Deepak Chopra Quotes

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Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

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Emotion brings in the dimension of bonding or tuning in: An experience that touches your heart makes the meaning that much more personal.

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The reason that ego and love are not compatible comes down to this: you cannot take your ego into the unknown, where love wants to lead. If you follow love, your life will become uncertain, and the ego craves certainty.

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Yet the only reason you believe that you were born is that your parents saw you emerge from the womb. They thought they witnessed the moment when you began to exist, so they spread the rumor that you had been born." Savitri was astonished...

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Bliss cannot be found by remembering the past or anticipating the future.

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If we could learn to live from the level of the soul, we would see that the best most luminous part of ourselves is connected to all the rhythms of the universe. We would truly know ourselves as the miracle-makers we are capable of being.

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Most human behavior is nothing other than the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure.

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The more you expand your awareness, the more naturally you will be present without effort.

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Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.

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Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.

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The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.

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Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.

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Where nature goes to create stars, galaxies, quarks and leptons, you and I also go to create ourselves.

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No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads.

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Whatever you put your attention on becomes energized.
Whatever you take your attention away from dwindles

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Skeptics squat by the road like guardians of truth, letting no one pass who doesn't come up to scratch. They never realize that they can see only what their paradigm tells them to look for. If you judge a person only by how well he plays pool, Mozart won't pass scrutiny, but the fault is in your lens.

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For some, healing is too much to bear, and they hand it back, exchanging it for the fear they are accustomed to.

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Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.

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Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.

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Being shown a gesture of love is like being offered a portion of God.

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Love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself.

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If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.

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Marshall Rosenberg provides us with the most effective tools to foster health and relationships. Nonviolent Communication connects soul to soul, creating a lot of healing. It is the missing element in what we do.

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Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.

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You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor today is your self left over from yesterday.

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