Deepak Chopra - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://choprafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-CF-Favicon-2-32x32.png Deepak Chopra - The Chopra Foundation https://choprafoundation.org 32 32 The Best Strategy to Combat Aging https://choprafoundation.org/articles/the-best-strategy-to-combat-aging/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:16:52 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40750 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD When people think about growing old, they blame the passage of time—the years roll by, and the body stops looking younger year by year. But the latest science disputes this view. A person ages because the cells in their body age, and cells live only in […]

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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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]]> Does the Human Mind Need a Fresh Start? https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/does-the-human-mind-need-a-fresh-start/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:43:47 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40660 By Deepak Chopra, MD Most people would agree, even without a degree in psychology, that many if not most problems are created by the mind.  It’s impossible to be human without the functioning of the higher brain (the cerebral cortex), which is proportionately larger in Homo sapiens, and evolved with unusual swiftness into the state […]

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]]> Unveiling Reality: The Mystery of “Who Am I?” https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/unveiling-reality-the-mystery-of-who-am-i/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:50:59 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40656 By Deepak Chopra, MD At a public lecture, a psychology professor was reported to say, “Until you are fifty, you won’t know who you are.” This seems overly optimistic, because much more than maturity is involved in discovering who we are; in fact, much more than psychology is involved. To answer, “Who am I?” requires […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Closing the Truth Gap and How to Close It https://choprafoundation.org/articles/closing-the-truth-gap-and-how-to-close-it/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:58 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40537 By Deepak Chopra, MD There’s a truth gap that has nothing to do with facts versus lies in politics. Rather, it has to do with how we verify that something is true. Without doing it consciously, everyone shifts their “mode of knowing” all the time. That phrase is necessary because everyday truth is relative. 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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]]> The “New Old Age” Just Got Better https://choprafoundation.org/articles/the-new-old-age-just-got-better/ Mon, 08 May 2017 21:56:19 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40521 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD   For at least two decades we’ve been living with a drastic revision of growing old. What is now dubbed the “old old age” prevailed for centuries; it was a set of beliefs that turned the aging process into inevitable decline physically and mentally. After a lifetime […]

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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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]]> The Evolving Cosmos: Is Reality Getting Any Closer https://choprafoundation.org/articles/the-evolving-cosmos-is-reality-getting-any-closer/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:54 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40505 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Pankaj S. Joshi, PhD Science is the modern authority for telling us what’s real, using verifiable facts to prove its theories. Over the last century many facts have emerged about the nature of the universe, and since we know we live in an evolving universe since the big bang occurred […]

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]]> How Does Something Come Out of Nothing? A Cosmic Tale https://choprafoundation.org/articles/how-does-something-come-out-of-nothing-a-cosmic-tale/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:03:20 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40503 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Prof. Pankaj S. Joshi The question of where the universe came from isn’t solved by pointing to the big bang, because this begs the question of where it came from. In physics creation is often dubbed “something out of nothing,” meaning that the entire observable cosmos emerged from a pre-created […]

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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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]]> Why You Aren’t Who You Think You Are https://choprafoundation.org/articles/why-you-arent-who-you-think-you-are/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:36:09 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40494 By : Deepak Chopra Each of us perceives reality through the filter of a personal self, an “I” that is unique in the world, thanks to the unique experiences we’ve had since birth. We rely on “I” to be able to navigate through everyday situations, not realizing how limiting “I” actually is. It’s fair to […]

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]]> Does the Mind Create the Brain or Does the Brain Create Mind? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/does-the-mind-create-the-brain-or-does-the-brain-create-mind/ Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:59:00 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40489 By Deepak Chopra, MD   Neuroscience has risen over the past few decades to a crowning place in medical science, due to two innovations, advanced brain scans like fMRIs and the completion of the Human genome Project in 2003. Brain scans allow us to peer into the activity of a living brain without surgery or […]

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]]> Have Human Beings Stopped Evolving? https://choprafoundation.org/articles/have-human-beings-stopped-evolving/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:33 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40485 By Deepak Chopra, MD No idea has become baked into the social fabric than Darwinism, and yet Darwin himself never meant this to happen. In his mind, he was scientifically describing “the descent of species,” a specific notion of how life forms changed over time. Evolution was a rebuttal of the prevailing concept that species […]

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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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]]> A Note to Skeptics: It’s Time to Go Radical https://choprafoundation.org/articles/a-note-to-skeptics-its-time-to-go-radical/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:38 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40463 By Deepak Chopra, MD   Anyone who has had the audacity to question mainstream science soon runs afoul, particularly in the blogosphere, of hard-line skeptics. Whether they are simply insistent or outright aggressive, the skeptical viewpoint has long been founded on a simple principle. Reality is what lies before us, in the three-dimensional world “out […]

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]]> How Patient Advocates Can Help with Doctor’s Visits https://choprafoundation.org/articles/how-patient-advocates-can-help-with-doctors-visits/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:50:45 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40460 By Deepak Chopra MD, Lizabeth Weiss, BA, Nancy S. Cetel, MD, Danielle Weiss, MD, Joseph B. Weiss, MD,   When the average American goes to the doctor, shows up at the ER, or enters the hospital, the risks and complexities of our healthcare system strike home vividly. Besides the expense of care and the intricate […]

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]]> Where Do You Call Home? A Cosmic Answer https://choprafoundation.org/articles/where-do-you-call-home-a-cosmic-answer-2/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:24:10 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40452 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Menas Kafatos, PhD   Home is a charged word for everyone, a source of emotion that’s intimately associated with feeling safe and loved, of belonging. When asked “Where is home?” people reply with a country or city, perhaps a specific street address. Almost no one says “My home is the universe.” […]

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]]> Where Do You Call Home? A Cosmic Answer https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/where-do-you-call-home-a-cosmic-answer/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:45:39 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40450 By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD Home is a charged word for everyone, a source of emotion that’s intimately associated with feeling safe and loved, of belonging. When asked “Where is home?” people reply with a country or city, perhaps a specific street address. Almost no one says “My home is the universe.” […]

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]]> How to Meet Your Cosmic Self https://choprafoundation.org/articles/how-to-meet-your-cosmic-self/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:38:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40446 By Deepak Chopra, MD Science has been falsely portrayed as the enemy of spirituality, largely because of a noisy band of militant atheists who also happen to be scientists. Their outcry that to believe in God is irrational and therefore anti-scientific misses the point. Not all scientists are irreligious, but the whole premise of this […]

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]]> Hitching a Ride on the Cosmos https://choprafoundation.org/other/hitching-a-ride-on-the-cosmos/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:20:11 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40442 By Deepak Chopra MD and Menas Kafatos, PhD The universe and the human brain have something important in common. The inner workings of both are invisible. At this moment you have no perception of what’s happening in your brain; neural activity is unknown to the mind of the person to whom the neurons belong without […]

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]]> The Genetics of a Silent Killer and the Quest for a Cure https://choprafoundation.org/articles/the-genetics-of-a-silent-killer-and-the-quest-for-a-cure/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:50 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40425 By Deepak Chopra, MD FACP and Mark L. Zeidel, M.D Some diseases make headlines, pull at our heart strings, and inspire high-visibility fundraising events. Others, like kidney disease, wreak havoc more quietly. Chronic kidney disease afflicts more than 26 million people in the U.S., putting them at high risk for other serious illnesses, like heart […]

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]]> What Came Before the Big Bang? A Surprise Answer https://choprafoundation.org/articles/what-came-before-the-big-bang-a-surprise-answer/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:23:16 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40419 By Deepak Chopra, MD and  Menas Kafatos, PhD The most widely accepted notions about the universe are central to how we view reality. One striking example links birth and death. In the age of faith, religion existed to reassure believers about a higher plane of reality. On this plane, the everyday experience of birth and […]

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]]> Why You and the Universe Are One https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/why-you-and-the-universe-are-one/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 04:10:07 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40393   By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD. It takes a lot to overturn the accepted view of reality, but it doesn’t take a lot to begin. The accepted view of reality holds that human beings exist in the context of a vast physical universe “out there.” Only an extreme mystic would doubt this […]

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]]> Sleep Out for homeless youth https://choprafoundation.org/people/sleep-out-for-homeless-youth/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:53:05 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40361 Support Sleep Out for Homeless youth.  You can donate and/or join Chris Clarke, Deepak Chopra and others on November 17th at Covenant House (New York City). Each year in 27 cities across North America, Covenant House cares for over 50,000 at-risk and homeless kids in their journey from the street to safety, and ultimately, to independence. […]

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]]> It’s High Time to Make the FDA Safe and Effective https://choprafoundation.org/health/its-high-time-to-make-the-fda-safe-and-effective/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 21:35:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40350 By Deepak Chopra MD, Nancy S. Cetel, MD, Joseph B. Weiss, MD, Paul J. Mills, PhD, Danielle Weiss, MD, David Brenner, MD Few government agencies impact our daily lives as critically as the Food and Drug Administration. Seventy percent of the US population takes at least one prescription drug each month. The marketplace for Big […]

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]]> How to Be Timeless Right This Moment https://choprafoundation.org/articles/how-to-be-timeless-right-this-minute/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:02 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40326 By Deepak Chopra, MD For most people, the two words “timeless” and “eternal” seem roughly the same. They spell the end of clock time, and for many religious believers, Heaven is eternal, a place where time goes on forever. Whatever you think about it, time coming to an end isn’t a pleasant prospect, because the […]

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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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]]> A Revolution in Reality Is Around the Corner https://choprafoundation.org/articles/a-revolution-in-reality-is-around-the-corner/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:34 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40323 Whether they think about it or not, people take sides about reality. The dividing line separating science from spirituality was crossed long ago, and it doesn’t take a lesson in philosophy or theology to pick up a smartphone. Therefore, by default reality for everyone is scientific reality. Let’s set the old science versus spirituality divide […]

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]]> Good News: You Aren’t a Biological Robot https://choprafoundation.org/articles/good-news-you-arent-a-biological-robot/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:34 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40312 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD We live in a golden age for neuroscience, and new findings about the brain emerge almost by the month. with huge government backing, one foresees the day, which could be quite soon, when every significant region of the brain is correlated with all the things we […]

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]]> One Beauty Secret for Everyone https://choprafoundation.org/health/one-beauty-secret-for-everyone/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:49:00 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40301     By Deepak Chopra, MD and Kimberly Snyder, CN   The pursuit of beauty, which has been a constant theme throughout recorded history, makes beauty seem like a mysterious gift granted only to the fortunate few. Even now in a scientific age, there’s the constant search for beauty secrets that will bring this gift […]

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]]> Six-Day Clinical Trial Finds Integrative Medicine Program Alters Blood Serum https://choprafoundation.org/health/six-day-clinical-trial-finds-integrative-medicine-program-alters-blood-serum/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:03:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40297 Six-Day Clinical Trial Finds Integrative Medicine Program Alters Blood Serum Meditation, yoga and vegetarian diet linked to decline in plasma metabolites associated with inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk In a novel controlled clinical trial, participants in a six-day Ayurvedic-based well-being program that featured a vegetarian diet, meditation, yoga and massages experienced measurable decreases in a […]

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]]> How to See a Beautiful Person in the Mirror https://choprafoundation.org/health/how-to-see-a-beautiful-person-in-the-mirror/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:44 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40287 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Kimberly Snyder, CN Society has allowed our notion of beauty to go awry. Countless women–and not just women–look in the mirror and see a reflection of inadequacy. They have fallen short of an ideal that was defective to begin with. But conditioned since childhood to equate a “perfect” body with […]

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]]> Self Directed Biological Transformation https://choprafoundation.org/health/self-directed-biological-transformation/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:53:52 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40284 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD This week some exciting news has come out about the effect of meditation on personal wellbeing. Adding to the mounting evidence that meditation has a number of beneficial effects on things like blood pressure and depression, what’s crucial in the new study, which just appeared in […]

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]]> Scientific Revolution https://choprafoundation.org/other/scientific-revolution/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:38:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40272 Conversation with Deepak Chopra & Eric Schadt at Deepakhomebase https://choprafoundation.org/other/conversation-with-deepak-chopra-eric-schadt-at-deepakhomebase/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:35:18 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40269 Watch Deepak Chopra and Eric Schadt discuss the effects of meditation on epigenetics, gene expression, cell biology, anti-aging, and health: Facebook Live

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]]> What Is Your DNA Doing For You Right Now? https://choprafoundation.org/health/what-is-your-dna-doing-for-you-right-now/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 22:06:07 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40252 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD Ever since its structure was unraveled in the early Fifties, DNA has been considered the mastermind of the cell. Sitting in splendid isolation in the cell’s nucleus, DNA encodes all of life. It sends duplicates of itself (RNA) to direct the manufacture of proteins; and proteins, […]

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]]> Dr. Deepak Chopra Receives Honorary Degree From Sofia University https://choprafoundation.org/other/dr-deepak-chopra-receives-honorary-degree-from-sofia-university/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:40:45 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40234 PALO ALTO, Calif., July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — On June 25, 2016, Sofia University welcomed internationally renowned author, educator, and luminary Deepak Chopra, MD as commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2016. Dr. Chopra delivered Sofia University’s annual commencement address on the ceremony theme of “Envisioning the Future” to over 250 guests. In his speech, Dr. […]

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]]> Perspectives in Philanthropy: Meaningful Meditation https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/perspectives-in-philanthropy-meaningful-meditation/ Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:12:01 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40230 Deepak Chopra delivered the keynote at Morgan Stanley’s Social Impact Exchange this past June.  Please enjoy reading the latest edition of “Perspectives in Philanthropy” which includes the article, Meaningful Meditation (Pages 6-7) highlighting meditation and not for profits, The Chopra Foundation and Just Capital.   Read more at: Meaningful Meditation   “Entrepreneurs are the creative […]

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]]> How to Get Back Your Personal Power https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/how-to-get-back-your-personal-power/ Mon, 02 May 2016 00:00:56 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40177 By Deepak Chopra, MD There are many ways in modern life to feel powerless, as the world seems increasingly dangerous. None of us can change the evening news, but we can regain the personal power that is undermined by stress, a sense of threat, and loss of control. In fact, without being in control, a […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> Why the Physical Universe Needs Mental Glue https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/why-the-physical-universe-needs-mental-glue/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:43 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40147 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Jennifer Nielsen, PhD candidate Robber barons in the 19th century were so rich that they didn’t have to do things the way ordinary people do. If they wanted to live in a French chateau or an Italian palazzo, for example, they didn’t have to build one from scratch. Instead a […]

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]]> The Conversation at Deepak Homebase https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-conversation-at-deepak-homebase-2/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:21:58 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40133 6. Please join the Satsangh with Deepak Chopra and Eddie Stern on the Deeper Meaning of Yoga at Deepak Homebase  7:00 pm, Thursday, March 24th, 2016

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]]> How to See the Whole Universe: Nonlocality and Acausality https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/how-to-see-the-whole-universe-nonlocality-and-acausality/ Mon, 21 Mar 2016 02:09:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40131 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Jennifer Nielsen   Whenever there’s a new breakthrough in science, a closer step is taken to seeing reality as a whole. Essentially science works on the jigsaw-puzzle principle: Having taken apart a picture of the Eiffel Tower or the Grand Canyon, reassembling the pieces gives you the whole picture again. Applied […]

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]]> If Science Is a Game, Here’s a Game-Changer https://choprafoundation.org/other/if-science-is-a-game-heres-a-game-changer/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:12:14 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40129   By Deepak Chopra, MD, Menas C. Kafatos, PhD   The quantum pioneer Erwin Schrödinger was one of the best thinkers about philosophy in a generation of physicists, around a century ago, that was rich in philosophers (a very rare breed today). One of Schrödinger’s most intriguing statements has explosive implications for the future of […]

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]]> Taking Personal Reality Seriously (Including Yours) https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/taking-personal-reality-seriously-including-yours/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 02:43:42 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40126   By Deepak Chopra, MD   In college, a time-honored theme for assigning term papers is to discuss appearance versus reality, which can be applied to questions as diverse as “Is the ghost of Hamlet’s father real?” and “What was actually at stake in the Cold War?” But this intriguing topic doesn’t usually stick, and […]

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]]> Why Gravitational Waves Are Red Herrings https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/why-gravitational-waves-are-red-herrings/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 02:43:21 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40125 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Menas C. Kafatos, PhD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. When big science gets a major boost, the news goes around the world with an air of celebration. The latest such event was the confirmation of gravitational waves, which were predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity. As enthusiastically explained by […]

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]]> Why Science Is Ultimately Spiritual, and Vice Versa https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/why-science-is-ultimately-spiritual-and-vice-versa/ Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:08:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40118 By Deepak Chopra, MD   Despite attempts to reconcile science with the long history of spirituality, a gulf still exists between them–a totally unnecessary one. There is only one reality, and science differs from spirituality only in its style of describing what is real. If this is true, then it’s not simply an option to […]

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]]> Nature vs. Nurture Debunked: The Power of our Genes @ Digital Health Summit CES 2016 https://choprafoundation.org/video/nature-vs-nurture-debunked-the-power-of-our-genes-digital-health-summit-ces-2016/ Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:05:27 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40117 Courtesy of Digital Health Summit CES 2015   Speakers: Mike Feibus, Columnist; President and Principal at TechKnowledge Strategies, USA Today; Rudolph Tanzi, MD, Professor of Neurology, Harvard University; Deepak Chopra, MD, Founder, The Chopra Foundation

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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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]]> Panel on the Nature of Fundamental Reality moderated by Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/panel-on-the-nature-of-fundamental-reality-moderated-by-deepak-chopra/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:47:57 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40103 A panel with Edward Frenkel, Bernardo Kastrup, Menas Kafatos, Julia Mossbridge and facilitated by Deepak Chopra.

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]]> Who Controls Your Mind? (Hint: It’s Not Your Brain) https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/who-controls-your-mind-hint-its-not-your-brain/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 01:46:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40093   By Deepak Chopra, MD One of the easiest bets to win is to offer a million dollars to anyone who can accurately predict their next thought.  It would be foolhardy to accept such a bet. As we all experience every day–and yet rarely notice–our thoughts are unpredictable and spontaneous. They come and go at […]

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]]> There Is No Absolute Evil–Here’s Why https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/there-is-no-absolute-evil-heres-why/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:44:47 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40092 By Deepak Chopra, MD   At the turn of the new year it feels as if evil is more present and dangerous than ever. One component of worldwide fear is terrorism, and in the minds of religious fanatics who turn to terror tactics, there’s a black-and-white conception of evil. This mental picture of God battling […]

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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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]]> One Solution to America’s Health Care Crisis https://choprafoundation.org/health/one-solution-to-americas-health-care-crisis/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:03:52 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40048 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, Joseph B. Weiss, MD, Nancy Cetel Weiss, MD, and Danielle E. Weiss, MD Complications in medical care occur at a staggering rate, resulting in over 440,000 accidental deaths from medical errors (the vast majority not considered malpractice, such as side effects from drugs) in U.S. hospitals each […]

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]]> Will Pope Francis Become a Holy Man for the World? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/will-pope-francis-become-a-holy-man-for-the-world/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:19:40 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40044 By Deepak Chopra, MD Pope Francis I is poised to be more than a very popular pontiff graced with humility and an approach of love and gentleness, two words he often uses. He could rise to become a symbol of holiness beyond the Catholic Church, as the Dalai Lama is a symbol of enlightenment beyond […]

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]]> Human Universe and Eternal Inflation https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/human-universe-and-eternal-inflation/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:10:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40043 By Deepak Chopra, MD   I was reminded recently that we live in a Catch-22 Universe. What makes it a Catch-22 is that no one is qualified to penetrate the mystery of the cosmos without skill in advanced mathematics, and yet those who have this skill are so tied to numbers that they see reality […]

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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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]]> Why a Mental Universe Is the “Real” Reality https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/why-a-mental-universe-is-the-real-reality/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 01:18:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40024 By Deepak Chopra, MD, Menas Kafatos, PhD, Bernardo Kastrup, PhD, Rudolph Tanzi, PhD                 Science concerns itself with reality, in the form of “real particles”, “real organisms”, and the “real universe”. The tacit assumption is that science can answer the question of reality itself. If this wasn’t the […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> Chopra Foundation co-sponsors new article on the science of healing – bringing focus to the emerging field of energy and biofield medicine https://choprafoundation.org/other/chopra-foundation-co-sponsors-new-article-on-the-science-of-healing-bringing-focus-to-the-emerging-field-of-energy-and-biofield-medicine/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 02:27:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=40015 Leading scientists in major U.S. universities collaborate with clinicians to publish cutting-edge scientific thinking in healing San Diego, CA:  What is the vital force behind all existence? The first Biofield Science and Healing Conference sponsored by leading not for profit organizations in integrative health, healing and medicine,  The Chopra Foundation, Samueli Institute, Miraglo Foundation, and […]

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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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]]> Deepak Chopra: Capitalism Can Be Tool for Social Good https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/deepak-chopra-capitalism-can-be-tool-for-social-good/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:23:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39906 Deepak Chopra discusses finding humanity in capitalism with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu on “Bloomberg Market.” Watch:  Deepak Chopra: Capitalism Can Be Tool for Social Good

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]]> Why Don’t We Know We Are Enlightened Already? https://choprafoundation.org/other/why-dont-we-know-we-are-enlightened-already/ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:39:00 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39874 By Deepak Chopra, MD “Enlightenment” is a word that has gotten so entangled with vague confusion that many people have given up on it. I don’t mean the classic seeker who hungers for God, Nirvana, or higher states of consciousness. There isn’t an accepted definition of enlightenment that allows for a general discussion where everyone […]

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Feeding America San Diego https://choprafoundation.org/other/feeding-america-san-diego/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:52:39 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39842   1 in 7 people in San Diego face hunger. Deepak posted his  #Spoontember selfie to raise awareness and we invite you to join! For every post with @FeedingSanDiego tagged, generous supporters have pledged to donate 8 meals. Let’s make a difference today! Learn more at: http://feedingamericasd.org

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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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]]> Which Universe Do You Want to Live In? It’s Your Choice https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/which-universe-do-you-want-to-live-in-its-your-choice/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:01:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39822   By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD   The night sky that you can view from your back yard is roughly the same, given a few changes in the positions of stars, as the night sky Galileo turned his telescope on to. But visual similarity is misleading. There have been half a dozen […]

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]]> Deepak Accepts the Ice Bucket Challenge and Invites others to join https://choprafoundation.org/health/deepak-accepts-the-ice-bucket-challenge-and-invites-others-to-join/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:14:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39814 In the spirit of service, Deepak gladly accepts the Ice Bucket Challenge from Ryan Olohan and invites his friends to join him!  Let’s all accept the invitation and bring awareness of ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [youtube]https://youtu.be/Msig8dYK9eI[/youtube]   Deepak called out by Ryan Olohan, Google Healthcare: [youtube]https://youtu.be/DgrF5k2RO7Q[/youtube]

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]]> Mediation and the Spiritual Life of Children https://choprafoundation.org/meditation-2/mediation-and-the-spiritual-life-of-children/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:21:57 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39845 By Deepak Chopra, MD When they become parents, many people wonder how to impart spiritual values to their children. The traditional model of sending them to Sunday school is one alternative; another is to draw the entire family into the personal spirituality of the parents, as more people turn away from organized religion to carve […]

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]]> Meditation and the Spiritual Life of Children https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/meditation-and-the-spiritual-life-of-children/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:53:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39812 By Deepak Chopra, MD When they become parents, many people wonder how to impart spiritual values to their children. The traditional model of sending them to Sunday school is one alternative; another is to draw the entire family into the personal spirituality of the parents, as more people turn away from organized religion to carve […]

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]]> A Conversation with Berit Brogaard and Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/people/a-conversation-with-berit-brogaard-and-deepak-chopra/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:58:53 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39626 [youtube]https://youtu.be/8lxO_q9bfRc[/youtube] Berit Brogaard and Deepak Chopra discuss the super human mind.

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]]> A Conversation with Fred Alan Wolfe and Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/a-conversation-with-fred-alan-wolfe-and-deepak-chopra/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:44:32 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39625 [youtube]https://youtu.be/1NWJnO2-baA[/youtube] Fred Alan Wolf and Deepak Chopra discuss consciousness is the way the universe turns nothing into something, Fred explains why he thinks consciousness may be the stuff of the universe.

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]]> A Conversation with Rupert Spira & Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/people/a-conversation-with-rupert-spira-deepak-chopra/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:38:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39622 [youtube]https://youtu.be/bjik0C9PXx4[/youtube] Rupert Spira & Deepak Chopra discuss non dual reality. Rupert Spira, a masterful teacher, helps us to understand the nature of fundamental reality through meditation.

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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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]]> Do We Really Know What’s Real? The Most Optimistic Answer Is Maybe https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/do-we-really-know-whats-real-the-most-optimistic-answer-is-maybe/ Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:51:28 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39673 By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD   For a very long time, if you wanted to know if something is real or not, the go-to people have been scientists. The rise of rationality over superstition is considered the single greatest achievement of the past three or four centuries. So it’s startling news–as we […]

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]]> Deepak and General Colin Powell https://choprafoundation.org/spirituality/deepak-and-general-colin-powell/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:36:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39669 Deepak and Colin Powell discuss changing the world at the Sages conference. Click to watch the interview: Navigating a Changing World.

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]]> Conversation with Drs. Ruth Kastner and Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/people/conversation-with-drs-ruth-kastner-and-deepak-chopra/ Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:42:27 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39623   Drs. Ruth Kastner & Deepak Chopra discuss understanding our unseen reality. Quantum Physics mathematically describes reality at the smallest scales. However scientists argue over its interpretation and what it means. Dr Kastner explains the transactional interpretation.

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]]> Physics’ Split Personality: Is the Dark Side Winning? https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/physics-split-personality-is-the-dark-side-winning/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:22:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39660 By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD   For some time now most of the universe has gone dark. This startling news was brought to popular attention in a June Op-Ed piece in the New York Times called “A Crisis at the Edge of Physics.” It began, “Do physicists need empirical evidence to confirm […]

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]]> Conversation with Jenny Nielsen and Deepak Chopra https://choprafoundation.org/spirituality/conversation-with-jenny-nielsen-and-deepak-chopra/ Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:47:08 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39645 Deepak and Jenny discuss the non local universe and how everything in the universe is entangled both in space and time.

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]]> Mindful Evolution: Can You Guide What Your Genes Are Doing? https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/mindful-evolution-can-you-guide-what-your-genes-are-doing/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:42:17 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39616 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD   Human beings are unique in the scenario of life on Earth–that much is obvious. We are guided by awareness, and to implement our wishes, dreams, and inventions, the higher brain (chiefly the cerebral cortex) has evolved to extraordinary proportions. Although classical Darwinism is mindless, and […]

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]]> From Facts to Meaning, Through Beauty https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/from-facts-to-meaning-through-beauty/ Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:34:11 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39581 By Frank A. Wilczek, PhD and Deepak Chopra, MD Science tells us what the world is, not what it means. As expert as they are at collecting and analyzing data, most modern scientists tend to shy away from the question, “What does it all mean?” To them, the question seems so vague as to be, […]

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]]> The Soul of Leadership – Enlightened Leadership https://choprafoundation.org/people/the-soul-of-leadership-enlightened-leadership/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:51:41 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39573 Photo: Rep. Steve Israel, Rep. Tim Ryan, Rep Adam Schiff, and Rep Tony Cardenas Deepak taught the Soul of Leadership to various Congress persons today.

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]]> A New Hot Button: Consciousness-Driven Evolution https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/a-new-hot-button-consciousness-driven-evolution/ Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:29:26 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39569 By Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD             Science is meant to be the opposite of a belief system. No one underlined this point more securely than Charles Darwin, who devised a theory of evolution that defied the strongest belief of his time, the all but universal belief […]

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]]> Deepak Chopra speaks at Talks@GS https://choprafoundation.org/other/deepak-chopra-speaks-at-talksgs/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:09:36 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39566 Deepak Chopra, MD speaks on enlightened leadership, wellbeing, and consciousness at Talks@GS:   Highlights on Enlightened Leadership and Consciousness   Mind-Body Connection   Five Pillars of Wellbeing    

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]]> Dr. Menas Kafatos and Deepak Chopra: Creative Cosmos https://choprafoundation.org/science-consciousness/dr-menas-kafatos-and-deepak-chopra-creative-cosmos/ Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:17:46 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39563 [youtube]https://youtu.be/kXtTuEOpAoA[/youtube] Is Consciousness Fundamental in the Universe. Which interpretation of Quantum Mechanics is most popular? Available soon on www.CuriosityStream.com: Deepak Chopra’s Curious Minds is a brand new series of intimate dialogues around the science of our universe ..featuring nobel laureates, academics & thought leaders.

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]]> How to Make Quantum Reality Our Reality: Looking for a Better Deal https://choprafoundation.org/other/how-to-make-quantum-reality-our-reality-looking-for-a-better-deal/ Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:24:37 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39560 How to Make Quantum Reality Our Reality: Looking for a Better Deal By Deepak Chopra, MD and Ruth E. Kastner, PhD   If you ask a scientist to talk about quantum mechanics, it’s predictable that the first thing he or she is likely to say is that this is the most successful theory in the […]

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]]> Self-Compassion: Tips for loving yourself just as you are https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/self-compassion-tips-for-loving-yourself-just-as-you-are/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:55:30 +0000 https://choprafoundation.org/?p=39558   Self-Compassion: Tips for loving yourself just as you are By Deepak Chopra, MD Do you love yourself just as you are? The way that people answer this question reveals a great deal about their upbringing. Well-loved children absorb from their parents a sense of self-worth that lasts a lifetime. But receiving mixed messages as […]

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