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Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is one of the world’s great leaders in mind-body medicine, and an enormously successful popularizer of spiritual principles.
Deepak Chopra (born 1946) is an alternative medicine expert to some, and a money-making guru to others. He has sold over 10 million books in 30 languages, and is a friend and advisor to celebrities. His core belief, as Richard Acello of the San Diego Business Journal noted, is "that the human body and spirit are intimately connected."
Born in New Delhi, India in 1946, Deepak Chopra was the eldest son of Krishan Chopra, a prominent cardiologist who served as the dean of a local hospital and a lieutenant in the British army. Chopra and his younger brother Sanjiv were raised in a privileged Hindu household. They read the classics of British literature and memorized the streets of London.
In high school, Chopra wanted to be a journalist or an actor. It was a character in the Sinclair Lewis story Arrowsmith, that inspired him to become a doctor. In his 1988 autobiography, Return of the Rishi, Chopra described the Lewis novel: "It had what I needed - the hero was a doctor and the doctor was a hero. At moments he was almost a god, bringing healing to skeptical mortals like an angelic doctor."
Chopra attended the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He also developed an interest in existentialist philosophy. In 1995, he told Chip Brown in an Esquire, magazine interview, "I was motivated by an idealistic fever to find what you would call, for lack of any other expression, the meaning of life. I'm still struggling with that."
Deepak's Body of Work:
(2007) Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
(2006) Ask the Kabala: Oracle Cards/Kabala Guidebook
(2006) Power, Freedom, and Grace
(2006) Life After Death: The Burden of Proof
(2006) Kama Sutra: Including the Seven Spiritual Laws of Love
(2005) Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End
(2004) The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
(2004) Fire in the Heart: A Spiritual Guide for Teens
(2003) Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life
(2003) The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
(2003) Synchrodestiny
(2001) The Deeper Wound: Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering
(2001) Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reverse Aging
(2000) The Angel is Near: A Novel
(2000) How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries
(1999) Everyday Immortality: A Concise Course in Spiritual Transformation
(1999) Lords of Light: A Novel
(1997) The Path to Love: Renewing the Power of Spirit in Your Life
(1995) The Way of the Wizard
(1995) A Return of Merlin: A Novel
(1995) The Path to Love: Spiritual Strategies for Healing
(1994) The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
(1993) Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
(1993) Creating Affluence: Wealth Consciousness in the Field of All Possibilities
(1991) Unconditional Life: Mastering the Forces that Shape Personal Reality
(1991) Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide
(1989) Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine
(1987) Creating Health
