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Summary: God is alive...in you
Review: I suggest you are wide awake when you read this, because it can be slow. However, if you get into it you will learn alot about yourself and what God lives in you and your mind. This book is better than all the years I spent in the pews, that's for sure.
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Summary: Avoid at all cost
Review: 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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Summary: More of the same
Review: I love these kinds of books, but this one just did not resonate with me. I have put it down in hopes it will cycle back in and become more compelling on my next attempt to read it.
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Summary: Very interesting
Review: Deepak Chopra is a wonderfully brilliant man. I value his opinions and his outlook on life. In his audiobook of "How to Know God", I found this information extremely interesting. He shed light on the issue of God like I have never seen before. It is really in depth, and fun to listen to. The only downside of owning an audiobook read by Deepak Chopra, is sometimes his accent is very difficult to understand. I find myself sometimes focusing more on his accent than hearing the material he is covering. While this is somewhat foolish, it is often a distraction that you can't look past.
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Summary: Splendid Book
Review: I had a really good life before this book, really. I believed the truth, repelling lies, I had auto criticism, I achieve hard goals I set for myself, I loved friends and parentes, I was happy and I think God has nothing or almost nothing to had with it. It'd be ok if God was there, but in fact I (thought I) didn't feel It and I (thought I) didn't need It. The *force* was inside me, mainly in my brain - that was my inner belief. Although my life was good, it was not "rounded", I mean, my way of life and thinking life wasn't complete. Even if I live the truth, in certain circumstances the thruth seemed to fail, the love didn't reach everybody, and so on. That bothered me every time I had to think about it. It isn't rare the times I was suddenly taken by rage, annoyance and sadness, like if they were logical feelings. That couldn't be good. I hadn't the "key", I thought to myself. And I really didn't have. A magnificent help to find the key is in this book from Mr. Deepak Chopra, an amazing work about finding and knowing *God* I ever read. It's not a surprise that Dalai Lama, Larry King, Mikhail Gorbachev, PhDs in Religion, Philosophy and Physics agree in the findings of Mr. Chopra. It's not a guess, it's findings of Science and Religion brought together in a vision that tries to distance itself from a theory. You have to be a little prepared to think deeply about the subject of GOD, open your mind whatever theory you defend, give this book a chance even if you found *God* by any known religion. But, if you are, you have a brand new world in front of your eyes, or, I should say, inside your mind. Only one of the dozens great qualities of this finding is that, rounded as it is, it's inclusive and respectful to every belief, and it's not only a finding, it's a way of life that I felt to be the natural way of life we human beings should be living. Mr. Chopra explains the seven stages of God, gives us examples, show our present reality compared to every stage, describes the nature of God and important scientific and religious knowledge from science. But the thing is, just by reading this book, by understanding it, your life can change (for a better you just can imagine by reading a review). It worked with me. Like Simone Weil says (in the beginning of the book): "When it comes to divine, faith is not enough. Only sure will work. Anything smaller than sure isn't worthy of God". Love for all.
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Summary: Finding Your Own Foundations Of Spirituality On YOUR Terms
Review: A fantastic first book to read on religion and/or spirituality. If you are the analytical type that has been disappointed in the lack of discipline and organization in books on spirituality and religion: This is your lucky day. Clearly this book has been reworked and edited to increase the odds of understanding. The style of organizing his views without trying to sell or proselytize is refreshing. There is nothing threatening or demanding in this book. What ever your concept of God you will not be hustled in this book. Those reviewers that are well read on religion seem to bring an agenda to their reviews. As best I can tell Chopra's agenda is to get people thinking about religion in a broader more personal sense and not be afraid to develop their own personal opinions. So he makes a lot of money. If that bothers you aren't you belittling yourself. The market place for ideas is always open in America. Give it a rest. Sorry, I have not read all the great minds on religion, but I have to start somewhere. For me it was a good experience. You can read and consider you own views easily as you read this book-no matter whether Western or Eastern religion dominate. Even if the Chopra organization has in part become a book writing factory reworking past writings to improve clarity and provide new material to sell, this book is so well written that it warrants your consideration. A well written and easy to read book is the result of Chopra's consolidation of his beliefs into refreshingly new book. If you have done some modest work in mediation, it will help you understand the experiences discussed. It seems that the author assumes some modest level of mediation experience. It is frequently said there is no goal in mediation. There may now be. If you have to do some mediation to really understand this book then it is worth the diversion.
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Summary: Wonderful spiritual principals made overly complicated
Review: This book offers a unique way of looking at spiritual principals. While reading this book I was found DR. Chopra's theory of spiritual development to be very similar to Maslow's stages of self actualization. While Maslow concentrated on man meeting his phisical needs to become self actualized, Dr. Chopra concentrates on his seven stages of knowing God. His ideas are both informative and helpful, but I found them to be diluted by too much information. I thought much of his book could be summurized by the following; "The aim of spirituality is to learn to cooperate with God. Most of us have been raised to do the opposite. Our skills and abilities come first attention and not second." True spirituality, as chopra puts it, comes from putting your intention toward God and not material things. Desire for material wealth leads to jealousy, greed, and worry. While attention towards God leads to peace and prosperity. All in all I enjoyed his perspective, if not his style and presentation.
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Summary: ambitious but very thought-provoking
Review: Deepak Chopra has aptly navigated the treacherous road of revealing God in a form which defies any singular religion's definition of Him. In the process, he has not as many might, avoided the topic of religion... rather he has initimately woven the teachings of many major religions into his writings in a way which respects rather than challenges them. For this feat he has won my admiration. For his thoughts on God, he has won my curiosity. A good read for those who are not Oxford Philosophy Professors but are bent on pursuing the answers to the seemingly unanswerable questions of the universe.
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Summary: How to Know God
Review: Deepak is right on with this book. He bridges the gap between science and religion to prove God exists. Do more than read this book, study it!
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Summary: interesting theory but repetitive
Review: This is a very interesting book to read and ever since reading this book, I have had a totally different perception of God. However, the book is very repetitive and his Chopra's writing isn't as stimulating as other authors on spirituality such as Wayne Dyer or Gary Zukav. Overall, I like this book due to its captivating philosophy.
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