Deepak Chopra's The Angel is Near (Mass Market Paperback)

by Dr. Deepak Chopra (Author), Martin Greenberg (Author) "This place gives me the creeps, big time," Krause muttered, shifting her M16 rifle from one shoulder to the other..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Two American soldiers are carefully checking a church in Kosovo for mines when there is an explosion. However, what they find is not a bomb but a mysterious ethereal glow. The soldiers end up stateside, being questioned by army intelligence, who wonder whether the soldiers were blinded by aliens. In fact, the soldiers are convinced they saw a messenger from God. Soon after, a doctor rushes to help a neighbor who is apparently having a heart attack. The physician finds the man already dead. Within minutes, the Good Samaritan is inexplicably covered with blood and is arrested for murder. These odd events are connected because angels have come down to earth as messengers to try to bring peace and goodness to the world. It is through certain people that they will be able to spread the word of God and save the world. It's notable that the book is bylined as being "created by"Anot "written by"ANew Age guru/author Chopra and veteran anthologist Greenberg. However they "created" the novel, it seems closer to a dull '50s sci-fi pulp flick populated with stereotypical characters than to an inspiring tale of good and evil. (Aug.)
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Product Description
ONE OF THE GREAT SPIRITUAL TEACHERS OF OUR TIME...Deepak Chopra's books on human spirituality have been phenomenal international bestsellers. Now, the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and the Way of the Wizard, creates an extraordinary fiction series built on his insights into the divine. With gripping storytelling power, The Angel is Near plunges us into a modern, globe-spanning thriller of epic proportions. Instead of guns and bombs, the weapons in this novel are far more powerful: good and evil. And at stake is the very future of humankind....UNLEASHES A SAGA OF COURAGE, TERROR AND REVELATIONIn a burned out village in Kosovo, two soldiers are struck down by a flash of blinding light...In New York state, a doctor runs to help a stricken neighbor, only to be charged with the bloody murder of the man he came to save...In a Nevada laboratory, a cynical scientist analyzes a bizarre life form-and discovers the impossible...All the around the world the fabric of reality is unraveling. Scientists scramble to understand it. Ordinary people confront bizarre, terrifying phenomena. And an American doctor named Michael Aulden stands at ground zero in a war of the body, mind and soul-as humankind must choose between the goodness that has always been ours, or the evil that has found a home on earth...DEEPAK CHOPRA'S THE ANGEL IS NEARAUTHORBIO: DEEPAK CHOPRA is the #1 internationally bestselling author of numerous books, including AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND, CREATING AFFLUENCE, QUANTUM HEALING, RETURN OF THE RISHI, and THE RETURN OF MERLIN.He is the creator of DEEPAK CHOPRA'S LORDS OF LIGHT, the first novel featuring Michael Aulden.His groundbreaking lectures and books blend physics and philosophy, the practical and the spiritual, venerable Eastern wisdom and cutting-edge Western science with dynamic results.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312970242
• ISBN-13: 978-0312970246
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #717,803 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharing the Light, August 15, 2000

By	Sabrina Scott (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in angels, spiritual development or the attainment of your hearts desires. Throughout this novel, the reader observes the infinite choices the characters are confronted with each moment. As the vivid characters in the story, we see that our own personal dramas unfold according to the choices we make.

As we slowly wake up to this fact and begin paying attention to the deep inner wisdom which is always softly whispering, we experience magic; wonderful outcomes which we could never have imagined.

From the first chapter, as my attention turned more to angels and spirit, my perception changed and my routine experiences shifted as well. As routine "breakdowns" occur around me I notice myself asking about the nature of this particular "miracle"; looking deeper until I see the truth. Words I may have used in the past (like "problem") are simply MY words, not reality. Not God's words. While watching the rippling effect this perception is having on the people around me, I need to say this: Read this book! Or get your hands on anything by this author! And start watching for miracles.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listening for the Truth, August 19, 2000

By	Laurie Davenport (El Cajon, CA) - See all my reviews

My curiosity was peaked as I settled in with this book. I didn't plan on spending my entire day off reading, but one thing lead to another. "Just one more chapter", I kept telling myself. In the late evening, after reading the last page, I found myself going back through the book, ear-marking the "The Angel's Voice" segments with little post-its. I've been re-reading one section a day for the last week.

As I began the book, I carefully evaluated the spiritual lessons almost like challenges, testing what the author was saying with my own interpretation of reality. As one insight lead to another, I noticed even more curiosity building. I continued to read, and found myself trusting instead of challenging, comforted by the ring of truth; as though I was remembering, not learning for the first time.

The lessons are both simple and profound, evoking questions and answers at the same time. In the end, whatever I say about this book will not quite be it. Because what I had was an experience, which always turns out to be beyond description.

Undoubtedly my insights moved me in the direction of higher spiritual awareness. And yes, I have found myself recommending this book to co-workers and friends. My daily conversations keep coming around to one or more aspects of the basic questions addressed in this book.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An angel parable for adults, August 12, 2000

By A Customer

Every once in a while Deepak Chopra chooses to send his message through a work of fiction. The Angel Is Near takes us into a world that he has not really talked much about: the existence of angels and what they have to tell us. In this novel a brilliant mysterious light is captured by the U.S.Army in Kosovo and transported to a secret base in New Mexico to determine if it is an alien intelligence or just some strange physical phenomenon. The story centers on how this light reveals itself to be an angel. The plot is a chase across country as the forces which would learn from the angel are arrayed against those that would destroy it. But the real point is a parable about how we human beings look as seen from an angel's perspective. There are miracles along the way but also temptations, humor as well as healing. All in all, an enjoyable, well-written tale, but also a nice, deft way for Chopra to send the reader a great deal of uplifting information about the state of the soul and the ways we can learn to turn to the light as our guide.