Least Effort and Acceptance

The spiritual law I struggle with the most is “least effort”.  The issue for me is accepting the situation as it is when I see another person manipulating the situation to his or her own self interest.   Also, when someone is doing harm to another…..how can I accept this situation as it is?  My instinct is speak up against it or take action to stop the harm.  Unless I’m mis-understanding the law, I feel a disconnect in my heart on this one.

Spiritual Solutions #11: Outer and Inner Worlds

By Deepak Chopra and Annie Bond

There is no difference between what is happening in your inner world and what is happening in your outer world. The outer world is just a reflection of your inner world. The world is a mirror of your mind, and your mind is a mirror of the world. But you are neither your mind nor the world; you are the creator of both. Even that idea is only a partial truth because there are no inner and outer worlds. There is only the self-interaction of the one Being, infinite consciousness.

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Daily Inspiration

You are here for a reason. Don’t struggle to find out why you are here. Just look closer and enjoy the journey. -Deepak Chopra

Meditation Practices

I´ve been practicing the So-Ham-Meditation you recommended in your book “The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires” for quite a while and really have reaped some remarkable benefits from it, even though I only meditate once a day and only from Monday to Friday. I feel more centered in my everyday activities, experience more intuitive insights and synchronicities.

I realized lately in your current videos that now you tend to recommend the I-Am-Mantra. Is there a specific reason to that? I also read from other spiritual teachers, that the actual mantra of the breath is Ham-Sa. And there´s also Primordial Sound Meditation, where the Mantra is chosen very individually according to date, time and place of birth.

So I´m wondering, if there is something I should change in my meditation practice (aside from the fact that I should do it twice every day), which would make it even more effective. Are there really that much differences between the different mantras (there are a lot of them!) and should one stick to only one mantra for an extended period of time?

Evolution and Free Will

If we are all saints in the making, and God’s magnetic force pulls us toward him sooner or later,what happens to the freedom of choice? Sartre said: “Man is freedom”. If we choose not to be close to God, do you believe he would pull us toward him against our will?