The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
Deepak ChopraRead
My favorite: Spirituality is a domain of awareness.
Interpretation
Spirituality involves a heightened awareness of oneself and the universe.
Deepak Chopra's quote suggests that spirituality goes beyond mere rituals or beliefs; it embodies a deep level of awareness about oneself and one's connection to the broader universe. This awareness allows individuals to explore deeper meanings in life, promote personal growth, and connect with a sense of greater purpose.
In practice
In a meditation session, you might say, 'As Deepak Chopra reminds us, spirituality is a domain of awareness.'
The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
To promote the healing response, you must get past all the grosser levels of the body - cells, tissues, organs and systems -- and arrive at a junction point between mind and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts to have an effect.
It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.
The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous.
I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%
Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.
I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it.
If we live truly, we shall see truly.
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