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Finding hope and purpose in times of tragedy

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    Author and spirtual adviser Deepak Chopra explains

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Well we're still here.

It's one day after what some expected to be doomsday but the ancient Mayan calendar predictions of the world as we know it ending December 21.

May have happened after all.

Earlier I spoke with the best selling author and well known -- body healing expert.

Doctor Deepak Chopra about the Mayan predictions and I asked him why he believes it's now an opportunity.

To create a new beginning at a time when the world confronts tragedy economic uncertainty and violence.

And food activity Smart people and they had just -- -- calendar.

And it was a lenient -- -- so that Kelly Miller came to an end.

Yesterday.

But you can -- a new -- in there and one million to interpret this.

News that yes perhaps this is opportunity.

To go beyond The Who have that creative -- to dust follow -- it is violent.

Has a lot of water terrorism.

He could destruction and -- social and economic injustice.

And -- -- consciously through a critical mass of people whose intentions.

And then actions.

To create a more peaceful and just to stay in the Booth and had -- -- and so boy taken -- we could say it did today is the good.

Of these who recruited this.

Who added to -- the lyrics.

Peace -- guide the planets and love wouldn't steal of the stars that still that it's not enough to in ten.

But.

Love -- action can create.

Amid concerns you know -- their -- -- action.

Is meaningless the next and you don't love isn't relevant between you combine the two.

And when you're talking -- the creative contact consciousness a collective consciousness there.

We can see this right now with the some of the incredible challenges that we have been dealing with in our country right now whether it's economy whether we have a tragedies of recent.

Let's shootings that took place in Connecticut with -- that the sadness that still exists there.

The deaths of their children.

How old do you talk to people when it comes to finding ways to still.

Hold on to your -- stay grounded and not be brought down by an external circumstances around you.

This is the time to exceed.

-- Relationships.

-- we have deep empathy.

They mean listen.

Maybe.

Exercise compassion.

Again mid action that's followed.

That -- kind to each of the could be.

We love each other.

Good trio still hold on to this into it -- -- team would deny us -- -- wisdom traditions because he's doing.

Emotions love kindness.

Compassion.

-- -- into the innocence enjoyed that we have.

Was experiences children and pay equanimity.

And not necessarily the on who is to get sucked into the melodrama.

Been that is violence in society there's actually consequences of the -- you know and in big -- which is emotional very.

He gets them is there a certain buzz of the bridge and that didn't really think of the images.

Of violence and feel.

This dog to the filing of many movies.

And then took it to -- -- that community had me.

Sister -- today -- go.

Hanging together.

Help each other and -- -- each other into a feeling of safety.

If you do that.

-- regulating each other's emotions of being regulated rates of those emotions and that -- -- -- enough violence in your new book actually addresses this yes how to -- -- you bring in.

The -- responsible Brandon do you know how do you hard way -- green actually.

To study experiencing.

Love kindness joy compassion.

Empathy and -- -- mint -- and healing.