Deepak Chopra
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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?