Deepak Chopra
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So when the education system doesn't... That education which used to be in the Indian ashrams in the old age, you know, where students would go and be under a spiritual guide or a teacher, it's missing.
So when the education system doesn't... That education which used to be in the Indian ashrams in the old age, you know, where students would go and be under a spiritual guide or a teacher, it's missing.
And there are no answers. There are only questions.
And there are no answers. There are only questions.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We have to teach people to ask questions, you know. And we have to teach them how to live the questions. But then life provides the answers, not a textbook. Life provides the answers. You know, as you were speaking, I was thinking, just I don't know why it came to me right now. Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, I am the field and I am the knower of the field.
We have to teach people to ask questions, you know. And we have to teach them how to live the questions. But then life provides the answers, not a textbook. Life provides the answers. You know, as you were speaking, I was thinking, just I don't know why it came to me right now. Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, I am the field and I am the knower of the field.
The field is kshetra, kshetra, tragya. Yeah. And then the nor of the field, the field is awareness, and it modulates itself as mind, intellect, ego, the five senses, the five motor organs, the five tanmatras, and the vital energy, and the universe. I was thinking that one chapter has the key to reality.
The field is kshetra, kshetra, tragya. Yeah. And then the nor of the field, the field is awareness, and it modulates itself as mind, intellect, ego, the five senses, the five motor organs, the five tanmatras, and the vital energy, and the universe. I was thinking that one chapter has the key to reality.
Now these biosensors, which I'm wearing, they are actually extending my knowledge of self-awareness. But my body already knows, you know, if I'm doing something that I shouldn't be doing, I feel pain over here. If I eat the wrong food, I get indigestion. If I don't sleep at night, I'm messed up the next day. So my body is already the field of awareness. And it's a biosensor. It's a biomotor.
Now these biosensors, which I'm wearing, they are actually extending my knowledge of self-awareness. But my body already knows, you know, if I'm doing something that I shouldn't be doing, I feel pain over here. If I eat the wrong food, I get indigestion. If I don't sleep at night, I'm messed up the next day. So my body is already the field of awareness. And it's a biosensor. It's a biomotor.
And it's a biocomputer. The biocomputer is consciousness. The biomotor is the five motor organs. The biosensor is the five senses. Now with this technology, I can extend it. I'm also wearing a BCG with blood sugar monitoring. Not that I have diabetes, but I can relate my metabolism to all this now.
And it's a biocomputer. The biocomputer is consciousness. The biomotor is the five motor organs. The biosensor is the five senses. Now with this technology, I can extend it. I'm also wearing a BCG with blood sugar monitoring. Not that I have diabetes, but I can relate my metabolism to all this now.
and intervene right there through a video game or through visual or through an auditory experience or through some visual experience. I can do that. So actually, in the future, I'm really serious about this. And I met the R&D chiefs of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. So you guys, if you don't get into digi-suiticals, meta-suiticals, immersive experiences, you'll be left behind.
and intervene right there through a video game or through visual or through an auditory experience or through some visual experience. I can do that. So actually, in the future, I'm really serious about this. And I met the R&D chiefs of the biggest pharmaceutical companies. So you guys, if you don't get into digi-suiticals, meta-suiticals, immersive experiences, you'll be left behind.
And some of these biggest pharmaceutical companies, now they have thousands of scientists looking at these new technologies.
And some of these biggest pharmaceutical companies, now they have thousands of scientists looking at these new technologies.
I mean, how old are you again, Deepak, you said? 78 plus.
I mean, how old are you again, Deepak, you said? 78 plus.