チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 12

チョプラ博士は5年ぶりに来日されるそうですね。
チョプラ博士とお会いしてお話したのは2006年だったでしょうか。
もう8年前になるのですね。
その時は髪は黒かった・・です・・

チョプラ博士の本はいろいろありますが、
私の一番好きな本は、
Power, Freedom, and Grace: Living from the Source of Lasting Happiness (A Lifetime of Wisdom)
日本語版は
あなたが「宇宙のパワー」を手に入れる瞬間―永遠に続く幸せの源泉　です

ずっと書棚に眠っていたのですが
先日、整理していたら目について
また読み始めたドラゴンユウコです



チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション、12日目です


https://chopracentermeditation.com/

第12日目　笑いのある生を生きる

「笑いのない日ほど無駄な一日はない」 E・E・カミングス

純粋、無垢な笑いは、
ハートで感じる喜びの最も明白なサインです。
それは、あなたの周りにすぐに喜びを広げることのできるパワフルな方法です。
今日は、笑いの前にあなたの内に存在する感覚が何であるのかに気づいて欲しいと思います。

その感覚は、
この上ない喜び・・至福から生まれた自由、気づき、喜びです。
まるで、あなたの魂が
宇宙の幸せの波をとらえ、その流れに乗っているかのようです。

今日の瞑想の目的は、
あなたという存在に流れる至福の波にもっと意識的になるようにすることです。
至福の波への気づきが深まるほど、
一日を通して、
笑顔を浮かべハートからの笑いとともに
その波に乗ることができるようになります。
あなたの喜びは周りにも伝染し、
笑顔がおのずと
人から人へと旅するように広がっていき、あなたの幸せが拡大していくことでしょう。

Day 12 – Living Laughter

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ― E.E. Cummings

“Pure, innocent laughter is the most obvious sign of the joy we feel in our hearts. It is also a powerful and instant way of spreading that joy all around you. Today we want you to notice what that feeling is inside you, just before you laugh.

That feeling is your source of happiness. It’s a sense of freedom, insight and delight born of the upsurge of spiritual bliss. It is as if our soul catches a cosmic wave of happiness and rides along with it.

Our meditation today is aimed at making you more conscious of these waves of bliss moving through your being. With this increased awareness you can ride them throughout your day with a smile on your face, and laughter in your heart. Your joy is contagious and your happiness will expand as your smile travels to one person after another.”

 

Today’s Centering Thought

“Life makes me smile and laugh”

 

Sanskrit Mantra

“Kleem Upahasa – I attract joyful laughter”  (Deepak pronounces Kleem Ooh-Pasa)

 

Oprah

“Welcome to Day 12, Living Laughter.  How do you feel when you hear the uninhibited laughter of a baby or the giggles of a small child at play?  It’s irresistible, isn’t it?  I reminds us of a pure, carefree innocence, the absence of any self-consciousness, the sweet state of light-heartedness that lives within each one of us no matter how old we are. Laughter, it comes from the heart.  It removes barriers and releases the healing energy of play.  Laughter is contagious.  It’s an extraordinarily powerful life energy.  Enjoy a good laugh and you can’t help feeling more alive, more optimistic.  That is the uplifting spirit of happiness and you create it every time your eyes light up in laughter. Before we move into meditation, close your eyes, relax and put just a little smile on your face.  Take a deep breath and let that feeling, that smile flow through you.  Open up to the real LOL within and you will undoubtedly have a happier day ahead.”

 

Deepak

“I feel conflicted whenever someone says that laughter is the best medicine.  It implies that laughter’s best use arrives when a person is sick.  The energy of humor is a chameleon.  We laugh to make fun and ridicule which turns laughter into negative energy.  We laugh to comfort ourselves when things are so bad that all you can do is laugh.  But there is a hidden use of the same energy that enlivens the soul.  This is the laughter that emerges when you get the answer to the riddle of life.  Most people expect that the answer is tragic, that life is what happens in the blink between being born and dying.  A tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.  But what if that is not true?  Behind the appearance of birth, death, chaos, misfortune and tragedy, the essence of life is pure light. That is what the worlds’ wisdom traditions say and in the East, there are many images of smiling Gods and laughing sages.  The enigmatic smile of the Buddha comes from knowing the answer.  He found it within where Jesus declared that the kingdom of heaven lies.

When a happy truth reveals itself to us, we erupt in laughter.   Laughter reveals that life is here to enjoy.  It shatters the illusion that existence is serious, grim business.  You can also think of laughter as the carrier of life energy.  Everyone has experienced feeling more alive and optimistic after a good laugh.

Writer and longtime columnist, Hugh Sidey wrote ‘Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life’.  The great sages and teachers would go further than that.  If your life is filled with humor and laughter, then your flow of bliss is strong and healthy.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought.  Life makes me smile and laugh.  Life makes me smile and laugh. 

Now let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Begin to be aware of your breath and just breathe slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Kleem Upahasa.  This mantra develops a kind of sense of humor and attracts joyful laughter.  Repeat it silently to yourself.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  With each repetition feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Just mentally.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Kleem Upahasa.  Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, Life makes me smile and laugh.  Life makes me smile and laugh.  Life makes me smile and laugh.

Namaste

 

Journal Questions:

1.  “What are the surefire ways to get you laughing? Comedies, jokes, YouTube videos? Write down all the situations that encourage you to laugh, and then make a point of doing one of those every day to get you laughing.”

2.  “Describe how you feel after you have had a good laugh. Think about it. Are you breathing deeper? Do you feel more relaxed, more emotionally open, energized and alert? As you write, breathe deeply and silently affirm the positive benefits you feel from laughing.”

3.  “Write about something you find humorous and consider who you can share it with who would also find it funny. Take action and share the humor . . . notice and write about how other’s laughter or delight magnifies your own.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

 

ナマステ

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 11

実は実は

決算+お仕事で忙しい日々をおくっていたドラゴンユウコは
デスクチェアに座りっぱなし
お腹がすいてないのに食べ、
プラス、家にある甘いものを
ついつい身体に悪いなと
思いながら食べ
（これがまた身体に負のメッセージを送っているのですよねぇ）
水もあまりとらず
身体の声に耳を傾けぬまま、
マインドの欲に
おもむくくままの食生活をおくっていたら
持病の関節炎が悪化し、
特に左ひざに激痛があり、
一歩も歩けない状態になりました

そういう時に私が必ず行うこと、それは少食です。
激痛が始まると朝はグリーンスムージー、昼は果物を少々、夜はまったくとりません。水分はたっぷりとります。
すると、だいたい早くて1.5日たつと痛みがとれてきて3日目には完全に痛みは引きます。

というわけで、痛みは完全にとれたのですが
これからは少食実践ということで
今日のランチは塩をちょっとつけたスイカ2切れになる予定です。
夜は本日のディナー予定のボンゴレ（パスタは少なめでえのきだけ多め）とサラダを3分の1人分ほどありがた～くいただこうと思っております。・・

食べ過ぎといっても一般成人が食べる量よりは半分以下ぐらいなのですが、
ドラゴンユウコの場合、
朝のグリーンスムージーと
ランチかディナーの
どちらか一食の一日一食でちょうど良いみたいなのです。
周りにも一日一食の人が増えてきましたね。

世の中には食べない人たちもいるようです。

	食べない人たち (「不食」が人を健康にする)
	秋山 佳胤,森 美智代,山田 鷹夫
	マキノ出版

第11日目です

チョプラ博士のメッセージを聞いていてハートが反応するのを感じました

 

 

第11日目　優しさを生きる

「言葉による優しさは信頼を生み、思いによる優しさは奥深さを生み、与えることによる優しさは愛を生む」　老子　

優しさとは、愛情あるハートの慈愛に満ちた表れです。
純粋な優しさは、見せかけだったり無理強いされたりするものではありません。
それは、あなたの存在の中心からストレートに出てくるものであり、
自分に与えている愛と
同じくらいの愛を
他者も受け取るのに値するという
あなたの魂の認識です。
優しにより、
分離された個々がつながれ、
私たちは中心でつながっているのだということに気づきます。
これは、エゴの境界を越えて
幸せを拡大させ、
自己に対する感覚を変容していく方法です。

今日の瞑想では、
あなたの愛の中心部を活性化させ、
あなたの生において
優しさと喜びが表現されるよう
働きかけましょう。
慈愛に満ちたハートを表現するたびに
あなたの幸せは拡大していくでしょう。

Day 11 – Living Kindness

 “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.” ― Lao Tzu

 “Kindness is the gracious gesture of a loving heart. Genuine kindness can’t be faked or forced. It must come straight from one’s center of being. It is the soul’s recognition that another person deserves the same love you give yourself. Kindness bridges our isolated individuality and shows us we are connected at our core. This is how our happiness expands beyond our ego boundaries and transforms our sense of self.

Meditation today will enliven our core of love and encourage its movement out into our lives as kindness and joy. Every loving gesture is an expansion of our happiness.”

Today’s Centering Thought

“Kindness expresses the gentleness of the soul.”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Om Mitraya – I am kind and friendly to all” (Deepak pronounces Om Mit – try-yah)

Oprah

“Today, as we welcome you to Day 11, Living Kindness, I want to share a wonderful thought from my beloved teacher and Queen Mother, the late Dr. Maya Angelou.   You’ve heard this quote so many times you can finish the sentence but you haven’t heard the beginning of the thought which resonates even more profoundly, Dr. Angelou said, ‘I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.  When you learn, teach. When you get, give.’  Giving liberates the soul.  I know that.  I feel that.  I live that.  From the smallest random act of kindness to the biggest giveaways on television, everything is better when you share.  Think of a moment when you gave someone the perfect gift, or said something that was comforting, or you just showed up in a way that really made a difference.  I believe that moment created as much joy for you as it did the other person – maybe even more.  That’s because when you reach out in kindness you put into motion an energy that expand exponentially, the generous energy of love, connection and joy and that absolutely comes back, always.  It is a spiritual law.   So let’s listen as Deepak expands on the spirit of living in kindness and then we’ll meditate together.”

Deepak

“It’s inspiring to meet gentle people who open their hearts with generosity.  There is a lovely phrase for the quality they emanate – courtesy of the heart.  In our hearts where love traditionally sits, the flow of loving kindness comes naturally. We experience it with our children when they are very young and with the person we fall deeply in love with.  But love has no physical location.  When you feel loving, you are expressing an aspect of universal consciousness.  Ever since I first read it, I’ve carried with me a quotation from the great Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment, it is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation’.  Tagore is echoing the world’s wisdom traditions, giving us a new perspective, not just on love but on every universal quality of consciousness.

We’ve all heard phrases like ‘I try to be kind’, or ‘I don’t want to be unkind’ which make it seem like kindness is like a dish listed on our emotional menu – we can choose it or not.  This seems to fit reality where all of us certainly choose who deserves our love, sympathy or kindness.  In the process of choosing A, you automatically reject B.  That’s the setup in the state of duality.  Either/or choices present themselves every day.  When we live in duality, however, we unwittingly accept separation at the same time.  Whatever you reject becomes separate from you, whether it’s a person, a situation, a race, an idea or a feeling.  At bottom, the state of separation comes down to one thing, being disconnected from your true self.

At the level of your true self, love is a steady state.  This doesn’t mean that you’re demonstrative and affectionate every moment of the day.  Love is more like breathing, totally a part of you, even when you don’t pay attention to it.  Love is at the root of happiness and also kindness.  An act of kindness is the natural extension of who you really are.  It also indicates that you are allowing your awareness to expand, setting aside the egos fears and boundaries that a separated self is forced to live inside.

The noted psychotherapist, Nathaniel Branden, has written, there is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely that one will be to treat others with respect, kindness and generosity.

In general, we can’t help but regard and treat others the way we regard and treat ourselves.  This is true in duality and in wholeness.  In duality, you regard yourself as isolated, alone, vulnerable, open to danger and insecure.  All your energy is spent protecting the fenced-in territory of ‘I’, ‘Me’, and ‘Mine’.  In wholeness, however, the territory expands.  You can say, ‘the world is my family’ which allows for the flow of loving kindness.  In time you say, ‘I am the universe’ and then love is boundless.  The greatest love you can express is just ‘being’ which radiates love in every situation.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought, Kindness expresses the gentleness of the soul.  Kindness expresses the gentleness of the soul. 

Let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes. Begin aware of your breath and just breathe slowly and deeply.  With each breath allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  

Now gently introduce the mantra, Om Mitraya.  This mantra evokes feelings of kindness and friendliness.  Repeat it silently to yourself.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Just mentally.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Om Mitraya.  Release the mantra.  Continue sitting restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, Kindness expresses the gentleness of the soul. Kindness expresses the gentleness of the soul. 

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “Identify and write your plan for a kind act you can do for yourself today. Maybe it’s getting a foot massage, or buying yourself a bouquet of flowers. Whatever it is, make sure you offer it to yourself consciously, and with a full heart.”

2.  “Consider, and write a plan to share an act of kindness today with someone you love. Personalize it so they know you thought about it. It doesn’t have to be a gift, it can be a thoughtful comment or gesture.”

3.  “Write down how you can share an act of kindness with a complete stranger today. You can let the opportunity present itself spontaneously as you wait in line at the café or while driving to work. Again, it doesn’t need to be a grand gesture, an understanding smile or letting someone into your lane are all easy acts of kindness. The important part is being alert to that opportunity to show kindness.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

ナマステ

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 10

マウイ島

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション　10日目です

なんと、ダーリンが
アメリカ留学時代から
お世話になっているワイル博士のことばから始まっています
初めてワイル博士にお会いした時、
持病の関節炎の薬を
何か飲んでいるかと聞かれ、
「No」と答えると、
「Good!]とおっしゃったのが印象的でした

ワイル博士の
癒す心、治る力―自発的治癒とはなにか (角川文庫ソフィア)は、
だいぶ前に書かれたものですが、
内容は濃く今でも参考になるものがいっぱいです

第10日目　充実感をもった生を生きる

「私たちは充実感を得るために働くべきだと思う。
外側の状況にそれほど関係のない内なる充実感のために」　アンドルー・ワイル博士

スピリチュアル的な充実感とは、
自分の置かれている人生の状況に対する満足感を超えるものです。
たびたびこの種の満足感は、
あきらめ感をともなっていることもあります。
ほんとうの充実感とは、
あなたの中心からくるもので、
自分の世界はすべてこれで良いのだという幸福感です。
この状態においては、
あなた自身や他者や人生に対して
心地良く感じるために必要なものは
今ここにすべてあるということをあなたは認識しています。
たとえ、表面的なマインドに葛藤や不安があろうとも、
あなたの中心の存在は、
安定し自己完結していて、
どのような状況でも
必要なものは何でも持っていると知っています。
ほんとうの充実感は
自信を持つこと以上のことであり、
それはあなたの内側で感じる充実感なのです。

今日の瞑想では、
この満たされているという感覚を発動させ、
あなたの心と頭にこのスピリチュアルな充実感をもたらしましょう。

Day 10 – Living Contentment

“I think we should be working for contentment . . . an inner sense of fulfillment
that’s relatively independent of external circumstances.” ― Andrew Weil

 

 “When we speak of spiritual contentment, we mean more than just feeling satisfied with the circumstances of life. Too often that kind of contentment includes a tinge of resignation as well. Real contentment is the happiness that at your core, all is well in your world. In this state, you are aware that you have everything you need right now to feel good about yourself, others, and life. Even with outer conflicts and uncertainties, your core existence is settled, self-contained, and you know you possess whatever is needed to meet any situation. Living true contentment is more than confidence, it is the feeling of inner fulfillment.

 

In our meditation today we will activate this sense of fulfillment to bring spiritual contentment into our hearts, and our heads.”

Today’s Centering Thought

“I am content, just as I am.”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Sampriya Hum – I am complete contentment” (Deepak’s pronunciation sounds like Sahmpreeya Hum)

Oprah

“Welcome.  It is day 10 already, Living Contentment.  This, My Friends, is a big day.  It is the foundation for so much more!  We all know others who pursue peak moments of ultimate happiness in life and we think about the happiest moments in our own lives; we often think of those kinds of peak moments – births, weddings, grand travels, awards, promotions, but what we’re exploring today is not the pursuit of happiness, it is the creation of happiness.  Big difference.  That begins with a foundation of being content inside yourself.  What is the secret to beginning from a starting point of happiness every day?  It is this…allowing your life to unfold with this confidence – knowing that all is well and all will be well, no matter what.  Many great spiritual leaders from Socrates to the Dalai Lama to even Gandhi have each taught us that it is what we think and feel about our circumstances that actually most influences our happiness.  The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said it so well, “rejoice in the way things are”.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.  That is contentment and it is the essential basis of true happiness.  As Deepak leads us to meditate today, let’s focus on getting past the noise of those peaks and valleys that happen in all of our lives.  Let’s breathe into this very moment with a sense of acceptance and ease and find a level of being content.  What I know for sure is the universe will meet you exactly where you are.  So let’s take a deep breath, listen and let go to a space of contentment.”

Deepak

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything looks perfect and ideal every minute of the day.  It means that life is unfolding without struggle, that anxiety and insecurity aren’t our companions and that the best time of our lives is now.  You have been taking major steps to establish this state which registers at the feeling level as contentment.  Psychological research has shown that each person has a baseline of happiness.  It’s like your body’s basal metabolism which determine your body’s level of physical energy.   When you exercise or perform hard physical work, your metabolism rises to give your muscles needed extra energy but once you are at rest again, your body returns to its metabolic set point.  Likewise you can experience peaks of joy and enthusiasm but the rest of the time you remain at your emotional set point.  Studies have shown that when people experience loss or trauma such as life threatening illness, losing their job or having a close family member die, they feel unhappy and disturbed yet, in time, they return to their emotional set point, usually within six months.  Nature always moves to restore inner balance.  There is not enough research on how to change a person’s emotional set point but a healthy norm would be to live in contentment.  Contentment is a baseline state where you rest in your own being.  Anger and anxiety are not bubbling just below the surface.  You are open to new possibilities and greet them optimistically.

The world wisdom traditions hold out a much higher and more exalted level of bliss.   Our meditation opens the path to this higher level of contentment however, contentment can be a living reality today, making the connection to your true self allows the imperfections, challenges and uncertainties in life to be transcend.

Transcendence isn’t mystical.  It means going beyond the surface activity of the mind which is restless and conflicted to find the level of being that is content.  At this level, you are happy to be here.  Existence is enough.  The quiet joy of contentment can then be brought into everyday life by embracing all the adversities and uncertainties of life from the vantage point of pure awareness.  The process of infusing your life with pure awareness takes time but experiencing inner contentment happens now, every time you transcend in meditation.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought, I am content just as I am.  I am content just as I am.  

Let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Become aware of your breath and just breathe, slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Sampriya Hum.  This mantra connects our physical localized self with our perfect nonlocal immortal self.  Repeat it silently to yourself.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Just mentally.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.  Sampriya Hum.


Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, I am content just as I am.  I am content just as I am. I am content just as I am.  

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “Contentment from a spiritual perspective is the deep experience in consciousness that all is well, regardless of what it looks like on the surface. Write down an experience you have had like this, or similar to this.”

2.  “Think back to that experience, take time to recall how that contentment felt. Don’t consider your thoughts or analyze the experience, just describe the emotional state you were in. Was it pleasant, calming, soothing, loving, and or comforting? Write a short list of these feelings.”

3.  “Your list of feelings is an indicator that your contentment was coming from your core self of happiness. Know that this contentment is always there and available within you. Write today’s centering thought two times: “I am content, just as I am.” As you write it the first time, think of that situation where you felt contentment. When you write it the second time, feel and describe in detail that contentment in the present moment.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience”

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 9

 

第9日目です


第9日目意図的に生きる

「この世で人が本当に幸せを感じるために必要なものは３つだけと言う。
愛する人、すべきこと、希望の３つである」
トム・ボデット

今日の瞑想では、
人生に方向性と目的を見せてくれるあなたの内側にある幸せの流れとつながりましょう。
この生エネルギーの流れにのると、
あなたの行為が価値と意味のあるものになります。
意図した人生を生きると、
幸せと満足感は自然と拡大していきます。
意図は、強い感情では必ずしもないですし、
その意図の明確なビジョンと理解がいつもあるとは限りません。
いるべきところにいるとか、
する必要があることをしているといったぼんやりとした感覚かもしれません。
しかし、それが意図した人生を生きる中心となるのです。

今日の瞑想は、幸せと満足感を拡大する意図へとあなたを同調させるよう促します。

Day 9 – Living With Purpose

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:
someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ― Tom Bodett

In today’s meditation we will connect to the current of happiness inside that gives our life direction and purpose. When we move with this flow of life energy, our actions are filled with value and meaning. Our happiness and contentment naturally expand when we are living a purposeful life. It’s not necessarily a strong feeling, and we may not always have a clear vision or understanding of that purpose. It may only be a subtle sense that we are where we need to be, and doing what needs to be done, but that is the heart of a purposeful life.

Our meditation today will align our awareness to this purposeful direction of expanding happiness and fulfillment. “

Today’s Centering Thought

“My actions have purpose”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Dharma Hum – My life has purpose and meaning” (pronunciation Darma Hum)

Oprah

“It is day 9, happiness is blossoming and today we open up to even greater happiness as we explore living with purpose.  Now that we’ve awakened our happiness energy, we want to unleash it even further on purpose.  As Deepak will show us, we’re all happiest and inspired when our lives have direction, clarity and meaning and it doesn’t matter what your specific purpose is, the truth is, each of us has a road map within.  I call it our internal GPS system and when we live life doing that which gives us the greatest fulfillment, we’re nurtured in the deepest most essential, almost biological way.  Your life is speaking to you, guiding you to the fulfillment that awaits.  Listen to the signals.  You know it in your bones when you feel right – decisions are easy, there is no struggle – that is happiness.  It feels magical but it isn’t.  Inherently each of us wants what is the very best for ourselves and intuitively we know in our heart what that is.  We really do.  You just have to learn to trust it.  So pay attention to all the signals that around all the time and move with the clear flow of your life’s messages.  Your happiness can only expand when you do.  That is universal law and it is miraculous.  Take a deep breath and relax as Deepak guides us through purpose to deepest happiness and from that wondrous place we will meditate.”

Deepak

“I mentioned before that the field of positive psychology devotes research into finding out what actually makes people happy. We’re not good predictors of future happiness.  When I get a raise, I’d be happier.  Once I’m a mother, my baby will bring nothing but joy.  When I own the biggest house on the block I’ll be satisfied.  Such thoughts run through everyone’s head and yet, when the raise, the baby and big house arrive, something strange happens.  It brings more happiness to anticipating these goals than actually arriving at them.  But you can learn to make choices that lead to increased happiness.  The most important is choosing to meditate.  Starting from your first meditation, you have strengthened the mind-body connection and improved functioning on many levels including the expression of your genes.  Even five years ago it wasn’t known that meditation affects the genes but now this is a proven fact.

These improvements are good in themselves but you can make other choices that directs your awakened energy toward expanded happiness.  We feel happiest in fact when life has direction, purpose, clarity and meaning regardless of the specific purpose we choose.  A sense of purpose comes from the alignment of mind and spirit with the body providing support and nourishment.  The cells in the brain, heart, liver and everywhere else are already committed to their purpose which they pursue with total commitment.  Through the mind-body connection, the same commitment flows naturally into every aspect of life once there is no resistance, doubt and insecurity.  Living with purpose is self-validating.  You don’t say, ‘I have a purpose’, but rise to a new level, I am my purpose.  The things that give you the most fulfillment which in Sanskrit is called your Dharma, nurtures who you are down to the genetic level.  This is very good news for anyone who desires transformation because at the moment you are following your dharma, you’re bringing change to mind and body.  These changes turn you into a new person literally, reinventing the body and replenishing your soul.  You can tell that you are in dharma through unmistakable signals in your awareness.  Your actions feel good.  Your decisions feel right.  You sense that you’re evolving and growing.  That may sound like a magical state compared to what it’s like to feel insecure, doubting, confused and stuck.  There is no magic.  When you mediate and waken your true self, your desires change.  You start to want what is actually good for you and this natural flow of desire becomes the path of your personal evolution. Noticing and nurturing these impulses with conscious awareness brings your life purpose into focus.  That’s what we’ll be activating today in our meditation.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought.  My actions have purpose.  My actions have purpose.

Now let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Become aware of your breath and just breathe, slowly and deeply.  With each breath allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Dharma Hum.  This mantra aligns our life purpose to our bliss.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Dharma Hum. Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more. Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  Continue with your meditation.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  Just mentally.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum.  Dharma Hum. Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully inhaling and exhaling slowly.  


When you feel ready, open your eyes.
As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, my actions have purpose.  My actions have purpose. My actions have purpose.

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “Write a short sentence or two about what you feel your purpose is in life. Keep this purpose statement simple, and focus on what it is about your life direction that gives you satisfaction, happiness, and meaning.”

2.  “Next, look at your purpose statement and describe in detail how it gives you joy. For instance, if your life purpose is teaching music to children, then describe how wonderful it feels when a child falls in love with a piece of music, or the look on their face when they know they have played a piece well.”

3.  “List the positive experiences you have had when you were living your purpose. These are the currents of joy that propel your spiritual evolution forward in life.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 8

早朝、きらめく海とモロカイ島

21日間メディテーションの8日目です


https://chopracentermeditation.com/

第8日目　喜びを生きる

「喜びは舞い込んでくるものではありません。
喜びという感覚を選択することが必要です。
毎日、選択し続けなければならないのです」　
ヘンリ・ナウエン

「喜びを拡大する」21日瞑想の第2週へ突入しました。
第1週では、
幸せとはあなたの外側ではなく、
あなたの内なる源のものであるということを理解しました。
幸せの種である、
喜び、愛、希望、平安、直感、一体性が
芽を出し根付いていくことを体験しました。
第2週では、
あなたの幸せを育て花咲かせて、
あなたの人生のあらゆる領域を豊かなものにしましょう。

喜びを表現することも
人と幸せを分かち合うことも自然なことです。
幼い子どもたちがいかに無邪気に幸せと喜びを表現するのかを見てごらんなさい。
大人になると
感情を表現することに対して
たとえそれがポジティブなものであっても、
より用心深くなってしまいます。
人生における幸せへのポジティブな影響を制限してしまうのです。
あなた自身であること、人生を楽しむことを自分に許可し、
あなたのあるがままの生を感じる必要があります。

今日の瞑想では、
喜びへの扉を開き、
喜びを人生のあらゆる領域に広げていくことを意図します。

Day 8 – Living Joy

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Welcome to the second week of our 21-Day Meditation Experience, Expanding Your Happiness. Last week we discovered that happiness is something we source inside us, not outside us. We experienced the sprouting of these seeds of happiness – joy, love, hope, peace, inspiration, wholeness – and felt them take root. This week, our happiness will grow and blossom to enrich all aspects of our lives.

It is natural to express our joys, and to share our happiness with others. Watch how young children innocently display their happiness and delight. As adults we have learned to be more guarded with expressing our emotions, even our positive ones, and this has the effect of limiting the positive influence of our happiness in our lives. We need to give ourselves permission to be, to live, and feel life as we are.

Today’s meditation is designed to open the doors of our joy and let it expand into all areas of life.”

Today’s Centering Thought

“We are here to enjoy”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Shree Ram – I embody happiness and vitality” (Deepak pronounces Shree Rahm)

Oprah

“Welcome to week 2 of Expanding Your Happiness.  We’re so delighted to have you join us on this joyful meditation journey.  Last week we went deep within to connect with and experience The Source, the wellspring of true happiness. This week we want to expand that happiness and express it in all areas of life with a new, innate understanding of the sacred ground from which happiness springs.  Eternal.  Today we begin day 8, living what we felt last week, Living Joy. We may think joy is a moment of laughter, of love, of delight, in fact living your joy, sharing it with the world is the highest expression of spirit.  When you open up and allow your light to shine, you’re expressing the grandest and most powerful state of well-being imaginable.  Express joy at every opportunity and it grows.  As Marianne Williamson says, joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.  Relax and enjoy as Deepak guides us to letting us let our joy light shine, teaching us how to live it.  Then we’ll meditate.”

Deepak

“Yesterday in meditation we took a new viewpoint, the viewpoint of wholeness.  When you feel complete, something surprising occurs.  The boundary between “in here” and “out there” disappears.  Consciousness flows without boundaries. Happiness moves from an internal emotion into a physical expression, a smile, an embrace, a dance.  You have entered the state of self-fulfillment because everything you enjoy is part of the same unbroken circle.  This is our theme in week 2, moving from the internal state to the external expression for happiness.

The sprouted seed is now emerging into the sun and light, growing into a full blossoming flower.  When limiting beliefs and social conditioning restrict our expression of joy, the circle is broken.

One way you can tell that someone has experienced pure awareness is that life becomes more enjoyable.  They no longer feel limited as more and more of their inner potential unfolds.  The simple truth that we’re here to enjoy life is also a profound truth.  Joy is one of the highest expressions of spirit.  Give yourself permission to experience your joy whenever you feel it.  Many people feel uneasy showing too much feeling around others, preferring to be self-contained. They don’t want to attract undue attention to themselves.  But you can take a new perspective, seeing that when you express your joy you are nurturing her personal reality and therefore reaching a higher state of well-being.  Joy isn’t selfish, it’s self-care bringing vitality to your emotional body.  Expressing your joy doesn’t have to be ostentatious or attention-grabbing. Simply remove your hesitation and smile when you feel like it.  Laugh.  Bounce to the rhythm of life.  Accept the invitation to join the cosmic dance.  Serious as life can be, at the deepest level, joy is our reason for being here.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought.  We are here to enjoy. We are here to enjoy. 

Let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Become aware of your breath and just breathe, slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Gently introduce the mantra, Shree Ram.  This mantra brings an immediate physical sense of joy.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Continue with your meditation.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Just mentally.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Shree Ram.  Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, We are here to enjoy.  We are here to enjoy.  We are here to enjoy.  

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “Write down three things you can do to discover more joy in today. Find familiar things around you and see them as if for the first time. Maybe it’s the birds jumping between tree limbs outside your window. Slow down and really be aware so that you participate in the wonder and joy of the experience.”

2.  “Think of the happiest person you know. Write down an event where you remember being impressed by how upbeat and buoyant they were. Write underneath that passage: “I want to live joy in my life like that.”

3.  List a few of the ways in which you hold yourself back from expressing your happiness. Realize that repressing your joy isn’t healthy. Make a commitment to smile, laugh and show your joy whenever you feel it. Encourage yourself to let your inner joy fully enter your life.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

ナマステ

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 7

マウイ島の時は静かに流れる

 

ディーパック・チョプラ博士の
21日間メディテーションの7日目です

完全性を感じる

「偉大であること、全体であること、
それは、何事も除外しないことです。
すべての全体でありなさい」　
フェルナンド・ペソア

おめでとうございます。
真の幸せへと向かう旅の第一週が今日で終わります。
完全であるという感覚は、内なる幸せの大切な感覚です。
完全であるという感覚は、全体を感じることを意味します。
あなたのハイヤーセルフを垣間見ることであり、
あなたに欠けているものは
何もないのだということを知ります。
あなたはあなたの中に
すべて必要なものを持っています。
あなたは、あなたが必要としているもの、
すべてなのです。

一つであるという気づきが
完全であるという感覚への鍵となります。
完全であるという感覚と
穏やかな喜びの感覚をもたらす
自己認識の目覚めとなるからです。

今日の瞑想では、
全体であるという感覚、
すなわち、あなたの真の自己である
完全性の感覚を体験します。
この一体性という感覚で生きる時、
すべてを楽々と光り輝きながら
喜びと共に楽しみ始めるのです。

 

Day 7 – Feeling Complete

 “To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing. Be whole in everything.” ― Fernando Pessoa

“Congratulations! Today we complete the first week of our journey into real happiness. The feeling of completion is an important part of inner happiness. Feeling complete means we feel whole. We glimpse the vastness of our higher self and know we do not lack anything. We have everything we need within us; we are everything we need.

This awareness of wholeness is the key to feeling complete, because it is the awakening of self-knowledge that provides the feeling of wholeness and the feeling of quiet joy that accompanies it. Today’s meditation will awaken our experience of wholeness – that sense of completeness that is our true self. As we learn to live life from this state of wholeness, we begin to enjoy everything with ease, grace and delight.”

Today’s Centering Thought

“I am wholeness”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Sarvatva – I am wholeness” (Deepak’s pronunciation sounds like Sahr-Vat-Va)

Oprah

“Welcome to day 7 Feeling Complete.  We’re already wrapping up our first week of Expanding Your Happiness.  We’ve connected within to the source of greatest peace, love, playfulness and hope that lights up and empowers our lives.  When we connect to it fully, that source leads us to extraordinary wholeness, more complete and meaningful than anything we might imagine.  Getting quiet beyond calming the mind, getting quiet to a place past doing, past thinking, past experiencing, to pure heart-centered awareness – that is a journey to wholeness and a level of happiness that can transcend and transform you.  Let’s go there together.  Deepak leads the way.”

Deepak

“Few people are given any training on how to be happy.  They look at others and imitate the things that seem to make them happy.  In the field of positive psychology, it’s generally accepted that this method isn’t very productive, the image of consumers made happy by the next smart phone, millionaires made happy when they become billionaires, and other myths still linger.  Lasting happiness isn’t attained through money, status, power or pleasure.  It’s attained through inner fulfillment and inner fulfillment depends on being whole.  When we feel complete, we don’t have empty spaces inside that need to be filled.

In the world’s spiritual traditions, turning inward wasn’t done chiefly to find peace of mind or to settle the restless mind. The aim was to connect with pure awareness. Pure awareness is the mind when it isn’t thinking.  I call it the womb of creation.  Pure awareness contains all possibilities.  Because it is whole, you become more whole, more complete as you experience it.  You start to find the integrated whole self that is your true self.  When the true self is fully awake, you are complete.  No matter what you might be doing or thinking.

Positive psychology has also found that there is long term happiness when a person accomplishes something they really value; when they set goals that take years to accomplish and when they devote themselves to a higher set of values whether it’s called compassion, giving, service, or humanitarianism.  This is an invaluable clue to happiness that goes further because when you awaken your true self, your inner transformation becomes a supreme accomplishment, the state of enlightenment becomes your personal reality as long as you live.

In today’s meditation, your foundation and reference point will be wholeness.  Being complete isn’t a struggle or a goal lying far in the future.  Wholeness is already yours.  All that needs to change is your point of view.  Once you experience pure awareness, your personal reality will become more and more whole without effort.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought, I am wholeness.  I am wholeness.  

Now let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Begin aware of your breath and breathe slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Sarvatva.  This mantra reveals the wholeness within individual consciousness.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Sarvatva. Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little bit more. Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Sarvatva. Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  Just mentally.  Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  Sarvatva.  Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, I am wholeness.  I am wholeness.  I am wholeness.

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “The feeling of completeness is a unique form of happiness, where we know we are whole and do not feel a lack of any kind. In this state, everything in the imperfect superficial world is nevertheless perfect, just as it is. Write in your journal about a glimpse you may have had of this way of seeing life.”

2.  “Write your thoughts on the differences between seeing life from a place of completeness as opposed to seeing life as an accident of random forces. We can choose the state of consciousness we want to attain, and thereby choose the level of happiness in our lives.”

3. “Write about an area of your life that you feel is lacking or incomplete. Now instead of approaching that topic as something that is “wrong” or a problem to be fixed, or a hole to fill, consider that this issue might be helping you grow or learn something valuable. Think and write about the ways in which this issue is a hidden blessing, or a way for you to grow stronger and wiser than you would have otherwise.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

ナマステ

 

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 6

マウイ島

ディーパック・チョプラ博士の
21日間メディテーションの6日目です

希望を感じる

「人生における最大の喜びは、
私たちがしていることや、
感じていることからだけでなく、
穏やかに希望を抱いている時や、
人のために何かをしている際にも感じられる」　

ブライアント・マックギル　

今日の瞑想では、
あなたのハートに存在する希望の力を活性化させましょう。
希望は、あなたの喜びに満ちた自己の鍵となるスピリチュアルな構成要素です。
スピリチュアルな希望とは、
もっと良くなったらなあ・・
というような弱弱しい不安を抱いた望みではありません。
それは、進化のための万能パワーへ熱いメッセージを送ることです。
真の希望は、
希望や夢の実現のために
導きやサポートを与えながら、
私たちの個性と宇宙をつなぎます。
あなたの強い願望の拡大と充実は、
あなたの生の本質的な喜びなのです。

あなたの愛が成長し、
影響を与える範囲が拡大し、
希望がその拡大の最先端になるとき、
あなたは幸せを感じているのです。

今日の瞑想では希望の源、
すなわち、意識進化の拡張の源へと導きます。
あなたの存在の中心から、
あなたは人生において希望の光を放つのです。

Day 6 – Feeling Hope

 “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel,
but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.” ― Bryant McGill

 “Today’s meditation activates the power of hope in our hearts. Hope is a key spiritual component of our joyful self. Spiritual hope is not a feeble, anxious wish for things to be better . . . it is the active engagement of our aspiration to the almighty force of evolution. True hope ties our individuality to the cosmos, giving us the guidance and support to move toward out hopes and dreams. This expansion and fulfillment of our aspirations is an essential joy of life.

We feel happy when our love grows and our territory of influence expands, and hope is the leading edge of this expansion.

Our meditation today takes us to the source of hope, the source of our evolutionary expansion of consciousness. From this still center of being, we illuminate the light of hope in our life. “

Today’s Centering Thought

 

 

 

“Hope lights my path”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Shreem – I am all possibilities”

Oprah

“Welcome to Day 6, Feeling Hope.  Just like we look for love and desire peace, we all hope for the best.  But your truest self doesn’t wait for hope, or hope for hope, your essential self emanates hope, rooted in the all-powerful certainty of Source.  My friend and Nobel Laureate, Elie Weizel, says, ‘Just as a man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope’.  If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.  Access that certainty and hope, and the happiness that flows to you will be more powerful than you can imagine.  It is a force that grounds you and lifts you up, all at once. Embrace that as Deepak guides us to that source of hope and assured happiness within us all.  Then we will meditate.”

Deepak

“Happy people are optimistic and hopeful.  Hope is a positive force in their lives which is different from feeling anxious and hoping that everything will turn out all right.  When your sense of hope flows from The Source, you know that new possibilities will emerge and that good outcomes are in sight.

Hope opens a path.  It isn’t passive, just waiting and praying that things will change.  When you are connected to your true self, you sense what you need to do next to improve any situation.  So hope is like a feedback loop – the more you nurture hope, the more optimistic you feel and being optimistic, you move naturally to take the openings and opportunities that come your way.  This is very different from feeling uncertain and trapped by circumstances.  Here is a useful image.  Hope is like a thread leading out of the maze.  It doesn’t get us out but it is our connection to freedom.  And if we follow the thread, we can make our way out and feel the joy of liberation.

Be open to becoming more hopeful and letting hope be your guide.  Having this intention is powerful.  It prevents you from being influenced by the negative thoughts that automatically spring to mind for many people.  Hope isn’t a special compartment of awareness.  In today’s meditation, as you keep making your connection to your true self stronger, you will also be connecting to the Source of hope, a source that keeps replenishing itself.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought, Hope lights my path.  Hope lights my path.  

Now let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Begin to be aware of your breath and just breathe slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Gently introduce the mantra, Shreem. This mantra opens awareness to your infinite potential.  Repeat it silently to yourself.  Shreem.  Shreem.  Shreem. With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra. Shreem. Shreem.  Shreem.  Continue with your meditation.   Shreem.  Shreem.  Shreem.  Just mentally.  Shreem. Shreem.  Shreem.  


Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready you can open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, Hope lights my path.  Hope lights my path. Hope lights my path.”

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “We introduced a new understanding of hope today. We want to build a sense of hope that is a force of change that comes from a feeling of certainty and wellbeing within, rather than an anxious kind of hope that vaguely wishes for things to turn out well. Write about an experience you may have had with this stronger kind of hope.”

2.  “You may also have experienced this kind of hope, but not thought of it in those terms. Think of a time when you felt sure you were going to attain a lofty goal, even though the path to the goal was not apparent. That is the hope that comes from your being. Describe this feeling of certainty in your journal.”

3.  “To use this deep hope as a guiding light in life, we need to distinguish it from anxious hope. Write down the feelings you experience in your body when you feel an easy confidence in attaining your goals. Now contrast that with the feelings you have in your body when you are uncertain and anxious about what you want to happen.”

4.  “Reflect further on today’s experience.”

 

ナマステ

 

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 5

ディーパック・チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーションの5日目です

「老いたから遊ばなくなるのではない。遊ばなくなるから老いるのだ」　
ジョージ・バーナード・ショー

今日の瞑想では、
遊び心に満ちたあなたの喜びあふれる本質とつながりましょう。
ヴェーダ哲学は、リラ、すなわち、
「宇宙の遊び」からすべてのものが創造されたと教えています。
遊び心に満ちたあなたの本質を表現するとき、
あなたは創造性と受容性に富み、
活気にあふれています。
楽しんでいる時、
あなたは生の喜びにあふれたリズムにのせて踊り歌っているのです。
ハートもマインドも体も軽やかに感じ、
ハッピーになっていることに気づきます。
遊びは気持ちを良くしてくれるだけでなく
スピリチュアル的にもあなたを活性化させているのです。

今日の瞑想では、
内側に存在する遊び心の源とつながり、
日常の生活に楽しみと喜びの感覚をもたらします。
あなたの中の子ども心を表現し遊んでみましょう。

Day 5 -Feeling Playful

Message of the day

 “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing!”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Today’s meditation connects us to the playful nature of our joyful self. Vedic wisdom tells us that all creation arises from Lila, or cosmic play. Expressing our playful nature is a valuable way to stay creative, receptive, and revitalized. When we have fun, we are dancing and singing along with the story of our life. We find our hearts, minds and bodies are lighter and happier. Play time not only makes us feel better, it spiritually rejuvenates us as well.

Our meditation today brings our awareness to this source of playfulness deep within, allowing us to bring this sense of fun and joy into our daily lives. Let the child in you go out and play.”

Today’s Centering Thought

“I am playful”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Lila Hum – I am playful” (Deepak’s pronunciation sounds like Leela Hum)

Oprah

“Welcome to day 5, Feeling Playful.  So far, we’ve centered deep within to connect with the powerful essences of peace and love.  Today we begin to unleash that power through play.  Does that seem unspiritual?  Well not in the least.  The happiness we feel when we let go and absorb ourselves in fun, relaxation and play is pure alignment with spirit – that carefree, untroubled feeling we experience when we allow ourselves to relax and to play.  It’s the language of your soul affirming your purpose for being alive.  To live in joy.  Your base level of happiness is determined by how you choose to view and experience your life.  See and experience the world through the magical glasses of play and the world lights up.  When we let go, when we take the time to renew, when we honor the value in play, we become more open and receptive, more alive than ever and then the messages of the universe reveal themselves in some of the most magical ways.  So relax, breathe, and let Deepak renew your playful spirit.  The miracles will follow. “

Deepak

“We are used to asking the biggest question of all – what is the meaning of life, with a serious expression, expecting a deep answer.  But what if we live in a recreational universe?  There is a word for this in Sanskrit, Lila, which means the play of creation.  Creation is said to arise from a sense of playfulness or enjoyment, not to carry out some deep, serious purpose that only God’s infinite mind can understand.

It can come as a shock to see the universe as recreational.  We all feel limited.  There are moments when we feel trapped by things we must do, opinions we must hold, a path we must follow for fear of falling off of it.  Because of fear, everyday life feels anything but playful.  Lila, the spirit of play, embraces joy, spontaneity and fun.  In very practical terms, the happiest people make time every day for these things because play time, down time, and time out are important.  They allow your brain to refresh itself, renew the spirit.  Being too serious or heavy takes us away from our playful, joyful self.  It also keeps your spirit from expanding.  No matter how old you are, you will be young at heart if you know that play renews the spirit. It’s your choice how to release the Lila inside you but without a doubt, it’s there.

The subtle level feels like a fizzy, effervescent energy that wants to bubble up spontaneously.  Today, we’ll experience the subtle energy, a vibrant tingle that makes you want to go out and play.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought, I am playful.  I am playful.

Let’s prepare for our meditation, make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Be aware of your breath and just breathe slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Lila Hum.  This mantra connects you to your natural state of playfulness.  As you repeat the mantra, visualize yourself playing, singing and dancing to the cosmic rhythms of life.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra, Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Just mentally. Lila Hum.  Lila Hum.  Lila Hum. Release the mantra, Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, I am playful.  I am playful.  I am playful.

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “List three ways you can play today. It can be as simple as playing fetch with your dog, or filling out a crossword puzzle. Then go out and play!”

2.  “If you feel guilty or self-critical about making time each day to play, list what those feelings are and where you think you acquired those beliefs.”

3.  “List the ways that play will help you be more productive, creative, energetic and happy. Put this list up next to your “guilty” list, and go through it to demonstrate to yourself how adding more play time in your life will make you a better person.”

4.” Reflect further on today’s experience.”

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 4

 

 

オーストラリア・ブリスベーンで見た二重の虹

最近、ハワイばかり行っていたのですが
またオーストラリアもいいなあと思っているドラゴンユウコです

学生時代、メルボルンにいた時は
週末はバーベキューやホームパーティが
必ずどこかであり、
毎日が学園祭のように楽しい日々でした。
いろいろありましたが・・・

あの頃は無謀だったけど
とてもエネルギッシュで
いろんな所へ出かけていき
様々な人種の人たちと出会い、
多くの事を吸収していたような気がします。
私って誰？　日本人ってなんだろうって真剣に考えた時期もあの頃でした。
ああ、なつかしい・・

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション4日目です。

今日のメッセージの部分だけ訳してみましたが参考程度にしてくださいね。

4日目　愛を感じる

「ハートが喜びに満ちている状態は、ハートが愛で燃えている時の自然な状態です」-マザー・テレサ

今日の瞑想では、
愛は、真のあなたの中心にあるものだ
ということを感じていきます。
愛を見つけるためにどこかに行く必要はありません。
愛は決して消えません。
内側からくる愛は決してなくなることはありません。
あなたは喜びに満ちた愛の源なのです。
外側に愛を探している時は、
愛に飢え、愛を他人に求めるかもしれません。
愛とはあなたの本質です。
あるがままのあなたであり、
鼓動する心臓と同じくらいに
あなたのすぐ近くに存在しています。
今日の瞑想では、
これまであなたが持っていた
愛に対する感覚を
スピリチュアルな中心核である愛の感覚に変化させていきます。
あなたはもはや外側に愛を探すことはやめ、
どこに居ようとも愛に満ちたハートの存在になるのです。

Day 4 – Feeling Peace

Message of the day

“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love.”
― Mother Teresa

"Today’s meditation will show you that love is our joyful spiritual center. We don’t need to go anywhere to find love. This is love that never fades. We never lose this love because it comes from inside. We are our own source of joyful love. If we look for love around us, we are assuming we lack love, and that we can find it in another person. But, love is our nature; it is who we are, and it is as near as our beating heart. Our meditation today will help us reorient our feeling of love to our spiritual core so that we no longer look for love, but bring a full loving heart wherever we go."

Today's Centering Thought

"Feeling Love"

Sanskrit Mantra

"Aham Prema - I am Love" (to me, Deepak's pronunciation sounds like Ahum Prayma)

Oprah

“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love.” ― Mother Teresa

"Welcome to day 4, Feeling Love.  Many of us have such preconceived ideas of what love is.  It's supposed to knock you off your feet and make you swoon.  We have images of how love should appear - in a tall, slim, witty, charming package.  So if love doesn't show up wrapped in our personal fantasy, some of us won't recognize it or even feel true love at all.  Today, Deepak is going to help us shift that fundamental sense of what love is.  He will take us deep within to transform our paradigm in a big and glorious way from wanting and searching for love, to actually being love.  What is true love?  It's you.  You are love.  Open your heart, let Deepak take you there for a meditation you will love."

Deepak

"When you discover your true self, you will say, 'I am love'.  This is very different from the self that most people experience.  That self is insecure about love.  It searches anxiously to find it and there is fear if someone else's love is taken away.  I want love is a state that can be transformed into 'I am love'.  And when this transformation happens, the search for love can end.  There is no more fear or insecurity.  You know love as an internal flow that connects you to others and as your awareness expands, you find yourself connected to everything in creation.  By now, you have experienced what inner silence feels like as it opens the way for inner peace.

The next step is to understand that you are meeting your true self.  There is love that no one can take away from you once you know that love is the very core of your true self.  There is no distance between you and your true self.  You are always connected.  You have been connected since the moment you were born yet, over time, the connection was frayed by doubts, fears and wounding.  Today, you'll experience that your true self is closer than breathing.  There is a loving connection that fills the heart with joy.

As we prepare to meditate together, let's take a moment to consider our centering thought.  I am love.  I am love.  Now, let's prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Be aware of your breath and just breathe, slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Aham prema.  This mantra reveals your true nature as pure love.  As you repeat the mantra, visualize yourself settling into perfect peace.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Continue with your meditation for about 10 minutes.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Just mentally.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Aham Prema.  Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, you can open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought, I am Love.  I am Love.  I am Love.

Namaste"

 

チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション Expanding Your Happiness Day 3

マウイ島　

空から見ると知らない場所がたくさん！
昨年、ホノルル行の飛行機から撮ったのですが
次回はあのビーチへ行くぞ！と思ったドラゴンユウコでした。
今年2月のマウイ弾丸トラベルでは
行かなかったので
次に行くぞ！と決意している
ドラゴンユウコです




チョプラ博士の21日間メディテーション3日目です。

ほんの少し訳してみましたが参考程度にしてくださいね。

 

3日目　幸せを感じる

https://chopracentermeditation.com/

本日のメッセージ

「幸せとは何かを所有することではなく、その状態にあることです。
ハートが何事にも影響されずハートそのものが温かい輝きを放っている状態です」-デイビッド・O・マッケイ

今日の瞑想では、
「あなたの内なる平和を表現する」という喜びの特質の一つにつながりましょう。
日常生活の安らぎや人との平穏なやりとりのことではありません。
これは、魂そのものからもたらされる永久的な平和の感覚であり、
すべての平和の感覚がそれに含まれています。
聖書には「あらゆる理解を超えた神なる平安」とあります。

この段階の平和の感覚は、
大変なことが起きている時でも、
幸せを感じている時でも、
状況がどうあろうと、
あなたに安定と平安をもたらす内なる根幹なのです。
このスピリチュアルな平和は、
人生のバランスを保つための中心核なのです。

 

Day 3 – Feeling Peace

Message of the day

“Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.” ― David O. McKay “

Our meditation today will connect us to an aspect of our joy that expresses itself as inner peace. This is not ordinary peace of mind or peaceful interactions with others. This is the permanent feeling of peace that comes from the soul itself, and encompasses all the other varieties of peace within it. The Bible refers to it as “the peace of God which passes all understanding.”

This level of peace is the core of stillness within that gives us steadiness and quiet comfort when circumstances in our life may be confusing, as well as when times are happy and fulfilling. This spiritual peace is our calm center that keeps our life in balance.”

 

Message of the day

“Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.” ― David O. McKay “

Our meditation today will connect us to an aspect of our joy that expresses itself as inner peace. This is not ordinary peace of mind or peaceful interactions with others. This is the permanent feeling of peace that comes from the soul itself, and encompasses all the other varieties of peace within it. The Bible refers to it as “the peace of God which passes all understanding.”

This level of peace is the core of stillness within that gives us steadiness and quiet comfort when circumstances in our life may be confusing, as well as when times are happy and fulfilling. This spiritual peace is our calm center that keeps our life in balance.”

 

Today’s Centering Thought

“I am peace”

Sanskrit Mantra

“Shanti Hum – I am peace”  (pronunciation Shahnti Hum)

Oprah

“Welcome to day 3, Feeling Peace.  Today is an exciting day.  On the road to expanding your happiness, this is a vista where you will want to pause and really spend some time.  We define peace in many ways.  We all hope for a world of peace with no war, no strife, no struggle.  We all strive for personal peace – we want calm in our day.  Serenity in our minds, a sweet steadiness in our hearts but there is another level of peace that Deepak will guide us toward today.  It is spiritual peace, a contentedness that is all-encompassing and cannot be taken away.  That, my friends, is the kind of peace that creates true and lasting happiness.  Enjoy today’s meditation.  Deepak leads us to it and through it to a new dimension of essential peace.”

Deepak

“Peace is an inner state that comes in many forms.  Peace of mind is one.  When you have peace of mind, you aren’t worried or stressed.  You can go inside and relax.  A deeper peace is free of anxiety about the future – it makes you feel safe and secure.  Even deeper is the peace of self-acceptance.  You are OK with who you are.  Then, there is spiritual peace.  Spiritual peace is the contented stillness of the soul.  The bible calls this the peace that passes all understanding.  When we access this level of peace, we have moved beyond the mere absence of stress, worries, doubt and insecurity.  As valuable as it is to be free of those obstacles, we gain even more when we find spiritual peace.

First, because it contains those other kinds of peace.  When your soul is content, your heart and mind are also content. Second, and even better, spiritual peace cannot be taken away from you.  This is the place where unconditional love is found.  This is the home of happiness that can expand into unbounded bliss.  Peace in the soul is the fundamental happiness underlying life, even when outer events are not pleasant or enjoyable.  You can survive a great crisis without being shaken because you are at peace.  You have given yourself a level of core well-being.  It’s always there to fall back upon in difficult times but also in times of love and fulfillment.

As we prepare to meditate together, let’s take a moment to consider our centering thought.  I am peace.  I am peace.  Now let’s prepare for our meditation.  Make yourself comfortable and close your eyes.  Begin to be aware of your breath and just breathe, slowly and deeply.  With each breath, allow yourself to become more deeply relaxed.  Now gently introduce the mantra, Shanti Hum.  This mantra connects you to your natural state of inner peace.  As you repeat the mantra, visualize yourself settling into perfect peace.  Repeat it silently to yourself, Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  With each repetition, feel your body, mind and spirit open and receive just a little more.  Whenever you find yourself distracted by thoughts, noises or physical sensations, simply return your attention to silently repeating the mantra.  Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  Continue with your meditation.  Shanti Hum. Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  Just mentally.  Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  Shanti Hum.  


Release the mantra.  Continue to sit restfully, inhaling and exhaling slowly.  When you feel ready, open your eyes.

As you continue with your day, contemplate the centering thought.  I am peace.  I am peace.  I am peace.

Namaste

Journal Questions:

1.  “Recall a time when you felt calm and peaceful, even though the circumstances were not peaceful. Write down a description of that event, and describe how you were able to be calm in that situation. What was the source of this peacefulness if it didn’t come from outside?”

2.  “Thinking of this same peaceful experience, imagine that feeling of calm becoming deeper and stronger within your soul to the point where nothing happening in the environment could shake it. Describe what that kind of peace would feel like physically, mentally and emotionally. How could this type of peace change your life?”

3.  “Consider who you admire most as an icon of peacefulness. It could be Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, Jr., or it might be someone in your family. Describe the character qualities in them you want to emulate.”

4.  “Reflect further on your experience today”