>> ABOUT THE FACT THAT HUMAN
BEINGS COULD
HEAL THEMSELVES.
>> OFFERING INSIGHTS ABOUT
COPING WITH FEAR AND ANXIETY.
>> STRESS IS THE PERCEPTION.
I LIKE TO THINK OF STRESS LIKE
WAVES ON THE OCEAN.
IF YOU'RE A SKILLFUL SURFER THEN
EVERY WAVE IS JOY AND
EXHILARATION
.
>> IT'S TO BRING OPTIMAL HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING.
MEDICATION AND MINDFUL LIVING
CAN SOLVE GLOBAL CONFLICT AS
WELL, CHOPRA SAYS.
>> THE ONLY SOLUTION, CREATIVE
SOLUTION.
>> AND A NEW AGE GURU TO
CELEBRITIES TALKS ABOUT HIS
CLOSE FRIEND THE LATE MICHAEL
JACKSON.
>> MICHAEL WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO
ME.
HE WAS VERY JOYFUL.
HE WAS
GENIUS.
>> I SPOKE WITH DEPACK CHOPRA
WHILE HE WAS IN NEW YORK.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED AN
AUTHOR,
.
>> I THINK IF YOU DEFINE
YOURSELF YOU LIMIT YOURSELF SO
NONE OF THEM.
>> OR ALL OF THEM.
>> YOU WERE A PRACTICING
PHYSICIAN.
WHEN YOU CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES YOU WERE A PRACTICING
PHYSICIAN, WHAT WAS THAT
EXPERIENCE
LIKE?
>> EXPERIENCE WAS INTERESTING
BECAUSE I TRAINED IN INTERNAL
MEDICINE, AN AND I WAS
STUDYING
THE MOLECULES OF EMOTION.
THAT GOT ME INTERESTED IN OUR
HOW OU
BIOLOGY IS
INFLUENCED.
>> IN THE BEGINNING THER
YOU
WERE LIVING A DIFFERENT
LIFESTYLE.
>> THERE WAS SMOKING AND ALCOHOL
ON DIFFERENT OCCASION.
>> WHY DID YOU NEED THAT?
>> EVERYBODY DID IT.
WE DO LIFE RESUSCITATION, TAKE
CARE OF CARDIAC
ARREST, GO OUT
AN EVERYTHING.
WHEN I CAME DURING CONFERENCES
ALL THE DOCTORS USED TO SMOKE.
SO I JUST JOINED THE CLUB.
>> BEING PART OF THE CLUB MEANT
SMOKING CIGARETTES AND DRINKING
WHISKEY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BELIEFS
IN MEDICINE EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE
STILL LIVING IN THE STATES
STARTED TO TURN EASTWARD AGAIN.
>> I STARTED EXPLORING AS A
RESULT OF MY TRAINING, ACTUALLY,
I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE LOOKING
AT THE MOLECULES OF EMOTION, SO
I WAS SEEING A CONNECTION
BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND
BIOLOGY.
I WAS ALSO PUZZLED BY THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN HAVE TWO PATIENTS
WHO HAD THE SAME ILLNESS, THEY
RECEIVED THE SAME TREATMENT.
THEY SAW THE SAME DOCTOR BUT
THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT
OUTCOMES.
ONE COULD RECOVER AND ONE COULD
DIE.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
I WAS CONFUSED.
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED ACTUALLY
LOOKING INTO EASTERN WISDOM
TRADITIONS.
MEDITATION.
SYSTEMS B BIOLOGY IS A GOOD
TERM TO EXPLAIN IT.
>> MOLECULES OF EMOTION.
WHAT ARE THOSE?
DO WE ALL HAVE THOSE?
>> YES, EVERY EMOTION HAS
BIOLOGICAL EXPRESSION.
IF YOU'RE FEELING LOVE,
COMPASSION, JOY,
EMPATHY,
EQUITY
EQUITY.
YOUR BRAIN STARTS TO MAKE
DOPAMINE,
OPIATES,
ENDORPHINS.
THESE ARE
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU'RE
FEELING HOSTILITY, RESENTMENT,
GUILT, DEPRESSION, FEAR, YOU
MAKE
CORTISOL WHICH WEAKENS THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HAS MANY OTHER
EFFECTS.
SO EVERY MOMENT YOUR GENES ARE
INFLUENCED BY WHAT YOU'RE
FEELING, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,
EVEN THE WAY YOU SPEAK, HOW YOU
LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT, YOUR
EATING, SLEEPING HABITS.
THIS WAS A NEW SCIENCE THAT WAS
NOT EVEN THERE TEN YEARS AGO.
>> EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE HEARING
ABOUT.
JUST TO BOIL DOWN TO WHAT YOU
WERE
SAYING.
YOU WERE AN ENDEGREE
CRANIOLOGIST.
STUDYING THE CHEMICALS THAT
INFLUENCE OUR BRAINS AND IMMUNE
SYSTEMS AND REALIZED IF WE COULD
CONTROL THESE CHEMICALS WE CAN
ACTUALLY CREATE BIOLOGICALLY
BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES?
>> THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT.
OUR BODY MOVES BETWEEN TWO
STATES.
ONE IS INFLAMMATION, BUT
INFLAMMATION IS ALSO PROTECTIVE
RESPONSE.
SO IF YOU FALL DOWN, YOU YOUR
YOURSELF, YOU NEED THE
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SO YOU
DON'T BLEED TO
DEATH.
BUT EXAGGERATED INFLAMMATION OR
INAPPROPRIATE
INFLAMMATION
DIRECT ALREADY "INDIRECTLY
CAUSES ILLNESS
ES,
.
YOUR BODY CAN BE SELF REGULATING
AND IN PERFECT BALANCE.
WE'RE ALWAYS MOVING BETWEEN
THESE TWO
EXTREMES.
HOMEO STASIS COULD BE THE
HEALING
BASES.
>> YOUR FATHER WAS A DOCTOR IN
INDIA.
WHAT DID HE THINK WHEN YOU WERE
EXPLORING THESE UNORTHODOX
THERAPIES?
>> IN THE BEGINNING HE WAS VERY
DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
I HAD
WASTED MY EDUCATION.
>> AND HE REALLY WANTED YOU TO
BE A DOCTOR.
>> YES, HE VERY MUCH WANTED ME
TO BE--BUT WITH WHEN I EXPLAINED
TO HIM THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT I
WAS DOING, AND HOW ONE DAY THIS
WAS GOING TO BE--I NEVER HEARD
THE WORD
NEUROPLACITY, WHICH IS
NOW VERY COMMON WORDS, BUT I
NEVER DOUBTED THAT HUMANS COULD
HEAL THEMSELVES.
>> WAS THERE SCIENCE VALIDATING
WHAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> SCIENCE VALIDATED WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
IN THE 80'S I WROTE A BOOK
QUANTUM HEALING.
WHICH BY THE WAY WAS VERY
POPULAR WITH THE LAYPERSON.
WHATEVER I SAID IT WAS POPULAR
WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT NOT
WITH MEDICAL PEOPLE.
I WAS CALLED A CHARLTON, A
FRAUD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
ESPOUSED WAS THIS MIND-BODY
CONNECTION AND MEDITATION IS THE
VEHICLE BY WHICH WE CAN SORT OF
GAIN CONTROL OF OUR REALITY.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE?
>> IF SOMEBODY IS IN INTERESTED,
YES, IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
MEDITATION AS IN
MINDFULNESS,
MINDFULNESS OF YOUR LIFE.
MINDFULNESS OF YOUR CHOICES,
AWARENESS OF YOUR BODY,
AWARENESS OF YOUR MIND SPACE,
YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS, SELF
REFLECTIONS
, SELF AWARENESS,
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION.
WE HAVE A PAPER COMING OUT IN A
FEW MONTHS THAT
WE JUST WORKED
WITH SIX UNIVERSITIES WHERE EVEN
IN FOUR DAYS OF THE PRACTICE OF
MEDICATION THE LEVEL OF THE
ENZYME WHICH CONTROLS BIOLOGICAL
AGE AN AT THE SEL
CELLULAR
LEVEL WENT UP 40%.
>> IF I MEDITATE AND I'M SELF
AWARE.
>> YOU WILL INFLUENCE YOUR
BIOLOGICAL AGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WRINKL
WRINKLES?
BAGS UNDER YOU ARE
EYES?
>> YES, BLOOD PRESSURE,
WRINKLES, BONE DENSITY, IMMUNE
FUNCTION, HORMONE LEVELS.
>> THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME?
WHAT'S THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT?
THE MECHANISM
?
>> SCIENCE HAS
PUBLISHED
ELIZABETH
BLACKBURN,
NOBEL
LAUREATE, AND JUST LAST THREE
YEARS PUBLISHED LEVELS OF ENZYME
GOING UP WITH MEDITATION AN
AND
WITH DIET AS WELL AND PROPER
SLEEP.
>> HOW LONG DOES ONE HAVE TO
MEDITATE EVERY
DAY?
>> INSTANTANEOUS.
>> WITH ALL THE STRESSES OF
MODERN
LIFE?
>> YES, WHAT'S THE STRESS?
STRESS IS THE PERCEPTION OF
THREAT EITHER PSYCHOLOGICAL
THREAT OR EMOTIONAL THREAT OR
PHYSICAL THREAT.
I LIKE TO THINK OF STRESS LIKE
WAVES ON THE OCEAN, SO IF YOU'RE
A
SKILLFUL SURFER, THEN EVERY
WAVE IS JOY AND EXHILARATION.
IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED THEN
EVERY WAVE IS A DISASTER.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PRESCRIPTION.
IF MEDITATION IS A SORT OF
MEDICINE, WHAT IS THE DOSAGE?
>> THE RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT ABOUT 20 MINUTES
ONCE OR TWICE A DAY PREFERABLE
TWICE A DAY IS MORE THAN
ADEQUATE.
>> DEEPAK CHOPRA'S ANSWER TO
ENDING EVERY WORLD CONFLICT
COMING UP.
>> I lived that character.
>> GO ONE ON ONE WITH AMERICA'S
MOVERS AND SHAKERS.
>> We will be able to
see change.
>> GRIPPING...
INSPIRING...
ENTERTAINING.
NO TOPIC OFF LIMITS.
>> 'Cause I'm like, "dad, there
are hookers in this house".
>> EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATIONS YOU
WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> These are very vivid,
human stories.
>> If you have an agenda with
people, you sometimes don't
see the truth.
>> To watch new episodes of 
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>> I'M STEPHANIE SY.
WE'RE TALKING WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA
CHOPRA.
ONE OF YOUR BOOKS YOU SPOKE WITH
A HARVARD
NEURO
SCIENTIST.
WHAT IS A SUPER BRAIN.
>> WE HAVE THREE PARTS TO OUR
BRAIN.
WE HAVE REPTILIAN BRAIN WHICH
GOES BACK 300 MILLION YEARS
WHICH IS ONLY INVOLVED IN FIGHT
OR
FLIGHT.
IT'S SURVIVAL.
IT STILL DOMINATES OUR WORLD.
I'M USING MY HAND BECAUSE THIS
IS A HANDY MODEL OF THE BRAIN.
THIS IS THE
LIMBIK BRAIN.
IT REGULATES YOUR HIS OR HE
YOUR HORMONES.
AND THEN YOUR CORTICAL BRAIN.
THIS IS WHERE WE REFLECT,
IMAGINE, MAKE CHOICES.
ORCHESTRATE
CONSCIOUS
INTENTION.
THE IDEA OF A SUPER BRAIN.
YOU DON'T USE YOUR REAL TILLAN
BRAIN AT ALL.
WHEN YOU'RE STRESSED.
YOU STOP.
S-T-O-P.
STOP, TAKE THREE
BREATHS, SMILE
AND BE AWARE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN YOUR BODY AND
PROCEED WITH COMPASSION AND
AWARENESS.
>> CAN YOU USE AN
MRI TO SEE
CHANGES.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES IN
THE BRAIN.
YOU CAN SEE GROWTH IN THE
CORTEX
CORTEX.
BUT DO REMEMBER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT
MRI
, EVERY
EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE, THERE IS A
CORRELATE WHICH MEANS SOMETHING
HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BY TAKING
THREE DEEP BREATHS OR BY
MEDITATING, BY TAKING A SECOND
TO BE SELF AWARE I CAN CHANGE
THE BIOLOGICAL OF MY BRAIN?
>> BEFORE YOU REACT, YOU
OBSERVE.
YOU OBSERVE.
YOU OBSERVE YOUR REACTIVITY.
SO BEFORE YOU REACT YOU OBSERVE
YOUR REACTION TO REACT.
IN THAT SPLIT SECOND YOU BREAK
THE CYCLE.
J.
>> AND YOU CHANGE THE BUY
OHOLOGY OF YOUR BRAIN.
>> YOU CHANGE THE BIOLOGY OF
YOUR BRAIN BECAUSE BIOLOGY IS
THE CHANGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
.
>> YOU SAY THAT IT COULD BENEFIT
NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS BUT
SOCIETIES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PREMISE
BEHIND THAT RESEARCH.
>> THE RESEARCH IS IN FIVE AREAS
SO FAR.
WELL, BEAN, SOCIAL WELL-BEING,
PHYSICAL
WELL-BEING, COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND FINANCIAL
WELL-BEING.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE ALL
RELATED.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY IN YOUR CAREER,
OF COURSE YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL,
RIGHT?
MOST PEOPLE ARE.
ONLY 20% OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY IN
THEIR CAREERS.
MORE PEOPLE DOWN MONDA
DIE ON
MONDAY MORNING OF HEART ATTACKS
THAN ANY OTHER TIME.
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.
DO YOU SLEEP WELL.
ARE YOU
RESTED.
DO YOU HAVE STRESS OR NOT.
DO YOU EAT PROPERLY, ETC.
AND THEN COMMUNITY WELL-BEING,
YOU SEE A COMMUNITY SAFE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO WALK AT NIGHT
WITHOUT ANXIETY?
AND MANY OTHER THINGS AND THEN
FINANCIAL WELL-BEING MEANS THAT
YOU HAVE NO ANXIETY ABOUT MONEY.
THESE THINGS CAN BE QUANTIFIED.
SO IF YOU SCORE, SAY, SEVEN OR
MORE OUT OF TEN WHEN WE QUANTIFY
IT, THEN YOU'RE THRIVING.
IF YOU SCORE BETWEEN FOUR AND
SEVEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING.
AND IF YOU SCORE LESS THAN FOUR,
THEN YOU'RE
SUFFERING.
THE GALLUP DATA WAS SO
INTERESTING THAT WE COULD
PREDICT WITH THE DATA WE HAD WE
COULD PREDICT WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN LIBYA, IN EGYPT, IN
TUNISIA BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
>> EXPLAIN THAT.
>> WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SUFFERING
STAGE, AND PEOPLE START TO
SUFFER, THEN REVOLUTIONS HAPPEN,
SOCIAL UNRESTS HAPPEN, TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS INCREASE AND VIOLENCE
HAPPENS.
I TEACH A CLASS ON THIS, AND ONE
OF MY STUDENTS IN THE CLASS WAS
QADDAFI
'S SON.
>> WOW.
>> BASICALLY THEY WANTED TO
QUOTE/UNQUOTE
REBRAND LIBYA
INTO
A COUNTRY THAT PAID ATTENTION TO
WELL-BEING BECAUSE THEY WERE
AWARE OF THIS DATA.
>> WAS IT ONE OF THE SONS, BY
THE WAY WHO IS ON TRIAL?
>> HE DIED THREE WEEKS AFTER HE
LEFT MY CLASS.
IT WAS VERY SAD BECAUSE YOU
COULD SEE THERE WAS THIS
ABSOLUTE HUGE ANXIETY THAT SOME
DISASTER WAS GOING TO OCCUR.
>> LIBYA IS JUST ONE OF MANY
PLACES IN THE MIDST OF CRISIS
RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
>> TALK ABOUT HOW YOU VIEW THE
WORLD AT THIS POINT.
IS IT AT A TENUOUS TIME.
>> IF YOU HAVE 50% OF THE WORLD
LIVING ON LESS THAN $2 A DAY,
THAT'S A CATASTROPHE, WE HAVE
THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU THINK ITS ROOTED IN
POVERTY.
>> IT'S ROOTED IN POVERTY AND
LACK OF EDUCATION.
THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
POWER STRUGGLES, RELIGION, OR
FIGHTS--
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK ITS MOSTLY POVERTY.
BUT MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN
YOU HAVE RADICAL POVERTY AND
LACK OF EDUCATION, THEN
UNSCRUPULOUS LEADERS
ARRIVE TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND
BECOME DEMAGOGUES AND TYRANTS
AND THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS.
THE ROOT CAUSE IS STILL LACK OF
EDUCATION AND LACK OF RESOURCES.
>> CAN THE MEDITATION THAT YOU
PRESCRIBE FOR SO MANY ILLS BE
SOMETHING FOR THE POOR?
>> IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING.
REMEMBER, MEDITATION INCREASES
SELF AWARENESS.
WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE, WHICH
COME FROM LACK OF EDUCATION,
SOMETIMES ABYSMAL IGNORANCE, AND
PAST HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, AND
LACK OF RESOURCES.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THIS
WHOLE VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND SO
ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
TRYING TO TAKE SIDES.
WHO IS RIGHT, WHO IS WRONG WHEN,
IN FACT, THE ONLY SOLUTION IS
A
CREATIVE SOLUTION IN
CONSCIOUSNESS.
YESTERDAY I POSTED TEN POINT OF
HOW YOU CAN RESOLVE ANY
CONFLICT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE THEM?
>> SURE.
>> SPEAK WITH RESPECT.
EVEN WITH YOUR ENEMY.
GOOD
MANNERS, POLITENESS,
RESPECT, DEFERENCE WILL GET YOU
A LONG WAY.
THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF
HOSTILITY IN THE WORLD IS LACK
OF RESPECT.
NUMBER TWO, RECOGNIZE THAT IN
ANY CONFLICT THE PERCEPTION OF
INJUSTICE ON BOTH SIDES
OTHERWISE THERE WOULD NOT BE A
CONFLICT.
NUMBER THREE, RECOGNIZE THAT
BOTH SIDES ARE COMING FROM FEAR.
NUMBER FOUR, REFRAIN
FROM
BELEGERENCE.
PEOPLE MAKE EMOTIONAL DECISIONS.
BEING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR
FEELINGS.
BEING IN TOUCH WITH THE OTHER
PERSON'S
FEELINGS, COMMUNICATE
CONSCIOUSLY AND RECOGNIZE THE
VALUE OF EMPATHY.
NUMBER SIX, DECLARE YOUR VALUES
AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND OTHER
PEOPLE'S VALUES.
THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS
BUT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY
WRONG.
THERE IS A HISTORY BEHIND THOSE
VALUES.
THE CULTURAL HISTORY BEHIND
THOSE VALUES.
NUMBER SIX, DON'T PROVE SOMEBODY
WRONG AND MAKE THEM LOSE FACE.
THEY'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.
NUMBER FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT,
WHATEVER, LEARN TO FORGIVE AND
LEARN TO ASK FOR
FORGIVENESS.
AND FINALLY, DON'T BRING IN
IDEOLOGY IN RELIGION.
EVERYBODY THINKS THAT THEIR
RELIGION IS THE BEST.
SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE
CONVERSATION.
NUMBER TEN, THE MOST IMPORTANT
IF YOU FOLLOW ALL THESE, FIND A
WAY TO PARTNER ECONOMICALLY.
OKAY.
IF I SIT DOWN WITH SOMEBODY IN
GAZA, AND I SIT DOWN WITH
SOMEBODY, A TEENAGE CENTER
ISRAEL OR ANYWHERE AND ASK THEM,
YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNG ADULT, WHAT
DO YOU WANT?
THEY WANT TO BE SAFE.
THEY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THEIR CAREERS.
THERE ARE TODAY ENOUGH RESOURCES
TO CREATE
PARTNERSHIPS.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE LIVING IN
CALCUTTA AND HAVE A BUSINESS AND
EMPLOYMENT IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE NOT USING THE RESOURCES
THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE THESE
CONFLICTS JUST TRYING TO PROVE
THE OTHER PERSON WRONG.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PAST.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON
FOR 2,000
YEARS.
ARE WE NOT GOING TO LEARN THAT
THE WORST THING YOU CAN CAN DO
IS TRY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN THE
SAME WAY AS IN THE LEVEL OF
CONSCIOUSNESS IN WHICH THE
PROBLEM WAS CREATED.
>> YOU ONCE BOILED DOWN THE
PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TO THE
INSTINCTS THA
THE INTINKS
PREDATORY MALES HAVE TO SURVIVE.
THE REPTILIAN BRAIN, I GUESS.
DO YOU THINK THE WORLD WILL EVER
BE ABLE TO MOVE PAST THAT?
>> I HOPE SO, OTHERWISE WE RISK
OUR EXTINCTION.
THERE HAVE BEEN MASS EXTINCTIONS
IN THE PAST.
THE LAST ONE WAS 65 MILLION
YEARS AGO WHEN THE
METEORITE
FELL AND THEY HAPPENED TO BE
REAL TILES.
NOW WE'RE THE PREDATOR TO CLIMB
CHANGE AND EXTINCTION OF SPECIES
TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
ECOSYSTEM.
IT'S HUMAN BEINGS.
NATURE CAN STAND SO MUCH AND
ULTIMATELY WHATEVER THAT COSMIC
CONSCIOUSNESS IS, THE HUMAN
EXPERIMENT MAY HAVE BEEN
INTERESTING, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
>> WE HAVE MORE WITH DEEPAK
CHOPRA IN A MOMENT.
>> I've been asked to
keep my voice down
cause we are so close
to the ISIL position
>> Who is in charge,
and are they going to be
held to account?
>> But know we're following
the research team
into the fire
>> They're learning how to
practice democracy...
>> ...just seen tear gas
being thrown...
>> ...Glad somebody care
about us man...
>> Several human workers 
were kidnapped...
>> This is what's left
of the hospital
>> Is a crime that's under
reported...
>> What do you think...
>> We're making history
right now...
>> I'M STEPHANIE SY.
THIS IS "TALK AL JAZEERA."
YOUR STAR STARTED TO RISE AT THE
SAME TIME THAT PEOPLE REALIZED
YOU WERE ONE OF MICHAEL JACKSONS
CLOSE ADVISERS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT
HIM AND HIS DEATH.
>> MICHAEL WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO
ME.
I MET HIM A LONG TIME AGO,
AROUND THE TIME WHEN "THRILLER"
WAS IN THE WORLD, THE BIG ALBUM.
HE WAS VERY INNOCENT.
HE WAS VERY
JOYFUL.
HE WAS A GENEROU
GENIUS IN
TERMS OF HIS--IN TERMS OF HIS
CRAFT.
WAS HE MISUNDERSTAND.
>> HE COULD GO INTO A STATE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS THAT I WOULD CALL
TRANSCENDENCE.
HE WAS NOT PART OF THIS WORLD
WHEN HE WAS THERE.
THE PEPSI ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS
BUMPED INTO NARCOTICS AND
DOCTORS WERE PEPPER PE
PE
PERPETUATE THE MEDICINE.
>> MICHAEL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TOTALLY DISAPPEAR WHEN HE WANTED
TO.
WHEN HE DISAPPEARED I KNEW THAT
HE WAS NOW
SOMEBODY WAS ENABLING
HIM, AND IT WAS USUALLY A DOCTOR
DOCTOR.
THERE ARE THESE DOCTORS IN
HOLLYWOOD.
WE CALL THEM
CONCIERGE DOCTORS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LIVE A
VERY MODEST LIFE.
>> I FLY JETBLUE WHEN I CAN, I
CARRY
$100.
$30,000 IN MY BANK ACCOUNT.
THE REST IS GIVEN TO MY FAMILY
AND MY
NON-PROFIT.
>> YOUR SON IS A FILMMAKER AND
MADE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT YOU.
AND YOU NEVER PUT DOWN YOUR CELL
PHONE.
DO YOU NOT HAVE DIGITAL OVER
LOAD.
>> THAT WAS A VERY GOOD
DOCUMENTARY.
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT I
ACTUALLY USED A CELL PHONE
UNCONSCIOUSLY.
>> Michael: AND O
>> AND ON A FAMILY
VACATION.
>> I DON'T DO IT ANY MORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BROUGHT ME
SELF AWARENESS.
>> HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN YOUR
INNER PEACE BECAUSE A LOT OF US
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
UNPLUG.
>> I WAKE UP AT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
I MEDITATE FOR TWO HOURS.
EITHER I TAKE A YOGA CLASS OR I
GO TO THE GYM WITH A TRAINER.
AFTER THAT I JUST DO WHAT I'M
TOLD TO DO.
I ACCEPT THE PRESENT MOMENT OF
WHAT IT IS.
I'M COMMITTED EVERY DAY TO
JOYFUL ENERGIC BODY, TO LOVING
CONNECTION WITH THE
WORLD.
AND COMPASSION.
TO A REFLECTIVE AND CLEAR MIND
AND TO LIKENESS OF BEING, WHICH
MEANS GO WITH THE FLOW.
>> HOW MUCH SLEEP DUE GET?
>> I GO TO BED AROUND 10:00.
SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT KEEPS
YOU UP AT NIGHT?
>> NO, ACTUALLY.
I PRACTICE A TECHNIQUE SO WHAT I
DO BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP I
OBSERVE MY BREATH AND I OBSERVE
MY BODY.
THEN I OBSERVE MY MENTAL SPACE,
THEN I INTRODUCE THE INTENTION
THAT MY SPIRIT OR MY
CONSCIOUSNESS MY DREAM STATE.
THAT'S WHEN I GET IDEAS FOR
BOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY SLEEP IS VERY RESTFUL, BUT IT
AWARENESS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO
AL JAZEERA.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU.
