Can We Use Virtual Reality for Treating Psychological and Physical Problems?

I'm dr. Deepak Chopra and thinking a lot about the awesome implications of immersive experiences and virtual and augmented reality this is the most cutting-edge field right now that will change the way we experience life all together let's say I could give you an immersive experience of a joyful energetic body or an immersive experience of loving compassionate heart or a joyful experience of a quiet reflective alert mind or the experience of lightness of being what if I could immerse you in a war zone where you could feel what your enemy is feeling your perceived enemy is feeling the implications of this are enormous today through the science of epigenetics we know that every experience we have in life whether it's a physical experience of perceptual experience a mental experience an emotion whatever experience we have it changes gene expression it changes our biology so with augmented reality immersive experiences in virtual reality one has the ability to alter your experiences alter your perception alter your cognitive mechanisms and ultimately change your behavior I see mersive technologies of virtual reality and augmented reality as the next step in the treatment of chronic illnesses like diabetes obesity degenerative disorders even cancer I see the future of augmented virtual immersive experiences as changing the way you look at the world and I was changing actually your perceptions and mission so we can move in the direction of a more peaceful just sustainable healthier and happier planet I can talk at length about this but you know a fish that grows in the ocean doesn't have the kind of breathing apparatus that you and I have this environment is the ocean it creates gills it knows how to swim it has completely different biology because the biology is the expression of the experience of the ocean it is made out of the ocean and so to you and I are molded through experience in consciousness it is consciousness in which experience occurs consciousness in which experience is known and consciousness out of which experience comes so for starters just the idea that experiences in consciousness and to give you that experience of infinite possibilities infinite creativity infinite imagination infinite love compassion whatever we want this is possible we can create that experience which will ultimately change your physical body the way your mind works and change everything from personal health to personal relationships social interactions professional relationships how we interact with the environment how we relate to nature and how we relate to a sacred relationship which is the universe because we are not just observers of the universe we are its products and virtual reality augmented [Music] immersive experiences are going to make all this happen you

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Published: Thu May 26 2016