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Summary: Picks up where Maharishi left off
Review: I was very impressed by this book. Chopra has the credentials in the western medical science and the background in the meditative practices of the East Indian culture. The way he melds and correlates the two seems effortless and natural. My rating would be 5 stars if he would have refrained from his "how to" chapters.
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Summary: Ignore the "quantum field" hokum
Review: Most of the rest of this book offers encouraging insights into the relationship of mind to the rest of the body. Chopra tosses around the occasional unsubstantiated conclusion or generalization, but fortunately most of those are limited to the earlier "quantum" part of the book. Just skim over the hokey misappropriation of particle-physics terminology and enjoy his takes on what you'll recognize as cognitive therapy, self-affirmation and plain old good health sense.
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Summary: Finally, an easy solution
Review: Rating this book 1 star may seem unfair: After all, there is much valuable information, and a good bit of superficial representation of dr. Chopra`s Indian heritage. But my reasons for giving a low evaluation:- There is a painstaking process going on in medical circles, where the establishment gradually learns to accept new (or maybe rather ancient!) approaches to health, from vegeatbles/antioxydants to meditation. Books like this is an insult to research-oriented doctors, abounding with unsubstantiated claims - and it closes many scientific minds to looking into the potential of meditation to keep and regain health, given dr. Chopra`s fame, fortune and public standing, which obscures the view of workers of more substance, like dr. Dossey. In other words, dr. Chopra is doing the slow-working, more humble-minded doctors that work in the alternative field a disservice and is slowing down the rapprochement between the medical establishment and those who use meditation, sound and the like. - In doing so, he is selling false hopes and capitalising on people`s fear of death, becoming one of the richest doctors in history in the process. Is it not better to learn to accept aging and prepare for death? I have met many people who have bought Chopra`s books and attended his workshops, but none who have had a fraction of the effects of his methods that he claims. Where is the ethical aspect in this? - Having worked with a large number of cancer patients through the years, following their fears and struggles, it seems like an insult to ordinary humble workers to say "Reprogram your quantum mind and get rid of the cancer". If Chopra could show one case of a person who could do this, including himself, I`d be willing to change my view of this as a condescending way to treat suffering humans who need compassion and good palliative care, not easy solutions that give the responsibility to the patient, whereas the doctor stands with no soil of the human factor on his hands. This is a travesty of the Hippocratic ideal, and will strengthen the view of alternative doctors as superficial, money-loving peddlers of false hopes. 1 star rating is inevitable, I hate to say. Luckily, there are many good sources of the same knowledge that Chopra embezzles. (Hope I haven`t been too harsh, I have no wish to attack Chopra, but I wish to strengthen a more substantial approach to the issues of aging, health and dying).
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Summary: A Healthy Investment Of a Lifetime
Review: The things that impressed me most about this book are: The insight of many scientific research done on the subject so far. The opening of new hope for people who has a poor family health history. The positive mental as well as habitual approaches recommended would inevitably help to improve health in general. Great Stuff for all health conscious people.
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Summary: Gain wisdom and strength in the reality of getting older.
Review: This book illuminated my hope for a possible chance of growing to reach my ultimate goal of a healthy age of "102" (I am 40 years young). Mr. Chopra gives needed advice on how to develop awareness toward positive changes in everyday life. He also shares His knowledge on how to eliminate the fears of growing older, with wisdom, strength, courage, and the ability to accept each new day as a gift from the creator. There is so much valuabe information in this book., I use it as a health and spiritual reference guide, and an emotional uplifter, when I feel out of balance. This book is so much of a necessity in my daily life that I went out and purchased it on audio cassette, so that I can absorb the valuable wisdom at my convience. To my suprised, Beetle "George (My Sweet Lord) Harrison" wrote and sang the three beautiful songs for the 6 tapes/audio version of the book. Get the book or audio set, which is packed with truely valuable information. You won't be dissapointed. Also, "any" reading material with Deepaks' name on it is worth investing in.
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Summary: Timeless Knowledge - Ageless Wisdom
Review: This book is filled with timeless wisdom. It inspires us to look deep within ourselves to the true healer inherint inside us all. Chopra reminds us that Spirit is eternal, ageless, and not bound by time. As we cultivate a more soulful way of living, we not only have a more joyful life, but we are filled with this joy in every moment. Thanks Deepak Chopra for guiding our thoughts to the endless streams of consciousness within us waiting to be born. -- Samuel Oliver, author of, WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING.
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Summary: A definitive pile of....
Review: What is this guy talking about? Is this a way to approach the real world? All of his ideas, what does he base them on? I have only one good thing to say about it, it is definitely a pile of ----!!!
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Summary: An inspiring book on mind & body
Review: When I first read the book, I could not put it down. My only adverse comments are that the brilliant supporting researches which are quoted in the book could have been referenced similar to a research publication. Then it could gain creditibility with the medical and scientific community. Neverthless it is a great book for liberating people abilities. Well written and a joy to read.
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Summary: Springboard to Transformation
Review: When I pulled this book out of my bookshelf, sitting unread for 3 years, I was unable to work, having been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnea - all at the same time. In very simplistic terms, which was all I could manage at that time, Deepak re-opened a forgotten window into the power of my own mind, reawakened my understanding that I was responsible for my own health and my own energy. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind pried up several scales in my body/mind armor against the knowledge that I had created my own illness... After that, wow! Waves of realizations and connections gained momentum... I am well today, feeling and looking 15 years younger than I did three years ago - and I'm just getting started! If you are so imprisoned that you need a 12-Step, ABC type program to understand it, read it anyway! If you can't get a grip on this book, that's great news! It seeped INto me, and what seeped OUT was something entirely different! There is no practical advice, no concrete prescription. To do that would be to limit the power of your mind, which is what the entire book is NOT about. Nowhere in this book does Deepak make the claim that these ancient ideas were invented by him... this book is simply one more manifestation, one more prick at the Memory of the Knowing that exists beyond time and three-dimensional man. It's a pearl, dropped into the pond of consciousness... what you do with the ripples on that pond or the murk that the pearl may cause to surface when it hits the bottom... that is entirely up to you - and your willingness to discover what lies within the amorphous...
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Summary: Another expert can't follow his own advice.
Review: While I think the book has potential and clearly his concepts seem to have merit the big missing piece is not just knowing good concepts but practicing them. Have you seen this guy lately? Is he the embodiment of health? He is overweight and moves slowly. Advice that can't be practiced by the giver is weak advice. Enough of Deepak and Dr. Phil telling us to how to live healthy when they can't seem to do that themselves.
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