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Deepak Chopra

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Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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?

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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?

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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?

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.

Know Thyself
E141 - Deepak Chopra: Mind, Memory & The Multiverse: What is Reality?

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.