201. Deepak Chopra - a podcast by Rick Archer

Deepak Chopra, MD, serves as the Founder and Chairman of the Board for The Chopra Foundation.As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Deepak Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. Known as a prolific author of more than seventy-five books with twenty-one New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than thirty-five languages.

Chopra’s medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology and he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He serves as the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Founder of The Chopra Well on YouTube, Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University,  Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization and board of directors, HESA. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine".

A few of Deepak's many books:

Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-BeingThe Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your LifePerfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide, Revised and Updated Edition

https://www.deepakchopra.comInterview recorded 10/25/2013 at the Science and Non-Duality Conference in San Jose, California.

Transcript of this interview.Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.


YouTube Video Chapters:00:00:00 - An Interview with Dr. Deepak Chopra
00:01:49 - The Importance of Self-Awareness00:03:16 - The Rarity of Self-Knowledge
00:05:11 - The Evolution of Human Society00:07:09 - The Cycle of Yugas and the Epidemic of Awakening
00:08:30 - The Lord's intervention in times of negativity
00:10:01 - Transcending Duality and Improving Collective Being00:11:45 - Perception of the world as heaven or hell
00:13:18 - Balancing Public Image and Medical Practice00:15:02 - Being Used in God's Service
00:17:00 - Slipping into witnessing awareness00:18:43 - The Experience of Existence
00:20:13 - The Nature of Perceptual Reality00:22:00 - Perception as species-specific and culture-specific
00:24:02 - Perceptual reality and the unknown00:25:36 - The Consistency of Perceived Reality
00:27:32 - The Cosmic Dreamer00:29:11 - Conflicts between Dreams
00:30:48 - Moving towards a more wholesome and loving environment00:33:05 - The Nature of Qualia
00:34:43 - Living in a state of consciousness00:37:30 - The Inexplicability of Experience
00:38:41 - Remembering Candice Pert00:40:23 - Naming Perceptions and Creating Reality
00:41:57 - The Consciousness of Mathematics00:43:09 - The Fall from the Garden of Naming
00:45:01 - The problem with naming and conceptualizing00:46:13 - The Illusion of Perception
00:47:38 - Embracing the Paradox and Ambiguity00:48:35 - BATGAP.com

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