We have all heard about the benefits of relaxation. Online articles and magazines have headlines that tell us how to meditate, why we need to relax and how stress is bad for us. While we all know that stress can have negative physical manifestations, we often forget about how stress impacts us on a spiritual [...]
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The Limitless Treasure of Who You Are
I can remember as a very young child recognizing, “I am,” and feeling both enormous wonder and fear. Before that moment my attention (in my memory, at least) was focused solely on survival: mother, breast, food. In that instant, attention was opened to consciousness, expanding beyond my known limits. As I began to grow up, [...]
Ask Deepak: What is the Purpose of Life?
What is the purpose of life? Deepak Chopra responds to reader questions.
25 Ways to Feed Your Soul
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Instead of obsessing about food, fat, your weight and your multiple failures to lose ‘it,’ imagine what your life could look like, the shape it might take, if you shifted your focus to bringing joy to your heart, giving [...]
Gay Marriage, Syria, and 5 Other Things on My Mind This Week by Gotham Chopra
I fall on the side of humanitarianism, even if it means minding someone else’s business.
Can Gays Rescue a Dying Church?
A recent poll determined that fewer and fewer people in the United States consider themselves to be religious. I recently attended a meeting of my church’s denomination that helped me understand why. In a world racked by poverty and war, we spend our best energies determining whether gay and lesbian Christians should be allowed to [...]
Everywhere in Spirit: 7 Causes in 7 Days
“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.”
Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the Whole Sky.” ~ Hafiz
Picture Perfect Moment: MCA with the Dalai Lama
Many around the world were familiar with MCA’s music, but did you know the rocker was also involved in the Buddhist community?
India is a Smorgasbord of Spirituality
At the end of last year I returned from my second trip to India, in awe of how Indians manage to live every day in a spiritual way despite the organized chaos of a country with 1 billion people. I visited Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Rohet, Varanasi, Goa, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Bengaluru. Although [...]
The Most Dangerous Fundamentalist in America
This post is the final in a series on how to defend oneself against fundamentalism. Today’s lesson is perhaps the most important — how to spot the most dangerous fundamentalist of them all. It is fairly easy to see when others are being fundamentalists. The problem is that fundamentalism is contagious. We pick up the [...]
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