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How to Know God : The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries

How to Know God : The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: What enlightenment is not
Review: In addressing the review posted by NO from Santa Barbara, I would like to state a few points.

First of all, Deepak Chopra should get a rating of not less than 3 stars. It is so difficult to write and to write as well as he does requires a tremendous effort. You may not agree with all the points that he makes, but you cannot ignore the hard work that goes into crafting a book.

Secondly, while I am pleased that you enjoyed my book, "Anita's Legacy," you have incorrectly linked me with Mr. Walsch. My book is for the reader who likes to challenge traditional beliefs of organized religion AND organized science, and not for the reader who is comfortable in accepting the myths from BOTH camps.

Thirdly, here is a story for Deepak Chopra and Neale Walsch and other serial spiritual writers.

Once upon a time there were two men who set out to knock on the door of Knowledge. One of them had a big stick and the other had a little stick. The man with the big stick was proudly brandishing it all the time, sometimes fencing with it, at other times hurtling it towards the sun. Every night he would polish his stick so that it would be shiny and clean the next morning. He would draw a large crowd to witness how well he wielded his stick. The man with the little stick, in the meantime, was following the rituals of his life and working on the door whenever he got a chance. One day, the man with the little stick succeeded in entering the door, while his companion was still showing off to the crowd. A small boy who saw this said to his father, "Papa, did you see that?" "Yes, I did. He must be very spiritual and enlightened." "But what about the other man, Papa? His stick is much bigger and he has so many followers." "I feel sorry that they chose a guru who doesn't understand what enlightenment is. The size of the stick is not important. When one knocks on the door of Knowledge and it opens, then one should throw away the stick and enter inside. If you are too proud of your stick, you will remain unenlightened and never realize what to do when the door is open."

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A complete analysis of the different views about GOD
Review: We are all one, but view everything from our perspective. Chopra was able to presnet those angles as they flow from the center. He shows the path of asscension and that obstalces give way to love.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Who Should Read This Book -- And Who Shouldn't
Review: YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK IF YOU:

* Understand that mysticism exists in all religions

* Belong to a mystery school

* Have been on the path for many years

* Follow a guru

* Meditate daily

* Understand, at least intellectually, that the world is an illusion

* In your spiritual quest, have ever uttered the phrase, "Why didn't anyone tell me that?"

* If you know what any of the following mean: Ramana Maharshi, Satya Sai Baba, Upanishads, Jnana Yoga, Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization, Bhakti Yoga

DON'T READ THIS BOOK IF YOU:

* Use the word "fundamental" to describe your religion

* Believe God punishes evil

* Believe the Bible as the only authority on spiritual matters

* Believe that your reward comes after you die

* Believe Heaven is a real place existing somewhere in the cosmos

* Believe your Church to be the only "true" path to salvation

* Believe that Christ is the one and only

(You're not wrong, you just won't get anything out of it)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Who is the Knower?
Review: I found the book repetitive in many places. It espoused the point of view that enlightenment was meant only for intellectually brilliant people who could understand every word written by Dr. God. What are the ordinary folks in the world supposed to do? Are their brains wired differently? Are they meant to lead lives without being enlightened? Do they not respond well to enlightened brain farts? To pass off an incorrect commercial interpretation of the Hindu Vedas tells me that the Dr. should study his own scripture in greater detail. Hinduism does not raise only the question "Who is God?" but also the more important question "Who is the Knower?" Perhaps that will be the title of a sequel. Simple people like me who cannot digest heavy quantum soup find books like "Conversations with God" and "Anita's Legacy" more enjoyable and less condescending.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: More cuts don't make a whole
Review: I find this a patriarchal view of God. God created in the eyes of man -- a male man. Where is femininity? Where is compassion? Where are feellings?

A lot of words. In fact, more words that I wanted to wade through. I must admit I chose not to complete the reading. Usually I pass books on to others when I finish, but I felt that the act of throwing this book into the trash was more important. I think we men -- especially arrogant men -- have done more to keep all people in bondage than we are willing to admit.

I do not see this as an enlightened view of God, certainly not my God.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: How to know God
Review: Deepak Chopra hits the bullseye solid one more time with this beautifully crafted work. 'How To Know God' is one of his very best. Deepak demonstrates once again that he is a spiritual master as well as one who is vividly in touch with the contemporary world. A must read for anyone interested in knowing his higher self. Rodney Groves, author Journey to Enlightenment, Jacaranda Press, Nov 1998.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This book is changing my life daily
Review: I have been recommending this to everyone I know. Like other readers, I have been seeking to grow beyond the confines of "religion" for several years. This book exposes the reader to a concept of God at levels beyond what is commonly presented in Western teachings. Chopra has a gift for illustrating concepts which are hard for our brains to grasp, but leaves us with the hope that we are pure beings at the core, that we can find God, that it's natural for us to seek God. I found this such a positive message and really a relief. I'm reading it for a second time because the first reading just blew my mind and it was so dense I had to get through it, digest it, and go back for a more careful reading.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Answers to almost all my questions obout a way to go...
Review: Now I remember many of them - short appointments with God in my past. I'm never sorry that I bought it. And belive you will be happy too.

Vojko

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A TREATISE ON GOD!
Review: Deepak Chopra has undertaken a mighty task- to make the invisible "visible" and the unknowable, "knowable." Sages and scholars expend tremendous amounts of energy trying to explain God. This author does it simply and clearly. I have watched his many televised lectures and appearances. He writes with the same confidence and ease; offering us the process of knowing God through personal experiences, dreams, visions and daily miracles. Reading his account of how the human anatomy corresponds to laws of physics, and his description of our spiritual essence as enlightened souls, is inspiring. This book is a welcome addition to his earlier works, "Seven Laws of Spiritual Success- Fulfillment of Dreams. Highly recommended.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Chopra's masterful, magnificent magnum opus
Review: Chopra, more than anyone I've ever read, explains with the most eloquent simplicity, how to recognize God. The trouble with most religious explanations on how to "know" God, is that they try to make God "accessible" in absurdly physical terms that somehow trivialize and turn such an overwhelming aspect into something mundane, banal, almost ridiculous. Explained this way, God becomes a platitude. As Chopra says, with the utmost confidence in the self-evidence of the issue, "God is not locatable." And Chopra then goes on to show, in his own inimitable way, how to "know" God, based on inordinately simple (but NOT simplistic) concepts. In short, he is able to "rationalize" the larger scheme of things, that is, finally, not "rational" in the material sense at all. Everything, from our existences, to the complexities of "it all," is nothing short of staggering, astonishing and miraculous. Which is pretty much how I would sum up this book.


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