awareness - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Sat, 09 Jun 2018 01:48:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://choprafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-CF-Favicon-2-32x32.png awareness - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org 32 32 The True Meaning of Meditation https://choprafoundation.org/other/the-true-meaning-of-meditation/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:02 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40837 By Deepak Chopra, MD The American way of meditation is now firmly a part of our lifestyle, and millions of people who have taken up yoga and learned about mindfulness feel quite comfortable meditating. I’m saying “the American way,” because it took scientific research and the promise of improved health to convince the average person […]

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]]> How to Be Your Own Medical Advocate https://choprafoundation.org/articles/how-to-be-your-own-medical-advocate/ Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:24:02 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40697 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD When the average person goes to the doctor, shows up at the ER, or enters the hospital, the possibility of controlling what happens next is minimal. We put ourselves in the hands of the medical machine, which in reality rests upon individual people—doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants, […]

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]]> Artificial Intelligence, False Gods, and Driverless Everything https://choprafoundation.org/articles/artificial-intelligence-false-gods-and-driverless-everything/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 01:44:35 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40680 By Deepak Chopra, MD and P. Murali Doraiswamy, MD Artificial Intelligence (A.) has succeeded by being far-seeing; it’s a field where proponents began by envisioning a computer that can take over functions of the human brain, like computation and logic. Today the field has progressed to the point where algorithms can recognize photos, speech and […]

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]]> The AI Paradox: How Computers Will Make Us More Human https://choprafoundation.org/articles/the-ai-paradox-how-computers-will-make-us-more-human/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:03 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40666 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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]]> The Faith-Based Science of Neil deGrasse Tyson—It Needs Correcting https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-faith-based-science-of-neil-degrasse-tyson-it-needs-correcting/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:07:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40641   By Deepak Chopra, MD Peacekeepers entering war zones frequently find that both sides are angry and intransigent, to the point that even mentioning peace causes tempers to flare. This has been the situation with the debate—now worn out to the point of exhaustion—between science and religion. There are ways to bring peace, but they […]

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]]> A Surprising Answer to “Who Am I? https://choprafoundation.org/articles/a-surprising-answer-to-who-am-i/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:00:29 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40539 By Deepak Chopra, MD Not many people reflect philosophically on the age-old question, “Who am I?” For practical purposes, everyday life depends on accepting the self that gets up in the morning, eats breakfast, and goes off to work. This makes it seem as if “Who am I?” is a given. But in fact, it […]

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]]> Grounding the Human Body for Health : https://choprafoundation.org/articles/grounding-the-human-body-for-health/ Mon, 29 May 2017 00:00:33 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40534 By Marty Zucker, Gaetan Chevalier, PhD, Clint Ober, Paul J. Mills, Deepak Chopra, MD The Earth is like a gigantic battery that contains a natural, subtle electric charge—a special kind of energy present in the ground. For safety and stability, almost everything in the electrical world is connected to the ground, whether it is an […]

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]]> Green Shoots in a Desert Kingdom https://choprafoundation.org/articles/green-shoots-in-a-desert-kingdom/ Mon, 15 May 2017 17:50:12 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40525 By Deepak Chopra, MD Although fears over our planetary woes make headlines and keep people up at night, it should be apparent that finding solutions is about our mindset. The mindset of dread contributes to passivity and depression. Recently I encountered a mindset that holds promise because it combines consciousness-awareness raising with technology. The green […]

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]]> https://choprafoundation.org/articles/40516/ Mon, 01 May 2017 10:27:40 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40516 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Pankaj S. Joshi, PhD Although it takes place outside the headlines, even those that deal with science, a heated debate is occurring about mind and matter. On one side is a camp of so-called physicalists, formerly known as materialists, who hold fast to the assumption that any and all phenomena […]

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]]> A Meditation to Restore Hope, Faith, and Trust https://choprafoundation.org/articles/a-meditation-to-restore-hope-faith-and-trust/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:22 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40498 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Steve Israel Everyone has been experiencing the ill effects of disruptive politics. Thinking of the present situation in terms of a partisan divide doesn’t go far enough–there has been a wholesale loss of trust. Hope for a better future is defeated on a daily basis. Faith in the democratic system […]

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]]> Reality Is Structured in Consciousness https://choprafoundation.org/other/reality-is-structured-in-consciousness/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:16 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40483 By Deepak Chopra, MD One of the most surprising survivors in our society, long counted out as either moribund or dead, is philosophy. The “love of truth,” as the Greek term describes, was defeated by science and its love of facts. So it was unexpected when the New York Times ran an op-ed piece titled […]

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]]> The Ultimate Self-Help: Upgrading the Illusion https://choprafoundation.org/other/the-ultimate-self-help-upgrading-the-illusion/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:15:07 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40471 By Deepak Chopra, MD The phrase “personal reality” has a range of meanings, and most people would begin with their situation, the place where they find themselves. There’s a natural impulse to improve the situation, whatever it happens to be. If your situation lacks enough money, satisfying work, a loving relationship, and so on, it […]

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]]> How to Stop Being a Biological Robot https://choprafoundation.org/other/how-to-stop-being-a-biological-robot/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40152 Most people are too busy, or otherwise distracted, to think about how the mind works, much less about the vexed problem of connecting mind and brain. This includes neuroscientists. They run their experiments and publish new data without addressing the most fundamental questions. Their field runs nicely by simply assuming that the brain is the […]

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]]> What’s the Point of Being Human? The Best Answer So Far. https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/whats-the-point-of-being-human-the-best-answer-so-far/ Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:16:04 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40112 By Deepak Chopra, MD The point of being human is to push the envelope of being human. This is worth remembering when times are tough and we lose confidence in ourselves. No other creature on earth has the capacity to redefine itself. We do.  How humans gained this ability remains a totally mystery. Looking at […]

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]]> Faith, Itself, Must Evolve in Our Modern World https://choprafoundation.org/other/faith-itself-must-evolve-in-our-modern-world/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:01:16 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39862 Originally published by MariaShriver.com on September 21, 2015 Faith, Itself, Must Evolve in Our Modern World By Deepak Chopra, MD Photo Credit: Jacob Sciacchitano, Unsplash Like everything in human life, faith evolves—or not. Among the species on the planet in danger of extinction is the creature of simple faith, a person who accepts the supernatural reality […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> The 13th Disciple & The Future of God https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-13th-disciple-the-future-of-god/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:45:11 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39446 Deepak has generously shared his Prezi presentation on The 13th Disciple & The Future of God.  Check it out: Prezi.  The 13th Disciple The Future of God

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]]> DAILY INSPIRATION https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-inspiration-57/ https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/daily-inspiration-57/#respond Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:30:31 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=36532 Experience your awareness not as a stream of thoughts but as the potential for becoming who you want to be.

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