The Influence of Others

I was driving south on the 101 from Santa Barbara back home to Los Angeles. My trips to Santa Barbara are filled with nostalgia. I spent some of my best, most free years there. It’s inevitable that my drives back to Los Angeles consist of an hour and half of evaluating where I am at now, in my life and why I don’t feel as light and free as I did in Santa Barbara. I truly believe it’s because it’s the people and things I have chosen to surround myself with. I feel like it’s chaotic. I came to the conclusion I only have one friend that isn’t in some kind of constant life crisis. So here is my question. I turned my radio on and heard you talking about how the people your surround yourself with effect you. You were talking about something like if your neighbor is smiling it effects you. I only caught the tail end of it. I was wondering if there is a book you could recommend to me on this topic? Thank you

Trust

Deepak, asking you anything is an act of self-doubt.  Still I ask: how do I trust? How do I believe once and for all?

Intuition and Manifestation

What is the difference or relationship between intuiting something and manifesting/co-creating something?  (And how does the Law of Attraction come into play?)

Meditation and Breath

Hi, I have started meditating every night before I go to sleep. Now in just 2 weeks I went from 15 minutes to 40 minutes and eager to continue. While meditating when I reach quite phase no sensation of my body no thoughts, I also don’t feel my breath or very low breathing. At that moment I don’t feel comfortable with that phase as I get anxious to get out of that state and reach for regular breathing. I try to get myself out of meditation. My anxiety does not let me enjoy that moment. How do I handle that?. It is my main cause of anxiety. I am Vata type and feeling fatigue. When I try to do any kind of exercise or any fast movement I get anxiety since I am scared of my breathing pattern. Please help me here as I am waiting for a breakthrough of this pattern. As per doctors I need to do exercise. I have started to go for a walk 15 minutes in the morning. Your help is appreciated.