-We've talked before.
But, you know,
I'm a big fan of yours.
I think the first book
that introduced me to you
was "The Seven Spiritual Laws
of Success."
-That's right.
-And that was --
I'm telling everyone, you've
just got to check that one out.
-I wish the President had read
that 25 years ago.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-He's got time.
He's got time.
[ Laughs ]
[ Cheering ]
All right, all right.
Walk me through this
and help me out here.
'Cause, right now, this is --
you brought it up.
It's just, like,
kind of a tense time.
There's a lot of conflict
out there.
A lot of people just,
kind of, angsty and anxiety.
What can we do?
What's a --
What should people do right now?
-When you have so much
polarization, so much conflict,
contradiction, ambiguity,
confusion,
that means society is
going through a transition.
It's like water
boiling to steam.
There's turbulence,
but when the turbulence is over,
there is the emergence
of something great.
So we should look at this
as an opportunity.
The Chinese say, "Where there is
danger, there is opportunity."
-Wow. Absolutely.
That's --
[ Applause ]
What --
What daily practices do you do?
Like, what's just something --
when you get up in the morning,
what happens in Deepak's house?
-I take a little time
to reflect.
I do a little meditation,
which we'll go through
in a while.
-We will? You will do that?
-I -- yeah.
We can do a short version.
-Yes!
That's so cool.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's going to be great.
-I do yoga, breathing exercises.
And then I write
for a little bit.
-Yeah.
-And then the rest of the day,
I just go with the flow.
[ Laughter ]
-That's what I'm talking about.
Just go with the flow.
-Go with the flow. It's called
"lightness of being."
-Lightness of being.
I heard this somewhere.
I don't know
if it's true or not.
Did you -- I heard that
you invited the President to --
for a week-long meditation?
A week meditation with you?
-Yeah. I was thinking he could
heal his inner child...
[ Laughter ]
...that is very wounded.
He's constantly looking
for validation.
So, I think we have to go
beyond his wounds
and see what's really
troubling him.
He was never good enough,
probably, when he was a child.
So, he always wants
to be the best.
"I'm the best.
And if you don't agree with me,
then you're fake news."
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Do you think that if you...
[ Whistling ]
...if you got together
with Donald Trump,
you could break him down,
do you think?
-You don't need
to break him down.
He needs love.
[ Light laughter ]
That's all he needs.
-Wow.
-I mean, he's looking for love
all the time.
So, I think if the whole country
got together and said,
"Donny, we love you."
[ Laughter ]
He'd -- he'd cool down.
Right now, he's inflamed.
You know, and we now know
that chronic inflammation --
that's the message of this book.
-Yeah.
-Chronic inflammation
is the risk factor
for everything
from Alzheimer's disease
to cardiovascular disease
to autoimmune disease.
He's inflamed.
He needs a little healing.
He needs -- needs love,
compassion, empathy, joy.
-Yeah. Interesting.
What do you think of these --
these apps that are on phones
that have --
that are meditation apps?
-Oh, I think
they're very good.
They're good for a start.
As you know, with Oprah,
we've taught 6 million people
online meditation now.
-Wow. What is the --
what is the app that you have?
-It's called Jiyo.
J-I-Y-O.
And there are hundreds
of meditations there.
You go to jiyo.com or
chopracentermeditation.com.
-I love that.
I played around with it. It's --
-Just for anything.
For weight loss, for anxiety.
For --
-Why did you look at me
for weight loss?
[ Laughter ]
Just...
Maybe like sleep or something.
Maybe -- you look at me
for that, you know --
-Or for self-esteem
for our President.
[ Audience "oh"s ]
-Oh, for -- okay, for the --
Okay, yeah. Again, I thought
you were looking at me.
All right, good.
But I've played around with it,
'cause you can look at it if
you're having trouble sleeping.
Or --
-That's right.
-And I go,
if you want to move, like,
what can motivate me
to move?
That's what I played around with
today and I pressed the thing
and they gave me some
quick little instructions
on a stretch to do.
-Yeah, and get a joyful,
energetic body,
loving, compassionate heart,
alert mind.
And like this be.
-Okay, good. I like that.
