The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
Deepak ChopraRead
Real bliss is to have peace of mind.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from a calm and peaceful mind.
This quote by Deepak Chopra emphasizes that genuine contentment and joy, or 'bliss', stem from inner peace. It suggests that rather than seeking external sources of happiness, one should cultivate a tranquil state of mind to attain real fulfillment in life.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a meditation group discussion.
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.
I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'
It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.
I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.
That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.
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