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nil desperandum

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1. Chopra
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:28 AM
Jun 2015
DISCOVER THE POWER OF QUIET. Silence is when you connect with your core consciousness and your deepest self. That silence is the source of creativity, love, compassion, joy and peace. Who you are is not your assumed identity but consciousness that it is at all times a sea of infinite possibilities. Consciousness transcends time and, because it is not in time, cannot be destroyed. That's your true self. You cannot get in touch with your soul unless you get past the noise that your mind produces. Once you have overcome that noise, you're in touch with your source. Your source is also the source of the universe. Some people would call the source God or the infinite consciousness or the unlimited spirit. It doesn't matter which name you use. That connection can only come through in silence.


When I read these types of instruction sets or comments where people use phrasing of this nature, I have no idea what the heck they are talking about...I must be too noisy for my own good apparently.

So much of this "search for inner meaning" language seems a waste, but there appear to be a great many people searching because these "advisers" seem to have no shortage of business.

I sometimes feel quite different from others in that there is no desire to pursue any of this for me. I enjoy my life and my family and my work immensely. I spend a lot of volunteer time running a huge athletic program for about 6,000 kids and I don't feel I need to find my inner child or inner self or any of whatever that means. I have no idea why I have no desire to find any of that, but I also don't feel I'm missing anything....

I don't know that this fellow is worse than no religion, but it's clear I have zero understanding and zero desire to understand any of what he's selling.

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Chopra nil desperandum Jun 2015 #1
I certainly don't understand the appeal either. trotsky Jun 2015 #2
Now that is funny!! nil desperandum Jun 2015 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jun 2015 #10
First thing I thought of when I saw this. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #15
The "nones" Promethean Jun 2015 #3
Spot on nil desperandum Jun 2015 #5
Yup, that was how things played out for me too. trotsky Jun 2015 #8
He starts out ok. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #14
I have yet to see anyone base their hatred of LGBTQers or different races or women on it. AlbertCat Jun 2015 #6
Worth watching the video where DAWSKINNS!!1 interviews Chopra about "Quantum" mr blur Jun 2015 #7
Our buddy Deep. trotsky Jun 2015 #9
1 LOL Yorktown Jun 2015 #16
Positivity is the quanta of happiness. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2015 #11
DeeplyPacked REALLY hated this guy... onager Jun 2015 #12
I firmly believe edhopper Jun 2015 #13
That's because you're out of touch with your inner quantum Yorktown Jun 2015 #17
Maybe... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #18
And you didn't get arrested for indecent exposure? Yorktown Jun 2015 #19
Well, I didn't do it in public awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #20
God gave you guidance Yorktown Jun 2015 #21
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