Almost everyone chases two major things: peace of mind and success. Some people enjoy their life to its fullest, and some are stuck in destructive behaviors. Life’s luxuries do not define a person’s happiness. There are numerous examples of the rich who have everything to enjoy prosperous lives, but still, they lack calmness and inner satisfaction.
According to neuroscientists, people who meditate daily can experience calm. People who meditate twice daily tend to be more satisfied with their lives. One prominent example is Christopher Dines – a former house DJ and record producer, who changed his professional career after a new outlook on life. The British author took to meditation like a duck to water and has been meditating for almost two decades; Dines meditates for at least two hours a day.
Most individuals are clueless about choosing suitable careers. They become victims of complexity and mental instability while overthinking their future and life choices. The situation is common with most young adults who desperately want to find the right path to success. In such a situation, learning how to be calm is priceless. It is all about diving deep into one’s consciousness and finding a worthy purpose.
Sometimes, people are disconnected, anxious, isolated, and unhappy with their lifestyle and overall achievements. Feeling disconnected leads to a purposeless life that can develop into mental illness. Through meditation, people can examine their emotions, thoughts, and motivations. It allows individuals to get a clear idea about what they want to change in their lives and how they can connect to their true selves. In simple words, mindfulness, and self-discovery helps people to walk the path of inner satisfaction and happiness.
Christopher Dines is a mindfulness teacher who helps people to explore their thoughts and emotions. Dines started DJ’ing in 1994 playing breakbeat hardcore and jungle, but almost wrecked his music career succumbing to alcoholism and drug addiction at a young age. Christopher was forced to look inwards and ask for professional help.
Christopher was born on August 19, 1983, in London, and lives in England. He is of Anglo-Irish and black Kenyan descent. Christopher attended Watford’s independent Stanborough Primary School and Pinner Park Middle School. After completing his middle school education, Christopher went to Nower Hill High School in Pinner. Later he left the school at the age of fifteen to pursue his career in the electronic dance music industry. After leaving high school in the late-1990s, Christopher DJ’ed on London’s pirate radio station, 103.6 Flex FM, and worked in prestigious nightclubs in the West End of London. He DJ’ed under the aliases Chris Lopez and Kris Lopez at Defected in the House at Pacha, London Fashion Week, Ministry of Sound, City Loud at Turnmills, Garage City, Paul “Trouble” Anderson’s Loft, Club Axis in Malta, Hippodrome nightclub and hundreds of swanky venues. He was a dedicated house music raver, a dancer, and thrived on the fabulous nightlife London had to offer.
During the peak of his DJ’ing career, Christopher, unfortunately, became an alcoholic and MDMA addict. However, after hitting bottom, Christopher got sober in August 2004. He took a three month break from DJ’ing and dedicated himself to his recovery. He relaunched his DJ’ing career at the Mint Bar in Koh Samui in January 2005, and toured Asia three times, visiting Los Angeles that same year. While touring in 2005, Dines co-founded a deep house record label SuCasa Beats, and remixed house music recording artists like Afro Medusa under the alias Chris Lopez.
Still, as the dance music industry inevitably changed, and the free-spirited English house music ravers of the 90s stopped clubbing, Dines decided it was the right time to retire from the music industry in June 2006. He found a new alternative way to contribute to life by becoming a mindfulness teacher and author.
Christopher has published eight books on addiction and meditation. Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD at Harvard Medical School wrote the foreword to Dines’ book Drug Addiction Recovery (Hachette). His latest book Super Self-Care (Hachette) has been translated into Vietnamese; the American venture philanthropist, Eileen Rockefeller, endorsed Super Self-Care and has supported Christopher’s works in recent years. Dines has taught thousands of drug addicts and adult children of alcoholics how to meditate in America and the UK.
The former house DJ returned to adult education in his thirties. He was privately tutored studying the history of science and pure mathematics with Dr. Piers Bursill-Hall, Cambridge University, and ancient Greek philosophy with Professor Terry Grundy, University of Cincinnati. Now, Dines is writing his debut novel and mentoring artists of all kinds.
