March 16th, 2010
0Each week, spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra responds to Oprah.com users’ questions with enlightening advice to help them live their best lives.
Q: I am learning about living a more spiritual life. I am slowly realizing my connection with God. I attempted meditation and had a beautiful, frightening experience. It was beautiful because it was the most beautiful light and a promise that I will have everything I most want and frightening ...Oprah.com
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1Q: No matter how much I am active about something, no matter how much I reach for others, no matter how I change, meditate, change the state of mind, no matter how much I work or contribute, everything in my material world remains the same. Nothing changes. I work on the inside, but on the outside all my circumstances and conditions are the same. What is wrong, and why I am stuck? Thanks.
March 8th, 2010
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December 3rd, 2009
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October 21st, 2009
7Question:
My question has to do with getting out of an emotional rut. I’ve made some big changes in my life in this past year: I got out of a 5 year relationship that wasn’t working, left a high-pressure job that was sucking all the energy out of me, let go of a wonderful, but very expensive (and hence high-stress) apartment and finally put all my things in storage in order to travel for about 2 months to clear my mind and spend time with my
October 21st, 2009
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October 8th, 2009
5Question:
I have been meditating for about 6 months, and I use your cd that moves one through the chakras. I usually meditate in the dark in front of a mirror, because the first time I meditated, I happened to glance in a mirror, and I saw wondrous colors. The colors, mostly red but also dark blue, orange and yellow, appear as bright points or watery shapes or patches, and they appear randomly around my face and upper body. I cannot find any comments on seeing colors in this way in any reading I have found. Can you place this experience in some kind of perspective for me? Thank you so much.
Answer:
The colors you see are the result of the refinement of perception that occurs during the meditation. But that subtle perception is not the ultimate goal of the meditation. So rather than letting your attention get distracted by the passing scenery, it is better to gently bring your mind back from the colors to the meditation itself. That way you keep your flow of awareness inward and directed toward your growth. Now when you meditate it would be better to move away from the mirror and sit comfortably in natural daylight, so as not to encourage the expectation of looking for colors.
Love,
Deepak
October 2nd, 2009
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4Question:
In trying to come to some peace with myself, I really need to ask you for some advice. I have been brought up in a moderately religious family but I then married a man who does not believe in God as we knew it. He is a good
honest man who would not harm a fly . I found some merit in his ideas. But I am confused with life as we were indoctrinated with old systems . My dilemma comes in when people who constantly pray at temples can have such prejudices and they can be so respected merely because they pray and are seen as religious people. I do not receive respect as I do not go to temple , I believe I just need to be a good human. I do my service , I have a lovely family but it seems I am still looking for something. Possibly most of all respect from people who practice those prejudices , the very people who believe I am not good enough. It is a funny thing. I want to get out of this thinking please please.
I was exposed to a lot of prejudices due to the caste system and that even now bothers me . People in this town still practice those prejudices , how do I deal with the prejudices?
What I would like is a guide for living . As your web page says I need to possibly have a balance in my Mental Physical, spiritual self. How do I draw self value and worth from my own essence?
Answer:
Right now your self-esteem is tied to your self-image, and that puts your well being at the mercy of what anyone around you thinks of you. Real self-esteem is rooted in your spiritual existence which is independent of the opinions of others. Your true essence is limitless and fearless. When you are grounded in your true Self, then you know that you are neither above anyone else nor below anyone else. In that awareness you discover a happiness and self-worth that no one can take from you.
To switch from an external based self-image to an internally referenced self-esteem you need to cultivate an easy familiarity with your inner silence, your pure Being. The time-honored means of doing that is through a meditation practice. After you have developed an abiding presence of your higher Self with meditation, then you need to work on reconfiguring and healing the old patterns you have of looking outside yourself for validation.
The way to do this is simply through compassionate awareness. As you witness yourself getting caught up in your familiar emotional reactions, gently witness the process without judgment. This process of bringing the light of your consciousness into present experience serves to correct the misperceptions and heal the wounds that have perpetuated those old patterns. In time, your sense of identity shifts from being externally referenced to being Self referenced. Then you have reclaimed your true self-esteem.
Love,
Deepak
