Question:
In your last answer to the question on meditation you wrote: ‘Once you put yourself in the flow of universal intelligence, you can feel assured that your growth is proceeding as quickly and perfectly as possible.’
My question is: Is meditation becoming conscious of being one with God? I sometimes feel the need to give thanks, but is it more important just to be in the presence of God and let God be God in one’s being?
Answer:
Becoming conscious of your unity with God is a perfectly valid way of understanding your meditation experience. During your meditation practice, you don’t need to do anything to give thanks or to do anything other than follow your meditation instructions. Gratitude emerges naturally through deeper appreciation of the divine, and that appreciation unfolds spontaneously as one gains self-knowledge and releases the conditioning that obscures true perception. The process of awakening to your divinity already contains all the steps in the blossoming of the heart in devotion and gratitude.
Love,
Deepak
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Time Magazine heralded Deepak Chopra as one of the 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credited him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Entertainment Weekly described Deepak Chopra as "Hollywood's man of the moment, one of publishing's best-selling and most prolific self-help authors." He is the author of more than 50 books and more than 100 audio, video and CD-Rom titles. He has been published on every continent and in dozens of languages. Fifteen of his books have landed on the New York Times Best-seller list. Toastmaster International recognized him as one of the top five outstanding speakers in the world. Through his over two decades of work since leaving his medical practice, Deepak continues to revolutionize common wisdom about the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit, and healing. His mission of "bridging the technological miracles of the west with the wisdom of the east" remains his thrust and provides the basis for his recognition as one of India's historically greatest ambassadors to the west. Chopra has been a keynote speaker at several academic institutions including Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Divinity School, Kellogg School of Management, Stanford Business School and Wharton.His latest book is
"Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul."
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