His voice, rising and falling like the ebb and flow of the tide, resonates through the spacious hall as he recounts the contribution of India to world civilisation through the ages, in different fields of knowledge and activity. So what you’ve really done is brought me here to remind yourselves of something that you already know.’ With this unexpected, but perspicacious, comment, he begins. ‘What I’m going to share with you is part of our cultural and spiritual heritage. Yet, by the time he takes the cordless microphone, the auditorium is packed to capacity, and even the aisles are crowded with invitees unable to find seating-space. Somewhat imposingly built, with suspiciously black hair and bushy eyebrows, Chopra looks the genial ‘neighbour-next-door’. Soon, a television crew corners him for an impromptu interview. He steps into the VIP gallery facing the podium, and is immediately surrounded by fans. Suddenly, Deepak Chopra, dressed in an immaculate grey suit, enters from the front of the hall. Are they here for the teaching? Or because it’s a social event? Inside, the air is pungent with the odour of perfumes and colognes, as obviously well-heeled ladies and gents, often accompanied by their hip-hop teenage wards, move through the aisles looking for dwindling seating space in the already crowded auditorium. The line-up of parked cars extends half-a-kilometre on Shankar Road, running over the ridge. At a makeshift stall are displayed copies of Chopra’s books, including his latest, How to Know God. Outside the venue, a throng of believers, socialites and admirers of the New Age guru is being guided by uniformed security personnel towards the entrance. After an inordinately long wait-the discomfort compounded by the enervating heat-the traffic clears up, and it’s possible to proceed and find parking space. There’s a traffic jam outside Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium, the venue for a talk by Deepak Chopra, one evening in early summer. Because now one’s priorities are not the same. And once one becomes aware of that, one’s life becomes magical. Be aware that death is stalking you in every moment of your existence. Be aware of your mortality, because in the awareness of mortality is the glimpse of immortality. To understand our ‘inter-beingness in the inter-isness’, to understand love not as a mere emotion or sentiment, but as the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.ġ0. Make love the most important thing in life. Vedanta says: ‘Infinite flexibility is the secret of immortality.’ Studies show that the primary thing that distinguishes healthy older people from those less healthy, is the ability to be flexible.ĩ. Pay attention to literature-on nutritional supplements, ayurveda and all these great rasayanas, which are some of the great anti-oxidants known that directly affect the ageing process.Ĩ. Get rid of the toxicity in your life-toxic emotions, relationships, habits.ħ. Improve mind-body coordination through yoga, breathing techniques, martial arts.Ħ. Those are the three most important things.ĥ. To grow old is to change your inner dialogue from ‘me, mine’ to ‘What can I do? How can I help?’ And as you change your perception of ageing, your biology will change. To grow old is to have more responsibility. And what is timeless? Not the human body, not the human mind, but the soul.ģ. Time is the movement of consciousness-put your attention on that, it’s timeless. Lord Shiva, the first yogi, said: ‘If you want to create a new body, step out of the river of memory and conditioning, and see the world as if for the first time.’ He said: ‘I use memory, but I do not allow memory to use me.’ Now change your perception of time, you have all the time in the world. You can do a lot more if you can sit back, become non-reactive, and see the world as if for the first time. If you can do that, you can accomplish much more-because you are creative, not stressed. Also, how we metabolise that through our inner world of thought, feeling, emotion and desire.Ģ. This field is constantly influenced by breathing, eating, digestion, metabolism, elimination, and how we experience the world through our five senses. Your body is a field of information and energy. Change your perception of your physical body. After his Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, people expect Deepak Chopra to dole out lists and ways and tips.
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