By Deepak Chopra and Annie B. Bond

Within You: Jesus and the Self

Jesus devoted many teachings to the subject of the self, meaning the bundle of aspects we call “me.” In this bundle are wrapped the ego, the personality, and the soul. They aren’t neatly arranged into separate compartments but bleed confusingly into one another. Sometimes we feel close to the soul, sometimes very far away. More often we feel confused, unable to understand what the soul really is and what it wants.

Jesus spent a great deal of time clarifying this confusion. He said, “You do not understand me,” in support of a deeper truth: “You do not know who you really are.” By telling people who they really are, he delineates a new kind of human being, one who accepts that being one with God is our natural, higher state.

Adapted from The Third Jesus, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2008).

Around You: Organic Wool Instead of Synthetic Wool Comforters

Sleeping under organic wool comforters, duvets, puffs, and blankets is deeply regenerative.

Synthetic fabrics have an electrostatic charge, and you’ll sometimes get shocks when you put on a recently dried piece of synthetic clothing. When you sleep cocooned within this electrostatic charge, positive ions are generated and can impact your sleep. It’s negative ions like those around natural material like wool, not positive ions from synthetics, that you want to surround you when you sleep or need rest, recuperation because negative ions promote healing.

Adapted from Home Enlightenment, by Annie Bond (Rodale Press, 2007).

Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing, a best-selling author, most recently of War of the Worldviews with Leonard Mlodinow, and the founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. Annie B. Bond is a best-selling author, green living expert, and editor-in-chief of TheWellnessWire. com and Terraspheres.com.

Photo from RogueNaturalLiving.com.