Peace - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:26:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://choprafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-CF-Favicon-2-32x32.png Peace - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org 32 32 The Chopra Foundation Announces Initiative in Africa, Aims to Impact One Billion Lives https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-chopra-foundation-announces-initiative-in-africa-aims-to-impact-one-billion-lives/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:26:19 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=50128 NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Chopra Foundation (CF), a global nonprofit organization committed to fostering a more just, healthy, sustainable, and joyful world, is delighted to announce our focused effort to bring this mission to communities and individuals across Africa. The Foundation has formed strategic partnerships with impactful non-profit organizations already making a difference across […]

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]]> How AI Could Set Us Free https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-ai-could-set-us-free/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:34:15 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41992 By Deepak Chopra™ MD Various scientific fields over the course of history have hoped to master Nature for the benefit of humankind. At the top of the heap right now is artificial intelligence (AI), which has allied itself with the technology of robotics. Between them, AI and robotics are having a sizable impact on the […]

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]]> Spirituality Means More Than Ever Now https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/spirituality-means-more-than-ever-now/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:03:50 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41976 By Deepak Chopra™ MD It’s natural in troubled times for people to reflect on God and religion as a source of solace and hop, which matters more in a crisis. But with church services being so limited, not to mention the decline in organized religion that has continued for fifty years, God isn’t the pillar […]

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]]> Why We Need the Divine Feminine https://choprafoundation.org/peace-2/why-we-need-the-divine-feminine/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:41:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41973 By Deepak Chopra™ MD With the decline of organized religion and a decades-old drop in church attendance, people have largely made their spiritual life into something private and personal. The rise of meditation and yoga attests to this. But it is hard to fix your sight on a spiritual goal if you don’t believe in […]

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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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]]> Coming to Peace with the World Is Coming to Peace with Yourself https://choprafoundation.org/people/coming-to-peace-with-the-world-is-coming-to-peace-with-yourself/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:16:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41962 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD No one fails to react when public violence is flagrantly incited, which happened at the Capitol this week. As a political philosophy, or a way of life, disorder doesn’t work. Violence might not be inevitable, but chaos is. But in the face of chaos, some facts remain constant and stable: […]

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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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]]> Racism Is False Identity https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/racism-is-false-identity/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 08:38:24 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41948 By Deepak Chopra, ™ MD America is said to be on the verge of a racial reckoning, a prospect that fills people with either hope or rage, depending on their politics. The far right encourages white supremacy while hotly denying that they are racists. Fully justified protest after police shootings of black men are seen […]

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]]> Nature’s Identity Crisis and Ours https://choprafoundation.org/video/natures-identity-crisis-and-ours/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:58:41 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41688 By Zach Bush MD, Paul J. Mills, PhD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, Michelle A. Williams, ScD and Deepak Chopra™ MD As our nation dives into sorrow and outrage over another merciless killing of a black man without cause, we must take the opportunity to transform a deep mindset. To achieve this, we will have to […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> accel-kkr.com https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/accel-kkr-com/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:09:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=41499 By Deepak Chopra, MD It feels to many people as if we’re living in a Humpty-Dumpty time, when everything has gone smash. A sense of chaos and disorder permeates everything, and as you look around, there’s no longer any consensus about the most basic facts. Reality has become the clash of opposing viewpoints. When the […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Peace from 11 Days of Global Unity by Deepak Chopra, Karenna Gore, and Kabir Sehgal https://choprafoundation.org/peace-2/peace-from-11-days-of-global-unity-by-deepak-chopra-karenna-gore-and-kabir-sehgal/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:56:32 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40612 This interview is part of 11 Days of Global Unity, a free online event featuring brilliant changemakers all over the globe making meaningful progress on critical issues such as the environment, health, economic justice and peace. For more information, please visit 11daysofglobalunity.com. This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network. All rights reserved.

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]]> Oprah & Deepak Creating Peace From the Inside Out https://choprafoundation.org/peace-2/oprah-deepak-creating-peace-from-the-inside-out/ Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:20:59 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40340 Create peace within yourself, and let its energy open up your relationships and your world. Join Oprah and Deepak to connect with your innate core of peace and love. Leave self-judgment and conflict behind as you transform every relationship into one of loving kindness. Embrace your inner peace and let it illuminate every aspect of […]

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]]> We Chose Peace https://choprafoundation.org/other/we-chose-peace/ Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:31:58 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40318 We choose peace. Do you? Take the Pledge that YOU will observe 24 hours of non-violence on 9/21. http://www.change.org/peaceday  #hugforpeace 

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]]> Life Camp Peace Week at Fordham University – Manhattan https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/life-camp-peace-week-at-fordham-university-manhattan/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 01:03:55 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40080 Tish James, Eddie Stern, Lemon Andersen, Spike Lee, Christina Greer, Oresa Napper-Williams, Deepak, Erica  Ford, Nya-Ari khepra together at the Town Hall Meeting on Gun Violence and Solutions today – Fordham University.

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]]> Can the Problem of Evil Be Solved Or Only Contained? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/can-the-problem-of-evil-be-solved-or-only-contained/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:28:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40031 By Deepak Chopra, MD ISIS and its atrocious acts have thrown the issue of evil into high relief. Once more we are forced to confront a horrifying aspect of human nature and to ask ourselves what can be done about it.  This post isn’t about U.S. policy against ISIS–that’s the business of the President, his […]

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]]> Deepak Chopra on MSNBC https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-chopra-on-msnbc/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:48:45 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40016 Deepak Chopra speaks on how we should not live in fear of terrorism. http://on.msnbc.com/1SQj2Cz

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]]> The Urban Yogis and Deepak https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-urban-yogis-and-deepak/ Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:40:55 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39918 Deepak and the Urban Yogis at Peace Week Seven Practices of Peace (taken from Peace is the Way, by Deepak Chopra) 1. Sunday: Being for Peace Today take five minutes to meditate for peace. Put your attention on your heart and inwardly repeat these four words: Peace, Harmony, Laughter, Love☺ 2. Monday: Thinking for Peace Today […]

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]]> World Leaders Have a Lot to Learn https://choprafoundation.org/other/world-leaders-have-a-lot-to-learn/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:22:54 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39864 Deepak Chopra hosted on HuffPost Live. Deepak Chopra on #PeaceDay: http://  

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]]> A Path to Personal Forgiveness: Defeat the Three Dragons https://choprafoundation.org/other/a-path-to-personal-forgiveness-defeat-the-three-dragons/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:43:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39856 Originally published on LinkedIn on September 21, 2015 A Path to Personal Forgiveness: Defeat the Three Dragons by Deepak Chopra, MD This post is part a series in which Influencers and members discuss how to drive change that matters. Read all the posts here and write your own; include the hashtags #2030NOW and #ForgiveForPeace in the body […]

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]]> Open Your Eyes https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/open-your-eyes-2/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:04:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39855 Open your eyes and your hearts as you watch Open your Eyes: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxYSVvgPEJY [/youtube]   Listen to Open Your Eyes featuring Salman Ahmad and  Peter Gabriel.

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]]> Is Failure Necessary for Success? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/is-failure-necessary-for-success/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:56:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39848 Originally published by The San Francisco Chronicle on September 21, 2015 By Deepak Chopra, MD In a society that places a high value on competition and winning, everyone wants to succeed. It becomes difficult to discuss failure, which somehow translates into personal weakness, lack, or vulnerability. I’d like to reframe the whole relationship between success […]

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]]> Statement by the Secretary-General on International Day of Peace https://choprafoundation.org/other/statement-by-the-secretary-general-on-international-day-of-peace/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 01:12:50 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39850 Be inspired and inspire others #ForgiveForPeace: Statement by the Secretary-General on International Day of Peace

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]]> How Meditation Can Help Anxiety https://choprafoundation.org/people/how-meditation-can-help-anxiety/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:33:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39847 By Deepak Chopra, MD Fear is a negative emotion unless you are facing an actual threat and need to fight or flee. The usefulness of fear is minimal in daily life, particularly in the form of anxiety. Stressful events can produce short-term anxiety in almost everyone, which disappears after the event. But for an estimated 6.8 […]

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]]> Child Actor releases 7 De Septiembre https://choprafoundation.org/other/child-actor/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:01:47 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39831 Congratulations to our Sages and Scientists Art and Culture Alumnus, Child Actor, and the debut of their new song, “7 De Septiembre”, dedicated to those seeking peace and freedom. For Child Actor, “7 De Septiembre”—a cover of the 1991 single by Spanish electro-pop band Mecano—is as personal as anything in their own original discography. Marking the first […]

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]]> Sowing Seeds of Gratitude to Cultivate Wellbeing https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/sowing-seeds-of-gratitude-to-cultivate-wellbeing/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:30:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39846 By Paul J. Mills, Tiffany Barsotti, Meredith A. Pung, Kathleen L. Wilson, Laura Redwine, and Deepak Chopra Gratitude, along with love, compassion, empathy, joy, forgiveness, and self-knowledge, is a vital attribute of our wellbeing. While there are many definitions of gratitude, at its foundation, gratitude is a healing, life-affirming, and uplifting human experience that shifts us […]

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]]> A Child who sparked the Civil Rights Movement https://choprafoundation.org/other/a-child-who-sparked-the-civil-rights-movement/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:10:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39818 Today marks 60 years since 14 year old #EmmettTill was murdered and sparked the Civil Rights Movement. A must read: #EmmettTill The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement by @DeveryAnderson

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]]> Blackadore https://choprafoundation.org/other/blackadore/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:20:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39709 Wellness programming will be part of a stay at Blackadore Caye. Deepak Chopra will spearhead a program focused on health and anti-aging. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_S13v7zH9oM[/youtube]

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]]> How to Overcome the Fear of Death–Two Possibilities https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-death-two-possibilities/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:25:08 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39542   By Deepak Chopra, MD   The fear of death always comes at or near the top of people’s worst fears. Some psychologists believe that this is such a potent fear, we push it down into the subconscious in order to avoid it. Yet from its hiding place the fear remains active, re-emerging in times […]

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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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]]> How to Be at Peace When the World Isn’t https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-be-at-peace-when-the-world-isnt/ Mon, 04 May 2015 16:48:35 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39507 By Deepak Chopra, MD We seem to be living out the Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” The curse is probably mythical, but our interesting times contain much turbulence. The horrific refugee situation in Syria, the rise of the even more horrific ISIS movement, not to mention Ukraine and news of natural disasters […]

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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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]]> Remember Me – Support Cure Alzheimer's Fund Research https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/remember-me-support-cure-alzheimers-fund-research/ Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:06:48 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39292 “The Voice” and the Neuroscientist Team Up to Fight Alzheimer’s.  After meeting in a television studio this unlikely pair has teamed up with Cure Alzheimer’s Fund for a worthy cause: Campaign Remember Me.  Proceeds from sales of the song and direct donations will support innovative research into the causes of the disease and the development of effective […]

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]]> Committed to helping create a more peaceful, just, sustainable, happier, and healthy world https://choprafoundation.org/other/committed-to-helping-create-a-more-peaceful-just-sustainable-happier-and-healthy-world/ Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:48:38 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39279    

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]]> Next for the Gay Rights Movement – Filling the Spiritual Dimension https://choprafoundation.org/other/next-for-the-gay-rights-movement-filling-the-spiritual-dimension/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:53:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=38450 By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP It’s taken decades for gay activists to achieve the most basic right that every minority deserves: equality under the law. In principle one might say that the battle has been won, even if some states are dragging their heels and some groups mount fierce resistance. Thirty years ago it took […]

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]]> Innovation: The Future of Business and Philanthrophy https://choprafoundation.org/people/innovation-the-future-of-business-and-philanthrophy-2/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/innovation-the-future-of-business-and-philanthrophy-2/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:32:54 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=38392 Description: Bringing the Execution Excellence of Business and the Compassion of Philanthropy together to maximize impact. Businesses live in a free market economy where the customers have a choice. As a result the process is very Darwinian. To survive Businesses have to excel in execution. But at times, they lose their way and get totally […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/people/innovation-the-future-of-business-and-philanthrophy-2/feed/ 0 Putting Humanity Back Into the Modern Philanthropic Movement https://choprafoundation.org/people/putting-humanity-back-into-the-modern-philanthropic-movement/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/putting-humanity-back-into-the-modern-philanthropic-movement/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:35:56 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=38387 Description: Big names, big causes, big wallets. Today’s modern philanthropic movement has reached epic heights, ushering in scaleable solutions to modern day social ills and unleashing untold amounts of money into what is now being called the third sector. And with this growing emphasis on creating change for profit concepts such as return on investment, […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/people/putting-humanity-back-into-the-modern-philanthropic-movement/feed/ 0 The Legacy of Dr. King’s Commitment to Non Violence: The 21st Century Challenge to Our Nation https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-legacy-of-dr-kings-commitment-to-non-violence-the-21st-century-challenge-to-our-nation/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-legacy-of-dr-kings-commitment-to-non-violence-the-21st-century-challenge-to-our-nation/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:30:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=38383   Description: The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was America’s 20th Century pre-eminent Apostle of Non-Violence. He understood that in our society, during the 24/7 interactions of people with one another in their daily lives, violence lies like molten lava beneath the surface of society just waiting to erupt. The challenge his commitment to […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-legacy-of-dr-kings-commitment-to-non-violence-the-21st-century-challenge-to-our-nation/feed/ 0 Tribute to Nelson Mandela https://choprafoundation.org/people/tribute-to-nelson-mandela/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/tribute-to-nelson-mandela/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:36:48 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=38049 https://choprafoundation.org/people/tribute-to-nelson-mandela/feed/ 0 Peace is a Way – Join The Chopra Foundation with Lifecamp Fundraiser https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-way-join-the-chopra-foundation-with-lifecamp-fundraiser/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-way-join-the-chopra-foundation-with-lifecamp-fundraiser/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:11:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=37903 Please join me in campaign to save one of the most critical anti-violence programs in the nation.  Lifecamp needs our help! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/75826385[/vimeo]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-way-join-the-chopra-foundation-with-lifecamp-fundraiser/feed/ 0 Don’t Write Me Off https://choprafoundation.org/health/dont-write-me-off/ https://choprafoundation.org/health/dont-write-me-off/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:31:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=37864 Please watch this three minutes trailer by The Chisomo Idea. In the summer of 2007, a group of friends from California took a venture trip to Malawi, Africa.  The trip was masterminded by a Californian soccer player, Noel Musicha, who was born and raised in the privileged parts of the country [Malawi].  “DON’T WRITE ME […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/health/dont-write-me-off/feed/ 0 The World Peace Orchestra https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-world-peace-orchestra/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-world-peace-orchestra/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:41:08 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=37803 [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlbFwYQpxgo[/youtube] Deepak addresses The World Peace Orchestra.  

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/world-peace-orchestra/feed/ 0 Peace is a Lifestyle https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-lifestyle-2/ https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-lifestyle-2/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:45:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=37148 One of Deepak’s favorite things to do —  spending time with Peace Is a Lifestyle!

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/people/peace-is-a-lifestyle-2/feed/ 0 Deepak and Sanjiv Chopra with Jeff Pulver https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-and-sanjiv-chopra-with-jeff-pulver/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-and-sanjiv-chopra-with-jeff-pulver/#respond Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=37082 Watch Deepak and Sanjiv with Jeff Pulver discuss their memoir, Brotherhood.

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-and-sanjiv-chopra-with-jeff-pulver/feed/ 0 Inaugurating Hop Hip Yoga in Queens https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/inaugurating-hop-hip-yoga-in-queens/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/inaugurating-hop-hip-yoga-in-queens/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:50:54 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=36770 “Fourwheels” Hip Hop artist, Deepak Chopra, and Erica Ford inaugurating Hop Hip Yoga in Queens today.  

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/inaugurating-hop-hip-yoga-in-queens/feed/ 0 Fox News: Healing and Dooms Day https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/fox-news-healing-and-dooms-day/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/fox-news-healing-and-dooms-day/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:42:16 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=36415 Fox News Anchor Uma Pemmaraju hosts Deepak on America’s News Headquarters tomorrow on the Fox News Channel to discuss the topics of healing and Dooms Day.  The show airs  live at noon eastern time  – check your local TV listing.

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/fox-news-healing-and-dooms-day/feed/ 0 Daily Inspiration https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-inspiration-51/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-inspiration-51/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:28:59 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=36254 Be kind to yourself and others. Come from love every moment you can. #PrayForNewtown

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-inspiration-51/feed/ 0 AskDeepak: Love and Relationships https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/askdeepak-love-and-relationships/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/askdeepak-love-and-relationships/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:41:29 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=36247 Join Deepak on a journey of personal, social, global and spiritual transformation and ease your mind and soul. Addressed within are reflections, thoughts, and inspirations on big questions about love and relationships. The ASK DEEPAK e-book series was created to encourage people to live healthier, fuller lives and to be more aware. Deepak Chopra delivers […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/askdeepak-love-and-relationships/feed/ 0 Super Soul Sunday: Oprah Winfrey and Deepak – What is happening in the world now? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/supersoulsunday/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/supersoulsunday/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:40:49 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35831 Season two premiere episode ‘Oprah & Deepak Chopra: Meditation 101’ Premieres November 4 at 11am ET/PT on OWN The season two premiere of the Emmy® Award-winning series “Super Soul Sunday” is ‘Oprah and Deepak Chopra: Meditation 101’ premiering on November 4 at 11am ET/PT on OWN   Why Deepak Chopra Says Social Media May Save […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/supersoulsunday/feed/ 0 The Time for Change is Now https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-time-for-change-is-now/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-time-for-change-is-now/#respond Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:23:51 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35644 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh_2CLcKlA&feature=share&list=UUZNGEAWDQJykSC2pwG2Erpg[/youtube] US consumers currently face a crisis. Out of 84,000 chemicals on the market, the Environmental Protection Agency has only tested 200 of them for their health effects. Deepak Chopra, the CEO of Breast Cancer Fund, Jeanne Rizzo, and the CEO of Seventh Generation, John Replogle discuss the need to educate consumers and for companies […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-time-for-change-is-now/feed/ 0 Sages and Scientists: Wesley Clark – Part 1 – 3 https://choprafoundation.org/other/sages-and-scientists-wesley-clark-part-1-3/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/sages-and-scientists-wesley-clark-part-1-3/#respond Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:42:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35590 Lessons From War | SAGES & SCIENTISTS: Wesley Clark – Part 1 Description: Wesley Clark — retired general, writer, and businessman — discusses the spiritual and emotional aspects of leadership. In the wake of global challenges – war, climate change, poverty, and more – Clark emphasizes that we must find a way to unite science, […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/sages-and-scientists-wesley-clark-part-1-3/feed/ 0 HuffPost LIve https://choprafoundation.org/other/huffpost-live/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/huffpost-live/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:37:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35552 Deepak Chopra talks to Ahmed about politics, the tumultuous events in the Middle East, and his latest book, “Spiritual Solutions”. Click here to watch the video: Huffington Live

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/huffpost-live/feed/ 0 Killings in Libya and Role of Social Networks https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/killings-in-libya-and-role-of-social-networks/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/killings-in-libya-and-role-of-social-networks/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:06:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35539 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVDGHzvHYpg&feature=share&list=PLCC0EE35DF28E3690[/youtube]    Description: Today’s shooting of American diplomats in Libya was due in part to the popularization of videos shared on social networks and which stirred strong emotions in many circles. What was the role of social networks in this and other recent incidents?* Deepak Chopra examines how social networks and social networking can be […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/killings-in-libya-and-role-of-social-networks/feed/ 0 Gotham Chopra Says I Will for 9/11 Day https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/gotham-chopra-says-i-will-for-911-day/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/gotham-chopra-says-i-will-for-911-day/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:01:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35531   [youtube]http://youtu.be/lDXLgjinaLE[/youtube] Description: Gotham Chopra remembers September 11, 2001 and explains what he will do on this year’s anniversary.

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/gotham-chopra-says-i-will-for-911-day/feed/ 0 Mallika Chopra says I Will for 9/11 https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/mallika-chopra-says-i-will-for-911/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/mallika-chopra-says-i-will-for-911/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:59:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35529   [youtube]http://youtu.be/Gh3K1vcMoEc[/youtube] Description: Mallika Chopra remembers September 11, 2001 and explains what she will do on this year’s anniversary.

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/mallika-chopra-says-i-will-for-911/feed/ 0 9/11 – I take the Vow https://choprafoundation.org/other/911-i-take-the-vow/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/911-i-take-the-vow/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:57:14 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35515 [youtube]http://youtu.be/OYntitz_pXc[/youtube]   Description: Deepak Chopra remembers September 11, 2001 and explains what he will do on this year’s anniversary.  Together we can help to create a peaceful, just, sustainable and healthy world.

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/911-i-take-the-vow/feed/ 0 Healing the Deeper Wound https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/healing-the-deeper-wound/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/healing-the-deeper-wound/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:44:24 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35513 Healing yourself comes in two stages – first releasing the energy of suffering, then replacing it with the soul’s energy.  It is a gentle and fragile path, very much like holding on to a thread as it leads  you from step to step.  If you take the time to listen to the voice of silence, […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/healing-the-deeper-wound/feed/ 0 Erica Ford, Russell Simmons, and Deepak Chopra Champion LIFE Camp https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/erica-ford-russell-simmons-and-deepak-chopra-champion-life-camp/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/erica-ford-russell-simmons-and-deepak-chopra-champion-life-camp/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:37:07 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35413 LIFE Camp students celebrate the program’s I Love My LIFE Day event This summer Erica Ford will introduce Hamptonites to LIFE Camp, the organization she founded to help inner-city teens and young adults develop into peer leaders and avoid becoming victims or perpetrators of violence; to provide them with resources that promote critical thinking, self-empowerment, […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/erica-ford-russell-simmons-and-deepak-chopra-champion-life-camp/feed/ 0 Peace is a LifeStyle: A note from Russell Simmons https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/peace-is-a-lifestyle-a-note-from-russell-simmons/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/peace-is-a-lifestyle-a-note-from-russell-simmons/#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:29:14 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35407 Every summer, I block out my weekends to spend time in the Hamptons, most of it with my kids. My Sundays are usually spent on the Hamptons beach, a short distance but a long way from the Queens’ hood I grew up in. This Sunday, I was walking on that beach when I got a […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/peace-is-a-lifestyle-a-note-from-russell-simmons/feed/ 0 DEEPAK IN RUSSIA https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-in-russia/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-in-russia/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:20:04 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35396 Deepak was in Russia this week and was interviewed by the Russian News Services – a radio station that supplies news updates to most of the Russian radio stations. In his interview he talks about how together we can help to create a peaceful, just, sustainable, and healthy world. Click to the interview:  Interview with […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-in-russia/feed/ 0 Everything is Music – Dave Stewart and Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/other/everything-is-music-dave-stewart-and-deepak-chopra/ https://choprafoundation.org/other/everything-is-music-dave-stewart-and-deepak-chopra/#respond Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:50:44 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35391 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2V8rkAg2c&list=UUTFZD2vrz3Cfd2DOdf17PeA&index=8&feature=plcp[/youtube] Existence was born when we fell in love with emptiness. A candle was made to turn into flame In one moment of destruction that leaves no shadow. With a single note, the nightingale makes me notice the rose, Falling into that place where everything is music. Where everything is music. Where everything is music. […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/other/everything-is-music-dave-stewart-and-deepak-chopra/feed/ 0 Deepak wears Peach’s Neet Feet in Moscow https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/deepak-wears-peachs-neet-feet-in-moscow/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/deepak-wears-peachs-neet-feet-in-moscow/#respond Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:24:41 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35383 Peach’s Neet Feet (PNF) is a grassroots custom shoe donation project. Madison “Peach” Steiner and her awesome staff artists hand paint and donate canvas shoes for children battling cancer, serious illness, and lifelong disabilities. Thank you Deepak for bringing Peach’s Neet Feet to Moscow.  Check it out.    Good Morning from Red Square – Moscow […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/deepak-wears-peachs-neet-feet-in-moscow/feed/ 0 Peace Is A LifeStyle https://choprafoundation.org/peace-2/peace-is-a-lifestyle/ https://choprafoundation.org/peace-2/peace-is-a-lifestyle/#respond Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:31:42 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=35373 I am Present for Peace March – Russell Simmons, Erica Ford, and thousands of community leaders gathered on August 20th in Jamaica, Queens calling for peace. The community assembled to call for an end to violence with the recent high records of gun violence in New York. Read more: I Am Present for Peace

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