As one who has done the lifelong dance with insomnia, I need something to lull me into a quiet state of rest every night at bedtime.
I speak a few languages ( other than English) so, the way a person's voice sounds, matters to me. The inflections, the subtle cadence of speech. The subtle variations in pitch, the range from a deep baritone (rawr) to a higher trill, I notice these. An East Indian accent is low on my list of favorites, however, Dr. Deepak Chopras voice on his recording is soothing, mesmerizing, even a bit sexy. To me.
When I entered the military, going through BMTS, there was one particular girl whose voice made my skin crawl, gave me the heebie-jeebies. As luck would have it, she was headed for OTS, Officers Training School shortly after. The TI put her in position to march the flight to chow & everywhere else.
OMGooodness, as if BMTS wasn't hard enough. She made it worse!
Her shrill, high pitched voice combined with her strong southern accent.
I had never wished to put duct tape over anyone's mouth, until then. She was a lovely person with a high thin voice. UGH!
Back to the OT (original topic).
When I discovered the recordings of Dr Chopra, my insomnia eased up immediately. I began listening to one CD consistently.
Creating Affluence A- Z
The wisdom, new ideas at the time, the ideas that have flowed due to his advanced education, his personal as well as professional experiences. These contribute to Dr. Chopras wisdom.
Even if the methods to reach affluence seemed hokey, the ideas he proposed made me feel more intelligent after listening to him.
In addition to defining affluence as more of a state of mind, life practices, thoughts, he shares some fascinating ideas.
What ideas?
Ideas such as the methods used by The Count of St Germain in the science of Alchemy. The theory that the similarity between an ounce of gold or an ounce of lead is that they both have molecules. The difference is the arrangement of these molecules.
He starts with:
"Affluence is the experience in which our needs are easily met and our desires, spontaneously fulfilled. We feel joy, health, happiness and vitality in every moment of our existence.
Affluence is reality and the true purpose of this course is to give us an insight into the nature of reality. When we are grounded in the nature of reality and we also know that this same reality is our own nature.
Then we realize that we can create anything.
Because all of material creation has the same origin and nature goes to the same place to create a cluster of nebulas or a galaxy of stars or a rain forest or a human body as it goes to create a thought."
Deep stuff to some, hum-ho to others. I love it! I'm eating it up, every time.
Dr Chopra sprinkles poetry by Rumi & Tagore, his own observations plus some subtle humor which makes listening to the recording even more pleasurable.
After a fascinating introduction, he really does reference the alphabet to speak of creating affluence for yourself. He does speak of lucrative activities, he also speaks of the state of being, "thinking bodies in a thinking universe" that is living in affluence has little to do with a bank account balance. He speaks of the attitude of worrying about money even if a person has billions of dollars, property, homes, vehicles, they are living in a state of poverty.
This makes so much sense. It also led me to stop worrying about money. To begin to enjoy life, within my means (whatever my means might be). There was a time awhile back when I had very little means to live on.
What did I do?
Once I was at home, though the home was temporary, I listened to audio books from the library while stitching on my beloved projects, being happy to create beauty with my hands. Feeling happiness, peace, content to do so.
Some people follow the crowd by pronouncing bigoted attitudes that yoga, meditation, scientific ideas, as being evil, as being of Satan.
If this were true I would be scoping out virgins to sacrifice at my next party!
This CD also speaks of kindness to others as contributing to a feeling of wellbeing for the giver as well as the receiver. Having written about the promptings I feel to act, then, acting on those promptings, I'm feeling very happy right now!
In the past few days, when I had passed into a transcendent state during meditation, I felt the worry & suffering of an acquaintance. Most of the time I keep a $100. in my wallet for "just in case". The prompting told me that the $100. bill in my wallet was meant for this person. The time to do this was coming up.
Today, was that time. I went to the person, delivered the $100. to the person I was prompted to give it to. This person is so beautiful unaware of their aura of beauty despite their suffering. Still has a beautiful face, a beautiful soul. The person was surprised & so very grateful. I hope that the weekend is good for this person.
The words of the poet, Tagore is often rippling in my thoughts as a butterfly flitting on a soft spring breeze:
"The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day, runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves & flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth and death in ebb and flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the life throb of ages, dancing in my blood this moment."
When I have proposed the ideas set forth by Dr. Chopra to others, in my ignorance, I received some serious bigoted backlash.
Because the wisdom of Dr. Chopra was off their beaten path of The Old Rugged Cross, was its own path far from the ones who cash in on God through organized religion.
It was pronounced as wrong, as evil, could even lead to someone indoctrinating me into Satanism. Sacrificing me after killing me & eating my organs.
HAH!
I'm not a virgin, unfit for sacrifice, I think I'm quite safe.
Dr. Chopra states, also, that if people feel a need to look for a role model, looking to the positive teachings of God is a good place. Far from the human constructs of God. Every creation of living things has the seed of God within them. When a person takes the time to be in a still, quiet, comfortable place then reaches within to let the bliss of that seed of God be felt, it's there.
Knowing how it feels like to live without it, I know how it feels to live with it.
In conclusion, Dr Chopra says something so profound, it has stuck with me, sitting in the back of my thoughts, a butterfly on my shoulder.
"Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."
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