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Summary: A fresh look at a profound subject
Review: This is a very thought-provoking book, and for anyone with an open mind it will at least give them a new way of looking at the nature of reality and how it might be possible to "know" God. Because Chopra takes a fresh approach and does not follow any particular dogma, some may have a bit of a knee-jerk response and write him off as "New Age." The search for a deeper understanding of God, however, is as old as humankind itself, and hardly started with the "New Age" movement in the modern world. Hinduism and Christianity are two of the world's great religions, and each has contributed great insights to that ancient search. Anyone with a true spiritual motivation will be able to recognize certain universal religious truths revealed in other religions besides their own, even though there may be many differences in terms of methods, traditions, and so on. I'm a bit sorry to see the reviews for this thoughtful book become a forum for aggressive assertions of the superiority of one religion over another. There's no problem whatsoever with the basic teachings of either Hinduism or Christianity, but the problem is the growing tendency toward fundamentalism in both of those religions. With a fundamentalist viewpoint, one sees only the outer form of one's own and other religions, and completely loses the insight into the deeper underlying truths. That seems to be the source of some of the attacks on this book, whereas, ironically, this book itself is a very helpful antidote to that type of closed-minded thinking.
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Summary: A book strictly for the open minded
Review: Three years ago, when I strictly lived off every word of the bible, I would have considered this book the "work of the Devil." But after a few years of religious research and a tragic death of a cousin, my thoughts and views on God, love and life were redefined. I began to see the beauty of humanity and an entire world of experience and spiritual growth in which I previously denied myself on account of religious dogma. My entire thought process became anew and there was beauty and honesty in the same world I once saw as demonic and chaotic. Deepack Chorpa touches on these experiences and many of the revelations I received on my personal search for understanding were constantly confirmed throughout this book. I could go on and on about how this book has touched me but I'll let you see for yourself. Anyway, one thing I've learned throughout my own pilgrimage for truth is we should never allow any person, religion, organization, country or whomever, strip us of the greatest gift given to us by God, and that is the ability of dream and believe as you see fit. Thanks. Sean C
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Summary: How to know Depak Chopra's intentions?
Review: When I bought and started to read this book I was expecting to find out some new paths in getting closer to GOD but after I have read the first hundred pages I found out that Chopra has
written more about India/ns and their methods of healing than about GOD. Each one of us is different and as the saying goes "One man's garbage is another ones treasure" but my one and only opinion regarding this book is : "This book has a lot of nothing on almost everything and hell no
I couldn't waste my precious time on a book like this". Mind you
the Seven Spiritual Laws book was amazing just as if it was written by someone else! Hoping that mr.Chopra has made a lot of money I would like him to write books that can be read and appreciated by his readers. As I said I am just sharing my opinion so I am sorry if I am
offending someone else's views regarding this book. Thank You.
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