Product Description

This important new book picks up where Dr. Deepak Chopra left off in his pioneering work "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind". Having revealed the connection between our health and our thoughts, Dr. Chopra shows us how to create a whole new self - the self we want to be - in this revolutionary sequel. Dr. Chopra explains how the body is a reflection of the mind, 'a symbol in flesh and blood of everything you think and feel.From early childhood each one of us has invented our bodies and our personalities through our beliefs, conditioning and responses to everyday stress. But we have mostly done this unconsciously, which is why we may now feel unfulfilled. "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul" will help us to reconnect with our ideal sense of self, guiding us one step at a time through a remarkable process of renewal and discovery. Chopra invites us all to live from the soul, to satisfy our deepest desires in a life rich with joy and meaning. 'You are inventing your body in every moment of life,' he reasons. 'Why not take control and reinvent it from the highest level'?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26607 in Books
• Published on: 2010-01-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
Dr Chopra moves us from the mundane lives that trap many of us to the sacred insights offered by our souls Mehmet C. Oz, bestselling co-author of You: The Owner's Manual Health and disease often begin in our consciousness, so awareness is the first step in healing. In Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul, Deepak Chopra eloquently and beautifully describes how to enhance our awareness and transform our health more dynamically and powerfully than had once been thought possible Dean Ornish, MD The rock star of the new spirituality Guardian The poet-prophet of alternative medicine Time A renowned physician and author, Deepak Chopra is undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time Mikhail Gorbachev A good writer like Deepak Chopra is worth reading because here's a medical doctor working hard to marry up Eastern mysticism with Western pragmatism Jeannette Winterson in The Times Just when I think he can't go any deeper, he does...we have in our midst a spiritual genius --Marianne Williamson, author of Return to Love

About the Author
Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind/body medicine, Dr Deepak Chopra trained in India and the United States, and now runs the Chopra Center for Well Being in California. He has written over thirty books, which have been translated into thirty-five languages. He lectures and conducts seminars and workshops around the world. Visit his website at www.chopra.com

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Without a doubt, the body needs reinventing. To have a meaningful life, you have to use your body - you can't experience anything without one - and so your body should be meaningful, too. What would give your body its highest meaning, purpose, intelligence, and creativity? Only the sacred side of our nature. This led me to the phrase "resurrecting the soul." I am hesitant to use religious terms because they are loaded with emotional baggage, but soul is unavoidable. Ninety percent of people believe they have a soul, and that it gives their lives ultimate meaning. The soul is divine; it connects us to God. Insofar as life contains love, truth, and beauty, we look to our soul as the source of those qualities; it's no accident that a perfect love is called a soul mate.

There is constant feedback between the soul and the body. We invented the separation between the two, and then came to believe that separation was real.
You may object that you've never felt ecstatic or sensed the presence of God. This simply reflects our narrow conception of the soul, confining it to religion. If you look into the wisdom traditions of every culture, you find that the soul has other meanings. It is the source of life, the spark that animates dead matter. It creates the mind and emotions. In other words, the soul is the very foundation of experience. It serves as the channel for creation as it unfolds in every second. What makes these lofty ideas important is that everything the soul does is translated into a process in the body. You literally cannot have a body without the soul. This is the forgotten miracle. Each of us is a soul made flesh.