As all of your many kind thoughts and prayers have flowed in over the past couple months, I have completed my first round of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. I am currently recovering at home with my family, and while  unable to personally respond to all of your sweet messages at this time, I deeply appreciate your support.

As David continues his healing journey, the Chopra Center staff invites you to share some of David’s inspiration and words of wisdom.

Embrace a Miracle
Life is an interesting game. We don’t remember choosing to play, the rules are rarely consciously communicated to us, and we don’t know when it will be over. Recognizing these challenges, we have a couple of choices. We can spend our time lamenting the unreasonable uncertainty of it all, or we can play with abandon.

The spiritual path encourages us to engage with enthusiasm and detachment – enthusiasm for the choice we’re making at this moment; detachment from any particular outcome.

Close your eyes, tune into your heart and listen to the current dialogue between your mind and body. If it is not in celebration of your life, ask what changes you can implement now to move you in the direction of greater joy, love and well-being. Then, as we’re reminded in A Course in Miracles, make a commitment to embrace a miracle rather than a grievance.

with love,
David

We have recently completed our Free to Love course at the Chopra Center and we now have about 30 people experiencing the Free to Heal program. I am recognizing the intimate relationship between the self-imposed limitations in our minds and the constricting conversations we hold in our bodies. I wonder why it is that we hold ourselves hostage from our magnificence. It seems as if we are afraid to embrace our divinity and are participating in a conspiracy to be less than we are.

Just one step into freedom can ignite the fire of transformation.

It is my deepest request that you relinquish the idea that you somehow serve others by diminishing yourself. The best way to celebrate the sacred is to allow the divine to resonate in every molecule of your body and create an impulse of your mind. Don’t waste time being small (take it from someone who has always been under 5’6”).

Love,
David

I’m really looking forward to the Free to Love course that begins this weekend. The supremely well-intentioned people who come to this program seeking freedom have set into motion the conditions that create transformation and expansion. Every impulse that expands our sense of self spontaneously expands our capacity for compassion and grace.

More than ever before, I am cognizant that although we may not always be able to direct the events of our lives, we can influence our interpretations. Therefore one of the kindest things we can do for ourselves is to choose perspectives that raise us to the highest levels of awareness. Whether you are participating in one of our intensively caring workshops or are simply eating your next strawberry with total awareness, you have the opportunity in every moment to experience gratitude, joy, and a deep sense of connection to the totality of life. Do something that brings you happiness today. By doing so, you will be in the greatest service to your individuality and to the sacred.

With love,
David

Hi everyone,

I am now two weeks out from my surgery, and by all accounts I am thriving. Happily, I am off all medications (other than my immune-boosting botanical allies) and will be beginning my more definitive treatments next week. Despite the turbulence you might imagine, I continue to feel peaceful, enthusiastic, and happy about all aspects of my life. The outpouring of love and support is of immense value, and though it may take a lifetime or two to respond to all of you who have reached out to me, I want you to know how valuable your thoughts, expressions of love – and brownies! – have been in helping me stay centered and grounded.

In July we begin our Free to Love workshop, and I am looking forward to participating along with the core Chopra Center team. My mind has been in an exceptional state of quietude, and I am eager to interact with the Chopra Center guests and families in hopes that regardless of what may be causing turbulence and stress in your life, I can help bring some measure of peace and tranquility into your heart and soul.

With love,
David

Dear Beloved Extended Chopra Family:

I and my personal family ― Pam, Max, Sara, and Isabel ― would like to express our profound gratitude for the love and support you have been infusing into us. Despite the turbulence and uncertainty this challenge has swept us into, I feel deeply established in a state of peace and acceptance that life, as always, is unfolding perfectly. I was out of the hospital within 48 hours and after a couple weeks of recuperation, anticipate beginning my medical treatments, which fortunately are generally benign.

Because my thinking, speech, and functioning are fine, I intend to stay fully involved in Chopra Center activities for the foreseeable future. I am speaking and meeting regularly with my core team, and we are confident that the programs, workshops, seminars, trainings, and certifications will continue without interruption. I intend to continue teaching and fulfilling my clinical and executive duties. I am particularly enthusiastic about seeing you at upcoming seminars where we can create our beautiful consciousness-expanding communities.

As I consider the meaning of this experience, I can only share with you that everything we have been exploring together on the journey into healing, transformation, and awakening seems more important and relevant than ever. I’m not accessing a whole new field of thoughts, but rather my past ideas have been taking on a deeper sense of authenticity. Healing is about returning to wholeness and I am experiencing an effortless flow into deeper connectivity with my family, friends, community, and nature. The peace that pervades the cells in my body and the thoughts in my mind is succulently luscious and supports a sense of appreciation for every moment.

I encourage you to share this reminder of the beautiful delicacy of life with me. Take a few minutes today to feel the sun on your face, wiggle your toes in the grass or inhale the fragrance of a summer flower. Tell someone in your life that you love them unconditionally. Take a few moments to do something creative that brings you a wave of joy. Prepare yourself a delicious colorful meal, and savor it. Struggle less today and celebrate more.

I look forward to seeing and speaking with many of you soon. Although I have not yet been able to personally respond to the thousands of love-filled notes from around the world, know that my family and I feel and cherish your support.

In love,
David

Dear ones,

Thank you for all your prayers, inspiring messages, and jokes, which I’ve been enjoying immensely. I have been deeply touched by the support and love you all have given me. Yesterday’s surgery went very well and I feel grateful for the amazing team of doctors and nurses here at the U.C. San Diego medical center. I expect to be home by Monday and look forward to returning to my work at the Chopra Center. I hold all of you in my heart.

Love,
David

Send your healing thoughts and good intentions to David and his family. They will read these for inspiration and love.

If you have attended a course, read a book, or had some powerful personal experience with David, please share how he has positively impacted your life.