How to know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries
(By Deepak Chopra)
~ Book Review by Vimal Kodai ~
From the Theory of Everything to the beauty of spiritual life, from Moses to Ernest Hemingway, from God the Creator to God the Redeemer, from the Rig Veda to the Book of Exodus, from Vedic literature to Judaic scripture, from the manifest to the unmanifest, from the presence of Lord Shiva to the modern Indian saints, from tyranny to the Power of Intention, from the thinker or believer to failed seeker and the atheist, from addiction to liberation, from Transcendental Meditation to The State of Union, and, from many more briefings of themes addressed in his book, Dr. Chopra hits the core of the soul’s spiritual journey to the mystery of mysteries with much intensity, insightfulness and enlightenment. Deepak Chopra isn’t just a writer who has ideas or realistic portraits to show to his readers, but he has a universally accepted doctrine to share with a blend of each: faiths, values, religious figure’s messages, and fundamentals taught by all the various bibles of our planet. As such, there is a clear perception in the variation of the state of awareness in humans which is denoted in his writing. How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries establishes a network between God and humans: a symbolic contrast is drawn between the spiritual world and the world of technological advancement. Love, selfishness, terrorism, sexual abstinence, good deeds, honesty and miracles are the tools which are used to convey the privileged messages underlying this book. Particular examples are taken from several episodes which were noted down in the history of mankind and Deepak Chopra caricatures them with dignity and much esteemed profoundness. The reader would surely observe that he/she is not alienated from the spiritual roots and the divine presences on our planet. To sum up, I foresee that the reader would come to terms with a thorough and universal acknowledgement of well-explained spiritual manifestations in the entire cosmos. Dr. Chopra touches base on different displays of miraculous events which have shaped humankind throughout history. Also, he clearly indicates what the soul’s journey into the abode of God sounds like with a scientific and spiritual perspective put in play in this very book of his.
