According to Deepak Chopra our true nature--Spirit--is a field of pure consciousness.

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" Your essential being is the source of all being -- the field of pure

consciousness that manifests as the entire universe. In this very

moment, pure consciousness illuminates and animates your mind and

body, and it is powerful, invincible, unbounded, and free. When you

know yourself as this field of consciousness, you have power to

manifest your desires, you have freedom from fear and limitations,

and you live in grace, which is that state of consciousness where

things flow and your desires are easily fulfilled.

 

Joy and sorrow, happiness and suffering, are the play of opposites;

they are transient because they are time-bound. Spirit, the essential

you, is independent of the play of opposites: it dwells in the silent

bliss of the eternal. That's why the key to happiness is to identify

with the unchanging essence of your inner self – to live and play in

the field of intelligence that is beyond positive and negative. This

field is your source, and it is magical, holy, joyful and free.

 

To experience lasting happiness, you have to go to a place beyond

thought and experience inner peace. It's not that you have to have a

positive attitude. It's not that you have to shed your sadness and

bring in happiness. You have to go beyond the world of duality to the

field of pure potentiality and live from your source.

 

Happiness and sadness are different faces of infinite consciousness.

Both are transient, and you are neither because you are not a state

of consciousness. You are consciousness itself expressing all of

these states. Why would want to identify with a wave on the ocean or

a mere drop of water when you are the ocean? You are not the ever-

changing behaviour of the ocean. You are the water-i-ness of the

ocean. And this water-i-ness doesn't change.

 

Vedanta declares, " Know that one thing by knowing which everything

else is known. " For one who knows the Self, the limitations of the

world disappears.

 

Deepak Chopra: Power, Freedom, and Grace: Living from the Source of

Lasting Happiness

Hardcover: 232 pages

Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing (July 31, 2006)

ISBN-10: 1878424815

ISBN-13: 978-1878424815

 

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Though we all seek happiness, usually it's a side effect of having

what we want, whether that's a family, a house, a good job, friends

or money. But according to holistic well-being expert and one-man

media empire Chopra (The Ten Commitments, The Seven Spiritual Laws),

all of those reasons come and go like a passing breeze. Citing the

wisdom of Vedanta, one of the world's oldest philosophies, Chopra

demonstrates how happiness for a reason is just another form of

misery-as that reason can be taken away from us at any time. Chopra

offers no quick fixes for this inner journey to happiness for its own

sake- " the key to lasting happiness is to identify with the unchanging

essence of your inner self, your source " -but does offer provocative

questions along the path: " How can I live with effortless

ease?, " " When will I be fully awake?, " " What is grace and how do I

live in it? " The wordy chapters can be hard to get through, and some

passages may require multiple readings to fully digest ( " Thought, at

a primordial level, is an impulse of energy and information, and it

comes from the field of pure consciousness " ). Still, millions of

devotees will find this title, extending the philosophies laid out in

his other books, audio and video programs, of great interest. For

neophytes, though, Chopra's panoply of ideas may be too hard to grasp

and his goals too lofty for practical self-help.

 

 

Book Description

In Power, Freedom, and Grace, Deepak Chopra considers the mystery of

our existence and its significance in our eternal quest for

happiness. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where do I go when I die?

Chopra draws upon the ancient philosophy of Vedanta and the findings

of modern science to help us understand and experience our true

nature, which is a field of pure consciousness.

 

When we understand our true nature, we begin to live from the source

of lasting happiness, which is not mere happiness for this or that

reason, but true inner joy. By knowing who we are, we no longer

interfere with the innate intelligence of the cosmos. Instead, we

allow the universe to flow through us with effortless ease, and our

lives are infused with power,freedom, and grace.