The Wonder of You

I have heard of Deepak Chopra before, but never heard his words. I stumbled across them on YouTube today, and in these videos, he encompasses a broad range of topics. In one video he discusses our physical beginning, and the wonder of human cells and human life. In 20 replications, the single cell that began "you" divided into over a million cells, and in 50 replications, you had over a hundred trillion cells, and each of those cells does over 6 trillion things in a second. All these cells communicate with one another to know what all the neighboring cells are doing at all points in time. Now, throw in consciousness, which is a mirror of the "supreme genius of the universe". Try that on for size as being a special creation of God, and truly blessed!

Now, once we are about 20 or so, just to pick a random age, we should be able to acknowledge that we have responses to things; reactions. But between the stimulus and the reaction, there is a pure, non-judgmental "witness" in all of us. A part of us that JUST sees everything; it absorbs information and facts. To bring out the independent, non-evaluative, non-analytical, non-judgmental witness is one goal meditation seeks to achieve. (In my opinion, that is also living in the moment, and allowing ourselves to take in joy, sadness, pain, boredom, happiness, comfort, whatever is there in the moment). Then again, all those things I just mentioned are emotions, and therefore subjective, as opposed to objective reactions to a situation.

Chopra also speaks of disease in this video, and states that "fear-engendered responses" make us more susceptible to disease, and that we can help to go beyond these responses through meditation. That I believe. If you do not believe in anything above you, and are prone to fear and lack of trust, your stress level will surely increase, and you will become more prone to disease. But if you allow yourself to believe in something else out there, some energy, some life connectedness, and trust in that, things become a little easier for you. It's part of faith, and spirituality. I know, for example, that if I trust in God, and that if I do what I feel to be right, and if I do intelligent things that hold up my "end of the deal" to take care of myself and others, then it follows that I am, in return, taken care of.

Chopra speaks of intuition as that Third Eye Chakra, almost. He states that entering a state of meditation (restful response) ... I guess would almost be the same as being deep in prayer, would open up a channel between your spirit and a cosmic awareness. In the intuitive response, in that mode of awareness you achieved earlier, you have not only the ability to just objectively witness, but you can also ask questions. In the intuitive response, the message you put out, or the question you ask through that higher channel of communication will manifest itself as an answer. The answer will not always be what you want it to be, you have to be open and accepting to whatever the answer actually IS; how it presents itself. This answer is not as easy as direct cause and effect. It processes itself through many filters.

Chopra's explanation really puts more confidence in my ability to affect a positive difference in this world, not only through what I do, but also even just through prayer to help others, and meditation. Although that doesn't mean I give up on everything I DO, and will now just focus my life on prayer! No thanks! I would rather do as much as I think, if not more, and analyze less!

Chopra explains the next response as the creative response, stating that as a result of asking your question and stating your intention, that you will be able to create. The ability to create something that was not there before is a purely human attribute, as it was given to us by the Creator because we are created in the image of the Creator, and as such, we have the ability to create, and understand how to build things.

The last response Chopra discusses is the Sacred Response, and this response entails the ability to wonder, and to ask where all this creation is coming from. To seek to know the source of the creativity. The actual source of creation is beyond all interpretation. But the interpretation of the cosmic being(s) changes based on the time we live in. We at least need to realize that there is some sort of cosmic Being, or cosmic Force, and we are expressions of, and contained inside that Being. We are all parts of this "scheme of things". The human mind, which seeks to understand the Creator Mind, is a part of the cosmic mind, and in that way it is possible for human minds to connect.

The more you can understand your own mind you start to eavesdrop on the nature of that cosmic mind. The more you ask questions, the more you understand, the more you create, and the stronger your "Sacred Response" becomes as well.