"Your Life Brought To You By You" Deepak Chopra's message and theme at dinner Monday night as he moderated a panel at Milken Institute Global Conference 2014 in Beverly Hills.
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Deepek Chopra Discussing Our Ability To Influence our Genetic Code Through Thoughts, Ideas, Behavior, Activity, Unleashing The Power Of Your Brain
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Earlier this week, more than 3,000 people from around the world converged -- senior leaders with the mind and the means to create positive action -- gathered at the Beverly Hilton for four days of intense discussion ending today. More than 650 speakers, including major investors, CEOs, government officials, scientists, educators, philanthropists, and journalists, made 140 sessions come alive. The wide-ranging panel topics included: the worldwide water crisis which I will have a clip at the end to highlight that crisis. Other topics included the future of Wall Street, the promise of impact investing, the four ways stem cells will change medicine, Africa's emerging energy landscape -- and dozens more.
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I attended a panel moderated by Deepek Chopra. As a long time fan of his accessible and complex concepts yet totally digestible and inspired delivery on mind body wellness, the topic was:
The Mind and the Universe- Deepak Chopra and Friends on Unleashing the Power of Your Brain with:
Marilyn Schlitz, CEO, Worldview Enterprises, LLC; Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Rudolph Tanzi, Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair, Neurology Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Host and Executive Producer, "Closer To Truth"; Chairman, The Kuhn Foundation.
Excerpts from the panel discussion:
Looking at the mind through emotions, receptors in different parts of our body chemicals messengers from the mind. Where this person lives never shuts up. Peptides and radiance immune system circulating nervous system stomach cells speaking literally gut makes same chemicals when your brain thinks. Think with your gut more.The cells are the same as your brain without all of the unwanted chatter. To make it simple, go with your gut.
Is The Brain a Verb or a Noun - A verb According to Dr. Tanzi and Deepak Chopra the brain is a verb.
Are genes verbs or nouns?
Only 5 % of disease is related to the penetration of inheriting that gene. if you inherit that gene, for most age related diseases if you look at various gene mutations 5 % are inherent but 95% is lifestyle and gene to gene reaction. Epi genetics have become clear in the last 10-15 years if you are dealt a certain deck of genes which presidpose you to a condition, you have control with your lifestyle, diet and activity of those genes. Can't change the sequence or DNA but you can change the activity up and down simply how you live your life.
Activity that's repeated, a healthy one like meditating or having healthy attitude behaviors and relationships can save your life. If you have an activity that's repeated and the gene is constantly turned on it will help how that gene is housed. You can acquire a new genetic trait as an adult. That can even be inherited in the next generation. Hot area of genetics right now.
Our thoughts, feelings, emotions, social relations, sleep, activity, rest, exercise, experiencing the world, thinking, feeling all effecting the chemistry and genetic activity. If you meditate everyday you can thwart the aging process and elongate chromosomes. It has been scientifically proven.
After hearing this inspiring talk about how our behavior and lifestyle directly effects our cells and our aging process, I felt hopeful. Our choices effect our genetic code and that is very empowering. When I was chatting about this with my friend in the lobby of the Hilton after the session, I turned and the was Deepak Chopra and Dr. Ranzi and Marilyn Schlitz. They chatted with us about the panel. They were strolling in the lobby onto the next session. We bumped inito Deepak Chopra and for me that was a synchronicity.
There I was talking with Mr. Chopra and Dr. Tanzier about their talk, "What did you think?" they asked. "I feel hopeful that I can reprogram my genes based on my behavior and thoughts. I needed to hear that this week," I said because my mother just had heart and cancer and heart issues. Dr. Tanzi. a Professor of Neurology and holder of the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Endowed Chair in Neurology and Mental Retardation at Harvard University and a leading expert on Alzheimers was truly interested in our opinion. Deepak started writing an idea on his iPad as we told him our thoughts. This is the kind of connecting that happens at a Milken Institute Conference. It was right in my own backyard in Los Angeles.
Other leaders and quotes from the conference
Despite the European community's initial reluctance, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair thinks leaders there will eventually join the U.S. in supporting tougher sanctions against Russia for its actions against Ukraine.
Marc Benioff, Steve Case, Dennis Kneale, Vivek Wadhwa
Adjusting to the Tech Revolution: Surfing the Wave or Swept Away?
The Reality of Water
A Discussion with Matt Damon - The Water Crisis, Time To Turn The Tide
On Aging and the coming wave of older populations:
America faces breathtaking opportunities disguised as disasters. Invest significantly in health win / win aging. Great opportunities, built by Del Webb inventing retirement as we know it. We were also older people who needed to leave the workforce. Being in limbo active and retired the American Dream meets limbo so now you have these social justice entrepreneurs that want their work to be an extension of their values.
Exercise choice, intention, imagination, Activity
