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God is not a person or a thing but rather a process, according to world-renowned author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra. The purpose of this ambitious book is to assure readers that anyone can engage in this process--"it isn't a matter of faith, religious teaching, innate goodness, luck or some other mysterious factor," Chopra explains. "Our brains are hardwired to find God." This hardwiring is deftly explored as Chopra lists the seven ways humans know God and how they correspond to the anatomy of our human brains. He devotes a chapter to each of the seven visions of God: "Protector," "Almighty," "God of Peace," "Redeemer," "Creator," "God of Miracles," and "Pure Being--I am." In every chapter he asks and answers the same questions for the readers: "Who am I?" "How do I fit in?" "How do I find God?" The format works well, helping to tame this broad discussion while also illuminating the different personality types that are attracted to these seven different visions.
Fortunately, Chopra is a gifted narrator, able to make human anatomy and quantum physics understandable while also keeping spiritual and metaphysical discussions grounded. As he drifts through the cloudy realms of ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, miracles, obedience, loyalty, evil, ego, addictions, and mentors, readers can trust that there is a competent pilot at the helm, deftly guiding this excellent book. Plan to take some time with this one. It is perhaps his best yet and as such deserves a slow and steady commitment. --Gail Hudson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Prolific author Chopra (The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Creating Health, etc.) explores the different ways people apprehend God. Chopra contends that there are seven responses to God and that "the brain cannot register a deity outside the list of seven responses." Chopra's seven include: fight or flight (a God who can save us from danger), reactive (a rule-giving God), restful awareness (a God who brings tranquility out of chaos), intuitive (a good and forgiving God), creative (God as Creator), visionary (God as exalted) and sacred (God as the source of everything). Different personalities envision God differently, says Chopra; a go-getter determined to shape his own destiny will imagine a creative God, whereas someone who feels she is just barely getting through the day will have the stage-one "fight or flight" response, envisioning a God who can rescue her. For Chopra, these seven ascending stages are normative; someone who has reached stage seven is more in tune with God than someone stuck at stage one. (Readers from law-based religions may feel dismayed that Chopra so devalues their "stage two" conception of God.) To help spiritual pilgrims reach the seventh stage, Chopra recommends that they see themselves and others "in the light," forgive themselves when they err and seek out the sacred and the unknown. Like most theories that claim to be all-encompassing, Chopra's scheme is often reductive, but this will nonetheless be a worthwhile addition to the spiritual seeker's library. (Feb.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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A priest's attempt at physics,
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This review is from: How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries (Paperback)
The physical laws that Chopra tries to use in explaining the meta-physical world comes to this physics major as an utter disgust! Not to mention the heavy biblical influence throughout the book, making it feels like reading the bible. This book insults the intelligence of its reader and discourages criticalness and introspection. Even Krishnamurti's abstract discussions are palatable compared to this one.
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Avoid at all cost,
By Thomas "Reader, Writer, Music Fan" (Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries (Paperback)
Another pretentious and pompous pop mystic, this self-appointed "spiritual adviser" wants his readers to believe he can teach how to know God when it is perfectly obvious that he does not have a clue. Instead of being able to point directions to God, this book is designed to gratify this writer's ego and provide the foundation for lining his pockets with this kind of make-it-up-as-you-go "spiritual" charlatanry. Most discouraging, however, is to see how easily this kind of pseudo-wisdom seems to be mistaken for depth and genuine insight by those unaccustomed to applying sound standards of critical thinking even (or all the more vigilantly!) to spiritual pursuits.Do not entrust your spiritual well-being to this egomaniacal false "prophet" ("profit" is more like it)! Life's too short, and our inner life is all too precious to be wasted on this kind of nonsense. The truly seeking would be well advised to consult the works of genuine spiritual and intellectual giants like C.S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, or Philip Yancey. Writers of this caliber find no need to play themselves up as experts on infinite God, nor do they seek to make readers dependent on themselves. Instead, they suggest a framework of true intellectual/moral/spiritual integrity and point the way. As to Mr. Chopra: this emperor is definitely not wearing any clothes, and the resulting picture is ugly indeed! ...And so the quest for the entertainment dollar of the gullible and directionless continues
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Chopra a real incubus and charlatan.,
By Karl Blander (seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries (Paperback)
In Koontz recent book called "False Memory" the sinsister character named "Dr Mark Ahriman is so similer to D. Chopra. This incubus, Deepak Chopra needs to be investigated for all of his evil pranks and earnings.Be Careful!!! Who taught this guy how to write?
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