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Dear Friends,Welcome to the House of Enlightenment in the metaverse. For a very long time, I have reflected on the phrase that you find in the New Testament by Jesus Christ –“In my Father’s house there are many mansions.”If you really look at that statement, it is about the multidimensionality of our existence. Existence is our real home, and existence has many dimensions. Once we understand the multidimensionality of existence, then we can return to our home which is multidimensional. Our physical habitatsare symbolic representations of our real home which is existence itself! So,when we look at wisdom traditions, and I quote this from the non-dual traditions, the multidimensionality of existence can be seen in the human body itself. The most obvious level of existence that all of us are familiar with is the material existence. You look at your own body, it’s physical. And then you look at everythingelse, the furnishings inyour house, the paintings, the other objects.Look at the scenery outside, trees and gardens in other homes, and automobiles. This is the physical level of existence. But now, let’s stay just with our body. What you see right now as my body and your own body is the physical level of existence. And its symbolic representations are art, furnishings, objects, decorations andyour own physical body. That’s the first levelor the most obvious level of existence. The second level of existence is what we call the energetic. And now we know that matter and energy are the same thing. But in wisdom traditions, the energy of the universe, particularly in biological phenomena like those trees outside the window, like my own body, this energy is vital energy. It is the energy that animates our body. It is usually called Prana. Prana is vital energy. The third level of existence is that part of our being which we call emotional. Emotions override everything in our existence. And emotions are related to relationships, personal relationships, social interactions, professional relationships, relationship with the environment, and relationship with nature, these are all governed by emotions. When our emotions are in balance, we spontaneously experience empathy, we feel what others feel, compassion, joy, equanimity and ultimately the highest level of emotion which we come to which is the loss of the fear of death. So that’s the third level of existence.The fourth level of existence is what we call the intellectual level of existence where we have reason and logic. And of course, human beings have created human civilizations through this part of our brain which we call the cortical brain. And everything that you see today, in science, technology, and all the amazing gadgets we have including this one, this computer, where I’m speaking to you, soall creation of the rational mind. So that is the next level of existence. We’ve talked about the physical, the energetic, the emotional, the intellectual.And if we go beyond the intellectual level, we find something called our self-image or our ego identity, the persona or personality that projects itself as our physical body. All our personal stories, all our anxieties are actually related to our self-image. A healthy self-image or healthy
ego is where we feel beneath no one, superior to no one, where we are fearless,and where we are actually in no need of validation. And so, when we are immune to criticism or flattery, if you feel beneath no one and superior to no one and we are fearless, then we have a healthy self-image. Our self-image is our selfie. Now go beyond this level of existence, so we talk about material existence, energetic, emotional,intellectual, ego or self-image. There’s a sixth level of existence which is called conditioned bliss. It is before the mind is conditioned. You see it ina child, curiosity, wonder,excitement, surprise, peek-a-boo, and spontaneous joy. It’s called transpersonal spontaneity and spontaneous joy,which is the basis of insight, intuition, imagination, creativity and ultimately the desire for higher consciousness. So that’s the next level of existence. What’s beyond that? Beyond that is pure existence, the source of all experience. And this pure existence is the feel of infinite possibilities, it’sunpredictable, it’s a feel of infinite creativity, infinite imagination, infinite love, infinite joy, self-regulation, self-evolution, and everything that is happening at the source of all existence. This is the level of our unconditioned mind, beyond even the level of bliss. It is ultimate reality! So what would multidimensional living mean? Multidimensional living would mean being integrated at all these levels, physical, energetic, emotional, intellectual, self-image, conditioned bliss, and the source , the self of the individual which is the self of the universe. This is the true meaning of the House of Enlightenment. How can we return to our original state while actually balancing and integrating all the expressions of our original state?As we design this House of Enlightenment, a multidimensionality of existence, then every room, every object, every furnishing, every piece of art should be so sculpted into experience that we have integration of all these levels. Frequently, I’ve used the word joyful, energetic body for the physical level and the energetic level.Loving, compassionate heart for the emotional level. Reflective, clear mind for the rational, intellectual level. And then, lightness of being as the more subtle levels of our existence where we experience conditioned bliss and ultimately find freedom from all suffering at the source of existence. Let ustogetherdesign multiple homes with multidimensional experiences. You know your kitchen could be the source of prana and vital energy, but also that which balances everything that’s happening in your body including your microbiome, the genetic information that predominates most of the genetic information in our body. So, just think of a kitchen so designed to maximize vital energy and a joyful, energetic body. Think of the library as nourishing everythingthe rational mind desires to know. Think of the living spaces as those spaces where there is emotional fulfillment in terms of relationship with the environment, relationship with other people, relationship with your pets and other sentient beings, relationship with plants, trees and nature. Think of living environments that nurture your emotional well-being in the direction of empathy and compassion and enjoy and equanimity. Let us create spaces for connection with our true self, with our spirit, with oursoul, spaces that nourish our well-being by facilitating the experience of going beyond the subtle body, beyond the physical body,experiences that allow us to tap into the wisdom of our soul. These would be meditation spaces, spaces for yoga, space for breathwork, spaces for solitude, spaces for
getting in touch with the source of our existence or what we may say simple awareness or just being present, a space for presence. As we begin to understand the multidimensionality of our existence, then let’s make our homes the agents, the catalysts, the driving force to sustainthis integration of what we call body, energy, emotions, mind, the level of bliss and ultimately the source of all existence. If we can do this successfully,and if you can participate with your own creative ideas regarding colors and shapes, and how to shape actually the spaces themselves because you know when we look at objects or when we look around, we notice only the objects. But if the shapes were such in space itself, then we would know that space is our home, that space is modifying itself into all levels of existence. So sacred spaces, sacred spaces of shapes of spaces and sacred geometries should govern every container of experience. Thisis an invitation from me, Deepak Chopra, and I invite to be a participant in the House of Enlightenment, in the house of multidimensional existence. And together, if we do this and we use everyone’s creativity and everyone’s artistic genius and everyone’smusical talents and soundscapes, we can create innumerable homes of multidimensional existenceand enlightenment. Join me in this great adventure on the metaverse. My house in the real-world andhas been designed bywellness architect Veronica Smith (Vera Iconica Architecture) and the plans/designswillbe available viaNFT’son the ChopraVerse platform.Because everything’s that’s invisible ultimately becomes visible. Everything that’s spiritual ultimately manifests the so-called action. ThisChopraverse project is in partnership with Utopia and Seva.Love. Let us work together to create sacred spaces, multidimensional homes, houses of enlightenment, so we can move in the direction of a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier and joyful world.Take care my friends. Become part of the metahuman human adventure and let us create experiences in the houses of enlightenment.
Deepak Chopra, MD