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 enlarge | Creator: Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
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Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 56329
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
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Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0739354256
Dewey Decimal Number: 232
EAN: 9780739354254
ASIN: 0739354256
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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 light for more understanding November 12, 2008
Chopra's work is a willingness to look Scripture without preconceived understandings and misunderstaings about meaning,,,,,He presented ideas that can be validated...... Very refreshing!!!
 God equals consciousness November 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A coincidence that this book was published in 2008. I think not. This book represents a great part of the "Religion of Oprah" and our new President-elect. "But if you decide not to fight, your mind will lose interest in evil, and as it does, evil will retreat." "Jesus will not return physically to raise the dead from their graves. Instead , the Second Coming will be a shift in CONSCIOUSNESS that renews human nature by raising it to the level of the divine." "Life can be organized by loving your neighbor, TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK, NOT RESISTING EVIL, and so forth." "Love your enemies". God = consciousness = the goal. "Keep AWAKE", "The light", "enlightened" and "The Gospel of Enlightenment". Jesus believed in and taught the message of Karma. "Jesus raised the topic of karma when he said "As you sow, so shall you reap." "Transcending the physical world to reach the realm of the soul." "God will remove the effect of sin as many times as it takes before repentance (giving up the wrong act) finally sticks." "Give away your possessions." "Or what King ,going out to wage war against another King, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? if he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. So, therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all of your possessions." Plus "fifteen steps to God-Consciousness: Lessons and Exercises."
I would not recommend purchasing this book because it is not worth it. Get it from the library. It is a quick read and not all that interesting except to those who are extremely interested in anything written about religion. In that regard, I believe it is putting forth a "modern Jesus", updating him if you will, for people who do not have time or inclination to go to church, but as another reviewer said "gives one license to call oneself Christian" without actually having to DO anything one thinks of as Christian, aside from giving up material possessions and turning the other cheek. It's not a dangerous book, unless one feels that intense pacifism is dangerous, nor is anything in it entirely new, but it will be another great source of income for its author.
 C.S. Lewis Said it best October 16, 2008
12 out of 27 found this review helpful
In his famous book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis makes this statement,
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg--or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."
The Cosmic Jesus July 25, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The author provides a very deep discussion about
Jesus Christ on a cosmic or spiritual level.
This persona portrays Christ as a spiritual leader
who embraces everyone on a humanitarian level.
The idea of a New World is presented. Such an idealistic
place is devoid of war and strife. The human body itself
will be transformed into the highest state of health
and psychic contentment.
Certain paths are a fast track to heaven. For instance,
the Path of Devotion is prayer-centered. The Path of
Service deals with charity, almsgiving, altruism and
humility. The Path of Contemplation deals with a formal
retreat monastically speaking.
Christ is pictured as a sketchy character historically.
The power lies in Christ as a theological creation for
the ages.
Jesus asks us to follow him and he will teach us the ways of God. July 25, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Deepak Chopra explores the 3 dimensions of Jesus that leads us to our own individual spiritual path and ultimately to the collective consciousness.
We are not to enter the spiritual dimension only for our own sake; this would be self-centered and egoistic but to re-connect with our inner self so that we may inter-connect with one another. This is not only a personal journey but a social journey.
The spiritual goal is to become one in unity with all of creation and become co-creators for a better world for all beings.
This was Jesus' message 2000 years ago. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is the Word made flesh.
Other books for your consideration:
Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan
A Life of Jesusby Shusaku Endo
Joshua: A Parable for Today[[ASIN:0824519868 by Joseph Girzone
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular Worldby Henri J Nouwen
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