Dr. Deepak Chopra

Q: How do you respond to people who don't really know what you do, but are a little frightened, scared, unsure?

Well, you know, I think they have the right to have their own opinions, and I usually don't react or respond, either to the good things I hear or the negative things I hear. But what I do, I explore consciousness in the same spirit that one explores biology or trigonometry or geometry or history. I think the spirit is a domain of awareness that you can scientifically explore the way you explore Antarctica or climb Mount Everest.

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Q: Human beings are more aware of our death than any other species. What does that do for us?

For me, that changes my priorities. It says what are the really meaningful things in my life? I used to be an emergency room physician, seeing people die all the time. Not one of them ever said, "I wish I'd spent more time at the office," you know, at the moment of dying. So if you're aware of your mortality right now, that's a unique opportunity for you to change your priorities.

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Q: How do you consciously begin to orchestrate coincidence?

I've got 7 very specific ways here. The first is you move from your ego to your soul or spirit level. The second is through nurturing relationship. The third is by watching your internal dialogue. The fourth is by harnessing the power of intention. The fifth is by embracing the masculine and the feminine in your own being. The sixth is by going beyond emotional melodrama and emotional turbulence. And the seventh is actually to be alert to what I call "the conspiracy of improbabilities."

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