Deepak Chopra's Introduction to Meditation - Part 1,1

[justinlloyd3]

Deepak is an alright guy. I think although he makes baseless claims at times, I think he is meaning mostly to talk about the metaphor of the mind. He just made me feel good about sitting here doing nothing so he cant be too bad.

[RobinHartHypnosis]

I LOVE being in the inner silence <3

[iampeeay01]

thank you for sharing.. :)

[EquilibriumLife]

"As much there activities going through our lives we also need balance of stillness in our minds. Meditation helps us to create that balance and directing us to our full potential"

[skylardharma]

good, I like

[ComedySceenwriter]

Snake oil salesman, weasel!!!

[cheeriosinabowl]

I could never get into this meditation thing. It is too hard to just sit there and zone out. I would rather just take a nap and have a good dream.

Btw, Chopra sucks. Fake.

[sigi9898]

Who gave any one the right to mess around with anybody mind or body - I know that some organization doing it for hundreds of reasons - mostly for a money reason - experiments or any - Whatever the reason really - no one have the right to do that - without of the person knowing of they are doing it! - I consider it very danger and a betrayal (If it's done with the person knowing)

[hignuttlisa]

@sigi9898 Preachers do it every Sunday morning.

[meserrano36]

Como conseguirlos en español?



[meserrano36]

Como conseguirlos en español?

[keysahzz]

watch your thoughts,listen to your breath,relax,wanders back to your thoughts,listen to your breath,be still,dont fight it,thoughts like reels of cut out movies

practice,practice,be still,listen to your breath,be still.....you will get to the end of the reel.....

[rollinghills22]

It's soo hard for me to meditate. I follow Deepaks instructions exactly as he teaches them but when i close my eyes and start to breath my thoughts just keep racing and the more i try to brush them away they keep coming back. does anyone have some advice?--thanx

[Donna3459]

@rollinghills22 Just allow your thoughts to be, by brushing them away we are resisiting them and what we resist persists. Let your thoughts float by like leaves on a stream. I find using the mantram of 'one' is useful in clearing the mind again, but mostly allow your thoughts to just float on by, love them for being a part of you then release them.

[rollinghills22]

@Donna3459 thanks donna, the stream metaphor really makes sense

[karonvick]

@rollinghills22 we all experience this, dont be hard on yourself and just redirect your thoughts back to the meditation.. over and over. Practice practice and you'll get better... how do I know? lol I'm the same way Peace and Light

GOOGLE ME KARONV

[klindred]

@karonvick , this is all very well but the thought-free state doesn't confer anything much. It is like going to sleep but retaining awareness without mental chatter, sounds or images. I believe that it is the intent or belief prior to enagaging in the mind in meditation just after you sit to meditate that determines most of the subsequent experiences you will have. Otherwise, you just get a blank void that confers nothing.

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[JazzyKat2009]

Deepak, your ideas on meditation seem to have been heavily influenced by Jiddu Krishnamurti, that great wonderful world teacher who says that the tears of the world brought him into this world. Wonderful. I like it.

[stokey72]

@JazzyKat2009 Deepak Chopra learned trancendental meditation from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi most of what he talks about comes from that vedic tradition .Ancient knowledge revived by maharishi,s teacher

[gafpost]

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[megacumbe]

GRACIAS

[goldbullet01]

Dear Deepak:

You are awesome and thanks for everything, you changed my life completely.

It;s a joy and pleasure to listen you and do meditation , you are a good spirit .

God Bless you , God Bless America and the whole world.

[BonaDun]

kinda...good stuff

[chandru1103]

The mind is a bunch of chemical reactions between neurons. It isn't some transcendental ideal. We are just sacks of chemicals. New Aged bull crap. Why would I want to silence my mind?...I want to consistently be thinking. I mean if we are "spirits on a human journey" why not get the most out of your human mind? And according to this crap I am a Vata...just another way to forcibly quantify human diversity into an easily perceived structure. I prefer Postmodern cynicism.

[jessweetca]

@chandru1103 : "We are just sacks of chemicals...silence my mind?...I want to consistently be thinking." - This New Age meditation trend is a response to the modern corporately brain-washed busy/stressful life. The Western world is DEPRESSED, heavily medicated & burnt-out! That's why meditation is so popular now. It's just the OPPOSITE extreme.

Sometimes, I'm at the point where I think, "F*ck prestige, money, social-status, industrialization if it's going to cost me my happiness."

[seanolaoi1]

Simple, perfect advice.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

"Meditation is effortless." Um, I have to disagree with Deepak on that one. Yes, it is effortless when you master it. But if you are lost and deeply identified with thought, it may take some effort to stay "present."

[themajordude]

Deepcock Chunder wants to be one with your whole...........

[davidchila]

This is called natural state of 'transcendental vegetation'... :))))

[pklunavat]

amazing!  thanks!

[thejugglenaut91]

deepak chopra is a fraud who's after your money. Learn some real meditation. This guy thinks he's a guru.

[goldbullet01]

@thejugglenaut91 never judge people, noone is asking your money, you want to pay, you don't want, no money, Deepak tought me for free and it's awesome, if you want to elieve in something bad, bad will happened,

[clickhereforasub]

its king julian!!

[SJMish]

I love you Deepak xoxox

[Johnnyart2000]

"Thank you for all of your help, I have been practicing everyday since - the last time I remember - it works wonders - Thank you again - I am very grateful"

[babystinky]

the meditation, there is no point to this though. if i am an illusion and i get swallowed by the 'whole' in the end and loose my identity then that is really not different then an atheist dying. i dunno, somehow merging back to the 'whole' is jut a fancy way of saying your dead.

[Nacluw]

That expression propably comes from thinking of reality on the left brain hemosphere seeing everything as individual. You can't think of oneness with separatist standpoint. I've felt it once. It feels immensely good to be even a bit closer to the oneness state.

[contaire01]

You never lose your identity by merging with the rest of you. - And you are not an illusion.

[rubiksking12345]

not really, if consciousness is real and you become one with the whole, then your consciousness is everywhere, atheist believe that your consciousness stops, complete opposite of each other. one is that you exist everywhere one day after you die, while other says that you exist nowhere after you die

[yyz19999]

We are not human beings on a Spiritual Journey, but rather spiritual beings on a Human Journey

[mattysavs]

listen carefully...at the 1:25 mark he farts. I'm not joking.

[mattysavs]

actually 1:23

[infodiff]

I dont know why dr deepak chopra started the conversation in such a negative gesture. as if he is bored. Maybe he is too over worked.

He is a great speaker n meditator i guess.

[kuuuuul20]

this guy is a CHATTERBOX..

[itsonelouder1]

This is so true, try it. It can take a while but if you lay down and you're not tired the mind quietens and the natural state is revealed - that of awareness.

[mdbren]

for me his explanation of meditation is like zen, ie being in a state of zen. a state of now. a state of nothingness

i still find it very difficult to do

[satchitananda24]

Meditation was present even before Zen.

[Bolgi]

Great !

[GYSTCONSULTING]

Chopras "7 laws of spiritual success" is one of the best and most complete guides to spiritual development I've ever read.

[dadin75]

Meditation is not about doing nothing, it is about keeping one's mind still. In order to do that, you have to concentrate on your breathing (stomach going up and down), if not, your mind will wander to other thoughts. I don't know why he is saying that it is not about concentration or effort, it is hard to focus the mind on just one thing. It takes alot of EFFORT AND CONCENTRATION.

[roro4201]

ahah do you even know who this man is? haha

[dadin75]

Well I know that he is an author... thats about it, i don't even know what religon he follows... can you tell me?

[jlagana1]

Who are you ?

[itsonelouder1]

This is a common misconception. It's not about control. Check out "True Meditation" by Adyashanti. The state of present-awareness, the natural state, cannot come about through control of the mind. It makes sense, the mind needs to quieten by itself, otherwise you're just trying to quieten mind "with" mind. Awareness is dynamic, it's spontaneously aware of different things arising. You can verify this. Lay down and let everything be as it is for as long as feels comfortable. Not when you're tired

[tenellifranco]

true meditation is actualy an attention to the present moment, all great teachers know that, but only Jiddu Krishnamurty put it so clearly. Obviously Deepak Chopra is repeating what is already said by the great teacher

[itsonelouder1]

What did Jiddu say?

[tenellifranco]

the best way is to listen to Juddu's words first hand.

Jiddu was the first teacher who put meditation into a no conflict zone.

Trying to concentrate never brings awareness of the moment.

[itsonelouder1]

All I'm saying is that you can reach that state of present moment awareness by simply letting everything be as it is. It can take a while to get there and can probably be speeded up with a technique like being aware of your breath. But from my experience the technique is not needed at a certain point, and thinking spontaenously ceases. Then you are awareness itself, which is dynamic and not fixed. So you could be aware of you breath for a while and then sounds, then something else.

[BurgerChefGuy]

Yes, I find that letting things be as they are is best. When we try to meditate and focus we are investing energy on trying to do something. WE then lose the entire point which was to not try to do anything but SIMPLY BE! I can simply be when eating, waiting in line, bathing, and I find also when walking is a restful mental activity. WE use what we need to in order to walk safely, but much of the extra is gone---- we are in the present moment more.

[terryterrific]

Deepak, why don't you do the right thing and suggest that people go and learn TM as taught by your teacher, Maharishi, to whom you owe all of your success.

[jlagana1]

It doesn't matter where the message comes from. I listen, then I pass it on as well.

[missybest77]

Just bought one of his books. I like this man.

[ChannelHigherSelf]

This is a very fine explaination of meditation. Well done Deepak.