Enlightening read

The concept and idea is there and interesting and I gained some insight spiritually, however, overall this book was extremely painful to get through.

Incredibly dull writing and a lot of the same points being made over and over again with different (overly conveluded) writing.

I finished it because I can't start a book and not finish but it took forever because I genuinely did not enjoy this at all - would not recommend as the writing style and a lot of the information /randomness was such a miss.

Un libro excelente para volver siempre, aprendí muchísimo y me llevo enseñanzas importantisimas para mi crecimiento espiritual pero también para el día a día. La forma de escribir del autor me ha parecido perfecta, ya que, con ejemplos e historias simples llega a atraer a cualquier persona y que todos puedan entenderlo por más que nunca hayan leído este tipo de libros.

A simplistic yet gripping approach to help us understand why we should not fear death, especially once we grasp that there is a part of each of us that never dies. Truly enjoyable.

Si bien he terminado este libro, puedo decir que sentiré que me acompañara toda esta vida. Llego a mi cuando mas lo necesitaba. Y lo seguire releyendo una y otra vez. Me zambullire en sus paginas para poder elevarme en pensamiento cada vez mas.
Es maravilloso.
Me ha enseñado tanto.

4.5 stars rounded up. There were definitely points in this book where I got confused with the text and wasn’t sure what point was trying to be made. Overall I do think this book has caused a shift in the way I think and believe, has helped me come to terms a bit more with death, but still something I will need to continue working on. I will probably give it a reread in a few years time to remind myself just that.

Me gusto mucho el libro por partes, sin embargo, creo que es un libro el cual no se le debe juzgar en primera instancia por lo que intenta explicar sino por el sentido de entender que otras creencias hay acerca de que es lo qué pasa después de la muerte. Indistintamente de las creencias del lector, es un libro que consuela y da esperanza de que nos espera algo mucho más transcendental de lo qué tenemos hoy en la Tierra

Great book :)
While it is impossible to have a proof of Afterlife, and Chopra underlines this throughout the text, at the same time this is the first book on the subject that I have read, stating scientific facts from most recent research on the subject and understanding of The Conciouseness as Universal Means for the Afterlife. While looking at the subject of Life after Death from The Indian Tradition perspective he also, sort of, "validates" the subject from the different religions perspectives. If one has an open mind this book will enhance the "OPENESS" - Read it and find out for yourself :)

An excellent, thought provoking book. It's one where I felt that if I could really grasp all the concepts it would be life changing.....I plan to read it again in the future and hopefully take in more of the information. Even still, it was intriguing and inspirational.

There are lot of places which I felt getting repeated and not focussed to the core. The core which I felt while reading this book and appreciated the fact that death is no more and not to afraid on that... as the soul will be only existent and body / matter which holds soul get decayed. Based on Karma, it enters into another body. Thats the crux.. but the depiction of story line and other facts discussed is not much focussed and wavering.

Deepak's writing suits my philosophical moods. I enjoy how he doesn't present spiritual discussions ethnocentrically, but allows the reader to observe these practices by various cultural perceptions. Does he ever actually prove life after death? Well, no. But the theoretical physics discussed serves to make you think, "Huh. Might be. Possible. Huh...."

Life after Death according to Deepak Chopra didn't really tell me anything I didn't know already, which either means his thesis empty or it's preaching to the converted. Probably the latter.

Here's the essence though - you don't die so don't worry about it.

The rest is just science (quantum physics etc.) and conjecture based on the science and Mr Chopra's thoughts and experiences.

I find my mind flip-flopping between world views like those expressed in this book (mind separate from brain, which survives 'death') and those expressed in books by authors like Steven Pinker and Daniel C. Dennett (mind arises from brain function(s) and does not survive 'death') and I guess I lean towards the former for a few reasons:

(1) It feels more comforting (to think death is not the end)
(2) It feel more like my reality
(3) There's a lot more to science than what we know at present
(4) Chopra doesn't use as many obscure words as Pinker and Dennett.

I know - it's not a very robust basis on which to proceed, but that's all I've got right now.

And, do you know - for all the flip-flopping I do between one idea and the other - it doesn't seem to make a blind bit of difference to my general way of approaching life and my levels of happiness as a result and so I guess it's not really important to me which of these ideas is true.

I guess I'll find out, one way or the other, some day.

Actually - I just remembered - one of the ideas in this book is that you create your own 'afterlife' based on what you believe and act on in 'this life' - so maybe it's actually really, really important to be careful what I believe right now.

Or maybe I just (try to be) be a nice guy and the rest will work its way out.

ok - I'll do that then.