Deepak Chopra: One World
OMTimes: What is next for Deepak?
Deepak Chopra, M.D: No anticipation. I try to live in the realm of choiceless awareness. Reaching critical mass with 100 million people for personal and social transformation so we can move in the direction of a peaceful, healthy, just, and sustainable world.
We couldn’t resist the opportunity to give OMTimes readers a chance to “Ask Deepak”, and we received so many interesting questions.
OMTimes: How can we use concepts from consciousness to tackle our environmental issues?
Deepak Chopra, M.D: Consciousness is the basis of cognition, perception, personal relationships, social interactions, biology and environment. If we understand the ground of our being (consciousness) then we see the environment as our extended body and we have the emotional commitment to a healthy biosphere because it recycles as our own body.
OMTimes: Two of the questions from our readers:
1.There are so many challenges we face in the world. How do you pay attention to world and community news without becoming overwhelmed?
And 2. We have been talking about peace for centuries yet we are still facing war, competition, and disconnection. How do we get leaders of our world to actually read and practice the very things you teach?
Deepak Chopra, M.D: I do not believe we can tackle any challenge unless we engage in our own transformation to higher consciousness. I therefore do not believe in a reductionist approach to tackling social and economic injustice, eco destruction, war, and conflict. I believe the only way we can bring about healing is through a return to the memory of wholeness. I teach leadership courses at Columbia University and Kellogg Business School where I teach the principles of deep listening, emotional intelligence, expanding awareness, love in action, responsibility, and synchronicity.
