Deepak Chopra

Fighting is a medieval mind.

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.