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

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Summary: A book strictly for the open minded
Review: Three years ago, when I strictly lived off every word of the bible, I would have considered this book the "work of the Devil." But after a few years of religious research and a tragic death of a cousin, my thoughts and views on God, love and life were redefined. I began to see the beauty of humanity and an entire world of experience and spiritual growth in which I previously denied myself on account of religious dogma. My entire thought process became anew and there was beauty and honesty in the same world I once saw as demonic and chaotic. Deepack Chorpa touches on these experiences and many of the revelations I received on my personal search for understanding were constantly confirmed throughout this book. I could go on and on about how this book has touched me but I'll let you see for yourself. Anyway, one thing I've learned throughout my own pilgrimage for truth is we should never allow any person, religion, organization, country or whomever, strip us of the greatest gift given to us by God, and that is the ability of dream and believe as you see fit. Thanks. Sean C

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Summary: A fresh look at a profound subject
Review: This is a very thought-provoking book, and for anyone with an open mind it will at least give them a new way of looking at the nature of reality and how it might be possible to "know" God. Because Chopra takes a fresh approach and does not follow any particular dogma, some may have a bit of a knee-jerk response and write him off as "New Age." The search for a deeper understanding of God, however, is as old as humankind itself, and hardly started with the "New Age" movement in the modern world. Hinduism and Christianity are two of the world's great religions, and each has contributed great insights to that ancient search. Anyone with a true spiritual motivation will be able to recognize certain universal religious truths revealed in other religions besides their own, even though there may be many differences in terms of methods, traditions, and so on. I'm a bit sorry to see the reviews for this thoughtful book become a forum for aggressive assertions of the superiority of one religion over another. There's no problem whatsoever with the basic teachings of either Hinduism or Christianity, but the problem is the growing tendency toward fundamentalism in both of those religions. With a fundamentalist viewpoint, one sees only the outer form of one's own and other religions, and completely loses the insight into the deeper underlying truths. That seems to be the source of some of the attacks on this book, whereas, ironically, this book itself is a very helpful antidote to that type of closed-minded thinking.

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Summary: Infinite Wisdom, Can You Define That?
Review: I enjoyed Deepak Chopra's book, and plan to use it as a reference during my lifetime to review other people's different "constructions" of "their GOD". For me it's hard to believe that this world's "work-a-job" people (most people) have time to read, research, and (most important) practice spirituality to an extent to give credit to another's (humans-Deepak's) ability to grasp an ineffable infinite intelligence or Being. Read a modern (LIFE Application Bible) Bible and after sorting through numerous conflicting footnotes after 6 months, you too will wonder why this Bible seems so "contradictory" (Yes even inspired with the Holy Spirit). I say this after seeing others "doubt" Chopra's reasonings. Let me end with this: Create a Universe, heck Galaxy of Billions of Suns and Planets full of infinite wonders and life...and then perhaps you can talk to us, and our egos will be able to comprehend why "negative reviewers" understand so well how 'dumb and boring' extensive works (like Deepaks) are elementary. Give me a break critics, perhaps once in "Heaven" you'll be arguing (to God himself) your right of entry in your unbelief in anything but your own falible EGO. May God bless us all, and slow us down enough to notice that He may have already done so...daily, daily daily, GOD BLESS YOU. /////// + B. Morgan

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Summary: Nice try but far away from reality.
Review: Dr. Chopra tried to show the face of God but I think he tried to combine concepts of different religions and he failed. I like only one thing about this book & i.e. he's inviting world towards God.
Being a muslim I know what's "Night of Qadar" in Islam. His explanation is way beyond from the concept of many Islamic sects. It seems he's trying to sell his book to all religions so he can fill his pocket.
After reading couple of chapters, I could not link with previous chapters and I became bore. Then I left this book away.