Deepak Chopra and Intent

From the left we are so used to disappointment that we almost need it, but let’s not indulge in sheer masochism. Politics isn’t always about the bottom line, and for me, President Obama’s invisible victories are immensely heartening. He has cleansed the Presidency, reinstated America’s status in the world, championed ideals on every front, and…

We live in an age where massive amounts of money are spent for research into the brain and almost nothing into researching the mind. This represents a huge demotion. In prior centuries the mind was exalted. It was the mind that perceived beauty, experienced love, and reached for God. Can the brain really do all…

Why does bad news make us sad? Why does getting a raise make us want to celebrate? Not many people have thought about these questions. They seem too simple, yet in a way they are deeply mysterious. In fact, the right answer can set your body free, while the wrong answer can prove to be…

by Robert Lanza and Deepak Chopra Can decisions we make now change the past? Modern physics tells us that particles possess a range of possible states, and that it’s not until the actual act of observation that they take on real physical properties. Until this occurs there cannot be a past. Even eminent physicists Stephen…

We’ve all been conditioned to look upon time as our enemy. This belief is wrong, but it’s so deeply ingrained that if affects even the most gifted people. Years ago, I was riding in a car with a woman who had been labeled by the media as one of the most beautiful women in the…

by Robert Lanza and Deepak Chopra The universe evolves backward in time, not the other way around as we were taught in school. “The histories of the universe,” concedes Stephen Hawking, the famed physicist “depend on what is being measured, contrary to the usual idea that the universe has an objective observer-independent history.” Life is…

Dear Readers and Friends, In our quest to grow and evolve, we all run into obstacles. We meet resistance. Change proves stubborn and at times impossible. Anything that I can do to overcome these obstacles is a contribution I never wish to pass up. In my new book I address the most difficult obstacle of…

They mystery of the human brain recently took a step closer to being solved. This didn’t happen through a single breakthrough or because of an Einstein moment. Instead, an old belief was overturned by many separate researches. The old belief held that the brain couldn’t heal itself. Unlike almost every other organ, healing supposedly didn’t…

Last week was a big one for the human family tree — it grew by a million years. With considerable splash the media announced that our oldest ancestor was Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus, an upright walking hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago. A female skeleton was put on display that demotes Lucy, another…

More from Beliefnet and our partners