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Deepak Chopra

Born: October 22, 1946 – New Delhi, Delhi, India

Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author, physician, and prominent advocate of alternative medicine and integrative health. He has written over 80 books, including bestsellers such as The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, translated into numerous languages, and has significantly influenced global wellness, meditation, and New Age thought.

Biography & Author's Journey

Deepak Chopra, born in 1947 in New Delhi, India, was raised in a family where science and medicine were held in high regard—his father was a distinguished cardiologist. Despite an early fascination with journalism, Chopra ultimately enrolled at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, graduating in 1968. He began his medical career in rural India before emigrating to the United States in 1970, where he completed residency training and a fellowship in endocrinology, ascending to chief of staff at New England Memorial Hospital in Massachusetts. His early professional trajectory was rooted in conventional Western medicine, but personal disillusionment with its limitations and a transformative encounter with transcendental meditation led him to reconsider his path.

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Quotes

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The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever
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Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future
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You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible
-The Book of Secrets
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Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever
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In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you
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The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear
-The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
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The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself
-The Way of the Wizard
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People are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness
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To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless
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If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return
-The Third Jesus

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