Dear Dr Chopra can medication, whether it’s a simple over – the – counter pain killer or prescription tablets, impede your spiritual growth in any way? I have read in several books that medication and drugs like caffeine, and even “junk food  can lower, or slow down your vibrations or energy field.

I have heard you say in your 2003 film on “The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire”  that the ‘non local domain’ is immortal, infinitely correlated, eternal, no time, no energy, etc.  Would you please elaborate on the concept of ‘no energy’.  I thought that pure energy was the foundation of the universe.  Are you saying that there are no waves and particles in this non local domain?  That atoms and molecules do not exist in this field either?  Your light on this subject would be deeply appreciated.

I proposed to a lady and it took her six months to say yes. However, after a month of her saying yes, she aborted the relationship following a misunderstanding. It took me a month of pleading with her to reverse what she had just decided. It did not work, so I was forced to accept her feeling. A few days later, I got involved with another lady – whom I did not know much about – and things moved very fast. Relations knew about our involvement. When I thought I was healing my wounds from the first affair, the lady who dumped me came back saying she wanted us to go all the way into marriage. After some days of her persistence, I bowed down and my love was rekindled.

 I have doubled the ladies for a month now. Both of them know of my situation. However, I want to go on with the former, meaning I dump the latter. Considering that we have done so much with the latter before the former came back, how can I move on without leaving the latter disappointed?

Please help me understand my mission and purpose in life. I am a gay male and struggling to find my place. Is being gay just a miss placed memory? Thanks for wisdom.

I have a Christmas party coming up at work, and  I feel like I will only being going out of guilt/it’s the right thing to do. I have an expectation for myself that I should just suck it up and attend the function. Maybe this party is a good way to practice presence, accepting the reality of what is for now, and not paying attention to the ego’s and drama. I fear that if I don’t go, not only will I hear about it(how anti-social I am because I don’t share my personal life with everyone at work, and don’t come to company functions), but on the same hand I feel that if I go I am walking into a hornet’s nest of intoxicated co-workers. As it is, my work environment is not a supportive place to be when you are going through spiritual development; most days it’s hard enough for me to just stay present without judgment. I can be okay with the fact that I am the one with the problem; I want peace and I want freedom from my ego. Thank you for your time, and advice Deepak. Many Blessings to you!!