Deepak Chopra, Meditation and Mantra’s

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Deepak Chopra is the founder of the Chopra Center for Well Being in California and a world

renowned author and speaker in the area of holistic health and personal development.

He has published over 60 books in this area translated into over 35 languages including titles

such as The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success and Unlocking The Dimensions Of Your Life, with over 20

of his books appearing on the New York Times Bestseller list.

He is trained in internal medicine and endocrinology and is a fellow of The American College of

Physicians.

He is a vocal proponent of meditation as he explains in the quote below.

" Everyone thinks that the purpose of meditation is to handle stress, to tune out, to get away

from it all. While that's partially true, the real purpose of meditation is actually to tune in, not

to get away from it all, to get in touch with it all. Not to just de-stress, but to find that peace

within, the peace that spiritual traditions talk about that passes all understanding. So,

meditation is a way to get in the space between your thoughts. You have a thought here, a

thought here, and there's little space between every thought."

He was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show talking about the mantra that he gave to rapper

50 Cent.

" In his case I gave him a very specific mantra. First of all let me tell you what a mantra is, it has

two roots, Man, which means mind. Tra, which means instrument.

So mantra is an instrument of the mind, that goes beyond the mind, it takes you, like taking a

cab.

When I take a cab to go somewhere I don't need the cab anymore, so mantra is a vehicle to

take you to the source of thought.

The most basic mantra in all traditions is I AM.

When Moses asks god ' what is your name ?' he replies' I AM THAT I AM '

Jesus says, ' before Abraham was I AM '

If nothing else you can just close your eyes and repeat I AM mentally and it will quieten your

mind.

You're using the mantra like a cab to get to the destination, and once you get to the

destination, you don't need it any more."

You can learn more about Deepak and meditation and mantra’s at the official Deepak Chopra

website as well as watching the numerous free clips of him uploaded to You Tube.