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Life After Death: The Burden of Proof | 
 enlarge | Author: Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1400052351
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
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Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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What happens to the spirit after the body dies?
In Life After Death, Deepak Chopra draws on cutting-edge scientific discoveries and the great wisdom traditions to provide a map of the afterlife. He tells us there is abundant evidence that “the world beyond” is not separated from this world by an impassable wall; in fact, a single reality embraces all worlds, all times and places.
“A must-read for everyone who will die.”
—Candace B. Pert, Ph.D., author of Molecules of Emotion
“A penetrating and insightful investigation into the greatest mystery of existence. This is an important book because only by facing death will we come to a deeper realization of who we are.”
—Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth and The Power of Now
“If I had any doubts about the afterlife, I don’t have them anymore. Deepak Chopra has cast his inimitable light on the darkened corners of death. I think this is his greatest contribution yet.”
—Marianne Williamson, author of The Age of Miracles and The Gift of Change
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 Spiritual "AH HA!" Moments Galore! October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My Mother is in Hospice now and as a result of her illness and imminent death, I have been pondering death alot. Additionally, I have been questioning everything - mostly the existence of God. Not the impersonal, creative force - I see that every day. But I just could no longer connect to a personal God - one who knows ME and cares about ME. I've been in this "spiritual angst" for a good long while...probably over a year.
On the advice of a friend, I got this book. I was a bit reticent about it because as a "recovering new ager", I didn't want to get back into that woo-wooo, hocus-pocus stuff. But, I was interested to hear what he had to say about death.
What a wonderful book! My first (and MOST freeing) "AH HA" moment occurred when he was describing the different spiritual traditions. He had a little questionaire to help you determine where you fall on the
Spiritual belief continuum. When I added up my scores, I realized that what I was holding as truth was called materialism.
Since my father's death 6 years ago I have slowly been rejecting the "New Age" stuff and returning to the way of life/way of thinking that he lived. (Mind you, I just realized this as a result of reading this book.) I came to think that all the spiritual learning I had done in the
past was just HooHaa and that I needed to get back to "reality". This
book helped me realize that what I thought was "reality" is actually just another belief system! LOL What a relief! I didn't know it at the time, but I always felt a bit guilty about leaving my father's belief system, read that: my father's reality. Now that I realize it is also a belief system, I no longer feel that it holds any more truth than any other tradition. I feel free to follow what my heart and soul says is my path.
Since this book is about life after death, he also wrote about the different spiritual views on what happens after death. He decribed the Christian belief system of heaven & hell, the Vedic traditions of different levels of consciousness, the Islamic traditions, etc... What triggered my second "AH HA" was when he said that death simply means you no longer experience life through the 5 senses. What a HUGE thing that is. Life continues, you just no longer have access to it through the five physical senses. That sure lessened the fear of death for me.
I'm not done with the book, for me it takes some digesting, but so far, I've had a rolling, expanding, deepening understanding of how everything I've learned along my life fits into everything else. I can see/ understand/ feel what Jesus taught in a deeper way - "OHHHH so THAT'S what He meant by that!" ""Miracle of Love" teaches that same thing... only they use this term!" "That feeling I've had IS my soul shining through."
I am very grateful that I picked up this book. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in a comparison of spiritual traditions or who might be experiencing a particularly difficult time with the death of a loved one.
Spiritual "AH HA!" Moments Galore! October 30, 2008
My Mother is in Hospice now and as a result of her illness and imminent death, I have been pondering death alot. Additionally, I have been questioning everything - mostly the existence of God. Not the impersonal, creative force - I see that every day. But I just could no longer connect to a personal God - one who knows ME and cares about ME. I've been in this "spiritual angst" for a good long while...probably over a year.
On the advice of a friend, I got this book. I was a bit reticent about it because as a "recovering new ager", I didn't want to get back into that woo-wooo, hocus-pocus stuff. But, I was interested to hear what he had to say about death.
What a wonderful book! My first (and MOST freeing) "AH HA" moment occurred when he was describing the different spiritual traditions. He had a little questionaire to help you determine where you fall on the
Spiritual belief continuum. When I added up my scores, I realized that what I was holding as truth was called materialism.
Since my father's death 6 years ago I have slowly been rejecting the "New Age" stuff and returning to the way of life/way of thinking that he lived. (Mind you, I just realized this as a result of reading this book.) I came to think that all the spiritual learning I had done in the
past was just HooHaa and that I needed to get back to "reality". This
book helped me realize that what I thought was "reality" is actually just another belief system! LOL What a relief! I didn't know it at the time, but I always felt a bit guilty about leaving my father's belief system, read that: my father's reality. Now that I realize it is also a belief system, I no longer feel that it holds any more truth than any other tradition. I feel free to follow what my heart and soul says is my path.
Since this book is about life after death, he also wrote about the different spiritual views on what happens after death. He decribed the Christian belief system of heaven & hell, the Vedic traditions of different levels of consciousness, the Islamic traditions, etc... What triggered my second "AH HA" was when he said that death simply means you no longer experience life through the 5 senses. What a HUGE thing that is. Life continues, you just no longer have access to it through the five physical senses. That sure lessened the fear of death for me.
I'm not done with the book, for me it takes some digesting, but so far, I've had a rolling, expanding, deepening understanding of how everything I've learned along my life fits into everything else. I can see/ understand/ feel what Jesus taught in a deeper way - "OHHHH so THAT'S what He meant by that!" ""Miracle of Love" teaches that same thing... only they use this term!" "That feeling I've had IS my soul shining through."
I am very grateful that I picked up this book. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in a comparison of spiritual traditions or who might be experiencing a particularly difficult time with the death of a loved one.
Great insight, although his writing can be confusing. September 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this guy! He is so intriguing. I have seen him on TV and always thought what he said made sense. So I bought this book... my first Deepak Chopra book. I feel that he has many important things to say, but uses long confusing sentences when he could have easily gotten away with a simpler one. I found myself rereading sentence after sentence. Its not that the vocabulary was difficult, its just that some of the wording can be a bit convoluted. Here is an example.. picked out of the book...
"If there is only one reality, as the rishis declare, then life is not a struggle between good and evil, but a tangled web where all actions, good and bad, move us closer to reality or deeper into illusion."
I mean really, that was a random example, but I had to read that twice... slowly, to get what he was saying.
"the erosion of faith has not left Paradise untouched."
So does that mean it left Paradise touched? I am not sure. The whole book is like that. But, when you finally 'get' what he is saying, it is truly profound. It just takes awhile. Or maybe its just me.
Instructive, objective and guiding, eye opening! June 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book. Deepak is giving us a tour of different approaches to life a after death and it's quite objective. You can decide what you choose to believe, it's really a personal choice. Somehow, I felt compelled to investigate his proposed view on the subject because it's helping me out!
I come from a Christian background where sin was the main act. Unfortunately, I moved away from spirituality because it felt wrong...Deepak is helping me connect back with the source, the universal love that happens to flow everywhere in every one when not masked by fear, judgment, anxiety, guilt etc... A eye opening book for a better life.
Pure Conscience = "I am" June 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A book that achieves the unattainable: to reconcile science with religion and philosophies on such complex issues such as: what happens after we die?, where do we come from?, where do we go to?, why is it that we are here?, what's life's sense?, does personality survive our death?, where is God?, Will I ever see my beloved departed ones? (by the way, you bet we all will!) etc...
This Deepak Chopra's masterpiece very clearly (and in simple terms) explains how is that conscience masters us and the whole cosmos. It goes on to explain with beautiful stories, metaphors and scientific evidence the mechanisms behind our brains and mind, our bodies, our souls and the definitive connections between us all and every single "thing" in the universe. We are and everything else, the expression of the cosmos!
This book prepares us all for an inevitable outcome... so, it's both, a consolation and an inspiring source of invaluable information... definitively the kind all human beings should receive as soon as we are capable of understanding that the day we are born is the day we begin to die, only to keep on living...
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