Deepak Chopra: The 5 Simple Steps That Will Make Your Mind Limitless! | E241

We've created a world that's very dangerous right now. I think we are on the brink of a possible extinction.

Deepak Chopra here. One of the world's biggest experts-

... on health, wellness-

Time Magazine's one of the top 100 icons of the century. He's also written 93 books. When you look at the direction of travel as a civilization, what advice do we need now?

War, greed, stress, humanity's problems come from our inability to sit quietly and do nothing. We're always doing, doing, doing. We are human doings. We are not human beings anymore. Take some time every day to be unoccupied. Ask yourself, "Who am I? What do I want? And what is my purpose?" People don't ask these questions. They only know that they suffer and they want an immediate solution, which is, you know, something like an antidepressant. (laughs) And that's what we've created. Every experience shapes our biology. When you look at a situation, do you see an adversity or an opportunity? How is this determined by your childhood? If your parents were complaining, condemning, criticizing, playing the victim, you will see every situation as an adversity. Can it be changed? Yes.

How?

There are actually many studies on what is called the happiness equation. Number one is ...

This is your 93rd book. If you were to write one last book, what would be the top line message?

I hate to use this word, it's misinterpreted, but the title would be ...

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For the last, uh, 35 years, um, I've, um, used our nonprofit foundation, Chopra Foundation, with, uh, the mission statement of reaching a critical mass of people, in my mind, a billion people, um, for personal and social transformation for a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier, and joyful world. So those words are very carefully chosen, peaceful, sustainable, healthier, just, and joyful. Um, so everything is under that umbrella.

Going back to the start of your story, um, what do I need to... you know, the, that profound purpose, that mission you've been on for the last 30 plus years, where does that stem from? What's the earliest sort of domino that fell to put you on course to, to pursue that as your life's work?