Happiness - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:21:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://choprafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-CF-Favicon-2-32x32.png Happiness - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org 32 32 How to Begin a Conscious Lifestyle https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-begin-a-conscious-lifestyle/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:18:57 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41989 By Deepak Chopra™ MD Becoming more conscious will make you more successful in every area of life. that’s the theme I proposed in the first post of this series. This is an area that is vastly neglected by most people. They approach life on a day-to-day basis doing three things: 1. Following a set routine […]

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]]> Is There a Better Way to Be Happy? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/is-there-a-better-way-to-be-happy/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:18:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41988 By Deepak Chopra™ MD History is filled with powerful forces that change the face of the Earth, and right now we are experiencing one, an explosion of a new coronavirus that has upended daily life. Forecasts of a change world are in the air once the pandemic is over, but no one really knows what […]

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]]> To Live in the Now, Start from the Ground Up https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/to-live-in-the-now-start-from-the-ground-up/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:16:40 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41977 By Deepak Chopra™ MD One hears a lot about the power of now and the value of living in the present. To achieve this state of awareness requires a major change in everyday life. This much is clear, but producing such change is confusing and frustrating. When people seek personal change in their lives, they […]

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]]> How to End the Blame Game https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-end-the-blame-game/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:20:23 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41974 By Deepak Chopra™ MD It’s time to talk seriously about the blame game. In a divided nation everyone finds reasons to blame, and the only choice is who deserves the blame. Targets are easy to find, because they are everywhere. Somebody, somewhere is behaving in ways you disapprove of. When the situation is us-versus-them, has […]

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]]> How to Get the Other Side to Yes https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-get-the-other-side-to-yes/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:27:43 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41971 By Deepak Chopra™ MD Watching mainstream coverage of the Biden inauguration, you couldn’t miss the much-repeated call for uniting a divided nation. Commentary was quite approving; no one seemed to disagree with the theme or the need. But if you turned to right-wing media, the notion of uniting the country was derided as a ploy […]

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]]> Five Fantasies That Keep Us Apart https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/five-fantasies-that-keep-us-apart/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:27:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41965 By Deepak Chopra,™ MD When a society is deeply divided, a paradox is in force. On the one hand, people cry out for unity, while on the other hand, they keep on doing the very things that incite division. We are seeing this paradox grow stronger year by year in politics, but at the bottom […]

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]]> Take Hope from the Healing Cycle https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/take-hope-from-the-healing-cycle/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:37:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41957 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD Right now the push to control the latest surges in Covid have focused on three things that have gained around-the-clock publicity: masks, distancing, and vaccines. Relying on them has given people hope in the face of the pandemic. But there are sources of hope, including a new one just added […]

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]]> What Happened to Emotional Intelligence? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/what-happened-to-emotional-intelligence/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:42:48 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41950 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD For many younger people, the COVID virus outbreak will bring their first experience of fear and anxiety as a pervasive mood. Anxiety is difficult for everyone, but in the larger scheme, we need to ask: What happened to emotional intelligence? The phrase became popular for a while, but that was […]

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]]> Where True Spirituality Begins https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/where-true-spirituality-begins/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:40:39 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41949 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD Many people still view difficult times as a spiritual challenge. The numbers are less than in the distant past, when catastrophes, tragedies, setbacks, and failures were seen in religious terms. An Old Testament plague was a sign of God’s wrath, but in modern secular society medical science gives a different […]

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]]> The Mystery That Makes Life Possible https://choprafoundation.org/other/the-mystery-that-makes-life-possible/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:13:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41931 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD Over the past few decades there’s been a creeping invasion that has tremendous repercussions for all of us. Strangely, it is the invasion of consciousness. I say strangely because for millennia human beings claimed total possession of consciousness. We think, invent, solve problems, show curiosity, and make conscious decisions. Even […]

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]]> The Most Precious Freedom Is Inner Freedom https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-most-precious-freedom-is-inner-freedom/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:37:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41926 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD There’s a spiritual concept that seems to create a good deal of confusion. It goes by the name of freedom or liberation, both terms referring not to political freedom but inner freedom. The reason that “freedom” has a spiritual meaning is that a state of total freedom is possible. The […]

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]]> The Matrix Is Real, and It Is Here https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-matrix-is-real-and-it-is-here/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:10:03 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41924 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD When the Matrix movies first gained immense popularity in 1999, the notion of an imaginary world in which everyone was enslaved seemed just that, imaginary. Pop culture didn’t look deep enough to reveal that ancient tradition of Maya, the Sanskrit term for an all-enveloping illusion that, for real, envelops all […]

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]]> The Blissful Life and You https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-blissful-life-and-you/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:11:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41921 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD When the great American mythologist Joseph Campbell first used the phrase, “Follow your bliss,” he inspired many people. He held out a vision that was radically different from the notion that hard work, persistence, and keeping your shoulder to the wheel was the key to success. But actually, achieving this […]

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]]> How Wholeness Works – The Vanishing “I” https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-wholeness-works-the-vanishing-i/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 04:33:51 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41916 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD Holistic health, diet, and medicine have made the term “holistic” more familiar today. The era when anything “holistic” was considered fringe is long past. But the central concept of wholeness remains misunderstood. You cannot aim to be whole, learn to be whole, or make yourself whole. You are already whole […]

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]]> A One-Minute Lesson in Higher Consciousness https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/a-one-minute-lesson-in-higher-consciousness/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 05:04:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41909 By Deepak Chopra,™ MD Although meditation has become widely popular, higher consciousness baffles and intimidates people. It seems like a faraway exotic attainment, and perhaps more myth than reality. But higher consciousness is just a convenient catch-all for expanded awareness. Reaching any higher state depends on a simple, very basic axiom: You cannot change what […]

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]]> The Planetary Biome: A New Theory of Life and Survival https://choprafoundation.org/health/the-planetary-biome-a-new-theory-of-life-and-survival/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 22:52:47 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41751 By Deepak Chopra™ MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD The global pandemic has disrupted everything we call normal life. The disruption has been so catastrophic that there is fear among experts that this is only a “starter pandemic.” COVID is less infectious than the measles and less fatal than SARS. Instead of using this fact […]

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]]> What It Takes to Live in the Present Moment https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/what-it-takes-to-live-in-the-present-moment/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:39:56 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41743 By Deepak Chopra,TM MD The allure of living in the present moment is popular but also endangered. The pandemic lockdown has forced millions of people into cramped living conditions that disrupt normal life, puts strain on relationships, adds stress to families, and introduces depression and anxiety. Escaping the present moment is likely to be everyone’s […]

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]]> The Spread of “Stranger Than We Can Think” https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-spread-of-stranger-than-we-can-think/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 04:00:31 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41733 By Deepak Chopra,TM MD and Menas C. Kafatos, PhD As we go about everyday life, we are embedded in a mystery no one has ever solved. The mystery was voiced by one of the most brilliant quantum pioneers, Werner Heisenberg: “Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can […]

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]]> One Word Is the Answer to Everything https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/one-word-is-the-answer-to-everything/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 04:59:50 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41731 By Deepak Chopra™, MD and Neil D. Theise, MD The one word that is the answer to everything is “space.” It’s a surprising answer that looks far from obvious, but space joins a long list of candidates as old as the written word. The human mind is fond of putting all its eggs in one […]

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]]> Existence and the Virus: A Healing Solution https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/existence-and-the-virus-a-healing-solution/ Mon, 25 May 2020 06:59:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41670 By Deepak Chopra™, MD The COVID crisis is being fought on two fronts, medical and economic, but most people are suffering psychologically. The word “existential” rarely comes up in normal everyday life, but the crisis has created all the symptoms of existential dread: a sense of futility, anxiety about the human condition, and a deep […]

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]]> Finding Your Inner Strength: A Free Global Mental Health Summit https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/finding-your-inner-strength-a-free-global-mental-health-summit/ Mon, 18 May 2020 08:33:11 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41672 By Deepak Chopra™, Cassandra Vieten, Poonacha Machaiah, and Gabriella Wright In the face of the pandemic crisis, there is a great opportunity. It is open to everyone, and it is free. We invite you, your family, and friends to this healing experience. If you want to find your inner strength, peace, and the end of […]

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]]> Self-Care, the Vagus Nerve, and COVID-19 https://choprafoundation.org/health/self-care-the-vagus-nerve-and-covid-19/ Mon, 11 May 2020 04:13:31 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41667 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Gustaf Kranck, M.Sc. There is widespread awareness of the wellness movement in this country, and the term “self-care” is being more and more recognized. Since advice has existed for decades on proper diet, exercise, sleep, and the avoidance of alcohol and tobacco, in what way is self-care an advance? This […]

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]]> How to Settle the Mind During a Crisis https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-settle-the-mind-during-a-crisis/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:35:40 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41654 By Deepak Chopra™, MD At first only a few voices spoke of positive change after the COVID crisis ends, or at least becomes livable once again. Now one hears a chorus calling for change, much of it from younger people. The main message is about global cooperation and preparing better for the next pandemic. But […]

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]]> Emotional Intelligence: Escaping the Matrix of Fear https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/emotional-intelligence-escaping-the-matrix-of-fear/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:48:05 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41649 By Deepak Chopra™, MD For many young people, the COVID virus outbreak will bring their first experience of fear and anxiety as a pervasive mood. As a society we are afraid of fear, and most of the time we can turn our backs on it. But this kind of denial is unworkable in a crisis. […]

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]]> COVID-19 and a New Way to Be Happy https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/covid-19-and-a-new-way-to-be-happy/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 02:22:41 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41616 By Deepak Chopra, MD Diseases point the way to the future if we pay attention. This holds especially true of the global outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19. It is clear that some important lessons have emerged already. Some of these are obvious because they are so visible: Uncertainty is a major cause of panic. No one […]

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]]> A Brave New World, and How to Get There https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/a-brave-new-world-and-how-to-get-there/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 02:49:00 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41611 By Deepak Chopra, MD If you find yourself living in a troubled world, what should you do? The question is as old as recorded history, but over the millennia only three basic answers have emerged. If you find yourself living in a troubled world, you should: A. Turn to God or the gods, B. Place […]

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]]> When the World Stops Working, We Will Know the Truth https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/when-the-world-stops-working-we-will-know-the-truth/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 02:53:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41610 By Deepak Chopra, MD Everyone looks at the world, and their lives, assuming that they know the truth. This isn’t truth with a capital T but simply the truth about everyday things, like how to drive a car, buy groceries, and do one’s job. We know other basic things that are true, such as when […]

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]]> The Most Important Choice to Make Today https://choprafoundation.org/health/the-most-important-choice-to-make-today/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:39:00 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41607 By Deepak Chopra, MD In every age there has been a dominant worldview that people tried to conform to. In an age of faith, everyone asked how they could better serve God. This was their daily concern. In the Industrial Age the question shifted to economics and improving one’s lot in life. In an age […]

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]]> Transformation Is Possible—It Is Already Here https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/transformation-is-possible-it-is-already-here/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 03:33:14 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41602 By Deepak Chopra, MD The one thing in life that never changes is change, or so people say. But in reality we all experience a struggle between accepting change and resisting it, trying to make things different and yet feeling an anxious need to keep things the same. This struggle is what makes personal change […]

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]]> The Divine Feminine and the Power to Change the World https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-divine-feminine-and-the-power-to-change-the-world/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:44:32 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41563 By Deepak Chopra, MD The time has come to think about women’s power and not just women’s rights. When the New York Times editorial board recently split over which Democratic presidential candidate to endorse, the debate was over two women, and eventually both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar were selected. This is a sign of […]

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]]> 10 Ways to Resolve All Conflicts and End War https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/10-ways-to-resolve-all-conflicts-and-end-war/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:42:47 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41561 By Deepak Chopra, MD The recent reckless skirmish between the U.S. and Iran held a deep irony. Neither side wanted to go to war, and yet neither side could talk to each other except in terms of war. Language and action go together. If you are stuck in the metaphor of war, with its winners […]

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]]> Finding the Universe in a Coffee Cup https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/finding-the-universe-in-a-coffee-cup/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 03:31:34 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41558 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Menas Kafatos, PhD The universe is hard to explain, because there are so many moving parts and so many levels, probably infinite in both cases. It is a cherished goal in physics to unify these parts, but so far success has eluded even the most brilliant investigators. The average person […]

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]]> Einstein, the Moon, and You https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/einstein-the-moon-and-you/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:35:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41555 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Menas Kafatos, PhD At the present moment a lot of the basic principles of traditional physics are in a confused state of disarray. Occasionally the media carries a story about strange discoveries by modern science on the order of black holes or dark matter and energy, suggesting that such phenomena […]

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]]> 2020 Wellbeing Predictions with Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/2020-wellbeing-predictions-with-deepak-chopra/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:17:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41547 “The future of wellbeing is bioregulation and homeostasis through self-regulation.”‘ – Deepak Chopra Deepak recently participated in Virgin Pulse’s 2020 Vision: Wellbeing Industry Predictions where leading experts in health and wellbeing, HR and business share insights on emerging trends that will impact your employee experience in 2020 and beyond. You can explore the predictions in detail […]

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]]> There Is No chaos, There Is Only Creativity https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/there-is-no-chaos-there-is-only-creativity/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:42:55 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41544 By Deepak Chopra, MD The human mind is addicted to opposites, but it turns out that Nature isn’t. This statement becomes important in a deep way when it comes to chaos. In our minds chaos, or disorder, is the opposite of order. By thinking like this, we oblige the human tendency to prefer order over […]

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]]> Making the Season of Peace Really Matter https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/making-the-season-of-peace-really-matter/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:56:25 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41538 By Deepak Chopra, MD A world ceaselessly in a state of unrest seems to mock this time of year as a season of peace. Most people are simply grateful that unrest hasn’t touched their lives, and hope fades for the victims of war and strife who will probably never enjoy peace except during brief truces. […]

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]]> Finding Your Way to Gratitude https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/finding-your-way-to-gratitude/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:12:04 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41537 By Deepak Chopra, MD Although Thanksgiving Day has become a time for turkey and football, its true purpose lingers, often as a wistful hope that one could be truly thankful. You cannot conjure up thanks if you are focused on the world’s troubles and a constant stream of bad news. So how is true gratitude […]

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]]> The Future of Personal and Planetary Well Being : An invitation to Sages and Scientists Symposium, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville Arkansas https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-future-of-personal-and-planetary-well-being-an-invitation-to-sages-and-scientists-symposium-crystal-bridges-museum-bentonville-arkansas/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 02:20:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41529 By Deepak Chopra, MD Despite a steady increase in life expectancy, medical science is facing diminishing returns. It has been estimated that every increase in lifespan since 1990 has resulted in only ten months of increased healthy life; the rest is only prolonged suffering and the decline of aging. Globally more people now die of […]

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]]> Personal Transformation—What It Really Means https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/personal-transformation-what-it-really-means/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:05:58 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41526 By Deepak Chopra, MD Most people have mixed feelings about how their lives are going, which seems inevitable. Taking the bitter with the sweet is an old saying dating back to the 13th century, but it expresses a universal experience. In the face of life’s mixed blessings, however, there runs a deep yearning for transformation. […]

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]]> Are Human Beings the Ultimate Creator? https://choprafoundation.org/health/are-human-beings-the-ultimate-creator/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 04:25:24 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41523 By Deepak Chopra, MD It’s rare to find someone with an optimistic view of humanity’s future. The prevailing mood globally is dark, and yet David Deutsch, a far-seeing British physicist, argues that humans are responsible for everything new—we are the ultimate creators in the cosmos. I was excited to view his April 2019 TED talk […]

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]]> How to Solve Life’s Problems—A Fresh Idea https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-solve-lifes-problems-a-fresh-idea/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:06:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41517 By Deepak Chopra, MD Einstein wasn’t the first person to state one of the basic facts of life when he said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” But most people attempt, time and again, to think at the level of the problem rather than finding the level […]

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]]> The Mystery of Reality Is the Mystery of You https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-mystery-of-reality-is-the-mystery-of-you/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:44:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41513 By Deepak Chopra, MD Solving the mystery of reality is left to experts, which is nothing new. The explanations of the cosmos is assigned to physicists today as it was assigned to theologians in an age of faith. In some ways modern people are even less interested in the topic. Your soul isn’t likely to […]

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]]> How to Change Human Nature https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-change-human-nature/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:23:31 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41511 By Deepak Chopra, MD Everyone is good at avoiding the elephant in the room, which refers to something everyone is aware of but cannot bring themselves to discuss. In some ways the ultimate elephant in the room is human nature. We all exhibit human nature, but we rarely discuss it for a simple reason: no […]

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]]> Do We Really Have Infinite Potential? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/do-we-really-have-infinite-potential/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:50:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41509 By Deepak Chopra, MD The human potential movement has existed for several decades, and in many ways is an alternative name for self-improvement. The urge to improve oneself exists naturally in everyone, unless outside forces like poverty damp it down. But the human potential movement is far more ambitious. It aims to open up a […]

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]]> The Balanced Mind: A Better Model https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-balanced-mind-a-better-model/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 02:24:45 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41504 By Deepak Chopra, MD Now that meditation has caught on widely, it’s time to understand why it works. The physical findings measured by neuroscience gives intriguing hints about changes in brain wave activity, but that’s an effect, not a cause. The same holds true for physiological changes outside the brain, such as lowered heart rate […]

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]]> The Best Way to Change Your Life: Getting Unstuck https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-best-way-to-change-your-life-getting-unstuck/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:46:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41477 By Deepak Chopra, MD There are lots of reasons to consider the human mind is unfathomable, beginning with simple evidence like the thousands of psychology books on the market and the years of training required to become a licensed psychiatrist. But it is possible to create huge changes in how your mind is working, here […]

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]]> Giving “Wholeness” a Higher Meaning https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/giving-wholeness-a-higher-meaning/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:54:04 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41457 By Deepak Chopra, MD Thanks to its positive connotations, “wholeness” has become a buzz word in areas of life as diverse as holistic medicine, whole-foods nutrition, and the human potential movement, which aims to create a whole person rather than a separate, fragmented one. What these various applications have in common is that wholeness is […]

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]]> Higher Consciousness in Less than a Minute https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/higher-consciousness-in-less-than-a-minute/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:26:42 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41438 By Deepak Chopra, MD There are very old, rich traditions of higher consciousness around the world, and diverse as they are, they seem to have one thing in common: Arriving at higher consciousness takes time, perhaps a lifetime. Along with this idea comes other, closely related ones. Higher consciousness is exceptional. It requires intense inner […]

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]]> Everyday Immortality https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/everyday-immortality/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 01:05:56 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41421 By Deepak Chopra, MD Questions of life and death, including the existence of life after death, seem to resist any firm conclusion. Most people tell pollsters that they believe in God, the soul, and the afterlife, but for all practical purposes we live in a secular society. The reassurances of organized religion no longer persuade […]

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]]> Your Body Wants to Be Your Strongest Ally—Let It https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/your-body-wants-to-be-your-strongest-ally-let-it/ Mon, 27 May 2019 02:34:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41410 By Deepak Chopra, MD Modern medicine has triumphed on many fronts in conquering diseases and extending life, but its greatest advance is almost totally unsung. Health and longevity have made it possible to see the body as our greatest ally. After centuries of inevitable sickness and early death for the vast majority of people, the […]

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]]> Daily Breath with Deepak Chopra – Language https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-breath-with-deepak-chopra-language/ Mon, 27 May 2019 01:36:44 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41415 Language has the power to create and the power to destroy. But language also has the power to heal. Please join me this week to explore this uniquely human, ability, one that allows us to speak, to listen and to thrive.  Language: Created Us Monday 5/13 Language – Divine and Diabolical Tuesday 5/14 Language – To Listen […]

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]]> Three Impossible Things We Can’t Do Without https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/three-impossible-things-we-cant-do-without/ Mon, 20 May 2019 02:49:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41408 By Deepak Chopra, MD If you want to know what human beings really want, consider how Alice reacts to Wonderland. Lewis Carroll’s inventions are so entertaining, we tend to smile at how upset, vexed, and unsettled Alice actually is. Wonderland overturns our regular, orderly, and predictable life, which is what people actually want. The inhabitants […]

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]]> OZY Fest 2019 – NYC, July 20-21 https://choprafoundation.org/people/ozy-fest-2019-nyc-july-20-21/ Tue, 14 May 2019 23:22:16 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41404 OZY Fest is back — and it’s bigger, bolder and weirder than ever. This summer, get ready for the ultimate mashup in New York City’s Central Park. SATURDAY JULY 20 & SUNDAY JULY 21, 2019 Learn more here.

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]]> Why the Greatest Mystery Is You https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/why-the-greatest-mystery-is-you/ Mon, 13 May 2019 02:59:21 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41399 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Menas C. Kafatos, PhD Even though teams of scientists around the world are working on great mysteries, from the origin of the universe to the origin of life, the greatest mystery remains personal, the mystery of the self. So far as we know, human beings are unique in pondering our own […]

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]]> Infinite Potential – You Are Not Your Brain / Rebecca Gladding, MD https://choprafoundation.org/people/infinite-potential-you-are-not-your-brain-rebecca-gladding-md/ Mon, 06 May 2019 15:37:18 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41393 Who are you? If you’ve ever stopped to ask yourself this question, a myriad of adjectives have likely swirled around your…brain.  But, is that really you?  My guest today, psychologist and author Rebecca Gladding, MD,  says, not necessarily. In fact, you may be working from a set of deceptive and tenacious, maybe even false, narratives […]

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]]> A New, Improved Reality Depends on You https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/a-new-improved-reality-depends-on-you/ Mon, 06 May 2019 02:55:24 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41392 How do we know that anything is real? This isn’t a question that usually bothers most people, because we’ve all been brought up to look upon the physical world “out there” as a given. But let’s say that someone actually asks you the question, “How do you know the physical world is real?” What would […]

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]]> Peace Week New York Town Hall Conversation https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-week-new-york-town-hall-conversation/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:36:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41159 Peace Week New York Town Hall Conversation to heal our communities from the disease of violence and the disparities of mass incarceration hosted by Peace is a Lifestyle on January 21, 2019.  An interactive conversation amongst influencers, thought leaders, LIFE Changers and community members impacted by violence and incarceration.

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]]> #Whats Your Wellfie? Transforming Personal & Societal Wellbeing, One Moment at a Time! https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/whats-your-wellfie-transforming-personal-societal-wellbeing-one-moment-at-a-time/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:56:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40466 Be a part of WhatsYourWellfie – a 21 day  initiative focused on sharing your moments which will inspire the community and transform wellbeing.  Visit Jiyo.com to learn more.

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]]> Online Yoga Is Festival https://choprafoundation.org/health/online-yoga-is-festival/ Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:22:33 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40156 Join Deepak Chopra and this amazing lineup of mindful teachers, musicians and thought leaders including…. Alan Finger, Ana Forrest, Ashley Turner, Caroline Myss, Chelsea Roff, Colleen Saidman Yee, Cyndi Lee, David Life, Deepak Chopra, Desiree Rumbaugh, Don Miguel Ruiz, Elena Brower, Eoin Finn, Heather Ash, Jai Uttal, Janet Stone, Keith Mitchell, Kia Miller, Krishna Das, Liz […]

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]]> Congratulations to Haile Thomas https://choprafoundation.org/health/congratulations-to-haile-thomas/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:14:22 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40154 The Chopra Foundation congratulates  Haile Thomas – 2016 Black Girls Rock: M.A.D. Girls who Rocks for her commitment to serve humanity through wellbeing practices.  She is the founder of the Happy Organization  and also a Sages and Scientists Alumnus.

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]]> Want to Lead a Happier Life? Talk to Your Genes https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/want-to-lead-a-happier-life-talk-to-your-genes/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:54:56 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40018   By Deepak Chopra, MD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD   Genetics may be on the verge of solving a very complex question in a revolutionary but quite simple way. The question is, What does it take to be happy? The question never goes away. It hangs over our heads every day. The possible answers are […]

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]]> Your vote counts for the Aspen Award https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/your-vote-counts-for-the-aspen-award/ Sat, 16 May 2015 00:22:07 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39522 Please support Jiyo by voting for  this project that will bring wellbeing to the Afghan community: http://award.aspenideas.org/a/dtd/Transforming-Personal-Societal-Wellbeing-Healing-Afghanistan/118956-35325 60% of Afghans suffer from stress and mental heath disorders caused by witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event. There are only two psychiatrists treating ~30 million Afghans. I am proposing to deploy a wellbeing platform via the mobile […]

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]]> Gratitude Journal May Enhance Health in Cardiac Patients: I Am Grateful for…. https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/gratitude-journal-may-enhance-health-in-cardiac-patients-i-am-grateful-for/ Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:02:59 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39409 Published in the Huffington Post: Gratitude   “Effects of Gratitude Journaling on Heart Rate Variability and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Asymptomatic Heart Failure Patients” By Paul Mills, PhD, Kathleen Wilson MS, Meredith A. Pung PhD, Kelly Chinh BS, Brook Henry PhD, J. Christopher Wells BS, Alex Wood PhD, Shamini Jain PhD, Barry Greenberg MD, Alan Maisel MD, […]

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]]> Can Wisdom Save Us? Why It Has To (Part 2) https://choprafoundation.org/happiness-prescription/can-wisdom-save-us-why-it-has-to-part-2/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:46:34 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39370 Written by: Deepak Chopra, MD Although almost everyone fears the effects of climate change and deplores the inaction of governments around the world, neither attitude gets us any closer to solving the problem. Many pin their hopes on a breakthrough in technology that could somehow clean the atmosphere of greenhouse gases, while others resign themselves–and […]

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]]> Can Wisdom Save Us? Why It Has To (Part 1) https://choprafoundation.org/happiness-prescription/can-wisdom-save-us-why-it-has-to/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:51:52 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39372 By Deepak Chopra, MD There’s always a sense of crisis in the air generated by whatever bad news is making the headlines. At the moment, the greatest alarm is being stirred by terrorism and the spread of Islamic extremism. Yet at a deeper level, our anxiety centers on something much deeper, the possibility that the […]

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]]> We support Brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged – SAS#13 https://choprafoundation.org/other/we-support-brothers-andrew-and-daniel-aged-sas13/ Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:36:49 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39312 Let’s join together and support art and culture, Brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged – SAS#13.  This is their world premiere. Biography A Teardrop From Below,the beginning of the next chapter Brothers Andrew & Daniel Aged of inc. share a new song, the fruits of reflection inwards and patience. The time and space to connect and […]

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]]> Multi-institutional Collaborative Clinical Trial to Examine Health Benefits of Integrative Lifestyle Practices at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing https://choprafoundation.org/other/multi-institutional-collaborative-clinical-trial-to-examine-health-benefits-of-integrative-lifestyle-practices-at-the-chopra-center-for-wellbeing/ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:27:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39034 Self-Directed Biological Transformation Initiative (SBTI) study will use latest mobile health sensors and genomic/cellular/metabolomics biomarkers  Scientists and clinicians from seven research institutions have joined together for a first of a kind clinical trial on a whole systems approach to wellbeing. Such an in-depth clinically focused study is unique because previous research studies have typically examined […]

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