{"id":1282,"date":"2023-02-20T04:16:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/self-hypnosis-and-meditation-deepak-chopra%ef%b8%8f\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T04:16:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:16:21","slug":"self-hypnosis-and-meditation-deepak-chopra%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/self-hypnosis-and-meditation-deepak-chopra%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-hypnosis and Meditation &#8211; Deepak Chopra\u2122\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-155817\">\n<header class=\"post-body__header flex flex--space\">\n<div class=\"column post-body__header-category\">\n<p>\n                    February 17, 2023                <\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"meta-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deepakchopra.com\/articlescat\/ask-deepak\/\">Ask Deepak<\/a>            <\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"flex flex--space post-body__content\">\n<div class=\"column post-body__content-quote\">\n<p>When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"beige-block\">\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Dr. Deepak, What is the difference between self-hypnosis and meditation? Do both have the same effect to the brains of a person? Thanks in advance for your answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<p><strong>Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are of course many types of meditation but from the studies done comparing hypnosis and silent mantra meditation the brain functioning was substantially different in meditators indicating a more significant change of consciousness from conventional waking state consciousness than the hypnosis group.\u00a0 This is what one might expect based on the theory behind mantra meditation because if the meditation is designed to give one the experience of awareness beyond discursive thinking, it should produce brain activity that is characteristically distinct from our thinking process \u2013 even thinking under hypnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deepak<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '816809932069504');fbq('track', 'PageView');<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, 2023 Ask Deepak When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily. 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