Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra

I attended Marianne Williamson's Lecture last night in Hollywood, California. She is a very captivating speaker and her thoughts and ideas brought me some comfort. Through the title of this blog, you may surmise that I am looking for answers to questions that some of you may deem silly or WAY OUT. Specifically, I am wondering why I am here, what the purpose of my life should be and why I wasted 25 years of my life being an Insurance Broker when there was so much more to see and do to benefit others. As I learned from the class, my questions are pretty much EGO driven. The EGO, according to Marianne is the "Impostor" Self, the side of us that gets us in trouble through the belief that WE must make everything happen and that there IS NO HIGHER POWER above ourselves to help us through our trials and tribulations.

Some other Pearls of Wisdom from Marianne Williamson were:

Everything that occurs in life is a reaction to either FEAR OR LOVE and the EGO rejects love out of fear.

Suffering gives you insight in to the pain that others feel.

The Universe is a self-correcting field of energy and is set up for Win-Win, NOT Win Lose.

It isn't arrogant to think HIGHLY of YOURSELF. The biggest FEAR people have is not that they are Insignificant or Unworthy, but that they are a Magnificently Powerful Being that CAN accomplish their wildest dreams and ideas.

I also listened to one of the CD's from Deepak Chopra's "Reinventing the Body; Resurrecting the Soul" audio collection. His thoughts that WE ARE the Intersection of the Visible and Invisible Worlds is heady stuff, if you take the time to study and grasp the meaning of this. We are after all an energetic mass of 70 trillion cells moving through an experience that reflects the reality of our Creator, whomever or whatever you believe it or him or her to be.

Further, Dr. Chopra believes that disease is caused by our energy levels being out of balance or the "chain" of our energy (Chi or Qi) being broken or interrupted. He relates an interesting story from a friend who suffers from Parkinson's Disease and attends a Chigong (or Qigong) Healing Class.

Chigong (or Qigong) consists of techniques for dealing with human energy flow. In applying these techniques, one employs the use of the human body's chakras and meridians which are the body's focal points and channels through which it's Qi Energy flows. In the view of Chinese medicine, many illnesses are caused by blockages in these channels. In learning to recognize, utilize, circulate, and direct the internal energy of the human body, an individual can also connect with the energy of the universe and of the earth, and learn to interact with all of nature as a whole. Through use of certain energies and techniques, Qi Gong can relieve pain, strengthen the body's constitution, improve intelligence, and prolong life.

It's widely accepted that exercise can promote health and prevent illnesses. Western exercise, however, concentrates on muscular/skeletal development through the application of stress and load to build up strength. In other words, it works from the outside inward. Qi Gong, on the other hand, works the body from the inside, outwards. It connects the body and spirit, focusing on breathing, concentration, and physical movements (Note, the above two paragraphs were copied from www.chigong.com).

I will keep up the research and postings and if any of you out there have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write back.

Blessings,
Rico