I am 30 and my wife is 29. We got married 6 years back and for first 4 years we didn’t have any child. Praying to God for a baby and medical treatment got us a baby 2 years back. We started to believe in God and became religious minded. God gave us a special needs child who is also sick a lot. We are doing our best for his treatment, my wife even shifted to Mumbai to get better treatment. Baby is improving. Sometimes I think that God is harsh on us to give us a special needs child, sometimes I think that God is kind on us so that we can at least afford to give best treatment available to the child in India. It has left me all confused why this happened, is God good and kind on us or is He just testing us, making us stronger for something worse to come. I get this mixed emotions about God all the time, please help me.
Rock & Roll Jihad: Deepak Chopra and Jim Buck
While we may not see it easily, the world is in a constant and irreversible state of change—sometimes seemingly for the better, sometimes seemingly for the worse. This is also true in the relationship between east and west. While news of new Taliban suicide bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan may not seem like the situation is changing for the better, it is on the sidelines. By “sidelines” we mean cross-cultural exchanges and explorations in areas of music and the other arts where the people—and not their governments—come together. Evidence of this change exists in our friend Salman Ahmad, a Pakistan-born Sufi Muslim rock star, who has sold more than 30 million albums with his band Junoon, which the New York Times called, “the U2 of South Asia”. Although Junoon’s line-up has changed, Salman continues to tour with his new band mates. In mid-January, Salman released his autobiography, Rock & Roll Jihad, published by Simon and Schuster, a well-written and enjoyable book which I, Deepak, had the pleasure and privilege to write the back cover notes for. (more…)
Daily Inspiration
In moments of silence, realize that you are re-contacting your source of pure awareness. -Deepak Chopra
Normalcy of Being Gay
Is being Gay normal? Or it is a kind of mind miscue? Is this trait related to person’s last life or his childhood memorabilia & parents or others behaviors in those ages? Please answer me, I really need your answer.
Enlightenment and Rebirth
My question is about the Astral and Causal planes. Some people believe that when you die you automatically become enlightened – or should I say you are back to being pure consciousness immediately after death, until reincarnation. Others believe that just because you die, doesn’t mean to say you have become awakened – they believe you go to the Astral plane where you gain more understanding of your last life, and stay there until your next incarnation into the physical. They believe that if you don’t awaken during your Earth lives (however many you get) then you have to go through all your Astral life times, and if you don’t fully awaken during those lives, then it’s on to the Casual lives where finally you achieve enlightenment… Or if you do achieve it here in the physical, then you can bypass all the other planes/dimensions of existence and live as your essential nature – be pure consciousness. So my question is even if we don’t awaken during this life does death awaken us, and we remain awake until our next life, or are there other levels of existence before enlightenment and after the physical? – assuming you remain unenlightened during your physical life times and can’t see the illusion of time and space?