HOW T OKNOWGODBy Deepak Chopra, M.D.22 EARTH STAR APRIL / MAY 2007
Ibelieve that the experience ofGod is available to anyoneregardless of their religiousbackground or lack of it. Thehuman nervous system ishardwired to experience God. God isdefined as infinite intelligence andtherefore infinite creativity. The universeis a manifestation of this infinitecreativity. Whenever we create somethingnew in our lives, we tap into theinfinite mind. The miracles that aredescribed in every spiritual traditionare manifestations of the creativitythat we have access to when we tapinto “the mind of God.” Einsteinonce said “I want to know how Godthinks, everything else is a detail.”How do we know god?All creative impulses share certainthings in common. These includeintended outcome, information gathering,incubation (as happens in meditationand prayer), insight, inspiration,implementation and integration.Creativity is a quantum leap in ourconsciousness. When we understandhow miraculous healing occurs andwhy desires sometimes get fulfilledwithout any conscious effort on ourpart, then we have the ability to cocreate(with God) anything in ourlives.Science has usually considered thingslike the remembrance of former lifetimes,synchronicities, telepathy, extrasensory perception, prophecy andremote healing, as anomalies. Ibelieve if people understand themechanics of such events, they too canconsciously create them.There are three levels of reality - physical,mental and spiritual (also calledmaterial, quantum and virtual). Ourbiological responses to reality and themore sophisticated responses of thehuman nervous system allow us to tapinto the infinite mind. These responsesare as follows:Restful Awareness, which isbeing centered in the midst of chaosand confusion.THE INTUITIVE RESPONSE,which is using a non-rational,contextual, relational,holistic, nourishing intelligencethat we all have, oftendescribed as a feeling fromthe heart or a gut feeling.THE CREATIVE RESPONSE,which is the ability to createsomething that never existedbefore but also the ability toco-create the events of our life.THE VISIONARY RESPONSE,which is the ability to accessthe mind of enlightenedbeings and also our spiritualinheritance.THE SACRED RESPONSE,which is to become one withGod or Infinite Mind.As we become familiarwith these higher states ofconsciousness our nervoussystem correspondinglychanges so that we perceivethings that we usually wouldn’tin our normal wakingstate of consciousness. Webegin to understand whatMohammed may have experiencedwhen the angelGabriel visited him, whatMoses may have heard whenhe confronted God, or howJesus may have performedthe thirty-five miraclesdescribed in the NewTestament. To Know God isto empower oneself and tounderstand that a spark of thedivinity that great prophetsexperienced inside themselvesis also present in everybeing. When we pay attentionto this spark and nurtureit, it can become a brilliantflame that can transform ourlives and all those who areaffected by them.Are we here by accident or is there aCreator or Divine Force that isbehind our existence? Does Godexist? Does God care about us? Where dowe find God?These questions and more are explored inthe ground-breaking new DVD How toKnow God, based on the inspirational, bestsellingbook by Deepak Chopra. Now spiritualseekers of all faiths can join Deepak ashe traverses the secular and the sacred onthe soul’s journey into the mystery of mysteriesand the mind of God.In How to Know God, Deepak Chopra takesus on a breathtaking visual and philosophicaljourney where he investigates the meaningof creation, miracles, immortality andof existence itself. Uniquely blending scienceand philosophy, Chopra offers such aninspiring approach in spiritual thinking thatany viewer, regardless of faith, can undergoa profound quest “to know God”.How to Know God is now available onDVD at: www.chopra.com orwww.Amazon.com. $19.98. Running time:67 minutes. Produced by Chopra Mediaand Frank Productions. ©2006 TwentiethCentury Fox Home EntertainmentAPRIL / MAY 2007 EARTH STAR 23