Comment from Maggy Michaels
Time at 1:23 pm

I was fortunate to receive a scholarship to the 1998 SynchroDestiny event and was so excited to be with a spiritual teacher I so admired, Deepak. I have always said of that encounter at the Chopra Center, which was in La Jolla at the time, that meeting David Simon was the jewel within the gift. His quiet, transformative presence is deeply felt. He inspired, healed and touched many, many of us before. Now he belongs to all of us.

Comment from Suzi
Time at 12:35 pm

I finished chapter 12 of The Wisdom of Healing thinking about Dr David Simon and how he asked me as the reader to consider the sequences of events leading me to read that sentence at that moment in time…..My heart was filled with gratitude as I considered the millions of people who have been touched by this great man’s vision, I silently wished him love and peace as I turned off the light at 5 am, when I woke again at 8am my husband told me he had passed away………..What an incredible difference this gentle man has made to the world.

Thank you for inspiring me!

May you rest in peace. Amen

Comment from Giselle Toner
Time at 12:27 pm

Dr. David Simon taught me in one of the first Creating Health teacher trainings in 1998. He was so brilliant and kind. His heart still beats in this world and now he is making an ever greater contribution in the non-local field of Eternity. Love to you, David, and thank you for all you taught me. Giselle Toner

Comment from carol
Time at 10:28 am

David touched my life through workshops and his books.How blessed I have been to experience his kind energy and wisdom. I wish peace and love to David’s family, Deepak, Davidji and the Chopra Center family. Namaste

Comment from Brenda Goodby
Time at 10:20 am

David was my healer. When I met with him at the Chopra centre in 2002, with his soft ,gentle and loving ways he assessed my health issues quickly and quietly and simply told me I had chronic sleep apnea, and sent me off to be tested and truly saved my life. This was after many years of doctors in Canada just saying it was my fibromyalgia and he also understood and diagnosed my multiple chemical sensitivity illness similar to Gulf War Syndrome. Without Davids gift and powers of healing I would not be a survivior today. He has left a legacy for the world.

Comment from Jonathan MacMillan
Time at 10:17 am

I was only introduced to David’s work this New Year when I purchased an eBook that I had no idea was going to profoundly touch me; body, mind, and soul.

As a recovering addict and someone suffering heavily from an anxiety/panic disorder, Dr. Simon and Dr. Chopra’s book, Freedom from Addiction, has been a great gift that I will not only treasure, but to the best of my abilities, apply to my daily living for many years to come.

Thank you Dr. David Simon; thank you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan ♥

Comment from Carol G. Hunter
Time at 10:14 am

Dr. David Simon has touched my life in many ways. With his soft, loving, strong voice and being, he was able to teach the depth of being a spiritual being on earth. Through his love, his knowledge and his wisdom, I began to understand the essence of life. For over 15 years, I haves been the student of David and Deepak. Each moment was precious. However, the moment that remains with me now and forever is the evening when David taught us to sing the Om Tryambacam mantra. He sang it to us. He explained it’s meaning and brought me to a new understanding of life on earth and beyond. I have sung that mantra hundreds of times for myself, for groups and now for David. You are immortal, dear David. Just thinking of you brings me peace, strength and hope for life. I will continue to teach and sing the Om Trayambacom wherever I am. I continue to live by your teachings. They have become my teachings now, but always with a reference to you. You have certainly left this earth better for your coming. With forever love and admiration, my dear teacher. You left us too soon and yet in perfect timing. With eternal gratitude for who you were and are.

Comment from Laurel (Lolly) Callahan
Time at 10:12 am

David was one of my mentors when I got my certifications to teach Primordial Sound Mediation and The Magic of Healing, as it was called then. I believe I was in the second class, it was the early 1990′s. I remember one lesson he taught me that changed my life. We had to get up on the stage and he would give us a lesson and we would have to teach it right there on the spot. I was petrified. I was always afraid of public speaking, and here I was in a room with Drs, professionals, and Dr. David Simon!!! I was so intimidated and scared to death! After I totally and completely flubbed, he said to me, “Lolly, you KNOW this stuff. Get out of your head, and into your HEART and just share with us the knowledge you have”. I did that, and the words just flowed, effortlessly. I’ve never been frightened again to share what knowledge I have about meditation or healing. I took such comfort in his words. Today we celebrate a great, kind, wonderful, SWEET man. Love and peace to his family. David, you will be missed, but forever in our hearts and spirits. See you in the Gap ♥♥♥

Comment from Julie jones-Martin
Time at 9:23 am

Dr. Simon was my physician of my heart and my body. In his office at one of our sessions he gave me he said his favorite book, a love story the pages were worn the book was old, “He said I have never lent this book out because it is so old. He said to take it be very careful and at the end of the week we would discuss it. He said I will teach you the skills to open the door on the cage you have been in, I am not sure you will come out. I did! He told my daughter that is Bi-Polar can you live between 3 & 7 instead of 0 & 10? he said “how big is your God?,mine is huge,” one day I said I am confused about the Doshas , he said Julie you have a pita body a Vata mind and a kapha face. David now you know what you already knew, go to your big God. Your message will live through me and all others that you taught.

Comment from Dr. Beatriz Olson
Time at 8:50 am

I learned mind body medicine and ayurveda from Deepak and David in 1997. My husband Eric and I attended a course in La Jolla. We learned how to meditate with David Simon and we were so impressed that we then followed David and Deepak to the Seduction of Spirit course in India. Both these men helped change the course of our lives and medical practices. I am deeply grateful to Dr. David Simon for his energies toward us when we were in his presence. My condolences to all.

Comment from Karen
Time at 8:50 am

Even though I have not had the honor of meeting David in person I have read and re-read “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga” and continue to gain new wisdom from each reading. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for sharing it has given much peace in difficult times and I share when others are open too the ideas presented within. A true treasure chest with many gifts inside.

Comment from maria fernandez
Time at 7:30 am

So sad with this news,I didnt get to meet him but throughhis books his meditation i could receive all his love and compassion he transformes my life i will keep him beside me in my journey. Rest in peace namaste

Comment from Bonnie Heidel
Time at 4:08 am

I am so saddened by David’s departure, but what he taught me is to step outside of the pain of my broken heart through a relationship with an alcoholic, and the loss of my mother. I first met him in Marco Island at Seduction of Spirit. When I saw him coming down the hallway then, I knew something was wrong, I could see it in his eyes. I hate when I am able to see those things. But his warm smile and gentle nod of his head took my attention off that for the moment, and when I reentered the seminar room, I knew this would be my last chance to experience him in his full form. Not all of my visions come to pass so soon, and in this case for his family and myself I am sorry it did this time. I was able to make it to California for one of his final presentations, and purchased several of his books, which I have since shared with family and friends to help them with their grief. He has a big place in my heart, because it was he who taught me how to use it again, how to be thankful for all that you have in the present, because the present is really all we have. From the bottom of a heart that he helped breath life back into, I am grateful for his teachings and his presence. He truly was a gift that I was lucky enough to share in this lifetime.

Comment from Joanne
Time at 3:15 am

In the last two years I have lost my mother, favourite aunt and my dearly beloved father. I share in your grief and wish you peace. When I listened to Dr. Simon speak in Whistler this past July, he was a source of enormous comfort and inspiration to me…so wise, so brave and so humble. It was a privilege.

Comment from gary sarinana
Time at 1:29 am

We have truly lost a good friend, brother and mentor. All I can say about Dr.Simon, he changed my life.he will be in my heart forever.

Comment from Kimberle
Time at 11:00 pm

I attended the Free to love workshop at the Chopra center for three days of work using Dr. Simon’s awesome book and program.

As a survivor of childhood abuse the main one being sexual abuse that had impacted my very being and life. At 44 years of age I had tried every type of release, therapy, group meetings out there but none ever taught me how to release and be able to let those years go…until Free to Love.

I am forever grateful to you Dr. Simon for the gift of this program it has set me free and I can now live the life I am meant to live.

My experience at the Chopra center has led me to realize my path which will include being certified in the perfect health teachers path.
Without your wisdom and teachings I do0 not know where I would be. Fo9rever grateful to you Dr. Simon you are a true example of pure potentiality. I will never forget you or the impact you have had on my life. Rest in peace sir you will never be forgotten.

Nameste,

Kimberle Taitano

Comment from Sherry Boop
Time at 10:14 pm

I attended the emotional healing week in 2010 just before Dr. Simon was diagnosed. I was at the lowest point in my life and had I not been with Dr. Simon that week it’s very possible that I would have thought very seriously about suicide.
The love, the compassion, the guidance he gave us in living, because he valued life so much, gave me a
glimpse of what was possible and the tools to move out of my depression into the light. I give Hafiz to my friends as gifts. It’s ironic that today I taught my very first meditation class at a teen crisis center. Paying it forward.
Rest in peace our dear Dr. Simon.

Comment from lfh
Time at 9:58 pm

The words he spoke to me just a minute ago, tonight, make me know that he is forever alive. For some reason, on Sunday, I put on the mahmarityunjaya meditative chant from the Mantras & Mandalas DVD and set it to repeat only HIS chapter over and over 24/7 since then…enjoying it in the background while working from home. We just decided to leave it playing which we both said was odd and not like us, but we just couldn’t turn off his voice. After explaining the meaning of this beautiful chant, he says, “this is something I would like to have somewhere in my awareness when I drop my body” and then…. he kind of giggles. I have had HUGE issues with losing those I love since I lost my mum as a kid. It was David Simon’s giggle in the face of something we are taught to fear and be sad about from the time we are little, that moved me more than words can say. We ARE bigger than it. If you don’t have this DVD, get it. That one chuckle from David Simon is priceless.

Thank you to his family. A job that requires so much giving of a person, requires equal giving from the family of that person. My love for his words, his thoughts, the knowledge and peace of mind he shared with all of us, I now offer back to you his family at home and at the Simon and Chopra Center.

What an impact, from a man I never even met.

THAT is a powerfully beautiful, everlasting life. Thank you Thank you Thank you

Comment from md
Time at 9:52 pm

he is still life changing

Comment from Mary-Gail
Time at 9:25 pm

My mind is flooded with memories of how profoundly David touched my life. He facilitated and spoke at Healing the Heart several years ago when I attended. I met with him and shared my story while he listened to me with compassion. I also went through the Teacher’s path with him as my companion (on cd) in my car learning chants he sang in Sanskrit. These and other memories are little things but little things done well do amazing good in the world. I can’t imagine how difficult this must be for his family and those of you who were closest to him; my heart goes out to you. He was a truly saintly man.