Deepak Chopra Quotations | Page 2

By expressing our unique talents and using them to serve others, we will experience unlimited love, abundance, and true fulfillment in our lives.

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

In an instant, our mind can carry us far away into memories of the past or fantasies about the future. Or we may get caught up in a race against the clock, feeling like there's never enough time. We say things like "Time is flying," "Time is running out," or "There are never enough hours in the day."

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

The ultimate goal of all goals is to be happy. If you want to be happy make someone else happy.

You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns there is a complete transformation of your personal self into your universal self . . . the complete loss of all fear, including death. You have become a being who radiates love the same way the sun radiates light. You have finally arrived at the place from which your journey began.

Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

We somehow forget that we can choose whether to make time an enemy or an ally.

If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see.

Instead of asking "what’s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?

When you make a choice, you change the future.

We can shift from time-bound awareness into timeless awareness . . . to the ecstasy that can only be found in the present moment.

The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth.

The most effective way to live in the flow of the timeless is meditation.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

As you meditate, over time your consciousness becomes awake within itself. The silent witness within saturates and illuminates the mind so that it does not look to the past or the future for fulfillment. It experiences peace and freedom within itself in every moment.

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.

If you have your full attention in the moment, you will see only love.

Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives.

While the health benefits are many, yoga offers much more than just a way to exercise the body.

The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy.

At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos. There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rain forest, between your bloodstream and the world’s rivers, between your bones and the chalk cliffs of Dover.

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.

The universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself.

If you are having the experience of anxiety, your body is making adrenaline and cortisone, if you are having the experience of tranquility, your body starts making valium, if you are having the experience of exhilaration and joy, your body makes interleukins and interferons which are powerful anti-cancer drugs. So, your body is constantly converting your experiences into molecules.

It takes as little as 1% of a population to create positive change, and I believe that if 100 million people underwent a personal transformation in the direction of peace, harmony, laughter, love, kindness, and joy...the world would be transformed.

Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

When awareness expands, events that seem random actually aren't. A larger purpose is trying to unfold through you. When you become aware of that purpose- which is unique for each person- you become like an architect who has been handed the blueprint.

Even if yoga only enhanced physical fitness, the time spent in practice would be fully worthwhile.

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

Throughout your day, when you notice that your thoughts have drifted away, come back to where you are. You'll instantly see why you drifted away, whether because you were bored, anxious, dwelling on the past, or anticipating the future.

The true spiritual secret is this: what you seek, you already are. True success is discovering your inner divinity~ it's the ability to love and have compassion, trust your intuition, and awaken to your unlimited creative nature.

Use memories. Do not let memories use you.

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.

Meditation calms the mind, and when the mind is in a state of restful awareness, the body relaxes too.

If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.

The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you...

If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?!

During meditation, our breathing slows, our blood pressure and heart rate decrease, and stress hormone levels fall.

You will begin to see your life as an opportunity to share the special gift you alone can bestow upon the world.

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.

Awareness is the birthplace of possibility. Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.

If you find yourself saying things like, "I'm hitting the age where I'll need reading glasses," "I'm too old to try yoga (or some other activity)," or other such statements, make a conscious choice to shift your perspective and what you tell yourself about your body and age.

Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.

In our imaginations we believe that love is apart from us. Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to accept it. When you truly find love, you find yourself

When you expand your awareness, your energy flows freely. You're more flexible, balanced, and creative. You view yourself and the world with more compassion and understanding. You have more energy and are open to new possibilities.

Loving another person is not separate from loving God. One is a single wave, the other is the ocean.

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind... what we sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

I create my success from within

Withhold no good impulse. You may fear that you will run to excess and squander too much, but those feelings are born of fear. In God's reality, the more you give of yourself-in feeling, generosity, self-expression, goodness, creativity, and love-the more you will be given.

While most people are conditioned to see the body as a biological machine, you can begin to view it as a field of energy, transformation, and intelligence that is constantly renewing itself. Begin to notice both your internal dialogue and how you speak about your body and aging.

Wherever I go, and whoever I encounter, I will bring them a gift. The gift may be a compliment, a flower, or a prayer. Today, I will give something to everyone I come into contact with, and so I will begin the process of circulating joy, wealth and affluence in my life and in the lives of others.

All great changes are preceded by chaos.

The body does not create the mind; the Mind creates the body.

Giving and receiving are different expressions of the same flow of energy in the universe.

Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.

Feel the world, instead of trying to understand the world.

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

Since we are an inextricable part of the field of consciousness, we are also infinitely creative, unbounded, and eternal.

Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.

There are only 2 responses to the world, fear or love. Your life depends on which one you choose.

Never give up hope. Know that you are loved.

Our essential nature is pure consciousness, the infinite source of everything that exists in the physical world.

Let your body take care of you.

To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.

You are not creating a new you; you are releasing a hidden you. The process is one of self discovery. The hidden you that wants to emerge is in perfect balance.

Don't instantly throw yourself into external demands.

Our brains are too slow to register that every concrete object is winking in and out of existence at the quantum level thousands of times per second.

Love is what we are in our essence, and the more love we feel in our hearts, the more it will be brought to us.

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.

By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological age, and tap into our inner reservoirs of unbounded energy, creativity, and love.

Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.

Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment. And when we introduce an intention in our pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.

For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.

The small things you do everyday- smiling at a stranger or paying someone a compliment -bring you closer to your spiritual truth , the purity of your soul

At the level of the mind, you are part of the human mind; at the level of the brain you are part of the global brain. This is a perfect example of becoming the change that you want to see.

Embrace the unpredictable and unexpected. It is the path to the infinitely creative in you.

Unless there's a personal transformation, there can be no social transformation.

The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.

You can lead your brain and inspire it. You can actively shape new neural pathways.

Because the body is the end product of intelligence and how that intelligence shapes your reality will shape the reality of the body.

Every experience that we have is unique to us because at some deep level we make an interpretation of it.

Tidal rhythms have an effect on our physiology.... When we feel out of sorts, our body is out of sync with the body of the Universe. Spending time near the ocean, or anywhere in nature, can help us to synchronize our rhythms with nature's rhythms.

You can expand your awareness in many ways, and as you do, your brain will evolve. It will grow physically by developing new neural pathways, synaptic connections, and even new brain cells. Perhaps more importantly, it will evolve to mirror the expansion of your mind into new, creative areas.

The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you'll see there's a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.