WHILE
WHILE AN
WHILE AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN DOCTOR WHO DIDN'T START PRACTICING MEDITATION UNTIL HE
WAS IN HIS THIRTIES AND IT
CHANGED HIS LIFE. WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DR. DEEPAK CHOPRA. HE
AIMS TO TEACH MEDITATION TO AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THROUGH
HIS MANY BOOKS, HIS LECTURES,
PODCASTS, APPS. BUT HIS LATEST
BOOK GUIDES YOU THROUGH
THE PROCESS. IT'S CALLED TOTAL
MEDITATION PRACTICES IN LIVING
THE AWAKENED LIFE, FOUNDER OF
THE CHOPPER FOUNDATION AND
CHOPRA GLOBAL. DEEPAK CHOPRA
JOINING US NOW. WHAT A TREAT TO
HAVE YOU ON OUR SHOW THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M
DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU. YOU
KNOW, REALLY RIGHT NOW AS YOU
KNOW, DR. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
ACROSS THE WORLD. WE HAVE
THE PANDEMIC POLITICS PROTESTS
THERE JUST FEELS LIKE A LOT OF
EMOTIONS OUT THERE. WHAT
INSIGHT CAN YOU OFFER US RIGHT
NOW? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IS TO BE CENTERED. RIGHT NOW
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE
EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT TO TAP
INTO OUR CAPACITY FOR LOVE,
COMPASSION, JOY, EQUANIMITY AND
HEALING. THERE ARE THREE
PANDEMICS GOING ON RIGHT NOW
PANDEMIC FROM THE CORE VIRUS
FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THEN OF
COURSE STRESS WITH ALL
THE POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS. SO
IF YOU WANT ACTUALLY STAY
STABLE ACCESS TO INTUITION,
CREATIVITY AND CAPACITY FOR
HEALING. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO TAP INTO OUR INNER RESOURCES
AND MEDITATION IS THE KEY. NOW
I KNOW WE ALWAYS SAY THIS THIS
YEAR 2020 IT'S JUST BEEN SO
HARD. WHY DO WE WHY DO YOU
THINK WE GOT TO THIS POINT? I
KNOW YOU SPEAK TO PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE KIND
OF GOING THROUGH THESE
STRUGGLES. WHAT GOT US HERE?
WE'RE GOING THROUGH GRIEF AND
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT
STAGES OF GRIEF. GRIEF IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE SOMETHING
YOU TOOK FOR GRANTED. SO WE
TOOK OUR EXISTENCE AND OUR LIFE
SAID FOR GRANTED, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT THERE AND STAGES OF
GRIEF INCLUDE ANGER, HOSTILITY
,FEELING VICTIMIZED,
FRUSTRATION, RESIGNATION,
HELPLESSNESS. BUT IF WE WERE A
LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT WHICH
MEANS WE ACCEPT WHAT IS RIGHT
NOW WE LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF
THIS AND WE PLAN THE FUTURE.
THEN WE HAVE SOLUTIONS RIGHT
NOW. SO WE HAVE TO REALLY FOCUS
RIGHT NOW ON OUR COLLECTIVE
HEALING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
WE CAN DO IS OVERRIDE
SYMPATHETIC DRAPE AND
INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY. ALL
THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE GETTING SICK HAVE MANY
THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES
BUT THEY HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESS.
THEY HAVE INFLAMMATION. THEIR
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND YOU CAN
MITIGATE THAT THROUGH THESE
PRACTICES AND THEN YOU CAN
RESPOND CREATIVELY INSTEAD OF
BEING REACTIVE. YOU PRESS
THE PAUSE BUTTON. YOU NOTICE
YOU FEEL AND THEN YOU RESPOND
WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO
DESCRIBE MEDITATION AND DR.
CHOPRA, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE
THROUGH THIS TOO THROUGH YOUR
OWN LIFE AS A DOCTOR. THEN YOU
LEARN TO MEDITATE. TALK ABOUT
THIS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
ALL OF US TO TRY TO LEARN HOW
TO DO THIS AND JUST REALLY
FOCUS IN ON THAT RIGHT NOW?
WELL, MY BACKGROUND IS AN
INTERNIST AND NEURO
ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND MY RESEARCH
WAS ON WHAT WE CALL
THE MOLECULES OF EMOTION TODAY
WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE FEELING
HAPPY AND JOYFUL THEN YOUR
BRAIN MAKES SET A TONE IN AND
CREATES AN OXYTOCIN AND
DOPAMINE WHICH ALL HAPPEN TO BE
MODULATORS OF THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM. SO ACTUALLY MAGICIANS
ARE HEALING PRACTICE
SELF-REGULATION IN THE BODY BUT
IT TAPS A LITTLE DEEPER. YOU GO
A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SPIRITUAL
SOLUTIONS. THERE ARE NO
PSYCHOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS BECAUSE
ALL THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS
ARE AT THE LEVELS THAT
THE PROBLEM WAS CREATED.
THE PROBLEM CREATED BECAUSE WE
FELT SEPARATE AND DIVISIVE AND
QUARRELSOME. SO THERE'S NO
SIMPLE SOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE
TO GO TO A DEEPER LEVEL WHERE
YOU'RE INDEPENDENT OF YOU KNOW,
THE OPPOSING VIEWS AND YOU TAP
INTO FUNDAMENTALLY CREATIVITY
AND THAT'S HAPPENING BY
THE WAY, A LOT PEOPLE ARE
COMING UP WITH VERY AMAZING
SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGY WILL SOON
HAVE VACCINE. WE'LL GO IN
DEEPER INTO NATURE
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO IN MANY WAYS THIS IS A WAKE
.AND YOUR BOOK TOTAL
MEDITATION I MEAN YOU'VE
WRITTEN OVER 90 BUCKS. BUT TELL
US WHAT'S SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
ONE. IT'S MORE LIKE A GUIDE.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
WELL, IT STARTED BABY STEPS AND
GOES ALL THE WAY TO
TRANSCENDENCE. WHAT MORE CAN I
SAY? IT'S EVERYTHING IS THERE
SELF REFLECTION, CONCENTRATION
INQUIRY, TRANSCENDENCE, MINDFUL
AWARENESS INTO PERCEPTION AND
ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE TRUE
SELF WHICH IS SO BEYOND THE EGO
MIND. AND I REMEMBER DR. CHOPRA
WHEN WE INTERVIEWED YOU I HAD
THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TWO YEARS
AGO YOU HAD THE GOAL OF HAVING
A MILLION PEOPLE MEDITATE AT
ONE TIME TOGETHER. DO YOU STILL
FEEL LIKE THAT COULD REALLY
HELP CHANGE THE WORLD? WE ARE
DOING GLOBAL MEDITATIONS ALL
THE TIME. OUR GOAL IS TO REACH
A BILLION PEOPLE BECAUSE
CONSCIOUSNESS IS A FIELD AND
EVERYBODY FEELS IT. THAT
EXPERIENCE OF PASSION WE CAN
CHANGE THE WAY WE COLLECTIVELY
LOOK AT THE WORLD. SO YES,
GLOBAL ONLINE MEDITATION THAT
REMEMBER WE DID RUN WE REACHED
A MILLION WITH OPRAH'S HELP WE
HAVE NOW REACHED 10 MILLION
PEOPLE AND MORE. SO WE ARE
GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS. IT
WOULD BE SO NICE TO SEE
EVERYONE KIND OF HELP FIND THAT
CALM THEIR INNER PEACE. I'VE
BEEN JUST LISTENING TO YOU. I
FEEL CALM AND AT PEACE EVEN
RIGHT NOW. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU UP
TO? I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVE
SO MANY THINGS GOING ON BUT I
HEARD THERE'S A NEW APP I
ACTUALLY JUST DOWNLOADED AND
I'M ALREADY FEELING THE INHALES
EXHALES LEARNING. GOOD, GOOD,
GOOD, GOOD. I'M VERY HAPPY
THE APP IS AVAILABLE AND FREE.
IT HAS ALL KINDS OF
MEDITATIONS. IT'S CALLED
THE CHILL WRAP BUT WE ALSO HAVE
A NEW CAMPAIGN FOR MENTAL
HYGIENE. IT'S CALLED NEVER
LEARN DUTCH LOVE AND IT ALSO
HAS A CHAT BUT OH THEY'RE
CALLED PHOEBE. SHE CAN SENSE IN
LESS THAN A FEW SECONDS IF
YOU'RE HAVING MENTAL CHALLENGES
ENGAGE YOU IN THE CONVERSATION
AND MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. ALL
RIGHT. DON'T WE ALL WANT TO
FEEL