From Publishers Weekly
Assuring readers that "finding the hidden dimensions in yourself is the only way to fulfill your deepest hunger," bestselling author Chopra shares 15 spiritual secrets for enlightenment. These secrets may sound easy—"the world is in you," "what you seek, you already are," "freedom tames the mind"—but Chopra offers sophisticated thought to challenge a reader's spiritual status quo. Blending science and spirituality, he shows how the mystery of life can be illustrated by the wisdom and workings of one's body, as "every secret in this book goes back to the existence of an invisible intelligence that operates beneath the visible surface of life." The most important secret is transcending one's egocentric viewpoint and accepting a single, unified reality: "you are not in the world; the world is in you." Each well-written chapter offers a vibrant discussion of these distilled principles, including exercises to help readers apply these secrets to their lives. For example, Chopra focuses a chapter on how death makes life possible: "Only by facing death can you develop real passion for being alive." Chopra recasts death as a way to "imagine yourself into a new form with a new location in space and time." To do this, he suggests exfoliating one's self-image by imagining oneself at various stages of life, past and future: "When you see every earthly vestige of yourself vanish," he concludes, "you realize you will never succeed in extinguishing yourself." This isn't easy enlightenment. Chopra pushes his readers to do hard spiritual work in this thoughtful and thought-provoking book.
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From AudioFile
Deepak Chopra solidifies his position as a cutting-edge personal growth teacher with this highly developed course on personal change. Going beyond the constraints of mental health and traditional religion, his secrets represent an elegant evolution of his teachings on authentic living. Starting with the basic idea of being open to internal experience, he is positively eloquent as he unfolds insight after insight and responds to the objections most of us will have to his suggestions. Chopra's many listeners will miss his lyrical voice on this recording. Still, they may find that the voice of another reader reveals more acutely the colossal intellect that Chopra's celebrated voice often overshadows. T.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine--
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