Quotes from Deepak Chopra

When the beginning and end of a process are joined together, you have Yoga, or union.

Nothing you really value in your present life—a loving relationship, a good family, worthwhile and rewarding work, and the time to enjoy these things—came about by chance. They grew out of desire and intention.

A simple shift of attention is all you need.

The two major threats to well-being—illness and aging—are constantly present. Out of sight, without your knowing it, your present good health is being silently undermined. Abnormal processes are taking place in everyone's body at a microscopic level. Anomalies inside a cell that affect only a cluster of molecules or the shape of one enzyme are virtually undetectable.

medio maravilloso, cuyas posibilidades ocultas apenas sospechamos en la actualidad.

Be still and know your soul. Seek it, and when you meet your soul, seize it for yourself, because it's worth far more than gold.

Crown chakra: So hum (pronounced so hum), or simple awareness Forehead/third eye chakra: Om (pronounced ohm) Throat chakra: Ham (pronounced hum) Heart chakra: Yam (pronounced yum) Solar plexus chakra: Ram (pronounced rahm) Sacral chakra: Vam (pronounced vum) Root chakra: Lam (pronounced lum)

Chance favors the prepared mind." This can be converted into a simple equation: Opportunity + Preparedness = Good Luck.

Laughter is humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. —Mahatma Gandhi

Every single problem that you have in your life is the seed of an opportunity for some greater benefit.

The scenery changes, the seer remains the same. Your body is just the place your memories call home.

As this life evaporated before his eyes, Siddhartha felt a shiver, as if someone had ripped off his winter coat and left him naked in the cold. But he wasn't naked, and far from dead. Instead of the mask of images and memories, surrounding him on every side was something pure and free: life itself. He couldn't remember who he was. There was nothing left of his fears and dreams, nothing to do, nothing to want. He was simply alive, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye.

Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. - Rabindranath Tagore

It's ironic that many Americans feel they have to go abroad to enjoy eating. They bask in the slow lunches that take hours on a terrace in Tuscany.

Follow your bliss, don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

How can you tell when your ego is getting in the way of your dreams? There are many clues, but the most important is anxiety. Whenever your self or your spirit is overshadowed by your self-image or your ego, you feel anxiety.

That's what had changed when he jumped into the abyss. He exchanged illusion for truth. He felt purified, and yet some part of him couldn't rejoice in it. What would it be like to be the only man who wasn't afraid?

Gautama said. "But I am blessed, because it has taken me only five years to know who I am not.

verás que las células viejas son como mapas de la experiencia de una persona

1. Dukkha Life is unsatisfactory. Pleasure in the physical world is transient. Pain inevitably follows. Therefore, nothing we experience can be deeply satisfying. There is no resting place in change.

Moreover, it might not even be desirable to follow your bliss. Should you quit your job as an accountant, office manager, or salesperson and jump immediately into opera singing, painting, or raising roses because that's what you really love? Normal life would be disrupted if everyone ran around doing only the things they loved. But that is how most people interpreted Campbell's explanation.

You will attract people with all six of these qualities—the extremely positive qualities because you may not feel that you deserve them and the extremely negative ones because you refuse to acknowledge their presence in your life. Once you can see yourself in others, it will become much easier to connect with them, and through that connection to discover unity consciousness. The door to synchrodestiny will open. Such is the power of the mirror of relationship.

If you live the questions, life will move you into the answers.