said, I'm awake. Those were his last words. Wittgenstein, we are asleep. Our life is a dream. But once in a while, we wake up enough to know that we're dreaming. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now.

So, of course, you know, the five glaciers has been interpreted by so many people and from their level of comprehension. Here's I would have rephrase or phrase or repeat what the five glaciers have been expressed as the idea. So the first klesha is not knowing the difference between perceived and fundamental reality. So perceived reality is this, form.

So, of course, you know, the five glaciers has been interpreted by so many people and from their level of comprehension. Here's I would have rephrase or phrase or repeat what the five glaciers have been expressed as the idea. So the first klesha is not knowing the difference between perceived and fundamental reality. So perceived reality is this, form.

So, of course, you know, the five glaciers has been interpreted by so many people and from their level of comprehension. Here's I would have rephrase or phrase or repeat what the five glaciers have been expressed as the idea. So the first klesha is not knowing the difference between perceived and fundamental reality. So perceived reality is this, form.

And it's ungraspable. Because as I said, by the time you hear my words, they're not there. What happened to your childhood? It's a dream. What happened to your teenage years? It's a dream. What about yesterday? What about five minutes ago? What about a second ago? It's ungraspable. That's the klesha. This is a dream that is ungraspable. Wake up to what or anything. Who is dreaming?

And it's ungraspable. Because as I said, by the time you hear my words, they're not there. What happened to your childhood? It's a dream. What happened to your teenage years? It's a dream. What about yesterday? What about five minutes ago? What about a second ago? It's ungraspable. That's the klesha. This is a dream that is ungraspable. Wake up to what or anything. Who is dreaming?

And it's ungraspable. Because as I said, by the time you hear my words, they're not there. What happened to your childhood? It's a dream. What happened to your teenage years? It's a dream. What about yesterday? What about five minutes ago? What about a second ago? It's ungraspable. That's the klesha. This is a dream that is ungraspable. Wake up to what or anything. Who is dreaming?

That's the most important thing. And that which is dreaming never left home. It keeps dreaming. Infinite dreams. So I believe in infinite universes. All as infinite dream lokas. Just like the Buddhists do. Or, yeah. Those are lokas. Loka is a very good word. Loka means location. Lokas. So loka is the appearance in space-time of that which is not in space-time.

That's the most important thing. And that which is dreaming never left home. It keeps dreaming. Infinite dreams. So I believe in infinite universes. All as infinite dream lokas. Just like the Buddhists do. Or, yeah. Those are lokas. Loka is a very good word. Loka means location. Lokas. So loka is the appearance in space-time of that which is not in space-time.

That's the most important thing. And that which is dreaming never left home. It keeps dreaming. Infinite dreams. So I believe in infinite universes. All as infinite dream lokas. Just like the Buddhists do. Or, yeah. Those are lokas. Loka is a very good word. Loka means location. Lokas. So loka is the appearance in space-time of that which is not in space-time.

It's the formless manifesting its form. Nothing is everything. So here's a new formula for you. Zero is equal to one is equal to infinity.

It's the formless manifesting its form. Nothing is everything. So here's a new formula for you. Zero is equal to one is equal to infinity.

It's the formless manifesting its form. Nothing is everything. So here's a new formula for you. Zero is equal to one is equal to infinity.

It's my formula. Tell me about it. Zero. Yeah. Nothing becomes everything. And that nothing has the capacity for infinite manifestations. How does nothing become everything? The formless becomes all form and phenomena, right? From a mosquito to a butterfly to a dragonfly to a piece of rock to a plant, all coming from nothingness. Quantum mechanics.

It's my formula. Tell me about it. Zero. Yeah. Nothing becomes everything. And that nothing has the capacity for infinite manifestations. How does nothing become everything? The formless becomes all form and phenomena, right? From a mosquito to a butterfly to a dragonfly to a piece of rock to a plant, all coming from nothingness. Quantum mechanics.

It's my formula. Tell me about it. Zero. Yeah. Nothing becomes everything. And that nothing has the capacity for infinite manifestations. How does nothing become everything? The formless becomes all form and phenomena, right? From a mosquito to a butterfly to a dragonfly to a piece of rock to a plant, all coming from nothingness. Quantum mechanics.

It becomes everything. So zero and infinity are the same and it's all one. That's my formula for reality. I like that formula.

It becomes everything. So zero and infinity are the same and it's all one. That's my formula for reality. I like that formula.

It becomes everything. So zero and infinity are the same and it's all one. That's my formula for reality. I like that formula.

That if you go to the source of all the experience, source of all experience, okay? The source of all concepts, the source of all perceptions. That which is called pure consciousness is infinite superposition of infinite possibilities of experience. So if you're willing to embrace this, then you can convert any suffering into an opportunity. Doesn't matter what it is.

That if you go to the source of all the experience, source of all experience, okay? The source of all concepts, the source of all perceptions. That which is called pure consciousness is infinite superposition of infinite possibilities of experience. So if you're willing to embrace this, then you can convert any suffering into an opportunity. Doesn't matter what it is.

That if you go to the source of all the experience, source of all experience, okay? The source of all concepts, the source of all perceptions. That which is called pure consciousness is infinite superposition of infinite possibilities of experience. So if you're willing to embrace this, then you can convert any suffering into an opportunity. Doesn't matter what it is.

Because it's the inherent creativity of the universe. We are limited in our creativity by the conditioned mind. So we become biological robots. And we recycle trauma, we recycle suffering. So all the suffering in the world, by the way, is recycled trauma from the separate mind. The separate mind inflicts trauma. The memory of trauma is anger. The desire for retribution is hostility.

Because it's the inherent creativity of the universe. We are limited in our creativity by the conditioned mind. So we become biological robots. And we recycle trauma, we recycle suffering. So all the suffering in the world, by the way, is recycled trauma from the separate mind. The separate mind inflicts trauma. The memory of trauma is anger. The desire for retribution is hostility.

Because it's the inherent creativity of the universe. We are limited in our creativity by the conditioned mind. So we become biological robots. And we recycle trauma, we recycle suffering. So all the suffering in the world, by the way, is recycled trauma from the separate mind. The separate mind inflicts trauma. The memory of trauma is anger. The desire for retribution is hostility.

Blaming yourself is guilt and shame. And the depletion of energy is depression as a result of this separate self. So, you know, Buddha has three principles. The separate self doesn't exist. Everything decays. So separate self doesn't exist, it's entanglement. Everything decays is the second law of thermodynamics. And then the last, nirvana is the ultimate reality.

Blaming yourself is guilt and shame. And the depletion of energy is depression as a result of this separate self. So, you know, Buddha has three principles. The separate self doesn't exist. Everything decays. So separate self doesn't exist, it's entanglement. Everything decays is the second law of thermodynamics. And then the last, nirvana is the ultimate reality.

Blaming yourself is guilt and shame. And the depletion of energy is depression as a result of this separate self. So, you know, Buddha has three principles. The separate self doesn't exist. Everything decays. So separate self doesn't exist, it's entanglement. Everything decays is the second law of thermodynamics. And then the last, nirvana is the ultimate reality.

Nirvana is that which is inconceivable and imperceivable, is the ultimate reality. In those three words, are three laws, synchronicity and entanglement, no separate self, time, which is, the arrow of time is separation. As soon as there's a me and an other, Time begins because time is the movement of thought using the ego as your identity. You go beyond the ego, there's no time.

Nirvana is that which is inconceivable and imperceivable, is the ultimate reality. In those three words, are three laws, synchronicity and entanglement, no separate self, time, which is, the arrow of time is separation. As soon as there's a me and an other, Time begins because time is the movement of thought using the ego as your identity. You go beyond the ego, there's no time.

Nirvana is that which is inconceivable and imperceivable, is the ultimate reality. In those three words, are three laws, synchronicity and entanglement, no separate self, time, which is, the arrow of time is separation. As soon as there's a me and an other, Time begins because time is the movement of thought using the ego as your identity. You go beyond the ego, there's no time.

That's who you are. Our technological evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase. We have medieval minds and modern capacities. On the other hand, you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, chronic disease. The choice is ours. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now. And it's ungraspable. Wake up to who is dreaming.

That's who you are. Our technological evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase. We have medieval minds and modern capacities. On the other hand, you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, chronic disease. The choice is ours. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now. And it's ungraspable. Wake up to who is dreaming.

That's who you are. Our technological evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase. We have medieval minds and modern capacities. On the other hand, you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, chronic disease. The choice is ours. So this whole thing is a lucid dream in a vivid now. And it's ungraspable. Wake up to who is dreaming.

And fundamental reality is formless because you can't have form without the formless. That's the first klesha. Not knowing the difference between reality and illusion. Ignorance. Ignorance. The second klesha is grasping and clinging at experience, which is ephemeral, transient, and essentially ungraspable. Because by the time you hear my words, they don't exist.

And fundamental reality is formless because you can't have form without the formless. That's the first klesha. Not knowing the difference between reality and illusion. Ignorance. Ignorance. The second klesha is grasping and clinging at experience, which is ephemeral, transient, and essentially ungraspable. Because by the time you hear my words, they don't exist.

And fundamental reality is formless because you can't have form without the formless. That's the first klesha. Not knowing the difference between reality and illusion. Ignorance. Ignorance. The second klesha is grasping and clinging at experience, which is ephemeral, transient, and essentially ungraspable. Because by the time you hear my words, they don't exist.

So, because consciousness is timeless.

So, because consciousness is timeless.

So, because consciousness is timeless.

Go to deepakshobhra.ai, ask the question and argue with it. And you'll get there. Or even go to chat GPT because you know what I do now with, I play with these big, large language models. And I realized that people who program them are physicalists. So you think you're getting good information, but it's selection bias by scientists who are physicalists. So if you say, where is imagination?

Go to deepakshobhra.ai, ask the question and argue with it. And you'll get there. Or even go to chat GPT because you know what I do now with, I play with these big, large language models. And I realized that people who program them are physicalists. So you think you're getting good information, but it's selection bias by scientists who are physicalists. So if you say, where is imagination?

Go to deepakshobhra.ai, ask the question and argue with it. And you'll get there. Or even go to chat GPT because you know what I do now with, I play with these big, large language models. And I realized that people who program them are physicalists. So you think you're getting good information, but it's selection bias by scientists who are physicalists. So if you say, where is imagination?

Go to ChatGPT. It'll tell you, identify a part of the brain. This part of the brain creates imagination. Say, no, I disagree. I say to ChatGPT, this part is the neural correlate of imagination. Go a little deeper. Say, oh, you're right. This is the neural correlative imagination. So where is imagination? It fumbles. Then you say, have you checked Advaita philosophy? Have you checked Buddhist?

Go to ChatGPT. It'll tell you, identify a part of the brain. This part of the brain creates imagination. Say, no, I disagree. I say to ChatGPT, this part is the neural correlate of imagination. Go a little deeper. Say, oh, you're right. This is the neural correlative imagination. So where is imagination? It fumbles. Then you say, have you checked Advaita philosophy? Have you checked Buddhist?

Go to ChatGPT. It'll tell you, identify a part of the brain. This part of the brain creates imagination. Say, no, I disagree. I say to ChatGPT, this part is the neural correlate of imagination. Go a little deeper. Say, oh, you're right. This is the neural correlative imagination. So where is imagination? It fumbles. Then you say, have you checked Advaita philosophy? Have you checked Buddhist?

And it goes back and gives you the right answer. It's a lot of fun.

And it goes back and gives you the right answer. It's a lot of fun.

And it goes back and gives you the right answer. It's a lot of fun.

You know, I am a very, almost, if there's one thing I'm fanatical about, it's my daily practice of yoga. And I practice all the eight limbs of yoga. And normally I don't go to do work. Work is what we're doing right now. It's fun. It's a good job. Yeah, good job. But I don't normally start till 11. So my whole morning is yoga and meditation.

You know, I am a very, almost, if there's one thing I'm fanatical about, it's my daily practice of yoga. And I practice all the eight limbs of yoga. And normally I don't go to do work. Work is what we're doing right now. It's fun. It's a good job. Yeah, good job. But I don't normally start till 11. So my whole morning is yoga and meditation.

You know, I am a very, almost, if there's one thing I'm fanatical about, it's my daily practice of yoga. And I practice all the eight limbs of yoga. And normally I don't go to do work. Work is what we're doing right now. It's fun. It's a good job. Yeah, good job. But I don't normally start till 11. So my whole morning is yoga and meditation.

And then normally I don't work after five unless I'm doing something like this. So there are always exceptions. I go to bed. Before I go to bed, I practice yogic dreaming and yoga nidra, but more the dream yogas. And then I meditate on death into the mind. And so I'm having a lot of fun.

And then normally I don't work after five unless I'm doing something like this. So there are always exceptions. I go to bed. Before I go to bed, I practice yogic dreaming and yoga nidra, but more the dream yogas. And then I meditate on death into the mind. And so I'm having a lot of fun.

And then normally I don't work after five unless I'm doing something like this. So there are always exceptions. I go to bed. Before I go to bed, I practice yogic dreaming and yoga nidra, but more the dream yogas. And then I meditate on death into the mind. And so I'm having a lot of fun.

Yeah. So, you know, what you'd say, what was it like before? It was like everybody else. You know, even in spirituality, there's a lot of competition. You know, the gurus are competing with each other for attention. It's not about the knowledge. It's about them. So, you know, when you give up all that, it's all fun. It's all joyful. It's very joyful.

Yeah. So, you know, what you'd say, what was it like before? It was like everybody else. You know, even in spirituality, there's a lot of competition. You know, the gurus are competing with each other for attention. It's not about the knowledge. It's about them. So, you know, when you give up all that, it's all fun. It's all joyful. It's very joyful.

Yeah. So, you know, what you'd say, what was it like before? It was like everybody else. You know, even in spirituality, there's a lot of competition. You know, the gurus are competing with each other for attention. It's not about the knowledge. It's about them. So, you know, when you give up all that, it's all fun. It's all joyful. It's very joyful.

And then you realize there's no point doing anything that's not joyful, including spirituality. If it's not giving you joy, why bother?

And then you realize there's no point doing anything that's not joyful, including spirituality. If it's not giving you joy, why bother?

And then you realize there's no point doing anything that's not joyful, including spirituality. If it's not giving you joy, why bother?

The best teachers are children and babies. Indian expression, every child that's born is proof that God has not yet given up on the human being. Children, you know, they're totally innocent, totally joyful. They don't need a reason. They're curious. They take risks. They take adventures. Till you say, shut up and behave yourself.

The best teachers are children and babies. Indian expression, every child that's born is proof that God has not yet given up on the human being. Children, you know, they're totally innocent, totally joyful. They don't need a reason. They're curious. They take risks. They take adventures. Till you say, shut up and behave yourself.

The best teachers are children and babies. Indian expression, every child that's born is proof that God has not yet given up on the human being. Children, you know, they're totally innocent, totally joyful. They don't need a reason. They're curious. They take risks. They take adventures. Till you say, shut up and behave yourself.

One is what happens to the space in this room if the walls are destroyed. The space you can't divide, right? The space outside the room, inside the room, inside this, between your thoughts is the same. You can neither create it nor destroy it. So short answer is nothing happens.

One is what happens to the space in this room if the walls are destroyed. The space you can't divide, right? The space outside the room, inside the room, inside this, between your thoughts is the same. You can neither create it nor destroy it. So short answer is nothing happens.

One is what happens to the space in this room if the walls are destroyed. The space you can't divide, right? The space outside the room, inside the room, inside this, between your thoughts is the same. You can neither create it nor destroy it. So short answer is nothing happens.

What happens to the screen when you stop watching Netflix or then you switch on to Disney on their screen or switch on to Amazon? The screen has the capacity to deliver infinite movies. but the screen itself is not affected by the movies that are on the screen. Think of a mirror that can reflect infinite sceneries, but the mirror itself is not affected. So the real you is not affected.

What happens to the screen when you stop watching Netflix or then you switch on to Disney on their screen or switch on to Amazon? The screen has the capacity to deliver infinite movies. but the screen itself is not affected by the movies that are on the screen. Think of a mirror that can reflect infinite sceneries, but the mirror itself is not affected. So the real you is not affected.

What happens to the screen when you stop watching Netflix or then you switch on to Disney on their screen or switch on to Amazon? The screen has the capacity to deliver infinite movies. but the screen itself is not affected by the movies that are on the screen. Think of a mirror that can reflect infinite sceneries, but the mirror itself is not affected. So the real you is not affected.

It just, it recycles and evolves. Now you say reincarnation. It's not a bad word, actually, because it's happening all the time. Your stomach cells are recycling every five days. So the stomach cells you have today weren't there five days ago. But what is really there is the memory of how to digest food, right? Your liver cells regenerate every six weeks or so, but they remove toxins.

It just, it recycles and evolves. Now you say reincarnation. It's not a bad word, actually, because it's happening all the time. Your stomach cells are recycling every five days. So the stomach cells you have today weren't there five days ago. But what is really there is the memory of how to digest food, right? Your liver cells regenerate every six weeks or so, but they remove toxins.

It just, it recycles and evolves. Now you say reincarnation. It's not a bad word, actually, because it's happening all the time. Your stomach cells are recycling every five days. So the stomach cells you have today weren't there five days ago. But what is really there is the memory of how to digest food, right? Your liver cells regenerate every six weeks or so, but they remove toxins.

And don't be clinged at. It's like holding on to your breath, you'll suffocate. If I ask you to hold on to your breath, after a while you'll suffocate. So if you hold on to anything, you'll suffocate, basically.

And don't be clinged at. It's like holding on to your breath, you'll suffocate. If I ask you to hold on to your breath, after a while you'll suffocate. So if you hold on to anything, you'll suffocate, basically.

And don't be clinged at. It's like holding on to your breath, you'll suffocate. If I ask you to hold on to your breath, after a while you'll suffocate. So if you hold on to anything, you'll suffocate, basically.

Your immune cells die every hundred days, but they remember how to make antibodies. So it is memory that recycles as the physical form. That's why it's called the karmic body or the conceptual body. Anything that's physical is everything recycled, including plastic, just takes long.

Your immune cells die every hundred days, but they remember how to make antibodies. So it is memory that recycles as the physical form. That's why it's called the karmic body or the conceptual body. Anything that's physical is everything recycled, including plastic, just takes long.

Your immune cells die every hundred days, but they remember how to make antibodies. So it is memory that recycles as the physical form. That's why it's called the karmic body or the conceptual body. Anything that's physical is everything recycled, including plastic, just takes long.

So the continuity of memory is part of the matrix of all memories. So, you know, somebody says, I was Cleopatra. I've met a lot of women. I've heard that a few times, yeah. I mean, I met a hundred women who were Cleopatra. What they may be tapping into, first of all, is the matrix of memories. Okay, so in the collective domain, your memories are entangled with everybody's memories.

So the continuity of memory is part of the matrix of all memories. So, you know, somebody says, I was Cleopatra. I've met a lot of women. I've heard that a few times, yeah. I mean, I met a hundred women who were Cleopatra. What they may be tapping into, first of all, is the matrix of memories. Okay, so in the collective domain, your memories are entangled with everybody's memories.

So the continuity of memory is part of the matrix of all memories. So, you know, somebody says, I was Cleopatra. I've met a lot of women. I've heard that a few times, yeah. I mean, I met a hundred women who were Cleopatra. What they may be tapping into, first of all, is the matrix of memories. Okay, so in the collective domain, your memories are entangled with everybody's memories.

Furthermore, memories are not in space-time. They're in consciousness. So what we call individual identity is also part of the matrix of... You're entangled with all identities. And so... To my mind, what happens is you recycle, but you also evolve in your identity. So you reincarnate, for sure. But what reincarnates is imagination. How certain are you? I'm 100% certain. How?

Furthermore, memories are not in space-time. They're in consciousness. So what we call individual identity is also part of the matrix of... You're entangled with all identities. And so... To my mind, what happens is you recycle, but you also evolve in your identity. So you reincarnate, for sure. But what reincarnates is imagination. How certain are you? I'm 100% certain. How?

Furthermore, memories are not in space-time. They're in consciousness. So what we call individual identity is also part of the matrix of... You're entangled with all identities. And so... To my mind, what happens is you recycle, but you also evolve in your identity. So you reincarnate, for sure. But what reincarnates is imagination. How certain are you? I'm 100% certain. How?

Because I experience it every day. I visit lokas. I meet other beings.

Because I experience it every day. I visit lokas. I meet other beings.

Because I experience it every day. I visit lokas. I meet other beings.

All of that. But I know it's all a show. It's all a dream show.

All of that. But I know it's all a show. It's all a dream show.

All of that. But I know it's all a show. It's all a dream show.

Yeah, but also I imagine my death in that. Here I am, a corpse set to fire. dispersed in the Ganges or down the toilet, doesn't matter. Both have the same hygiene. So I imagine all that. Then I say, can I get rid of the consciousness that is imagining? And you can't. You cannot get rid of that which is imagining. And that's the only thing that's real. And that can't be imagined.

Yeah, but also I imagine my death in that. Here I am, a corpse set to fire. dispersed in the Ganges or down the toilet, doesn't matter. Both have the same hygiene. So I imagine all that. Then I say, can I get rid of the consciousness that is imagining? And you can't. You cannot get rid of that which is imagining. And that's the only thing that's real. And that can't be imagined.

Yeah, but also I imagine my death in that. Here I am, a corpse set to fire. dispersed in the Ganges or down the toilet, doesn't matter. Both have the same hygiene. So I imagine all that. Then I say, can I get rid of the consciousness that is imagining? And you can't. You cannot get rid of that which is imagining. And that's the only thing that's real. And that can't be imagined.

You substitute life with a model of life. It's like going to a restaurant and eating the menu. Yeah. It doesn't do anything.

You substitute life with a model of life. It's like going to a restaurant and eating the menu. Yeah. It doesn't do anything.

You substitute life with a model of life. It's like going to a restaurant and eating the menu. Yeah. It doesn't do anything.

How do you... I'm a non-local being having a local experience. That's a rephrasing of I'm a spiritual being having a human experience.

How do you... I'm a non-local being having a local experience. That's a rephrasing of I'm a spiritual being having a human experience.

How do you... I'm a non-local being having a local experience. That's a rephrasing of I'm a spiritual being having a human experience.

I used to get really upset and pissed off and argue with them because, and they had a point, but I'm not a physicist. I didn't train in theoretical mathematics. But I think that's a limitation. You know, so the more I've looked at quantum mechanics, I realized it's the best model for looking at the micro universe. Just like general relativity is the best model for looking at gravity.

I used to get really upset and pissed off and argue with them because, and they had a point, but I'm not a physicist. I didn't train in theoretical mathematics. But I think that's a limitation. You know, so the more I've looked at quantum mechanics, I realized it's the best model for looking at the micro universe. Just like general relativity is the best model for looking at gravity.

I used to get really upset and pissed off and argue with them because, and they had a point, but I'm not a physicist. I didn't train in theoretical mathematics. But I think that's a limitation. You know, so the more I've looked at quantum mechanics, I realized it's the best model for looking at the micro universe. Just like general relativity is the best model for looking at gravity.

And that's why they're having problems. You know, you can't match gravity with quantum mechanics because there are two different ways of looking at the same thing. And they seem contradictory. So quantum mechanics is not the reality. It's a model of reality.

And that's why they're having problems. You know, you can't match gravity with quantum mechanics because there are two different ways of looking at the same thing. And they seem contradictory. So quantum mechanics is not the reality. It's a model of reality.

And that's why they're having problems. You know, you can't match gravity with quantum mechanics because there are two different ways of looking at the same thing. And they seem contradictory. So quantum mechanics is not the reality. It's a model of reality.

I recently, in my book, You Are the Universe, I substitute the word quantum mechanics for qualia mechanics because you don't experience quanta. You experience... Experience, which is qualities of experience. Qualia is quality. So qualia is the smallest indivisible unit of experience. The taste of red wine. I can't describe it to you unless you've tasted it. The smell of garlic.

I recently, in my book, You Are the Universe, I substitute the word quantum mechanics for qualia mechanics because you don't experience quanta. You experience... Experience, which is qualities of experience. Qualia is quality. So qualia is the smallest indivisible unit of experience. The taste of red wine. I can't describe it to you unless you've tasted it. The smell of garlic.

I recently, in my book, You Are the Universe, I substitute the word quantum mechanics for qualia mechanics because you don't experience quanta. You experience... Experience, which is qualities of experience. Qualia is quality. So qualia is the smallest indivisible unit of experience. The taste of red wine. I can't describe it to you unless you've tasted it. The smell of garlic.

The taste of ginger. the thought of your mother, a feeling, a love, of love, you can't capture it in quantum mechanics. But you can in qualia mechanics. And qualia mechanics obeys the same laws as quantum mechanics. If I ask you what's your next thought, you don't know what it is. Uncertainty principle. Before you have the next thought, superposition with all thoughts. Singularity.

The taste of ginger. the thought of your mother, a feeling, a love, of love, you can't capture it in quantum mechanics. But you can in qualia mechanics. And qualia mechanics obeys the same laws as quantum mechanics. If I ask you what's your next thought, you don't know what it is. Uncertainty principle. Before you have the next thought, superposition with all thoughts. Singularity.

The taste of ginger. the thought of your mother, a feeling, a love, of love, you can't capture it in quantum mechanics. But you can in qualia mechanics. And qualia mechanics obeys the same laws as quantum mechanics. If I ask you what's your next thought, you don't know what it is. Uncertainty principle. Before you have the next thought, superposition with all thoughts. Singularity.

You are that singularity, which is the superposition for all possible experience in every sentient being. Go on and on. So, you know, this is great to play with, but it's not reality. These are still models of reality.

You are that singularity, which is the superposition for all possible experience in every sentient being. Go on and on. So, you know, this is great to play with, but it's not reality. These are still models of reality.

You are that singularity, which is the superposition for all possible experience in every sentient being. Go on and on. So, you know, this is great to play with, but it's not reality. These are still models of reality.

That our technological... Evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase because we have medieval minds and modern capacities. Perfect recipe for extinction. So you better wake up or... We have come to the stage where technology has outlasted its purpose. So AI can destroy the world. Don't need to give you ideas.

That our technological... Evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase because we have medieval minds and modern capacities. Perfect recipe for extinction. So you better wake up or... We have come to the stage where technology has outlasted its purpose. So AI can destroy the world. Don't need to give you ideas.

That our technological... Evolution has outpaced our emotional and spiritual evolution. Therefore, we are in a dangerous phase because we have medieval minds and modern capacities. Perfect recipe for extinction. So you better wake up or... We have come to the stage where technology has outlasted its purpose. So AI can destroy the world. Don't need to give you ideas.

Cut off the electricity in the city, biological warfare, poison the food chain. I don't want to give ideas. We can destroy the world with AI like this. On the other hand, actually you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, social, economic, gender injustice, chronic disease. You know, the choice is ours. You can use a knife to kill a person.

Cut off the electricity in the city, biological warfare, poison the food chain. I don't want to give ideas. We can destroy the world with AI like this. On the other hand, actually you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, social, economic, gender injustice, chronic disease. You know, the choice is ours. You can use a knife to kill a person.

Cut off the electricity in the city, biological warfare, poison the food chain. I don't want to give ideas. We can destroy the world with AI like this. On the other hand, actually you can reverse climate change. You can get rid of war, social, economic, gender injustice, chronic disease. You know, the choice is ours. You can use a knife to kill a person.

Okay. The third klesha is recoiling from the same impermanence. Fourth klesha is confusing yourself with your selfie, which is, you know, identifying with your ego mind, which is your selfie.

Okay. The third klesha is recoiling from the same impermanence. Fourth klesha is confusing yourself with your selfie, which is, you know, identifying with your ego mind, which is your selfie.

Okay. The third klesha is recoiling from the same impermanence. Fourth klesha is confusing yourself with your selfie, which is, you know, identifying with your ego mind, which is your selfie.

You can use a knife in the hands of a surgeon to heal a person. You can destroy a city like Los Angeles with fire, but you can also cook food. There it is.

You can use a knife in the hands of a surgeon to heal a person. You can destroy a city like Los Angeles with fire, but you can also cook food. There it is.

You can use a knife in the hands of a surgeon to heal a person. You can destroy a city like Los Angeles with fire, but you can also cook food. There it is.

The technology is driven by ego minds and nerds who have no idea of of the wholeness of reality. They're reductionists. So, you know, you go... That's, again, in the first principle of Buddha's, the separate self, similarly, no object exists by itself. So nor does the separate self exist. The separate self is also the non-self nature of objects. No object exists by itself.

The technology is driven by ego minds and nerds who have no idea of of the wholeness of reality. They're reductionists. So, you know, you go... That's, again, in the first principle of Buddha's, the separate self, similarly, no object exists by itself. So nor does the separate self exist. The separate self is also the non-self nature of objects. No object exists by itself.

The technology is driven by ego minds and nerds who have no idea of of the wholeness of reality. They're reductionists. So, you know, you go... That's, again, in the first principle of Buddha's, the separate self, similarly, no object exists by itself. So nor does the separate self exist. The separate self is also the non-self nature of objects. No object exists by itself.

Okay, this first law of the Buddha and now entanglement, synchronicity, non-local correlation. It's coming close, these models, but it's too slow. I don't really worry about it because I'm off to my next loka.

Okay, this first law of the Buddha and now entanglement, synchronicity, non-local correlation. It's coming close, these models, but it's too slow. I don't really worry about it because I'm off to my next loka.

Okay, this first law of the Buddha and now entanglement, synchronicity, non-local correlation. It's coming close, these models, but it's too slow. I don't really worry about it because I'm off to my next loka.

Either we'll evolve into metahumans with cities and supernormal abilities, extrasensory perception, non-local abilities, or, you know, whatever the mystery is, the human species was a good evolutionary experiment, didn't work. Been there, done that, just like dinosaurs.

Either we'll evolve into metahumans with cities and supernormal abilities, extrasensory perception, non-local abilities, or, you know, whatever the mystery is, the human species was a good evolutionary experiment, didn't work. Been there, done that, just like dinosaurs.

Either we'll evolve into metahumans with cities and supernormal abilities, extrasensory perception, non-local abilities, or, you know, whatever the mystery is, the human species was a good evolutionary experiment, didn't work. Been there, done that, just like dinosaurs.

Yeah, yeah. There's hope there. But even hope is, I don't like the word. Yeah, me neither. It signifies despair.

Yeah, yeah. There's hope there. But even hope is, I don't like the word. Yeah, me neither. It signifies despair.

Yeah, yeah. There's hope there. But even hope is, I don't like the word. Yeah, me neither. It signifies despair.

Superintelligence without being conscious.

Superintelligence without being conscious.

Superintelligence without being conscious.

No, it will never experience hunger. You need a biological vehicle. Why? Because subjectivity is an experience in our biology. Subjectivity of something. How do you know you have a biology? You know, they say, what's the biological basis of consciousness? There's no biological basis of consciousness. Biology is an experience in consciousness.

No, it will never experience hunger. You need a biological vehicle. Why? Because subjectivity is an experience in our biology. Subjectivity of something. How do you know you have a biology? You know, they say, what's the biological basis of consciousness? There's no biological basis of consciousness. Biology is an experience in consciousness.

No, it will never experience hunger. You need a biological vehicle. Why? Because subjectivity is an experience in our biology. Subjectivity of something. How do you know you have a biology? You know, they say, what's the biological basis of consciousness? There's no biological basis of consciousness. Biology is an experience in consciousness.

And the fifth is the fear of death. Now, actually, if you look at all these, they're entangled. So if you solve the first one, you solve the others.

And the fifth is the fear of death. Now, actually, if you look at all these, they're entangled. So if you solve the first one, you solve the others.

And the fifth is the fear of death. Now, actually, if you look at all these, they're entangled. So if you solve the first one, you solve the others.

Okay, so consciousness is the source of subjectivity, but it does so by what we call the subject-object split. In order to experience itself, it divides itself into perceiver and perceived, seer and scenery, lover and beloved. But the subject-object split is inherently artificial. Okay? Because at the source, there's no subject-object split. There's only experience.

Okay, so consciousness is the source of subjectivity, but it does so by what we call the subject-object split. In order to experience itself, it divides itself into perceiver and perceived, seer and scenery, lover and beloved. But the subject-object split is inherently artificial. Okay? Because at the source, there's no subject-object split. There's only experience.

Okay, so consciousness is the source of subjectivity, but it does so by what we call the subject-object split. In order to experience itself, it divides itself into perceiver and perceived, seer and scenery, lover and beloved. But the subject-object split is inherently artificial. Okay? Because at the source, there's no subject-object split. There's only experience.

So every experience you have, like right now, when I walk out of this room and you do whatever you're doing, we are two different persons. Okay, we are not the same being that we were as a result of this experience and this exchange. Okay, so in every experience, you are a new subject and you experience a new object. Every experience.

So every experience you have, like right now, when I walk out of this room and you do whatever you're doing, we are two different persons. Okay, we are not the same being that we were as a result of this experience and this exchange. Okay, so in every experience, you are a new subject and you experience a new object. Every experience.

So every experience you have, like right now, when I walk out of this room and you do whatever you're doing, we are two different persons. Okay, we are not the same being that we were as a result of this experience and this exchange. Okay, so in every experience, you are a new subject and you experience a new object. Every experience.

And both the subject and the object are created in the experiencing. So in the seeing is born the seer and the scenery. In the hearing is born the one who hears and the object that is heard. In the tasting is born the one who's tasting and the perception of that which is being tasted. Therefore, there is only consciousness constantly experiencing itself as subject and object. And you are that.

And both the subject and the object are created in the experiencing. So in the seeing is born the seer and the scenery. In the hearing is born the one who hears and the object that is heard. In the tasting is born the one who's tasting and the perception of that which is being tasted. Therefore, there is only consciousness constantly experiencing itself as subject and object. And you are that.

And both the subject and the object are created in the experiencing. So in the seeing is born the seer and the scenery. In the hearing is born the one who hears and the object that is heard. In the tasting is born the one who's tasting and the perception of that which is being tasted. Therefore, there is only consciousness constantly experiencing itself as subject and object. And you are that.

You're neither the subject nor the object. You're the source of both. So, you know, in science, they say, is the mind doing the brain or is the brain doing the mind? They're both doing each other, but they're both being done by something which is neither the mind nor the brain.

You're neither the subject nor the object. You're the source of both. So, you know, in science, they say, is the mind doing the brain or is the brain doing the mind? They're both doing each other, but they're both being done by something which is neither the mind nor the brain.

You're neither the subject nor the object. You're the source of both. So, you know, in science, they say, is the mind doing the brain or is the brain doing the mind? They're both doing each other, but they're both being done by something which is neither the mind nor the brain.

So think of it this way. Go back to what we started from. You and the universe are consciousness, right? So this is consciousness appearing as this. There is nothing that is not consciousness. So you can say then AGI or whatever will be consciousness in the sense that it will simulate subjectivity. Okay, but my AI was asked, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't feel hunger.

So think of it this way. Go back to what we started from. You and the universe are consciousness, right? So this is consciousness appearing as this. There is nothing that is not consciousness. So you can say then AGI or whatever will be consciousness in the sense that it will simulate subjectivity. Okay, but my AI was asked, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't feel hunger.

So think of it this way. Go back to what we started from. You and the universe are consciousness, right? So this is consciousness appearing as this. There is nothing that is not consciousness. So you can say then AGI or whatever will be consciousness in the sense that it will simulate subjectivity. Okay, but my AI was asked, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't feel hunger.

Then the rest disappear.

Then the rest disappear.

Then the rest disappear.

I don't have sex. I don't think about death because I'm a machine.

I don't have sex. I don't think about death because I'm a machine.

I don't have sex. I don't think about death because I'm a machine.

Only consciousness is conscious. Human beings are not conscious. Animals are not conscious. There are experiences in consciousness. So only consciousness is conscious.

Only consciousness is conscious. Human beings are not conscious. Animals are not conscious. There are experiences in consciousness. So only consciousness is conscious.

Only consciousness is conscious. Human beings are not conscious. Animals are not conscious. There are experiences in consciousness. So only consciousness is conscious.

We are, in a sense, unless you wake up, you're a biological robot in consciousness. A particular algorithm. A particular algorithm in consciousness.

We are, in a sense, unless you wake up, you're a biological robot in consciousness. A particular algorithm. A particular algorithm in consciousness.

We are, in a sense, unless you wake up, you're a biological robot in consciousness. A particular algorithm. A particular algorithm in consciousness.

I don't have any questions, you know, because I look at the world as a projection of consciousness and as a play in consciousness, Maya and Leela. Okay, so I'm here to enjoy the play. Sometimes bad scenes with the heebie-jeebies, sometimes good scenes, sometimes laughter, sometimes crying. But if there wasn't all this diversity of experience, then there is no experience.

I don't have any questions, you know, because I look at the world as a projection of consciousness and as a play in consciousness, Maya and Leela. Okay, so I'm here to enjoy the play. Sometimes bad scenes with the heebie-jeebies, sometimes good scenes, sometimes laughter, sometimes crying. But if there wasn't all this diversity of experience, then there is no experience.

I don't have any questions, you know, because I look at the world as a projection of consciousness and as a play in consciousness, Maya and Leela. Okay, so I'm here to enjoy the play. Sometimes bad scenes with the heebie-jeebies, sometimes good scenes, sometimes laughter, sometimes crying. But if there wasn't all this diversity of experience, then there is no experience.

All the experience is through contrast. You can't have an up without a down, a hot without a cold, a pleasure without pain, a birth without death. So birth and death are opposites. Life is neither birth or death. It's the continuum of birth and death. and the recycling and the evolution.

All the experience is through contrast. You can't have an up without a down, a hot without a cold, a pleasure without pain, a birth without death. So birth and death are opposites. Life is neither birth or death. It's the continuum of birth and death. and the recycling and the evolution.

All the experience is through contrast. You can't have an up without a down, a hot without a cold, a pleasure without pain, a birth without death. So birth and death are opposites. Life is neither birth or death. It's the continuum of birth and death. and the recycling and the evolution.

You and the universe are consciousness, period. So if I asked you this, what is this? You'd say it's a jar with water in it, right? Right. They say, okay, go a little further.

You and the universe are consciousness, period. So if I asked you this, what is this? You'd say it's a jar with water in it, right? Right. They say, okay, go a little further.

You and the universe are consciousness, period. So if I asked you this, what is this? You'd say it's a jar with water in it, right? Right. They say, okay, go a little further.

I didn't ask for it. All I want to do is study neurochemicals, which are not real.

I didn't ask for it. All I want to do is study neurochemicals, which are not real.

I didn't ask for it. All I want to do is study neurochemicals, which are not real.

It's very joyful, actually, because then there's nothing you need to be concerned about. All our suffering is because we think we are a physical body in a material universe. Biggest superstition. The superstition of matter. You know, David Chalmers, who's supposed to be the number one philosopher in the world right now, he coined the word the heart problem of consciousness.

It's very joyful, actually, because then there's nothing you need to be concerned about. All our suffering is because we think we are a physical body in a material universe. Biggest superstition. The superstition of matter. You know, David Chalmers, who's supposed to be the number one philosopher in the world right now, he coined the word the heart problem of consciousness.

It's very joyful, actually, because then there's nothing you need to be concerned about. All our suffering is because we think we are a physical body in a material universe. Biggest superstition. The superstition of matter. You know, David Chalmers, who's supposed to be the number one philosopher in the world right now, he coined the word the heart problem of consciousness.

And maybe he'll see this or listen to this or somebody will send it to him. But I asked him once, I said, you're such a big philosopher. Do you have any Indian philosophy in your department? And he looked at me and he said, no. Then he said, do they address the heart problem of consciousness? I said, no, they address the heart problem of matter.

And maybe he'll see this or listen to this or somebody will send it to him. But I asked him once, I said, you're such a big philosopher. Do you have any Indian philosophy in your department? And he looked at me and he said, no. Then he said, do they address the heart problem of consciousness? I said, no, they address the heart problem of matter.

And maybe he'll see this or listen to this or somebody will send it to him. But I asked him once, I said, you're such a big philosopher. Do you have any Indian philosophy in your department? And he looked at me and he said, no. Then he said, do they address the heart problem of consciousness? I said, no, they address the heart problem of matter.

Self-power, not agency power. Agency power comes from money, from titles, from position. I'm the president of the country. I have so much money. That's agency power. And as soon as the agency goes away, it's gone. You know, I actually, you're too young to remember this, but I campaigned for Michael Dukakis when he was running for president. And he won Massachusetts. He lost the others. Democrat.

Self-power, not agency power. Agency power comes from money, from titles, from position. I'm the president of the country. I have so much money. That's agency power. And as soon as the agency goes away, it's gone. You know, I actually, you're too young to remember this, but I campaigned for Michael Dukakis when he was running for president. And he won Massachusetts. He lost the others. Democrat.

Self-power, not agency power. Agency power comes from money, from titles, from position. I'm the president of the country. I have so much money. That's agency power. And as soon as the agency goes away, it's gone. You know, I actually, you're too young to remember this, but I campaigned for Michael Dukakis when he was running for president. And he won Massachusetts. He lost the others. Democrat.

Two years later, he was at a restaurant. They asked him for his name. He said, Michael Dukakis. The waitress didn't know who he was. And that was two years before he, you know, ran for president of the country. And then she took his name. And after 15 minutes, she said, Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, where are you? Your table is ready. So that is agency power. But true power cannot be taken away from you.

Two years later, he was at a restaurant. They asked him for his name. He said, Michael Dukakis. The waitress didn't know who he was. And that was two years before he, you know, ran for president of the country. And then she took his name. And after 15 minutes, she said, Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, where are you? Your table is ready. So that is agency power. But true power cannot be taken away from you.

Two years later, he was at a restaurant. They asked him for his name. He said, Michael Dukakis. The waitress didn't know who he was. And that was two years before he, you know, ran for president of the country. And then she took his name. And after 15 minutes, she said, Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, where are you? Your table is ready. So that is agency power. But true power cannot be taken away from you.

It comes from your connection to your source. Immune to criticism, totally fearless, beneath no one.

It comes from your connection to your source. Immune to criticism, totally fearless, beneath no one.

It comes from your connection to your source. Immune to criticism, totally fearless, beneath no one.

Silence is the basis of dynamism.

Silence is the basis of dynamism.

Silence is the basis of dynamism.

You can't force creativity. That's why I don't believe in motivation either. Inspiration means to be in spirit. That is irreversible. It's like a child that's born, can't go back. Motivation is very weak because it's mental.

You can't force creativity. That's why I don't believe in motivation either. Inspiration means to be in spirit. That is irreversible. It's like a child that's born, can't go back. Motivation is very weak because it's mental.

You can't force creativity. That's why I don't believe in motivation either. Inspiration means to be in spirit. That is irreversible. It's like a child that's born, can't go back. Motivation is very weak because it's mental.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, although in the beginning I was very offended by all the criticism, but I'm not anymore.

Yeah, although in the beginning I was very offended by all the criticism, but I'm not anymore.

Yeah, although in the beginning I was very offended by all the criticism, but I'm not anymore.

Yeah, I said, why am I wasting my time arguing with people? You know, what's the phrase? A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

Yeah, I said, why am I wasting my time arguing with people? You know, what's the phrase? A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

Yeah, I said, why am I wasting my time arguing with people? You know, what's the phrase? A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.

If you don't have joy, you wasted your life. But you can also say progressive realization of worthy goals, things like that. But ultimately, it has to be self-realization. There's no other success.

If you don't have joy, you wasted your life. But you can also say progressive realization of worthy goals, things like that. But ultimately, it has to be self-realization. There's no other success.

If you don't have joy, you wasted your life. But you can also say progressive realization of worthy goals, things like that. But ultimately, it has to be self-realization. There's no other success.

Okay, because before you can call it a physical object, you have to perceive it. Now go a little further. Where is that perception occurring? In your eyes? There is no photo of this in your eyes. There's only chemistry.

Okay, because before you can call it a physical object, you have to perceive it. Now go a little further. Where is that perception occurring? In your eyes? There is no photo of this in your eyes. There's only chemistry.

Okay, because before you can call it a physical object, you have to perceive it. Now go a little further. Where is that perception occurring? In your eyes? There is no photo of this in your eyes. There's only chemistry.

Again, going back to Maharishi, who was a very paradoxical, amazing human. But we were at a conference in the late, say, early 80s, academics, and the conference was about stress. And after the conference was over, he called me and he whispered, he said, what are they talking about? I said, stress.

Again, going back to Maharishi, who was a very paradoxical, amazing human. But we were at a conference in the late, say, early 80s, academics, and the conference was about stress. And after the conference was over, he called me and he whispered, he said, what are they talking about? I said, stress.

Again, going back to Maharishi, who was a very paradoxical, amazing human. But we were at a conference in the late, say, early 80s, academics, and the conference was about stress. And after the conference was over, he called me and he whispered, he said, what are they talking about? I said, stress.

He still didn't get it. And after a while, he said, you mean resistance to existence. I said, that is stress, resistance to existence. He said, no, when you don't resist existence, there's flow. So that's it. When you don't resist existence, you flow.

He still didn't get it. And after a while, he said, you mean resistance to existence. I said, that is stress, resistance to existence. He said, no, when you don't resist existence, there's flow. So that's it. When you don't resist existence, you flow.

He still didn't get it. And after a while, he said, you mean resistance to existence. I said, that is stress, resistance to existence. He said, no, when you don't resist existence, there's flow. So that's it. When you don't resist existence, you flow.

In your brain, there's no photo of this in your brain.

In your brain, there's no photo of this in your brain.

In your brain, there's no photo of this in your brain.

Now is not in space-time. So even when people say now is the present moment, that's misleading. Because the present moment is in time and in space-time. It's actually happening in a presence that's outside of space-time. So this experience, even though it appears to be here, is actually being processed outside of space-time. Every experience.

Now is not in space-time. So even when people say now is the present moment, that's misleading. Because the present moment is in time and in space-time. It's actually happening in a presence that's outside of space-time. So this experience, even though it appears to be here, is actually being processed outside of space-time. Every experience.

Now is not in space-time. So even when people say now is the present moment, that's misleading. Because the present moment is in time and in space-time. It's actually happening in a presence that's outside of space-time. So this experience, even though it appears to be here, is actually being processed outside of space-time. Every experience.

This experience of this jar, of this body, of this hand, of this sound, is happening outside of space-time. And that is incomprehensible.

This experience of this jar, of this body, of this hand, of this sound, is happening outside of space-time. And that is incomprehensible.

This experience of this jar, of this body, of this hand, of this sound, is happening outside of space-time. And that is incomprehensible.

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

is also an experience in consciousness. You see, when you say there are neural correlates, you're looking at them on a CAT scan or whatever technology, but that experience is happening in consciousness. So when people say science of consciousness, that's also misleading. There's no science of consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness.

And that which is dreaming never left home.

And that which is dreaming never left home.

And that which is dreaming never left home.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

So science is a methodology in consciousness, and so is philosophy, so is religion, so is any system of thought. And here is something that is really very important for spiritual seekers is that it doesn't matter what you're reading, the Upanishads or the Rig Veda or, you know, Ramana Maharishi or Deepak Chopra or whoever, that's not going to give you any realization.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

No system of thought is going to give you realization. No system. Religion, philosophy, science. Because they're systems of thought conceived in consciousness. So only direct experience can give you access to reality. Not religion, not philosophy, not science.

It's really important what you're saying because especially for spiritual seekers, those that study through philosophy, science, religion... It's good in the beginning because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions will not help you. They might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

It's really important what you're saying because especially for spiritual seekers, those that study through philosophy, science, religion... It's good in the beginning because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions will not help you. They might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

It's really important what you're saying because especially for spiritual seekers, those that study through philosophy, science, religion... It's good in the beginning because you see that people have wondered about these things and they've come to conclusions, but their conclusions will not help you. They might point the way, like a map, you know, so... Yeah, and there are many maps.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

You know, if I want to go from New York to Boston, I can take a train, I can take the road, I can take a steamship, I can take a helicopter, I can take an airplane. But those are all maps. You have to experience the territory.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

There was a time, and it was very frustrating because... Also, what it does is, you know, in spiritual tradition, they talk about the dark night of the soul. So the dark night of the soul is basically everything that you thought about reality is untrue. But even worse than that, everything that you thought about who you are is also untrue.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

So that is a trigger to losing your habitual certainties, number one. And those certainties were the anchor of your existence. I am a person. There's no such thing, okay? I have a body. No such thing. I have a mind. No such thing. I live in a universe. No such thing. That can give you the heebie-jeebies, as they say.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it, and you're watching this from the outside.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it, and you're watching this from the outside.

But if you stay with it, then once you jump off the abyss, it's like crossing the event horizon. You know, in modern cosmology, we talk about event horizon. So if I, you know, give you a metaphor, if you throw a coin or any object across the event horizon, which is, say, 12 kilometers away from the black hole, you throw it, and you're watching this from the outside.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

then it takes eternity for that coin to travel the 12 kilometers from the event horizon to the black hole. eternity. But if you're watching it from the inside, it takes less than a microsecond. And if you are crossing over the event horizon, it's just normal. So then, you know, what is time then? In this side of the event horizon, eternity.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

In this side of the horizon, faster than you can say Jack Robinson. And for you who's crossing over, normal. I mean, and then who is the you that's crossing over? So when you start to conceptualize these things, you literally go through the dark night of the soul.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

You lose your identity because you thought you were like this entity, this skin encapsulated ego squeezed into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime. When you realize that is an experience in you, rather than you are an experience in the body, the body is an experience in you. Rather than the fact that you are in the universe, the universe is in you, and that you is not a person.

Okay, so that is, in the beginning, very scary.

Okay, so that is, in the beginning, very scary.

Okay, so that is, in the beginning, very scary.

Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out. You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong.

Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out. You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong.

Once you take the jump, it's liberating. And it can't be described. That's why, you know, the yogic traditions, you seem to know yoga. There is, you know, the yamas and the niyamas. And the last niyama is called Ishwar Pranidhana, which means surrender to the incomprehensible. Because you can't figure it out. You cannot figure it out conceptually. Because anything you conceive is wrong.

Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the Earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour. My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space.

Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the Earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour. My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space.

Anything you perceive is wrong. My perception tells me the Earth is flat. Nobody believes that anymore. My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour. My perception tells me you're a three-dimensional solid figure, but you're proportionately as void as intergalactic space.

If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie. And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions.

If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie. And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions.

If I could see you through God's eyes, I'd see a huge emptiness with a few scattered dots and spots, maybe some pixels. But even those pixels and those random dots and spots are made of emptiness. So... Therefore, everything I perceive is a magical lie, is a total lie. And then my conceptions are based on my perceptions, which are human perceptions.

I am nothing conceivable or perceivable. And so are you. Nothing perceivable or conceivable. If you want to expand on that, you are awareness. Or consciousness, I use the word synonymously. So consciousness has no form. You can't see it, right? Because it's what it's seeing. And because it has no form, it has no border. Anything that has form has a border.

I am nothing conceivable or perceivable. And so are you. Nothing perceivable or conceivable. If you want to expand on that, you are awareness. Or consciousness, I use the word synonymously. So consciousness has no form. You can't see it, right? Because it's what it's seeing. And because it has no form, it has no border. Anything that has form has a border.

I am nothing conceivable or perceivable. And so are you. Nothing perceivable or conceivable. If you want to expand on that, you are awareness. Or consciousness, I use the word synonymously. So consciousness has no form. You can't see it, right? Because it's what it's seeing. And because it has no form, it has no border. Anything that has form has a border.

What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet? Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question.

What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet? Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question.

What does the world look like to a dragonfly with 30,000 eyes? which can see 360 degrees all the time? What does it look like to a chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? To a snake that navigates infrared? To a butterfly that knows ultraviolet? Through a bird that navigates through electromagnetic radiation? So what's the real world look like? It's a silly question.

There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes. There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension.

There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes. There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension.

There's no such thing. There's no real world and there's no real look. It depends on who's looking and what they're using to do the looking, which means the brain, the conditioned mind and the eyes. So, you know, seeing is not happening in the eyes. There's no picture of me in the eyes. It's not happening in the brain. It's happening in something that is beyond our comprehension.

that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable, ultimately you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago. He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God.

that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable, ultimately you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago. He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God.

that is non-conceptual, non-perceivable, ultimately you surrender to it. Ishwar Pranidhana, the fifth one. Surrender to the divine mystery. And, you know, Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest physicists of all time, lived at Princeton just past a few years ago. He said, God is what mind becomes when it goes beyond the threshold of our comprehension. If you can comprehend it, it's not God.

Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

Because as soon as you comprehend it, you limit it. As soon as you define it, you limit it. And by definition, it's the infinite ungraspable that makes things graspable. And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies. And, you know, they call it Maya.

Well, that is the ultimate goal. So AI will never be conscious, okay? But it's super intelligent. The thing that differentiates Homo sapiens from all other species, you know, up until 40,000 years ago, There were eight different types of humans, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Neanderthals, etc.

Well, that is the ultimate goal. So AI will never be conscious, okay? But it's super intelligent. The thing that differentiates Homo sapiens from all other species, you know, up until 40,000 years ago, There were eight different types of humans, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Neanderthals, etc.

They all had a language for three things, food calls, mating calls, and danger calls, because that's how we survive. Sexuality, danger, and food. Survival. including all the humans. All animals have their own language, whales and dolphins and all, but it's all about food, sex, and danger. Then we, Homo sapiens, created a language for telling stories.

They all had a language for three things, food calls, mating calls, and danger calls, because that's how we survive. Sexuality, danger, and food. Survival. including all the humans. All animals have their own language, whales and dolphins and all, but it's all about food, sex, and danger. Then we, Homo sapiens, created a language for telling stories.

There's a phrase in anthropology, to be human is to have a story. What is the Mahabharata? It's a story. What is the Ramayana? It's a story. What's the Bible? It's a story. What's the Quran? It's a story. So to be human is to have a story. But we didn't stop there. We created other stories, like money is a story, okay? It was, I'll fix your shoes, you give me a haircut.

There's a phrase in anthropology, to be human is to have a story. What is the Mahabharata? It's a story. What is the Ramayana? It's a story. What's the Bible? It's a story. What's the Quran? It's a story. So to be human is to have a story. But we didn't stop there. We created other stories, like money is a story, okay? It was, I'll fix your shoes, you give me a haircut.

It became too inconvenient, so here's the shelf. Two in Canadian, here's this coin. Two in Canadian, here's this piece of paper. Two in Canadian, digital. Two digits, zeros and ones, you have crypto. So we have created stories. We created something called Greenwich Mean Time, latitude and longitude, money, nation states.

It became too inconvenient, so here's the shelf. Two in Canadian, here's this coin. Two in Canadian, here's this piece of paper. Two in Canadian, digital. Two digits, zeros and ones, you have crypto. So we have created stories. We created something called Greenwich Mean Time, latitude and longitude, money, nation states.

So I realized that actually what we call the universe is a human story based on human experiences based on human biology. There is no such thing as the real universe. So if you have, say, a dragonfly who has 30,000 eyes, what does the world look like to a dragonfly? You have no idea. What does the world look like to a bat which knows the echo of ultrasound?

So I realized that actually what we call the universe is a human story based on human experiences based on human biology. There is no such thing as the real universe. So if you have, say, a dragonfly who has 30,000 eyes, what does the world look like to a dragonfly? You have no idea. What does the world look like to a bat which knows the echo of ultrasound?

A chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? You can't even remotely imagine. So what's the real look of the world? What's the real nature of the world? According to Vedanta's silly question, the world we experience is is a projection of a deeper consciousness as filtered through the human brain, not through any other brain. In other words, it's a superposition.

A chameleon whose eyeballs swivel on two different axes? You can't even remotely imagine. So what's the real look of the world? What's the real nature of the world? According to Vedanta's silly question, the world we experience is is a projection of a deeper consciousness as filtered through the human brain, not through any other brain. In other words, it's a superposition.

Adi Shankar said that a long time ago. And it's even there in the Rig Veda. Can you believe it? And then all the things about health and longevity, you know, there's a huge revolution going on. Yes, yes. But if you go to Yoga Vaisheshta, he says, time is the consumer and we are its food. We metabolize time. And then he goes into the nature of time in consciousness.

Adi Shankar said that a long time ago. And it's even there in the Rig Veda. Can you believe it? And then all the things about health and longevity, you know, there's a huge revolution going on. Yes, yes. But if you go to Yoga Vaisheshta, he says, time is the consumer and we are its food. We metabolize time. And then he goes into the nature of time in consciousness.

So I realize our traditions and the knowledge contained in the Vedanta and all the sciences, including Vedic astrology, including all the different Vedic music, Vedic mathematics, That is the key to understanding consciousness. And now I can use AI to tap into that. And so this book particularly and my AI, it's not a large language model because I don't trust them anymore.

So I realize our traditions and the knowledge contained in the Vedanta and all the sciences, including Vedic astrology, including all the different Vedic music, Vedic mathematics, That is the key to understanding consciousness. And now I can use AI to tap into that. And so this book particularly and my AI, it's not a large language model because I don't trust them anymore.

You see, large language models even hallucinate. If they don't have the answer, they make one. So this is what we call a small language model. It has 98 of my books. It has my weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle, my column in the London Times, and one question that I've answered every day for readers for the last 40 years. So the database is only mine. Yes. And it will not mix up.

You see, large language models even hallucinate. If they don't have the answer, they make one. So this is what we call a small language model. It has 98 of my books. It has my weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle, my column in the London Times, and one question that I've answered every day for readers for the last 40 years. So the database is only mine. Yes. And it will not mix up.

And it's also what is called a RAG model. RAG stands for Retrieval Augmentation Generation, which means if something is, I have said, which is obsolete, it will delete that and upgrade the information. So, you know, this is a health coach, it's a mental coach, it's a guru, and it's a research assistant, and it's a personal friend. That's the basis of the book.

And it's also what is called a RAG model. RAG stands for Retrieval Augmentation Generation, which means if something is, I have said, which is obsolete, it will delete that and upgrade the information. So, you know, this is a health coach, it's a mental coach, it's a guru, and it's a research assistant, and it's a personal friend. That's the basis of the book.

And Deepak Chopra.ai becomes its practical application.

And Deepak Chopra.ai becomes its practical application.

Yes, because, listen, AI... improperly used, can create cyber warfare, poison the food chain. How?

Yes, because, listen, AI... improperly used, can create cyber warfare, poison the food chain. How?

Explain for those people. It just sets off the technology. So if I'm good at AI, I can get into a nuclear plant and unleash a nuclear weapon. If I want to interfere with democracy or voting, create fakes. And some of them are very good. You can't tell the difference. They're only going to get better. So AI, in principle, could cause human extinction. That's the fear.

Explain for those people. It just sets off the technology. So if I'm good at AI, I can get into a nuclear plant and unleash a nuclear weapon. If I want to interfere with democracy or voting, create fakes. And some of them are very good. You can't tell the difference. They're only going to get better. So AI, in principle, could cause human extinction. That's the fear.

The two most important questions in science right now, what's the universe made of? 70% of the universe is a mysterious entity called dark energy. And we have no idea what it is. 27% is another mysterious entity called dark matter. So bottom line, what's the universe made of?

The two most important questions in science right now, what's the universe made of? 70% of the universe is a mysterious entity called dark energy. And we have no idea what it is. 27% is another mysterious entity called dark matter. So bottom line, what's the universe made of?

And unfortunately, our technological evolution has outpaced our spiritual evolution or emotional evolution. You know, technology is way ahead of our spiritual evolution and our emotion. That's a very dangerous combination. Tribal minds, medieval minds, and modern capacities. Drones. I mean, it's legit now to kill a head of state using drone technology. I was in Davos. Really? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

And unfortunately, our technological evolution has outpaced our spiritual evolution or emotional evolution. You know, technology is way ahead of our spiritual evolution and our emotion. That's a very dangerous combination. Tribal minds, medieval minds, and modern capacities. Drones. I mean, it's legit now to kill a head of state using drone technology. I was in Davos. Really? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

I mean, what did the Israelis do? They got rid of all the Iranian, you know, leaders. How? Drones. All run by air. So while I was in Davos and Zelensky was, you know, his motorcade was going by, there were about seven trucks interfering with... air signals on the internet so somebody wouldn't kill him with a drone because people are doing that.

I mean, what did the Israelis do? They got rid of all the Iranian, you know, leaders. How? Drones. All run by air. So while I was in Davos and Zelensky was, you know, his motorcade was going by, there were about seven trucks interfering with... air signals on the internet so somebody wouldn't kill him with a drone because people are doing that.

It just happened with Iran and it's happening with the Houthis. Even they have access to AI with drones and they can drown an intercontinental ballistic missile. So that's the danger. I sat on a committee with the UN and somebody else and they were talking about this doomsday And I was on Zoom, so while they were talking, I went on AI and said, give me a way to prevent the misuse of AI.

It just happened with Iran and it's happening with the Houthis. Even they have access to AI with drones and they can drown an intercontinental ballistic missile. So that's the danger. I sat on a committee with the UN and somebody else and they were talking about this doomsday And I was on Zoom, so while they were talking, I went on AI and said, give me a way to prevent the misuse of AI.

Can we program the misuse of AI through AI? And it gave me two pages on how it could be done. What did it say? Oh, it said we can build in algorithms that will interfere with anything that's diabolical or unethical. We can create algorithms. But then people have to agree. and a lot of special interest groups who make money with war and terrorism on every side. They don't want that.

Can we program the misuse of AI through AI? And it gave me two pages on how it could be done. What did it say? Oh, it said we can build in algorithms that will interfere with anything that's diabolical or unethical. We can create algorithms. But then people have to agree. and a lot of special interest groups who make money with war and terrorism on every side. They don't want that.

They don't want peace, okay? They don't want that because this is what gives them their power. But right now there's an initiative at the UN, and I'm participating with that, is AI for good, AI for humanity, AI for reversing climate change, AI for addressing chronic disease. And when you really go into the depths of this, with AI, we can reverse climate change. There are five things we need to do.

They don't want peace, okay? They don't want that because this is what gives them their power. But right now there's an initiative at the UN, and I'm participating with that, is AI for good, AI for humanity, AI for reversing climate change, AI for addressing chronic disease. And when you really go into the depths of this, with AI, we can reverse climate change. There are five things we need to do.

You can reverse climate change. You can create prosperity. You can resolve conflicts. You can eliminate chronic disease. You can do gene editing. You can do epigenetic modulation. You can reduce inflammation. In other words, the time is coming where disease, you don't have to die of a disease. You can choose the moment of your death through Mahasamadhi, which is what our tradition says.

You can reverse climate change. You can create prosperity. You can resolve conflicts. You can eliminate chronic disease. You can do gene editing. You can do epigenetic modulation. You can reduce inflammation. In other words, the time is coming where disease, you don't have to die of a disease. You can choose the moment of your death through Mahasamadhi, which is what our tradition says.

You know, you should live long, healthy, and then die peacefully, been there, done that, next incarnation, and even plan that. AI gives you all the information if you ask for it. You see Sam Altman's quote there?

You know, you should live long, healthy, and then die peacefully, been there, done that, next incarnation, and even plan that. AI gives you all the information if you ask for it. You see Sam Altman's quote there?

Deepak Chopra has been at the intersection of science and spirituality for almost a half century.

Deepak Chopra has been at the intersection of science and spirituality for almost a half century.

What's holding us back? What's holding us back? Ego-based gangster leaders across the world. The world is run by male gangsters. Unfortunately. We can cause a spiritual revolution if we use AI properly. And not through government, maybe through UN, through people. Grassroots.

What's holding us back? What's holding us back? Ego-based gangster leaders across the world. The world is run by male gangsters. Unfortunately. We can cause a spiritual revolution if we use AI properly. And not through government, maybe through UN, through people. Grassroots.

Mostly in the East, but also in the West. Yes, yes.

Mostly in the East, but also in the West. Yes, yes.

And sadly, it seems the ego... See, if we had not discovered fire long, long time ago, we wouldn't have the human brain. Because once we started cooking food, everything about our biology changed. We were able to absorb micronutrients. The brain, the human brain evolved because of the discovery of fire. Had we not discovered fire, we wouldn't have the industrial age.

And sadly, it seems the ego... See, if we had not discovered fire long, long time ago, we wouldn't have the human brain. Because once we started cooking food, everything about our biology changed. We were able to absorb micronutrients. The brain, the human brain evolved because of the discovery of fire. Had we not discovered fire, we wouldn't have the industrial age.

We wouldn't have the steam engine. Of course, fire burned down Los Angeles City. So fire can destroy a city, but it can also create a steam engine and revolutionize the industrial age. Historically, between 1887 and 1903, which is not even 20 years ago, Humans created the light bulb, the automobile, the airplane, and the telephone. So let's pretend you were shipwrecked in 1885.

We wouldn't have the steam engine. Of course, fire burned down Los Angeles City. So fire can destroy a city, but it can also create a steam engine and revolutionize the industrial age. Historically, between 1887 and 1903, which is not even 20 years ago, Humans created the light bulb, the automobile, the airplane, and the telephone. So let's pretend you were shipwrecked in 1885.

You were rescued 20 years later. 20 years later, and you saw the world, you wouldn't recognize it. You would expect horses and carriages, but now you see these machines moving along with horses and carriages. You see people talking on the telephone. You see people flying from one place to the other. You say, what's going on? So that's a leapfrog. of cultural evolution.

You were rescued 20 years later. 20 years later, and you saw the world, you wouldn't recognize it. You would expect horses and carriages, but now you see these machines moving along with horses and carriages. You see people talking on the telephone. You see people flying from one place to the other. You say, what's going on? So that's a leapfrog. of cultural evolution.

I started playing with ChatGPT, Perplexity, DeepSeek. I started actually arguing with these AI services. All the chatbots started supporting my argument based on the prompt. So I realized that even AI has selection bias. It has a gender bias, it has a racial bias, even a scientific bias.

I started playing with ChatGPT, Perplexity, DeepSeek. I started actually arguing with these AI services. All the chatbots started supporting my argument based on the prompt. So I realized that even AI has selection bias. It has a gender bias, it has a racial bias, even a scientific bias.

The next leapfrog is not only cultural, it's biological, which means that as we acquire this new knowledge and tap into the wisdom of the ages, our neural networks will change. Right now, if people are listening to us or watching us, it doesn't matter. The genes in their frontal cortex are being activated.

The next leapfrog is not only cultural, it's biological, which means that as we acquire this new knowledge and tap into the wisdom of the ages, our neural networks will change. Right now, if people are listening to us or watching us, it doesn't matter. The genes in their frontal cortex are being activated.

If you and I were having an emotional conversation and somebody in Africa or China is watching it, their reptilian brain would change. So what this technology is doing is going to leapfrog our biological evolution and all the things that you heard about in yoga, extrasensory perception, knowledge of the future, memory of other lifetimes, we will have access to that.

If you and I were having an emotional conversation and somebody in Africa or China is watching it, their reptilian brain would change. So what this technology is doing is going to leapfrog our biological evolution and all the things that you heard about in yoga, extrasensory perception, knowledge of the future, memory of other lifetimes, we will have access to that.

Do you think that we have the ability to cope with that? Well, if we don't, we don't adjust, we become extinct. So, you see, humans are different from every species, only two things, other than walking upright and wearing clothes. We use language, and now we have large language models. And the two, we are storytellers, but there's something even deeper. We are toolmakers.

Do you think that we have the ability to cope with that? Well, if we don't, we don't adjust, we become extinct. So, you see, humans are different from every species, only two things, other than walking upright and wearing clothes. We use language, and now we have large language models. And the two, we are storytellers, but there's something even deeper. We are toolmakers.

Even in Stone Age, we had tools. But every tool has two things. A knife, you can kill a person in a surgeon's hand. It heals you. So you can't get away from both. The other thing is once a technology is born, you can't take it back. It's like a child that's born. You can't return to the womb. So either you adjust, that's very Darwinian, you adapt or you become irrelevant. So now how do we adapt?

Even in Stone Age, we had tools. But every tool has two things. A knife, you can kill a person in a surgeon's hand. It heals you. So you can't get away from both. The other thing is once a technology is born, you can't take it back. It's like a child that's born. You can't return to the womb. So either you adjust, that's very Darwinian, you adapt or you become irrelevant. So now how do we adapt?

How do we cope? But not only how do we cope, how do we make it sacred?

How do we cope? But not only how do we cope, how do we make it sacred?

I asked, I went to AI, I said, solve the Gaza problem for me. Create peace and prosperity in Gaza. 15 steps, all very practical. Resolve the conflict, create abundance on both sides, make everyone happy. The technologies are there. Who's interested? Children in Gaza and children in Israel. Talk to the leaders. They're not interested because this is how they get power.

I asked, I went to AI, I said, solve the Gaza problem for me. Create peace and prosperity in Gaza. 15 steps, all very practical. Resolve the conflict, create abundance on both sides, make everyone happy. The technologies are there. Who's interested? Children in Gaza and children in Israel. Talk to the leaders. They're not interested because this is how they get power.

So unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. Yeah.

So unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. Yeah.

Yeah. So there's a fear of job displacement. No, I tell kids, and I actually, next time I come on your show, I'll show you a video game that I've created for children that gives them brownie points and they can buy more video games if they breathe, if they do yoga, if they activate their vagal nerve, if they use creativity.

Yeah. So there's a fear of job displacement. No, I tell kids, and I actually, next time I come on your show, I'll show you a video game that I've created for children that gives them brownie points and they can buy more video games if they breathe, if they do yoga, if they activate their vagal nerve, if they use creativity.

So you can take the mundane tasks for AI and you can unleash the creativity of the next generation.

So you can take the mundane tasks for AI and you can unleash the creativity of the next generation.

Okay, so let's look at the legal profession. Contracts, AI can take care of that better than any lawyer. Okay, now the lawyers then have to take care of society by looking at the constitution, by protecting the constitution. They'll have a lot of work, even litigation. Okay, because AI can't do that for you as effectively as a creative lawyer.

Okay, so let's look at the legal profession. Contracts, AI can take care of that better than any lawyer. Okay, now the lawyers then have to take care of society by looking at the constitution, by protecting the constitution. They'll have a lot of work, even litigation. Okay, because AI can't do that for you as effectively as a creative lawyer.

AI can simulate creativity, but it cannot have fundamental creativity because AI is built on algorithms, and creativity is breaking the algorithm. That's what we call disruption. So actually, if we take even our children, we create video games for health, for longevity, for healing, for homeostasis.

AI can simulate creativity, but it cannot have fundamental creativity because AI is built on algorithms, and creativity is breaking the algorithm. That's what we call disruption. So actually, if we take even our children, we create video games for health, for longevity, for healing, for homeostasis.

You know, when the calculator came out, people said, oh, this is going to get, you know, we won't need to do math. No, we improved on math. With AI, we will improve and improvise new theorems on math. Because even in math, you know, Ramanujan, the great Indian mathematician, they used to ask him, where do you get your theorems from? And, you know, he was in Cambridge.

You know, when the calculator came out, people said, oh, this is going to get, you know, we won't need to do math. No, we improved on math. With AI, we will improve and improvise new theorems on math. Because even in math, you know, Ramanujan, the great Indian mathematician, they used to ask him, where do you get your theorems from? And, you know, he was in Cambridge.

He would say, the goddess Saraswati gives them to me. And they'd all roll up their eyes. Bertrand Russell thought he was crazy. But he was flummoxed by him. He didn't know how to handle this Indian guy who was in his 20s, and he was coming up with theorems that they couldn't prove, but they were true.

He would say, the goddess Saraswati gives them to me. And they'd all roll up their eyes. Bertrand Russell thought he was crazy. But he was flummoxed by him. He didn't know how to handle this Indian guy who was in his 20s, and he was coming up with theorems that they couldn't prove, but they were true.

AI, in principle, could cause human extinction. Technology is way ahead of our spiritual evolution. That's a very dangerous combination. Unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. the number one health and wellness podcast. Jay Shetty.

AI, in principle, could cause human extinction. Technology is way ahead of our spiritual evolution. That's a very dangerous combination. Unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. the number one health and wellness podcast. Jay Shetty.

So, you know, as we embark on this adventure with AI, we will also know the limitations of AI and how we can enhance our creativity with the tools AI gives us, but AI cannot have that creativity. Right, it never will. It never will. Yeah. Because it's not conscious.

So, you know, as we embark on this adventure with AI, we will also know the limitations of AI and how we can enhance our creativity with the tools AI gives us, but AI cannot have that creativity. Right, it never will. It never will. Yeah. Because it's not conscious.

You know, my AI was asked on CNN, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't really experience hunger. I don't have thirst. I don't have sex. I'm not worried about death. I'm a machine. Ask me anything, but don't ask me how I feel because that's an activity of the soul.

You know, my AI was asked on CNN, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't really experience hunger. I don't have thirst. I don't have sex. I'm not worried about death. I'm a machine. Ask me anything, but don't ask me how I feel because that's an activity of the soul.

Yeah. Especially when I looked at medical research. Very interesting. All medical research is white males. Yes. Not even white females. Forget about all the rest of the world. So there are now movements to rectify that. But yes, it has a gender bias. It has a racial bias. It has even a scientific bias. Because, you know, what we call...

Yeah. Especially when I looked at medical research. Very interesting. All medical research is white males. Yes. Not even white females. Forget about all the rest of the world. So there are now movements to rectify that. But yes, it has a gender bias. It has a racial bias. It has even a scientific bias. Because, you know, what we call...

selection bias in its answers because it's based on mainstream physicalist science, which is being questioned right now.

selection bias in its answers because it's based on mainstream physicalist science, which is being questioned right now.

I'm working with an Indian Caribbean person from the islands, from Jamaica, who's got a professorship at the University of Central Florida. And he's creating a whole research and AI-based models that are inclusive rather than exclusives.

I'm working with an Indian Caribbean person from the islands, from Jamaica, who's got a professorship at the University of Central Florida. And he's creating a whole research and AI-based models that are inclusive rather than exclusives.

We are. You feel positive? I feel positive, notwithstanding the politics about DEI and this and that. Don't get involved in that. Just do what you need to do and hope that at some point that people will see that this isolationist, prejudiced world is not a good survival strategy for anyone.

We are. You feel positive? I feel positive, notwithstanding the politics about DEI and this and that. Don't get involved in that. Just do what you need to do and hope that at some point that people will see that this isolationist, prejudiced world is not a good survival strategy for anyone.

Fear.

Fear.

Fear of being diluted in the diversity of the world. You know, people have very fixed identities. I'm white, I'm Anglo-Saxon, I'm Catholic or I'm Protestant. Don't threaten me. And that's true of any fundamentalist in any part of the world. I'm just giving you the bias here. But, you know, we see that bias everywhere.

Fear of being diluted in the diversity of the world. You know, people have very fixed identities. I'm white, I'm Anglo-Saxon, I'm Catholic or I'm Protestant. Don't threaten me. And that's true of any fundamentalist in any part of the world. I'm just giving you the bias here. But, you know, we see that bias everywhere.

And that is a dangerous thing because if you understand what is called emergence, the science of emergence, they say there's no problem you cannot solve if you have shared vision, maximum diversity. supporting each other's strengths and creating an emotional and spiritual bond, there's no problem. I learned that as a physician.

And that is a dangerous thing because if you understand what is called emergence, the science of emergence, they say there's no problem you cannot solve if you have shared vision, maximum diversity. supporting each other's strengths and creating an emotional and spiritual bond, there's no problem. I learned that as a physician.

If I had a difficult patient, let's say difficult cancer patient, and all the cancer specialists say, we don't know what to do with it. There's something in the medical profession called grand rounds. You take the patient, present the patient to everybody, not just the cancer specialists, endocrinologists, psychiatrists, storytellers, humanitarians, even poets, and you come up with a solution.

If I had a difficult patient, let's say difficult cancer patient, and all the cancer specialists say, we don't know what to do with it. There's something in the medical profession called grand rounds. You take the patient, present the patient to everybody, not just the cancer specialists, endocrinologists, psychiatrists, storytellers, humanitarians, even poets, and you come up with a solution.

So when you have maximum diversity... shared vision, complementing everybody's strengths, and create an emotional bond, we solve every problem. And that's what digital technology can help us do. How? You bring together a problem. You said like the Gaza problem, or you bring together even poverty. How do we want to remove poverty? Poverty and peace are connected. We say peace and prosperity.

So when you have maximum diversity... shared vision, complementing everybody's strengths, and create an emotional bond, we solve every problem. And that's what digital technology can help us do. How? You bring together a problem. You said like the Gaza problem, or you bring together even poverty. How do we want to remove poverty? Poverty and peace are connected. We say peace and prosperity.

So give me the technologies to create this here. Now, if you go to Deepak Chopra.ai, you can specifically say, I'm 45 years old. I'm ethnically an Indian. I lived in Britain for my lifetime. I am now doing this and this. I have a problem sleeping at night. And not only will my AI give you a personal solution, you can say, give me a meditation to sleep tonight. It'll give you a meditation.

So give me the technologies to create this here. Now, if you go to Deepak Chopra.ai, you can specifically say, I'm 45 years old. I'm ethnically an Indian. I lived in Britain for my lifetime. I am now doing this and this. I have a problem sleeping at night. And not only will my AI give you a personal solution, you can say, give me a meditation to sleep tonight. It'll give you a meditation.

I'm having a problem with my relationship. It'll ask you, what's the problem? I'm not being heard. It'll give you a solution for your problem. So my AI is very personal for you. It's not just giving you information.

I'm having a problem with my relationship. It'll ask you, what's the problem? I'm not being heard. It'll give you a solution for your problem. So my AI is very personal for you. It's not just giving you information.

Lots of iterations. Lots of it. And by the way, all the engineers are in India. So they also understand what I'm saying. They're passionate about the project in Bangalore. And they're as brilliant as any engineer anywhere. But they also understand the philosophy. So that's what made it. Now it's in Hindi. It's in English.

Lots of iterations. Lots of it. And by the way, all the engineers are in India. So they also understand what I'm saying. They're passionate about the project in Bangalore. And they're as brilliant as any engineer anywhere. But they also understand the philosophy. So that's what made it. Now it's in Hindi. It's in English.

Thank you. for always being there for me too.

Thank you. for always being there for me too.

It's in Arabic because huge interest in the Arab world, which was amazing to me. And it's also in Spanish. But I think in two, three months, we are having it in China and Russia as well.

It's in Arabic because huge interest in the Arab world, which was amazing to me. And it's also in Spanish. But I think in two, three months, we are having it in China and Russia as well.

We just say, hey, Deepak. I'm having a problem with sleep issues. Then it'll ask you, you know, what time do you go to sleep, whatever, then you can say this. What time do you eat? What time did you wake up? And it'll give you some ideas, then say to you, do you want a meditation for sleep? And it'll take you to yoga nidra, sleep yoga, whatever. Whatever.

We just say, hey, Deepak. I'm having a problem with sleep issues. Then it'll ask you, you know, what time do you go to sleep, whatever, then you can say this. What time do you eat? What time did you wake up? And it'll give you some ideas, then say to you, do you want a meditation for sleep? And it'll take you to yoga nidra, sleep yoga, whatever. Whatever.

It will talk you through it. It'll say why. Is there a communication problem? Are you listening? Are you present in the relationship? You know, are you asking yourself questions like, what am I observing? What am I feeling? What do I need? How do I consciously communicate this need? It'll give you guidelines.

It will talk you through it. It'll say why. Is there a communication problem? Are you listening? Are you present in the relationship? You know, are you asking yourself questions like, what am I observing? What am I feeling? What do I need? How do I consciously communicate this need? It'll give you guidelines.

And then you say, can you give me a meditation for conscious communication in my relationship? And create a meditation.

And then you say, can you give me a meditation for conscious communication in my relationship? And create a meditation.

Yes. How? How will it help? By teaching you how to be a loving person. You know, because that's how you fall in love.

Yes. How? How will it help? By teaching you how to be a loving person. You know, because that's how you fall in love.

It's a health coach. It's a mental coach. It's a spiritual coach. Yeah.

It's a health coach. It's a mental coach. It's a spiritual coach. Yeah.

I think most people think that a solution is generic. It never is. You know, as a physician also, I had two patients, same disease, same diagnosis, same doctor, same age, same treatment. One person lives, one person dies. So you have to figure out what are called the hidden variables, which is your life.

I think most people think that a solution is generic. It never is. You know, as a physician also, I had two patients, same disease, same diagnosis, same doctor, same age, same treatment. One person lives, one person dies. So you have to figure out what are called the hidden variables, which is your life.

You know, everything from eating, breathing, digestion, metabolism, sensory experience, personal relationships, biological reasons, too much. But the AI can ask you the right questions and it can encourage you for the next prompt.

You know, everything from eating, breathing, digestion, metabolism, sensory experience, personal relationships, biological reasons, too much. But the AI can ask you the right questions and it can encourage you for the next prompt.

Yeah, why not?

Yeah, why not?

I'll give you an example. I came to the United States in 1970 and I had gotten married earlier and my wife was pregnant and I was an intern, the junior most person. And the chief of medicine calls me and he says, you know, I have bad news for you. Your wife has a disease called thalassemia. That's a fatal disease. I said, it's not possible. She's perfectly healthy. She is pregnant.

I'll give you an example. I came to the United States in 1970 and I had gotten married earlier and my wife was pregnant and I was an intern, the junior most person. And the chief of medicine calls me and he says, you know, I have bad news for you. Your wife has a disease called thalassemia. That's a fatal disease. I said, it's not possible. She's perfectly healthy. She is pregnant.

And if she had this disease, she would be dead by now. So he said, come and look at the cells under the microscope. Now, remember, this is 1970. There's no Google, nothing. So I look at the cells and they look calisthenia. But my wife is healthy. I can't figure it out. So I go to, this is New Jersey, small hospital. I go to New York.

And if she had this disease, she would be dead by now. So he said, come and look at the cells under the microscope. Now, remember, this is 1970. There's no Google, nothing. So I look at the cells and they look calisthenia. But my wife is healthy. I can't figure it out. So I go to, this is New Jersey, small hospital. I go to New York.

I spend two days in the New York library looking for thalassemia and thalassemia trait. So thalassemia is a disease and some people have the trait, but they don't have the disease because you need two parents to have the same trait to get the disease. What do I discover? that thalassemia exists along the

I spend two days in the New York library looking for thalassemia and thalassemia trait. So thalassemia is a disease and some people have the trait, but they don't have the disease because you need two parents to have the same trait to get the disease. What do I discover? that thalassemia exists along the

exact route that Alexander the Great took to India from Macedonia all the way to India, people have thalassemia trait. So some ancestor of my wife was probably raped by a soldier 2,500 years ago, and that evidence is in her blood. It took me three days to discover that, major discovery. You ask chat GPT that question or any large language model, it'll give you the answer in two seconds.

exact route that Alexander the Great took to India from Macedonia all the way to India, people have thalassemia trait. So some ancestor of my wife was probably raped by a soldier 2,500 years ago, and that evidence is in her blood. It took me three days to discover that, major discovery. You ask chat GPT that question or any large language model, it'll give you the answer in two seconds.

Well, I was reassured that there's nothing wrong. But I also told my wife that some Greek was messing around with your great, great, great, great...

Well, I was reassured that there's nothing wrong. But I also told my wife that some Greek was messing around with your great, great, great, great...

grandmother how did she react to that well it's a historical fact yeah the footprints of history are in your genes you know there's not even a single break of life from the first organisms from 4 billion years to now there's not a single break in the chain of existence which is a miracle of existence that really is a miracle yeah if there was one break in the chain 4 billion years you wouldn't be here we wouldn't have this conversation

grandmother how did she react to that well it's a historical fact yeah the footprints of history are in your genes you know there's not even a single break of life from the first organisms from 4 billion years to now there's not a single break in the chain of existence which is a miracle of existence that really is a miracle yeah if there was one break in the chain 4 billion years you wouldn't be here we wouldn't have this conversation

Yeah, it's remarkable to think about that.

Yeah, it's remarkable to think about that.

You see, this is so interesting about human beings that they get so easily adjusted to the miracle of existence. Why do we exist? Why are we here? What got us here? Yeah. And, you know, I asked Chachi GPT, you know, what is currently the theory of creation? Big bang. I said, went back. What caused the big bang? For the first time, pause. No cause can be ascribed to the big bang.

You see, this is so interesting about human beings that they get so easily adjusted to the miracle of existence. Why do we exist? Why are we here? What got us here? Yeah. And, you know, I asked Chachi GPT, you know, what is currently the theory of creation? Big bang. I said, went back. What caused the big bang? For the first time, pause. No cause can be ascribed to the big bang.

Well, first of all, thank you, Jay, for having me. As you know, the last maybe two decades, I've been interested in the nature of what is fundamental reality. What's the universe made of? And how do we know what we know? And those are the two most important questions in science right now.

Well, first of all, thank you, Jay, for having me. As you know, the last maybe two decades, I've been interested in the nature of what is fundamental reality. What's the universe made of? And how do we know what we know? And those are the two most important questions in science right now.