A Letter from Deepak Chopra

A Letter from Deepak

When we are about to step forward in a new direction, it’s natural for the ego mind to feel threatened. The ego craves certainty, struggles for control, and clings to the illusion that there is some absolute “right” action to take. In reality, the ego can never really know what’s going to happen but can only project based upon the past or what it already knows. The known is everything that has already happened. As soon as you say the word “known,” it’s in the past; it’s gone. The known is a memory, and to live in the known is to live in the prison of the past.

 

The unknown is the field of all possibilities. When we step into the unknown, we are free of the past and open ourselves to an infinite range of fresh choices, exciting opportunities, and fulfilling adventures. So how do we move beyond paralyzing fears and the ego’s resistance to change? Here are three practices that can help you on the path of self-transformation:

 

1.      Meditate. Meditation is central to the ability to remain fresh and open to a reality that is not simply a replaying of past experience. Meditation is a powerful practice for cultivating witness consciousness – a state of silent awareness that transcends the mind. With a regular daily meditation practice, the mind spontaneously begins to let go of old conditioning and rigid habits of thinking.

 

2.      Allow. It is much easier to tolerate and ultimately embrace uncertainty when you don’t wage a battle against your fears, worries, and doubt. Doing so only causes the ego mind to cling more tightly to entrenched beliefs. Instead, focus your attention on the present moment and allow any feelings of discomfort to arise without giving them too much importance. Reassure yourself that everything is all right and will be all right even if you don't know what's going to happen.

 

3.      Reframe. I often remind people in my talks that the mind’s biochemical response to a roller-coaster ride varies radically depending on whether a person loves the ride or fears it. For someone who loves roller-coasters, the ride stimulates a cascade of hormones and neurotransmitters that heightens the senses and creates a state of euphoria. For the fearful person, the ride elicits a series of responses that weakens the body and diminishes awareness. By gently encouraging yourself to embrace the unknown and enjoy the present, you help shift your interpretation of life towards empowerment and happiness.

 

Real certainty is not certainty about things; it is certainty of your existence, your truth, your Being. When you find your core certainty within, then you no longer look for certainty outside. The unfathomable nature of the ever-changing world ceases to be a source of anxiety and instead is a source of joy and adventure.

 Love,
Deepak

The path of Kriya Yoga

 

Hér getið þið hlustað á fyrirlesturinn The path of Kriya Yoga: http://odeo.com/episodes/201196-The-Path-of-Kriya-Yoga

I don't talk about precepts, devotions or ascetic practices ... These are fanatical, provisional teachings.

 

The only reason I've come to China is to transmit the instantaneous teaching of the Mahayana: This mind is the buddha. I don't talk about precepts, devotions or ascetic practices such as immersing yourself in water and fire, treading a wheel of knives, eating one meal a day, or never lying down. These are fanatical, provisional teachings. Once you recognize your moving, miraculously aware nature, yours is the mind of all buddhas ...

 

Bodhidharma

You are the luminous mystery

 

You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns there is a complete transformation of your personal self into your universal self . . . the complete loss of all fear, including death. You have become a being who radiates love the same way the sun radiates light.

Deepak Chopra

 

http://www.chopra.com/ 

Nachiketas nam þessa háleitu vizku af vörum Dauðans

 

17 Vitundarneistinn, sjálfið, vakir hið innra með sérhverjum manni, ljós í hjarta. Lærið að þekkja hið innra, hreina ljós, lærið að þekkja hið innra ódauðlega ljós.

 

18 Nachiketas nam þessa háleitu vizku af vörum Dauðans, og hann lærði fræðin um samhljóm hinna innri afla, sem nefnist yoga. Hann varð eitt með hinu Eilífa og hann varð ódauðlegur og hreinn. Og það getur í sannleika sérhver orðið, sem vill ná valdi á hinum innri öflum og sameinast sál sinni.

 

Hér endar Katha Upanishad

 

Friður sé með yður.

 

Launvizka Vedabóka (Sören Sörenson endursagði úr frummálinu)

Dagskrá Guðspekifélagsins um helgina

 

Föstudaginn 6. mars    kl 20:30      Vilhjálmur H. Jónsson: “Heimsókn til Holy Island, Skotlandi.”  

 

 

Laugardaginn 7. mars  kl 15:30  10 spurningar lagðar fyrir H.H. Dalai Lama (DVD).   

 

Næsta sunnudagskvöld kl 20 er hugleiðing fyrir byrjendur. Öllum opið og frítt.
Síðan á hálfs mánaðar fresti.

www.gudspekifelagid.is

 

AUM

 

12. Orðið AUM í heild sinni er fjórða og æðsta vitundarástandið. Handan allra skynjana. Takmarki (andlegrar) þróunar er náð og þar fyrri utan er ekkert. AUM er Atman, sjálfið, sálin. Sá, sem skynjar þetta, verður eitt með hinni æðstu vitund, já, verður eitt með hinni æðstu vitund.

 

Hér endar Mandukya Upanishad

 

 

Launvizka Vedabóka. Upanishadur - Mandukya Upanishad

It's not about being off on a Himalayan mountain

 

It's not about being off on a Himalayan mountain.  It's not about running away from the rest of the world. It's about accessing the meditative zone, that spiritual place inside of you, where you and God are one and functioning from that place in your life, truly enjoying the journey, just the way it is. When you reach that place, all things are possible.

Craig Kimbrough  

 

 

Sjá: http://meditativezone.com/ 

Leiðbeining fyrir byrjendur í zen-hugleiðslu mánudag 2. mars kl. 19

 

Leiðbeining fyrir byrjendur í zenhugleiðslu mánudag 2.mars kl. 19

Grensásvegi 8, 4.hæð

 

 

 

Næsti zen-fyrirlestur verður laugardaginn 28. mars kl. 10.

www.zen.is

Aldrei var ég ekki til ...

 

Vitringarnir láta sig einu gilda líf og dauða. Aldrei var ég ekki til, né þú, né þessir ráðendur manna, og eigi mun neinn okkar nokkurntíma hætta að vera til.

 

Bhagavad Gita 2. 11-12 (Þýðing úr bókinni Rödd þagnarinnar. Sigvaldi Hjálmarsson þýddi)