Deepak Chopra
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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.
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.