translated by deepak chopra

You come to us
from another world

From beyond the stars
and void of space.
Transcendent, Pure,
Of unimaginable beauty,
Bringing with you
the essence of love

You transform all
who are touched by you.
Mundane concerns,
troubles, and sorrows
dissolve in your presence,
Bringing joy
to ruler and ruled
To peasant and king

You bewilder us
with your grace.
All evils
transform into
goodness.

You are the master alchemist.

You light the fire of love
in earth and sky
in heart and soul
of every being.

Through your love
existence and nonexistence merge.
All opposites unite.
All that is profane
becomes sacred again.

Courtesy of A.A.

I love that Deepak Chopra is nice enough to answer random questions. I asked him, “What is the realization to unite all people, at all levels of education and spiritual development, even the ignorant and egoic?” and he said:

The cause of all suffering is the hallucination of the separate self which does not exist. Our true identity is transpersonal. There is no such thing as a person. We are a spirit impermanently manifesting as a person.

“Love is not a mere sentiment. Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.” – Tagore

The “other” is our self in disguise.
All of us are God in “drag.”
Never deny anybody their divinity.
There is only God.
God is Love.
GOD . Generation Organization Delivery of the Universe.
Universe. Uni-verse. One Song.

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Franz Kafka, nhà triết học và là nhà thơ người Áo, từng nói:

“Bạn không phải rời căn phòng của mình. Hãy cứ ngồi tại chỗ mà lắng nghe.

Thậm chí bạn không cần phải lắng nghe, chỉ cần chờ đợi. Bạn thậm chí chẳng cần phải chờ đợi, chỉ cần học cách trở nên im lặng, trầm mặc và cô tịch.

Thế giới sẽ tự dâng nó cho bạn và mở ra trước mắt bạn. Nó không có lựa chọn nào khác; nó sẽ lăn mình trong nhập định dưới chân bạn.”

Trích Deepak Chopra, Bảy Quy Luật Tinh Thần Để Thành Công

Today’s post I would like to give credit to three docs. The well-known Dr Oz who inspired part of the title of this blog. On a Larry King special in January with key people from Oprah’s closest circle of advisers, Dr Oz said words to the effect of, “It’s about the rest of your life” whether you lose weight or not, referring to the importance of getting the body, mind and soul acting in harmony. The line has stayed with me throughout the months as I put into practice the many strategies I will share here. Dr Oz always delivers health information in a way that gets through to me.

The next doc, Dr Dave, is relatively new to me, but just as helpful. His tell-it-like-it-is style delivered with genuine concern makes a lot of sense to me. I subscribe to his tips newsletter and find myself satisfied that I am doing much of what he recommends or inspired and nudged to make subtle changes here and there. You can search his archives for many worthwhile articles. Like me, he recommends the use of increased protein, through good quality sources. It’s not all about meat. For me, the thing I’ve learnt about the low carb way is that it is not no carb. Quality carbohydrates also known as “complex carbohydrates” basically covers most vegetables, many fruits and fibrous grains. These are things we know we’re supposed to eat more of. Limiting all the other types of carbs and eating up to six small meals throughout the day has worked wonders for me as I have lost, since January 2009, 24 pounds (11 kg).

And finally, but by no means least, Dr Deepak Chopra. Nourish the soul and you nourish the body. Lots of amazing messages can be found here.

Goal-Setting Influences Your Nervous System

Our body is controlled by mind. Mind controls the nervous system. A nervous system is similar to a bio-telephonic line or nerve cells, throughout the body which carries messages from one part of the body to brain or spinal cord and from there to respective parts of the body. Our body has got fifty trillion (50,000,000,000,000) cells. They are independent and interwoven . Any one cell cannot survive independently. They are mutually affected by each other.

Deepak Chopra, an international famous doctor, who is invited throughout the world for his talk has dedicated his life to investigate and teach the relation between mind and body. Initially, it was believed that mind only thinks and that there is no biological or chemical basis for thinking and emotion. Doctors used to say “Your body is OK, you just think that there is a pain.” Now, as Dr.Deepak Chopra has clearly explained in several of his books including “Ageless Body Timeless Mind” that every such fear is not just in mind. There are chemicals which are associated with fear. And these are not just in your mind but in several parts of your whole body. When such chemicals are associate with, fear creeps up in body, and the mind experiences fear. In this way your mind and body are related.

It means that goal setting is not only mental exercise but it activates the whole body towards your goals.

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I was reading Deepak Chopra’s book, The Third Jesus the other day. I really liked the idea he started with, that Jesus is more than a historical figure and a theological icon, but that his real message is one of personal transformation leading to awakening, or enlightenment. The idea is obvious, but I wondered if Deepak knows that Jesus is the author of A Course in Miracles, and why he didn’t even mention that. There are a lot of quotations in the Course that deal with the message of the New Testament and how it misrepresents what Jesus actually taught. It seems that Deepak wanted to stick with the Bible, so that’s fine with me too.

However, the Course is the actual way out of the separate state of mind that besets humanity at this time. It includes a masterpiece of transformation, the 365 lessons of the Workbook which is a mind training that leads you out of your current fear-based thought system and brings you into a brand new experience of love and light beyond your imaginings. It provides the blue-print for the second coming, or the awakening of YOUR mind. This is your spiritual rebirth or your coming into wholeness, or At-One-Ment, or one-mindedness. This is a required course and it is imperative that those who are really using it not as a way to achieve a more comfortable life on this planet, but as it is intended, to awaken from the illusion that this is reality.

When you awaken, you become a different species, a homo-illuminate mind. This means that you have no limitations in your awareness. Everything changes, your life, your relationships, your fundamental awareness of yourself as a separate being is blotted out and you know You. You realize that you are not confined to body and that you are whole. You convert any thoughts of fear automatically whenever they arise. You use every thought to release the idea of separate thoughts or consciousnesses. There is only One Mind and that is YOUR MIND.

It is a natural process of evolution that you awaken into the Singularity of Whole Mind or God-consciousness, as Deepak likes to put it. The only thing he misses is that this has nothing to do with mass human behavior. The salvation of the world is you awakening, it has nothing to do with others. You know yourself as One, as Whole, not a being in a body in a world of bodies. You lose the ability to maintain conflictual thoughts because the very nature of your Mind is non-conflictual. The experience of that is your resurrection. Your frequency changes to the point of flash out and pop, you’re gone from the world of separation.

Why is that? Because this is not a real place. Jesus states this so beautifully in the Course when Helen, the scribe, asks him if the resurrection was physical. His answer is “my body disappeared because I had no more illusions about it.” And in the section in the Manual for Teachers called “What is the Resurrection?”, he states that “Very simply, the resurrection is the overcoming or the surmounting of death. It is a reawakening or rebirth, a change of mind about the meaning of the world…it is the relinquishment of all other purposes, all other interests, all other wishes and all other concerns. It is the single desire of the Son for the Father.”

“The resurrrection is the denial of death being the assertion of life. Thus is all the thinking of the world reversed entirely. Life is now recognized as salvation, and pain and misery of any kind perceived as hell. Love is no longer feared, but gladly welcomed. Idols have disappeared, and the remembrance of God shines unimpeded across the world.”

Isn’t it amazing that we go “toward love still hating it” because it is not love we are afraid of but truly what we have made of love. We think love will destroy us, but real love, the love of God is what you are. You cannot alter yourself because you didn’t create yourself. You already are saved, because you already are created perfect.

The problem I have with Deepak is that he still thinks that salvation is a long way off. That it will be accomplished en masse. He hasn’t obviously experienced the singularity that he is dreaming a dream and that it is up to him and him alone to undergo the experience of resurrection or awakening. All is whole. Everything is one and there is no possibility of conflict arising in the mind. Period. End of story.

There is no multiplicity in Heaven. It is impossible to describe, because the you that demands a description is the problem itself.

You are separate or you wouldn’t be here. You are afraid of love or you would be totally overjoyed to know that you are simply asleep and you can awaken right here and now. Jesus resurrected and when that happened, it happened for all. The only thing that doesn’t know it is you. So you have a problem and it is called your self-identity. What you made up to hide from God. But, thankfully, it isn’t real.

So, if you really want to know and experience the message of Jesus of Nazareth, and I mean experience it, because the only way to know anything is to experience it first hand. Theoretical teachings are, ultimately, meaningless. What matters is that you experience who you are, perfect and whole as God created you. You do not have the power to blot out reality and make up a new reality with you as the center of the universe. I’m sorry, it just isn’t possible. There is a loving God who did not let you actually do this. You have simply put yourself to sleep. That is all.

I truly hope this clears up all the confusion. And Jesus is real, and he did come to save you and he did save you! Isn’t it time that you know this, in your depths, in your heart of hearts? Your awakening is at hand. It is deeply personal to you. You cannot describe it or even share it sometimes. But, I promise you, it is beyond your wildest dream.

I love you and bless you with all my heart!

Monica

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I can’t tell you how supremely happy this video made me!  THIS is why I teach people how to paint.  THIS is why I introduce them to their Artist Within.  It is SO MUCH BIGGER than the canvas or the journal page.  It transforms!  Watch this video!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trz5fcdVACw

Here are some of the paintings in my studio right now. 

This painting is in its beginning stages, but I am really into owls right now.  I would LOVE to paint an entire owl series.  I just think of the “wise old owl”.  What insight does he have for me today?  When you paint, you access your right brain voice–your Artist Within.  It is directly connected to your subconscious & your intuition.  With each brushstroke, it is like you are dialing its number.  What does your right brain voice have to say to you?  Paint to find out!

This is a detail of a commission I am creating for a family right now.  I call these my “Family Portraits”.  I just keep layering and layering the colors.  There are no such things as mistakes.  Anything can be fixed.  Hmmmm, just like life!  I am reading in Esther & Jerry Hicks book, The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent” right now about CONTRAST in our lives. 

“You know that variety and contrast (when things are going GREAT or badly) will cause you to determine the specifics of your personal preferences, and you know that each of those preferences, big or small, will be answered the moment they are born.”  -Esther & Abraham

In his book, CREATIVITY, Where the Divine and the Human Meet, Matthew Fox writes: 

“We are creators at our very core.  Only creating can make us happy, for in creating we tap into the deepest powers of self  and universe and the Divine Self.”

You may be thinking, “I am not creative.  I can’t paint.”  I am here to tell you that painting and creating is a portal, a key, to an entirely new perspective, a new way of looking at your world, your life, and your role in the creation of your life–your reality!  What do you want to CREATE?  You paint to get Creatively Fit so that you are mentally, emotionally, spiritually strong enough, tapped into this creative source, to create the CHANGE you want to see in your world.

This is one of the Create Change Paint Kits you can purchase online at www.creativelyfit.com.  Gift creativity and inspiration to someone this season–or yourself!

This is another Create Change Paint Kit design.  There is a Creatively Fit Gift Package on sale now for just $65 that includes the paint kit design above, my book, The Artist Within, the Painting Made Easy DVD, a Create Change sticker and a Moleskine artist journal.  It comes already gift wrapped in a hand painted box. 

Yesterday during yoga class, my teacher read from Deepak Chopra.  He wrote about the “Infinite Field of Possibility”.  Yum!  This infinite field is only accessible via right brain thinking.  It is not logical, you can’t put a box around it, you can’t PROVE it exists. 

If you want to be able to truly grasp and CREATE all of the potential you our have within you, nurture your right brain voice.  www.facebook.com/TheArtistWithinU is a resource for you.  The CREATIVELY FIT Program for women kicks off in January 2010 and nationally in NYC in March 2010–Nat’l Women’s month!  Want to get creatively fit!?!?  Go to creativelyfit.com and click on the link “CLICK HERE” so we can let you know more about the program!

THANK you for allowing me to create along with you!

Creative wishes, Whitney

p.s. I am going to be in Washington D.C. this Jan., San Fran and Napa this Feb., NYC & Philly this March, Portland, OR this April, & back to NYC in May!  Let me know if you have a group or company that would like to experience being Creatively Fit!

It’s become “one of America’s great reality shows.”

This, according to Peggy Drexler, author and assistant professor of psychology at Cornell University, is the life of Sarah Palin.

“Reality TV has a formula,” says Drexler. “One of the surprisingly numerous guides I found to selling a reality show said that the key is the right mix of four elements: talent, love, torment and sex. Others pointed out that the most important thing is letting people watch other people fail at something they desperately want to do.

“Studies show that American Idol loses a large segment of the audience after the ritual tortures of the early rounds. Another attraction, the guides point out, is spying on our neighbors without risking a restraining order. We don’t necessarily feel their pain. We just like to watch it.

“One of the best story lines is to yank people out of their normal lives, and throw them into unfamiliar situations — think wives swapping families. It’s even better when you do it to a C-list celebrity — think Paris Hilton shoveling manure.”

This “reality show” passed through my home town a few days ago. I wouldn’t even be mentioning it except for the video that showed up on YouTube of people waiting in line to get a glimpse of Palin outside a local Border’s Bookstore – twenty minutes away from my house. 

That’s too close to home.

There was an interviewer on the scene asking people why they support Palin.

They were also asked about Palin’s views on issues and policies. Here’s a few gems.

There’s SO MUCH more. Here’s the whole video.

Let’s face it: you can’t fix stupid.

Drexler describes her reality show comparison. “We take a C-list first-term governor from a state with a population the size of the city of Charlotte. She’ll have this hot-for-teacher thing going on; tight skirts, high heels, hair tied up in a twist. She’s a huntin’, fishin’, scrappy hockey mom, who tells it like it is.

“She’ll have a pregnant daughter. She’s hot. She’ll have a hunky husband who doesn’t say much. He’s hot. The pregnant daughter will have a boyfriend. He and the mother say they love each other, but as the story line progresses, they hate each other. He’s hot, too — kind of a young Donny Osmond, but buff. They’ll all live in the same house.

Later she writes, “The boyfriend will make the cover of America’s leading liberal magazine, space usually reserved for stars, models and politicians.

“Just when the audience thinks it’s over, she’ll write a book, which will sell out before it’s published.”

Towards the end of the article, Drexler writes, “She won’t rule out running for president, which gives us a bridge to a second season. She’ll hug Oprah.”

Drexler closes by saying, “It’s great TV.”  This is where Ms. Drexler and I part ways in our thinking. I am not a fan of reality shows. I doubt that I’ve seen even one, beginning to end. My idea of great TV includes well-written and acted scripts, great character development, talented actors and actresses, great music, good lighting and sound – the works.

The “Sarah Palin Show” is the anathema to great TV.

Sincerely,

www.MichaelKontras.com 

PS1 – Deepak Chopra wrote an article on Palin recently called “Fooling None of the People, All of the Time.” I think he’s right.

PS2 – Martha Stewart was asked about Palin in this brief interview.

I’m not a huge fan of Martha’s, but I agree with her statements here.

The Obama White House will host their first state dinner tonight in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Set to beginning in about half an hour, it looks like it will be a blockbuster event. Details about the dinner were closely guarded until just a few hours ago, but we now know that A.R. Rahman and Jennifer Hudson are set to perform and that the star-studded guest list will enjoy a very vegetarian-friendly meal. (The Prime Minister is a vegetarian.)

Dinner guests include prominent desis such as Fareed Zakaria, Sanjay Gupta, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kalpen Modi (aka Kal Penn), Deepak Chopra, Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

The White House website will be livestreaming the dinner starting at 8:15 Eastern. I’ll be posting links to coverage of the dinner throughout the evening on Twitter.

Post your comments of tonight’s festivities below.

This morning I read in Deepak Chopras book from 1994, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. I borrowed it in my local library the other day and randomly started to read the chapter on the law of less exertion. This law has three parts: acceptance, responsibility and freedom from defence. It is all about accepting this moment as the ultimate moment, taking your responsibility for the situation without blaming anyone, not even yourself, and feel free not to defend your opinion, your situation or whatever. Mr Chopra writes that most of us use most of our time and energy defending our opinions and our way to view things. This is a hotbed for conflicts.

In one way I agree with mr Chopra. Yes, there is always another way to look upon things, another corner from where you can describe and define the world. No one has the right to decide how others should think or act. But since this in fact is one of the joys and pleasures in being human – to recognize, define and express your opinion that mostly have roots in the values that you have come to hold high – I cannot fully understand why I should neglect this. I have a feeling that freedom from defending your opinions is a much deeper matter then I can see at a first glance. Perhaps it intervense somewhere at its roots with  my  highest values in life: love, peace and understanding.

I have such a long way to walk before I reach the real depths of my soul. But to start – here is a good place and now is a good time.  Simply the best!

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As the White House prepares for POTUS’ first State Dinner, it’s not international relations with India and guest of honor Dr. Manmohan Singh that are of utmost concern.  The media is abuzz about who will show up and what FLOTUS is gonna wear:  Will she sport a new hairdo?  Show off her blazing guns?  Looks like the First Lady has always been a fashion plate, even as a wee lass at her 1984 senior prom. 

Va va voom! FLOTUS is scandalous with that thigh high slit! (Splash News)

Word on the street is that Jennifer Hudson will provide some American Idol-style entertainment at the gala event.  Other rumored guests: Deepak Chopra, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Bobby Jindal, and Kal Penn.  BoL can’t wait to see who else will grace the “red carpet” tonight! 

Be sure to catch the live streaming of the State Dinner tonight at 8:15 pm.

by Deepak Chopra
Last fall it seemed as if Sarah Palin would light a fuse and cause a social explosion. Behind her beauty-pageant smile lurked the shadow, the dark side of human nature. Her tactic of appealing to the worst impulses of the electorate had a long history in the Republican Party. Indeed, Palin inherited the selfish, mean-spirited values of another politician with a gleaming smile, Ronald Reagan.

When it first dawned in American politics, the shadow was shocking. Values were turned upside down. The AIDS crisis? Ignore it. They deserve what they got. The deficit? Doesn’t matter as long as the rich get what they want. Huge unemployment and falling incomes among the working class? Feed them crank social issues so they have someone to hate. Palin breathes this noxious atmosphere like the clear air of Alaska and thrives on it.

Now, however, Palin brings a smile. When she quit her job as governor, it was obvious that someone had whispered in her ear, “You’re fading. Soon you’ll be a nobody. Grab the money while you can.” And so she did, earning a hefty advance, much of which, fittingly, goes to paying off lawsuits related to her ethical violations while in office. The shadow that seemed so dangerous a year ago has been defanged, reduced to spiteful backbiting against the McCain campaign, the very people who gave Palin her spot in the limelight to begin with.

I hope the left will take a deep breath and stop treating Palin like a diabolical force. The American character has always had a large dose of orneriness in it, and the more ornery you were, the farther west you moved. Alaska has a reputation for being an icebox for malcontents. Palin came straight from the source, and countless Americans root for her. In hard times, being the bellyacher-in-chief is a valid role. Hence the rise of Glenn Beck.

But nobody is being fooled. A recent Gallup poll showed that 67% of responders don’t want Palin to run for president. Fear of Palin is ill-advised on two counts. First, fear is what the shadow wants. Without it, the shadow has no power. Second, the left needs to learn how to win graciously. The current upheaval in American society, which has been an enormous threat on many fronts, called forth a president and a constituency that knows how to handle crisis. The voices of sanity are prevailing. The solutions that have emerged on all fronts — economic, social, and international — represent the best in the American character.

But you can’t expect everyone to join the party. As long as we know that Palin is fooling nobody all of the time, the darker side can be tolerated. The shadow is always with us. Today it’s on a book tour.

Published in the San Francisco Chronicle

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Một bậc đại tiên tri Ấn Độ từng nói:

“Bạn sẽ ở nơi mà sự chú ý của bạn đưa đến. Trong thực tế, bạn chính là sự chú ý của mình.

Nếu sự chú ý của bạn tan vỡ, bạn cũng tan vỡ. Khi sự chú ý của bạn trong quá khứ, bạn ở trong quá khứ.

Khi sự chú ý của bạn ở trong thời khắc hiện tại, bạn ở trong sự hiện diện của Thượng đế và Thượng đế hiện diện ở trong bạn.”

Đơn giản hãy thức tỉnh về hiện tại, về điều bạn đang làm. Thượng đế hiện diện ở khắp nơi, và bạn chỉ cần chú ý một cách có ý thức để nắm bắt.

Trích Deepak Chopra, Tạo Lập Sự Giàu Có

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Un regalo prestigioso, un’imperdibile cofanetto da collezione!

Due video che sono vere avventure mistiche e scientifiche allo stesso tempo, DVD tratti entrambi dai best seller omonimi, che elevano la consapevolezza interiore e permettono di condividere le intuizioni dell’autore da utilizzare come principi per un futuro ricco di promesse!

• DVD Le sette leggi spirituali del successo
• DVD Conoscere dio è conoscere te stesso

Deepak Chopra è un’autorità di fama mondiale nel campo della guarigione mente-corpo, un autore di best-seller, e il fondatore del Chopra Center for Wellbeing (Centro del Benessere). Proclamato da Time Magazine il “poeta-profeta della medicina alternativa”, è anche conduttore di un popolare programma radiofonico per la stazione americana Sirius/XM Stars.

Forza mondiale nel campo del potenziamento umano, il Dott. Chopra è l’autore prolifico di oltre 55 libri, tra cui quattordici bestseller sulla salute di mente e corpo, sulla meccanica quantistica, sulla spiritualità e sulla pace. I libri del Dott. Chopra sono stati tradotti e pubblicati in più di 85 lingue.

Deepak Chopra ha letteralmente trasformato la nostra comprensione del significato di salute, ha tracciato nuove vie per liberare l’incredibile potenziale che risiede dentro tutti noi e che ci porta verso il benessere fisico, emozionale, spirituale, mentale e sociale.

Deepak Chopra, medico e scienziato, è una star internazionale grazie alle sue straordinarie capacità di comunicare, in maniera semplice e facile da capire, insegnamenti filosofici e scientifici di grande importanza per la nostra vita quotidiana. Chopra ha una cultura immensa, che gli consente di spaziare dagli insegnamenti filosofici indiani e orientali alle più recenti teorie della fisica quantistica. A riprova del suo valore e successo, i suoi libri e DVD sono stati tradotti in decine di lingue e hanno superato i 40 milioni di copie vendute in tutto il mondo.

Le sette leggi spirituali del successo

Dal libro best seller in cima alla classifica del New York Times per ben due anni, è stato realizzato un film emozionante e ricco di rivelazioni in cui Deepak Chopra, autore di fama mondiale e Olivia Newton John, attrice e cantautrice, ci guidano con semplicità alla scoperta e alla sperimentazione delle sette leggi spirituali del successo.

Un film di grande importanza per la tua vita perché ti mette a disposizione tanti metodi e consigli speciali che costituiscono una straordinaria fonte di guida e ispirazione.

Le sette leggi spirituali del successo ti offre l’opportunità di scoprire che tutto può essere “guarito”: fallimenti, divorzi, crisi, problemi di salute.

Conoscere dio è conoscere te stesso

Dal genio di Deepak Chopra e dal best seller omonimo, un film potente che indaga il più antico mistero della vita: siamo qui per caso o c’è all’opera una forza divina, un Creatore, dietro la nostra esistenza? A dio importa di noi? Dalle sponde del fiume Gange in India, alle grandi Piramidi d’Egitto, Deepak Chopra ci conduce in un viaggio mozzafiato, alla scoperta del significato stesso della creazione, dei miracoli e della nostra immortalità!

Dopo centinaia di secoli in cui abbiamo conosciuto dio esclusivamente attraverso la fede, è giunto il tempo per capirne l’infinita intelligenza e farne esperienza diretta.

Chopra unisce l’antica saggezza con le scoperte della scienza moderna per arrivare all’origine dell’anima.

Spiega il ruolo della fisica quantistica, della mitologia, della religione e della preghiera, e ci invita a decodificare il linguaggio dell’universo, attraverso le teorie di Einstein di tempo e spazio. Stimolante e ricco di immagini dinamiche, il film presenta luoghi esotici e propone effetti speciali che aiutano gli spettatori a sperimentare un viaggio inconsueto nella propria mente e verso il proprio Sé, seguendo un percorso interiore di consapevolezza che può condurre al riconoscimento che “Dio è in tutti, compreso in Te”.

Deepak Chopra Conoscere Dio è Conoscere Te Stesso – Le Sette Leggi Spirituali del Successo – Cofanetto (2 DVD) Macrovideo Compralo su Macrolibrarsi

I think it may have been during Christmas break of my third year in University; I’d read the title of this book in another book I was reading at the time and decided I needed to check this one out. I would go to Chapters in the Eaton’s Centre all by myself whenever I had the spare time… Finding myself a chair inside the store, I would read for hours on end. I always left the book there though — I don’t know why. I went back to it five to seven times but for some reason, I never bought it.

There isn’t much I remember about the instructional/self-help aspect of the book, nor do I remember the details which describe how Deepak Chopra managed to achieve this much success in his life and career. I tend to forget the specifics of the things I read and watch, but the main messages are always clear… The message in this book was vivid — still lurking in my mind undisturbed by the two years that have gone by.
“Listen to life’s clues.” It says, “Listen to life’s clues.”

In the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, Chopra argues this: (1) People don’t listen to life’s messages… How are we supposed to do what we’re supposed to be doing if we can’t even keep track of the significant events that happened yesterday? …Better yet, a week ago? (2) There is discontinuity between what people THINK they should be doing and what people are MEANT to be doing (3) Nothing in life is a coincidence.

I remember reading his story — Noting the simplicity behind the concepts brought fourth by this well-respected MD/author/lecturer and saying to myself, “It’s that easy eh?”

Indeed, there have been numerous incidents with regard to my career that coincide with the vision I have for myself in the near future… Coincidences that date back to elementary school when I started winning speech-writing competitions and was chosen as Valedictorian at my grade eight graduation… Coincidences in high school and university when different friends would randomly compliment me on my writing… A coincidence last Friday afternoon when I got an acceptance letter to do a Masters in Journalism in Australia – the same day I was supposed to fork-up first and last rent for the condo I’m supposed to be moving into on Dec 21, 2009… All examples of life’s co-occurring messages that say “Hey, maybe you should take this route…” And more recently, life has sent me another coincidence …

As you know a group of us from work met Cory Monteith a.k.a “Finn” at the Hazelton Hotel at 5:00 pm sharp on Monday night. We walked into the hotel, and were greeted by two blonde, well-dressed women (one was definitely his publicist; the other may have been a Representative from Global TV). Anyway, our coats were taken away, and we were led into a dim-lit foyer that was as small as my room. It was surprising to see that we were the only ones there. My first impression of this meeting was that it would take place in a large room full of journalists, media and others competing for time with “Finn”. In fact, it was the total opposite. There were ten CDs of the Glee soundtrack lined up for each of us and ready to be signed. As we trailed in, the servers were prompt in asking our choice of red or white wine. Buttered lobster-tail, gourmet cheese-burger and lamb pita hors d’oeuvres would be coming along shortly. His publicist said they’d have to wait a few minutes before he came downstairs so we tried to remain delicate with the food and wine. But as we waited for him to walk in, there remained an anxious excitement in the air… What would we do when he arrived? …What would we say?

He walked in smiling… In a black button-up, jeans, and looking dashing with his strategically-jelled half-curly, half-tousled hair, he smirked and said, “Hey! Well… I guess you guys won?!” Apparently we’d won some competition between the media agencies in Toronto –- the meeting with Cory was an incentive that my colleague received through her client, Old Navy. I don’t really know how the whole thing came about… All I knew is that I was there, in front of Cory Monteith, Star of Glee. We were all starting to sweat PROFUSELY. “HIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” We echoed, like a choir — We were in complete disarray.

It took about ten minutes for him to sign each of our CDs while making one-on-one small-talk. After this, we were ready for the real deal: A group Q&A session. By this time I had already bonded with him by making known to the whole room my love for Vancouver — A city he’s lived in and adores. I was surprised to hear and see that the girls who are the loudest and most outgoing at work (and yes, there are louder and more outgoing women than me), seemed to be completely silent. They must be awe-struck, I thought. Myself on the other hand? — I definitely wasn’t going to let their ‘I’m-shy-syndrome’ stop me…

We gathered in a circle around him. “So what was your favourite episode?” He asked us ten, baffled and love-sick girls.

“Definitely the Mashup.” I replied. The girls around me agreed cheerfully. “What was YOUR favourite episode?” I tried to ask calmly.

“My favourite?… Hmm, You know the one when Mr. Schu and Sue Sylvester are fighting… Throwdown? Yea… That one.”

“How is it working with Jane Lynch?” Jenna (one of my co-workers) asked. “She’s awesome…”

“Yea, she’s really great… I’m really lucky to be working with such talented people.” (A Cliché answer, but we didn’t care.)

“So are there any romantic relationships flourishing between cast members?” I popped-in again, ever-so-tactlessly.

“AAAHAHAHAH” Our small crowd laughed and the Global TV rep interrupted “Wait, are you from US Magazine?”

He smiled, “…What was your question again? — Oh are there any romantic relationships FLOURISHING… between cast members? — Me and Lea? No.”

“She’s a really good singer.” I added in for the last time…

“Yea, she really is.”

I think there was one more question asked. “Do you have a girlfriend?” One of the girls chirped. He didn’t answer, and he avoided the situation swiftly as his publicist came to his rescue by speaking up, “Let’s get some group pictures then?”

By the time we knew it he was saying “Ok well… Thank You…” He began shaking each of our hands in his sweet demeanor. He’d only finished his goodbyes with of the two girls before it was my turn and I was ready… “Can I have hug instead?” I asked. “Sure, of course.” He smiled graciously (Oh God, I died). The remaining seven girls who were greeted ‘goodbye’ received a hug too.

That was the end of it. It was only 5:45 — Less than forty minutes spent with Cory, and we were all walking on cloud nine. As we began our withdrawal from his extreme masculinity, endearing smile, and overall ruthless charm, we stood like baffled zombies waiting for our coats. My co-worker Andrea came up to me (I’ve only known her for three weeks, as she started working with Starcom some time after I did. We often exchange casual stories about daily-life because I see her every day, but the details of each others interests and personal life have been kept to a minimum.) “Christina…” She leaned over to me, “…Just letting you know, that if this industry doesn’t work out for you… You should be a Journalist. You could so do it. I think it would work out for you.”

I really didn’t know what to say… I’d never told Andrea — A colleague, that I’d applied to grad school and got in. Doing so would be a risky career move on my part. I never told her that it’s been a developing dream to write a book; to research, to interview, to travel, to talk, to write and tell stories for a living. I didn’t know what to say… I smiled at her, and etched her comment in heart. Another one of life’s messages maybe? Another coincidence? …Maybe not.