Deepak Chopra: Does God exist? If she does, does she care about us?

[Guest guest]

Understanding the nature of consciousness is the only solution to

life's big questions, mind-body guru Deepak Chopra says - and the

only guarantee of a future for mankind.

 

 

DONNA NEBENZAHL, The Gazette

Published: Monday, June 05, 2006

 

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. - Mahatma Gandhi

 

Deepak Chopra has a sharp tongue. One might imagine the mind-body

guru, a wildly successful speaker, author and advocate of

consciousness-raising, would couch his conversation in New Age

epithets and spiritual banter.

 

Think again.

 

It didn't take long to discover that Chopra, a medical doctor who

turned to natural healing traditions, isn't afraid to stir things up.

 

Here this week to give a talk titled Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions

of Your Life, Chopra will address consciousness, he said, " and by

understanding consciousness how we can begin to solve some of the

big riddles: Who are we? Does God exist? If she does, does she care

about us? "

 

He has added this invitation from the Learning Annex Canada,

provider of self-improvement workshops, and its Quebec equivalent,

ChangeonsleQuebec.com, to an already packed schedule - he will also

speak in New York and Atlanta this week.

 

Speaking by telephone from the Kellogg School of Management in

Chicago, where he was giving a lecture, Chopra said he will present

his theory of the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit and

healing.

 

Founder of the Chopra Centre for Well Being in California and

founding director of the recently created Alliance for New Humanity,

Chopra wants to let his audience know that there is a way to take

the creative leap of consciousness that will change humanity. Our

future is hinging on it, he said.

 

If we fail, well, too bad.

 

" Nature might be saying human beings are a good experiment that

didn't work, " he said. " We're just a little speck of dust in the

junkyard of infinity. "

 

But even as humanity continues to fight wars, destroy the ecosystem,

face disease, starvation and abject poverty, people are looking for

answers, Chopra said.

 

" I think what has happened is that traditional religion has become

divisive and quarrelsome, and sometimes idiotic. "

 

True spirituality, he points out, is " just awareness, not some

belief in a white man in the sky. "

 

We can start to get somewhere by understanding the nature of

consciousness. " It's not reductionist, which says that spirit is a

by-product of our biology. Our biology, perception, cognition,

moods, interaction with nature, personal relationships - all are a

by-product of our consciousness. "

 

When we understand this, he suggests, we will begin to see that

evolution in its true form is survival of the wisest, not the

fittest. The latter he describes as a male, predatory concept.

 

" No pursuit is more worthy at this time than understanding the

nature of consciousness, " he said.

 

One's inner transformation will be crucial for the transformation of

the world, he said. " We really have to understand that Gandhi was

right when he said, 'Be the change.'

 

" If individuals communicate and connect, it's like a support group

that brings out another type of collective intelligence. "

 

The goal of the Alliance for New Humanity, Chopra said, is to

see " if we can create a critical mass of sanity in the world. "

 

The way to do this, he writes in his latest book, Peace Is the Way

(Harmony Books), is by becoming a force for peace. It may sound

impossible, given the belief that man is violent and human nature

self-destructive.

 

But those beliefs, Chopra writes, are phantoms. They were " just as

present before the rise of Christianity, yet a Christian world was

born from 13 people. "

 

What it takes to move forward on the path to peace is a leap of -

that critical element - consciousness, the same kind of leap that

was taken after Newton's apple-based discovery of gravity.

 

During that flowering of science, the world was transformed, he

writes, and " the idea of being human could no longer be consistent

with reading by candlelight, travelling by horse, suffering through

high rates of death in childbirth, short life spans, and the ravages

of disease. A leap in collective consciousness took place. "

 

So it is with the way of peace, which he believes people are ready

to follow. It must be achieved, he says, in order for us to change

our attitudes toward the planet, which we have so destroyed; we have

become a cancer upon it.

 

" I think the new consciousness will go beyond nationalism in all its

forms, " said Chopra, who sees a danger in the growing isolationism

in the United States.

 

Those emblems of the old order are nothing more than frozen

consciousness, he writes. " They may have power to affect everyday

life, but the reins of change lie in our hands. "

 

Deepak Chopra will speak to English and French audiences at the

Palais des Congres on Thursday. For more information and for

tickets, call toll free 1-(877)-277-1240 or visit

www.learningannex.ca. Ticket prices start at $59.95.

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

i remember with sadness the day years ago when some foolish SYs

accused Deepak Chopra of copying Shri Mataji's lectures for his own

benefit. This unjust accusation was sheepishly accepted and a

potent round of punitive mantras thrown against him. Thought only a

year into Sahaja Yoga i was ashamed to be around such dumb people

and refused to participate in their ignorance.

 

Over the years i have learnt much from Deepak Chopra, a man i deeply

respect along with others who enlighten humanity (though most SYs

would disagree.) It is his intuitive, creative and penetrating

understanding of consciousness that brings kudos from me.

 

i too have understood consciousness better. Now i know the Adi

Shakti within me is also consciousness, as is everything else on

Earth and Universe. Even the mountains and oceans are made of

consciousness. Everything is ultimately consciousness. Everything is

ultimately Sat Chit Anand!

 

So after reading Deepak Chopra's Montreal talk on consciousness i

now understand it better. So i asked Arwinder, who by the way is now

16-years-old, a few questions at around 7.15 a.m. Since the age of

five he has never wavered in his claim and flawless narration of

meeting the Adi Shakti in his Sahasrara. Having done so hundreds of

times, along with siblings Kash and Lalita, leaves absolutely no

room for doubt or rebuttal that Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is the

incarnation of the Adi Shakti within:

 

Q: Arwinder, do you still talk with Shri Mataji?

 

Arwinder: A bit.

 

Q: What you mean " a bit " ?

 

Arwinder: Like sometimes only.

 

Q: That means you just meditate most of the time?

 

Arwinder: Yah.

 

 

By reading Deepak Chopra's books/talks i now know that Arwinder's

meeting the Adi Shakti in the Sahasrara (Kingdom of God) is all part

and parcel of consciousness.

 

So " does God exist? " - Absolutely! God is within all humans.

 

" If she does, does she care about us? " - Definitely! Why else should

we humans be given the faith and evidence necessary to take part in

the Last Judgment and Resurrection, and attain life eternal?

 

That brings us to Her incarnation on Earth, Shri Mataji Nirmala

Devi. i realized that my consciousness has changed considerably over

the years, to the point where my vision and attention encompasses

the whole humanity. Just like Her, i envision a day when Her life-

long work to trigger inner transformation, crucial as it is for the

transformation of the world, will reach a critical mass.

 

But what really changed my consciousness? Was it the deep knowledge

of the human subtle system? No, not at all.

 

So what really transformed my consciousness and enlightened my mind?

It was the Adi Shakti's revelation of Herself in the Sahasarara

(Kingdom of God), and Her Divine Message of the Last Judgment and

Resurrection. She also revealed how God operates in this world and

the three traits or characteristics universally associated with God

are omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence.

 

Omniscience: This term refers to the all knowing nature of God.

Webster defines it as " the quality of knowing all things at once;

universal knowledge; knowledge unbounded or infinite. " God knows our

very thoughts, our feelings, our desires and our needs. SHe knows

our words before we say them and he knows our thoughts before we

think them. SHe knows all of our ways. In fact, God even knew us

before we were born. There are no secrets before Almighty God. In

short, God possesses superior knowledge and wisdom about everything

and that knowledge is all encompassing. When we say that SHe knows

our thoughts, what we really mean is that SHe knows the thoughts of

every person on the planet right now, at this instant – all six

billion plus people. SHe knows everything about everybody all the

time, down to the most intimate detail.

 

Omnipotence: This term refers to the all powerful nature of God.

Looking at Webster again, this is defined as " almighty power;

unlimited or infinite power; a word in strictness applicable only to

God. "

 

Omnipresence: Omnipresence is a theological term that refers to the

unlimited nature of God's ability to be everywhere at all times.

Relying upon Webster's once again, we see omnipresence defined

as " presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal

presence; ubiquity. "

 

So i am becoming less and less a SY, a rather restrictive term that

now applies to those who follow the Sahaja Yoga Subtle System

Religion, and more a believer/devotee of the Adi Shakti and Her

Divine Message of the Last Judgment and Resurrection. Through Her

revelations and guidance i have discarded all external images and

abandoned all rituals, meditating with Her in the Sacred Sanctuary

within that She has revealed ........... and slowly learning how to

be One with Her. That is why it is so easy to boldly proclaim Her

incarnation and Divine Message with fearless faith and determined

tenacity. It is just as easy to talk about the holy scriptures,

religions, their messengers ........... and Deepak Chopra too. i

have come to know that all are part and parcel of Her consciousness.

That means you and me too. That is how Her Divine Message will

survive and ultimately triumph. So attain this consciousness of Her

Divine Message that will enable genuine inner transformation so

crucial for the transformation of the world. As Shri Jesus said " You

will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free. " This Truth has

little or almost nothing to do with the SYSSR - Period!

 

Jai Shri Mataji,

 

 

jagbir

 

 

 

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org wrote:

>

>

> Understanding the nature of consciousness is the only solution to

> life's big questions, mind-body guru Deepak Chopra says - and the

> only guarantee of a future for mankind.

>

>

> DONNA NEBENZAHL, The Gazette

> Published: Monday, June 05, 2006

>

> There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. - Mahatma Gandhi

>

> Deepak Chopra has a sharp tongue. One might imagine the mind-body

> guru, a wildly successful speaker, author and advocate of

> consciousness-raising, would couch his conversation in New Age

> epithets and spiritual banter.

>

> Think again.

>

> It didn't take long to discover that Chopra, a medical doctor who

> turned to natural healing traditions, isn't afraid to stir things

> up.

>

> Here this week to give a talk titled Unlocking the Hidden

> Dimensions of Your Life, Chopra will address consciousness, he

> said, " and by understanding consciousness how we can begin to

> solve some of the big riddles: Who are we? Does God exist? If she

> does, does she care about us? "

>

> He has added this invitation from the Learning Annex Canada,

> provider of self-improvement workshops, and its Quebec equivalent,

> ChangeonsleQuebec.com, to an already packed schedule - he will

> also speak in New York and Atlanta this week.

>

> Speaking by telephone from the Kellogg School of Management in

> Chicago, where he was giving a lecture, Chopra said he will

> present his theory of the crucial connection between body, mind,

> spirit and healing.

>

> Founder of the Chopra Centre for Well Being in California and

> founding director of the recently created Alliance for New

> Humanity, Chopra wants to let his audience know that there is a

> way to take the creative leap of consciousness that will change

> humanity. Our future is hinging on it, he said.

>

> If we fail, well, too bad.

>

> " Nature might be saying human beings are a good experiment that

> didn't work, " he said. " We're just a little speck of dust in the

> junkyard of infinity. "

>

> But even as humanity continues to fight wars, destroy the

> ecosystem, face disease, starvation and abject poverty, people are

> looking for answers, Chopra said.

>

> " I think what has happened is that traditional religion has become

> divisive and quarrelsome, and sometimes idiotic. "

>

> True spirituality, he points out, is " just awareness, not some

> belief in a white man in the sky. "

>

> We can start to get somewhere by understanding the nature of

> consciousness. " It's not reductionist, which says that spirit is a

> by-product of our biology. Our biology, perception, cognition,

> moods, interaction with nature, personal relationships - all are a

> by-product of our consciousness. "

>

> When we understand this, he suggests, we will begin to see that

> evolution in its true form is survival of the wisest, not the

> fittest. The latter he describes as a male, predatory concept.

>

> " No pursuit is more worthy at this time than understanding the

> nature of consciousness, " he said.

>

> One's inner transformation will be crucial for the transformation

> of the world, he said. " We really have to understand that Gandhi

> was right when he said, 'Be the change.'

>

> " If individuals communicate and connect, it's like a support group

> that brings out another type of collective intelligence. "

>

> The goal of the Alliance for New Humanity, Chopra said, is to

> see " if we can create a critical mass of sanity in the world. "

>

> The way to do this, he writes in his latest book, Peace Is the Way

> (Harmony Books), is by becoming a force for peace. It may sound

> impossible, given the belief that man is violent and human nature

> self-destructive.

>

> But those beliefs, Chopra writes, are phantoms. They were " just as

> present before the rise of Christianity, yet a Christian world was

> born from 13 people. "

>

> What it takes to move forward on the path to peace is a leap of -

> that critical element - consciousness, the same kind of leap that

> was taken after Newton's apple-based discovery of gravity.

>

> During that flowering of science, the world was transformed, he

> writes, and " the idea of being human could no longer be consistent

> with reading by candlelight, travelling by horse, suffering

> through high rates of death in childbirth, short life spans, and

> the ravages of disease. A leap in collective consciousness took

> place. "

>

> So it is with the way of peace, which he believes people are ready

> to follow. It must be achieved, he says, in order for us to change

> our attitudes toward the planet, which we have so destroyed; we

> have become a cancer upon it.

>

> " I think the new consciousness will go beyond nationalism in all

> its forms, " said Chopra, who sees a danger in the growing

> isolationism in the United States.

>

> Those emblems of the old order are nothing more than frozen

> consciousness, he writes. " They may have power to affect everyday

> life, but the reins of change lie in our hands. "

>

> Deepak Chopra will speak to English and French audiences at the

> Palais des Congres on Thursday. For more information and for

> tickets, call toll free 1-(877)-277-1240 or visit

> www.learningannex.ca. Ticket prices start at $59.95.

>

> http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?

> id=e12b48ee-2bac-4549-870f-d89359357e70

>