Detoxify Your Holiday, Detoxify Your Life!

The holidays can bring out the worst in us. Deepak Chopra has several simple and effective tips for focusing on the positives.

Two weeks ago, I offered suggestions on how to have an inspiring holiday season. Thinking about it later, I realized that there’s an even bigger opportunity this time of year. If you could use this whole month to find a basis for true happiness, wouldn’t that be the greatest blessing of all? Continue reading at Oprah.com

Developing Timelessness

Slowly but surely, I am realizing in a gradual manner that anytime I take action from a timeless state of mind or being (meaning without the worry of finishing it by a certain time) my actions have a peculiar power and bring me peace, joy, security and a sense of ultimate relaxation.
But anytime I am chasing a target or a goal that has a deadline or limited time to finish, I find myself really anxious, worried, fearful and stressed out (I can even feel the anxiety in form of various muscle groups clenching in my body). Now, I would love to use my timeless state of presence for all actions, but this approach backfires on me when I have made commitments to other people and can’t fulfill them on time. And when that happens I make myself feel very bad by judging myself as lazy, worthless etc. etc.
Please help, how can I use time only for practical purposes as much as possible without assigning time limits and deadlines on most goals?? Any books, seminars you recommend will be great.

Daily Inspiration

The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self. -Deepak Chopra

Dealing with Laziness

I am 27 year old and since childhood have been very lazy. I feel I could have achieved more success in life if I were a bit more active. Please advise how to overcome laziness and procrastination. How do one become active in life?
Also, I tried Vipassana meditation which my brain finds very logical and advises me to practice it regularly but as soon as I sit for meditation a fear grips me and I feel doubtful if this is the right technique to practice. How do one understand which meditation is good for us as we have hundred different gurus and meditation types available in India now?

Daily Inspiration

You will have no enemies once you decide to surrender. Surrender means not giving in to another but giving in to love. -Deepak Chopra