Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine
by Deepak Chopra
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"Twenty-five years after its initial publication, a long-awaited second edition of Deepak Chopra's revolutionary book on the scientific and spiritual connections between the mind and body--a classic work, thoroughly revised and updated with new research and scientific findings, for a whole new generation of readers. Bringing together the current research of Western medicine, neuroscience, and physics with the insights of Ayruvedic theory, Dr. Deepak Chopra shows how the human body is show more controlled by a "network of intelligence" that can change the basic patterns that design our physiology--with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself"-- show lessTags
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Deepak's contribution is to assert the limitations of traditional medicine. He's presenting a more profound knowledge in Ayurveda at the same time he's trying to place it in the context of new discoveries in quantum physics and the interconnectedness of everything. However, we live in a profoundly distorted world dominated by Cartesian thinking. Or things become so bad and people begin to look for answers in themselves or the understanding of quantum physics evolves to its full potential. Until then we are in this space in between.
I enjoy the knowledge the author has as a western medicine doctor and how he combines this with his knowledge of quantum properties and eastern practices. His real life examples show what is possible and make me want to learn more about him and his methods
Amazon.com Review:
Early on in Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra asks an interesting question: Why, when your body mends a broken arm, is it not considered a miracle, but when your body rids itself of cancer, it is? Chopra believes the two phenomena spring from the same well, that the body is capable of doing much more than we assume it can. He calls this ability to cure disease from within "quantum healing," and shows how we're all capable of it. He believes intelligence exists everywhere in our bodies, in each of our 50 trillion cells, and that therefore each cell knows how to heal itself. It's a fascinating assertion, one that remains unprovable by science but overwhelmingly true by anecdote.
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Here is an extraordinary show more new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer -- a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980's he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Wetern medicine, neuoscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a "network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic pattenrs that design our physiology -- with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. in this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing. show less
Early on in Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra asks an interesting question: Why, when your body mends a broken arm, is it not considered a miracle, but when your body rids itself of cancer, it is? Chopra believes the two phenomena spring from the same well, that the body is capable of doing much more than we assume it can. He calls this ability to cure disease from within "quantum healing," and shows how we're all capable of it. He believes intelligence exists everywhere in our bodies, in each of our 50 trillion cells, and that therefore each cell knows how to heal itself. It's a fascinating assertion, one that remains unprovable by science but overwhelmingly true by anecdote.
Product Description:
Here is an extraordinary show more new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer -- a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980's he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Wetern medicine, neuoscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a "network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic pattenrs that design our physiology -- with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. in this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing. show less
Listened to his workshop for this book. Everything in the book of any value is just Ayurveda - there are many books out there on this topic that don't try to integrate it with Quantum Physics that I would rather read.
One of the first books that brought me exposure to healing and the real scientific data available that is beginning to shed light on the healing phenomenon.
Why does anyone (anyone!) believe this rubbish? It's so blatantly stupid. There's no science in any of this (he 'claims' things; he's 'probably' read a book or two at the most), but cops out by saying what he's doing is 'philosophy'. Why not run his idea by a few real philosophers and see what they have to say?
He's a con. 150 years ago he'd be touring the backwoods selling bogus elixirs. And, pretty obviously, he still is [P.S. If there's any fans of his out there - don't get angry with posts like mine (don't shoot the messengers). Do the research, and then get angry with Chopra for fleecing you and treating you with total contempt. No one deserves that. Chopra would disagree.]
Initially before snake-oil salesmen like Deepak came on show more board in the 80s, the new age had some thoughtful ideas. And then his lot coopted it with Hay House and Oprah and turned it into the circus it is today, 'Chopra claims 95% of disease-related gene mutations – including cancers, auto-immune diseases, and Alzheimer’s – are “influenced” by how we think, how we feel and our relationships.' This kind of thinking is why someone newly diagnosed cancer patient is sometimes told by a well-meaning friend, 'You must have NEEDED this in your life.' Which is a long way up on the list of most annoying remarks ever, as one confronts surgery, chemo etc.
And, years later, why people tell you that you're inspirational just for being alive - while others who died must have been harbouring unhealthy levels of anger and grief. Which is equally outrageous.
What you don't get is that the experience from meditation is one of the richest you can have, it's the explanations that are all wrong and the way Chopra/Maharishi, etc., tie it all in to some mythical ancient past that they are trying to recreate to make an enlightened world free from war and pain. Who wouldn't want that? Easy to be cynical from the outside but easy to get sucked in once you are blissed out. There never was an enlightened ancient society of course and 90% of the supporting philosophy is rubbish but it feels good and that's the lure. You can do meditation, feel good and NOT believe a word of it.
I think Chopra mocks both science and spirituality. His science is pseudo-science and then tries to base this in spirituality. I think spiritual people should just stick to what works, i.e., meditation / prayer (without understanding the science behind it - and i don't doubt something happens at a natural, scientific level).
Stay the heck away from 'it's my career' Guru Chopra and his snake oil. He's another in the long list of self-help charlatans who've hoodwinked the masses into buying his shit. What Chopra does is take a concept from Hindu philosophy and then in a very clever con mannish way turn it into a mass of psychospiritual babble which scrambles one's brain. It sounds really good but it leads nowhere.
There's more real world spirituality in Bradley's “Mists of Avalon” and that’s saying a lot. Mike Myers was in a film that took a huge swipe at Chopra and the whole eastern guru con man thing. Chopra will be burning in hell along with all the other false teachers and prophets.
Neo-liberalism can be summed up as: The ceaseless desire to intensify and expand the market, in the belief that all of society is a market and that every human activity can be turned into a transaction. Everyone and everything is a commodity from which profit can be obtained. Neo-Liberalism is a philosophy that arose in the late 1970's. It has since pervaded every aspect of modern life.
Deepak Chopra appears to be the culmination of over 30 years of this shit, in that he is now convincing people that spirituality can be based upon this bankrupt ideology. Deepak Chopra a pseudo-science export from India has made a fortune from rehashing spiritual practices from India and serving a feel-good self-improvement soup coupled with a PR-friendly approach. His new book which claims that all of us have super brains is nothing new. From childhood we have been told that we have been using only 2 % of the potential of our brains and that a vast part of our brains remains unused and that super humans like Buddha, Jesus, Einstein and the rest have figured out a way to optimize their brain power and thus attain super human and cult status. But to me it sounds unnatural. If God or evolution really intended us to use our superbrains how come 99.99 % of the human race is not using it! And if perchance everyone did really begin to start activating their superbrains after reading Mr. Chopra's book it seems like our earth which is already wilting under the pressures of progress wouldn't be able to bear the super charged pressures of their super ambitions. It seems to me that having a no-brain rather than too much of brain is good for your mental state and for the sustenance of the planet that we live in.
His condescending voice is the most annoying thing. I had the misfortune of reading 'Way of the Wizard' a few years ago. Initially intrigued because it contained fictional discourses between Merlin and King Arthur, both of which I idealised when I was a kid. Let's just say, when I'd finished I was praying for a Merlin to turn Chopra into a worm. show less
He's a con. 150 years ago he'd be touring the backwoods selling bogus elixirs. And, pretty obviously, he still is [P.S. If there's any fans of his out there - don't get angry with posts like mine (don't shoot the messengers). Do the research, and then get angry with Chopra for fleecing you and treating you with total contempt. No one deserves that. Chopra would disagree.]
Initially before snake-oil salesmen like Deepak came on show more board in the 80s, the new age had some thoughtful ideas. And then his lot coopted it with Hay House and Oprah and turned it into the circus it is today, 'Chopra claims 95% of disease-related gene mutations – including cancers, auto-immune diseases, and Alzheimer’s – are “influenced” by how we think, how we feel and our relationships.' This kind of thinking is why someone newly diagnosed cancer patient is sometimes told by a well-meaning friend, 'You must have NEEDED this in your life.' Which is a long way up on the list of most annoying remarks ever, as one confronts surgery, chemo etc.
And, years later, why people tell you that you're inspirational just for being alive - while others who died must have been harbouring unhealthy levels of anger and grief. Which is equally outrageous.
What you don't get is that the experience from meditation is one of the richest you can have, it's the explanations that are all wrong and the way Chopra/Maharishi, etc., tie it all in to some mythical ancient past that they are trying to recreate to make an enlightened world free from war and pain. Who wouldn't want that? Easy to be cynical from the outside but easy to get sucked in once you are blissed out. There never was an enlightened ancient society of course and 90% of the supporting philosophy is rubbish but it feels good and that's the lure. You can do meditation, feel good and NOT believe a word of it.
I think Chopra mocks both science and spirituality. His science is pseudo-science and then tries to base this in spirituality. I think spiritual people should just stick to what works, i.e., meditation / prayer (without understanding the science behind it - and i don't doubt something happens at a natural, scientific level).
Stay the heck away from 'it's my career' Guru Chopra and his snake oil. He's another in the long list of self-help charlatans who've hoodwinked the masses into buying his shit. What Chopra does is take a concept from Hindu philosophy and then in a very clever con mannish way turn it into a mass of psychospiritual babble which scrambles one's brain. It sounds really good but it leads nowhere.
There's more real world spirituality in Bradley's “Mists of Avalon” and that’s saying a lot. Mike Myers was in a film that took a huge swipe at Chopra and the whole eastern guru con man thing. Chopra will be burning in hell along with all the other false teachers and prophets.
Neo-liberalism can be summed up as: The ceaseless desire to intensify and expand the market, in the belief that all of society is a market and that every human activity can be turned into a transaction. Everyone and everything is a commodity from which profit can be obtained. Neo-Liberalism is a philosophy that arose in the late 1970's. It has since pervaded every aspect of modern life.
Deepak Chopra appears to be the culmination of over 30 years of this shit, in that he is now convincing people that spirituality can be based upon this bankrupt ideology. Deepak Chopra a pseudo-science export from India has made a fortune from rehashing spiritual practices from India and serving a feel-good self-improvement soup coupled with a PR-friendly approach. His new book which claims that all of us have super brains is nothing new. From childhood we have been told that we have been using only 2 % of the potential of our brains and that a vast part of our brains remains unused and that super humans like Buddha, Jesus, Einstein and the rest have figured out a way to optimize their brain power and thus attain super human and cult status. But to me it sounds unnatural. If God or evolution really intended us to use our superbrains how come 99.99 % of the human race is not using it! And if perchance everyone did really begin to start activating their superbrains after reading Mr. Chopra's book it seems like our earth which is already wilting under the pressures of progress wouldn't be able to bear the super charged pressures of their super ambitions. It seems to me that having a no-brain rather than too much of brain is good for your mental state and for the sustenance of the planet that we live in.
His condescending voice is the most annoying thing. I had the misfortune of reading 'Way of the Wizard' a few years ago. Initially intrigued because it contained fictional discourses between Merlin and King Arthur, both of which I idealised when I was a kid. Let's just say, when I'd finished I was praying for a Merlin to turn Chopra into a worm. show less
Amazon.com Review:
Early on in Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra asks an interesting question: Why, when your body mends a broken arm, is it not considered a miracle, but when your body rids itself of cancer, it is? Chopra believes the two phenomena spring from the same well, that the body is capable of doing much more than we assume it can. He calls this ability to cure disease from within "quantum healing," and shows how we're all capable of it. He believes intelligence exists everywhere in our bodies, in each of our 50 trillion cells, and that therefore each cell knows how to heal itself. It's a fascinating assertion, one that remains unprovable by science but overwhelmingly true by anecdote.
Product Description:
Here is an extraordinary show more new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer -- a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980's he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Wetern medicine, neuoscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a "network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic pattenrs that design our physiology -- with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. in this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing. show less
Early on in Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra asks an interesting question: Why, when your body mends a broken arm, is it not considered a miracle, but when your body rids itself of cancer, it is? Chopra believes the two phenomena spring from the same well, that the body is capable of doing much more than we assume it can. He calls this ability to cure disease from within "quantum healing," and shows how we're all capable of it. He believes intelligence exists everywhere in our bodies, in each of our 50 trillion cells, and that therefore each cell knows how to heal itself. It's a fascinating assertion, one that remains unprovable by science but overwhelmingly true by anecdote.
Product Description:
Here is an extraordinary show more new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer -- a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980's he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Wetern medicine, neuoscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a "network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic pattenrs that design our physiology -- with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. in this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing. show less
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Deepak Chopra was born in New Delhi, India in 1946. He was educated as a medical doctor, specializing in endocrinology, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He served as Chief of Staff at Boston Regional Medical Center, and has taught at Tufts and Boston University Medical Schools. He recognized limitations in the ways that his medical show more education approached treatment of individuals. Introduced to the ancient methods of Hindu healing, known as Ayurveda, by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, he saw a way to add a spiritual dimension to treatment of illness. Chopra's thinking led him to develop a theory that he called Quantum Healing, which combines Western and Hindu medical practice. In 1984, Chopra brought Ayurvedic medicine to the United States, and within a year he established the Ayurvedic Health Centre of Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He is also the founding President of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and eventually founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. He has written more than 55 books including Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old; Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence; Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life; The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams; The Shadow Effect and Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet; Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges; Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being; and The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Super Charge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life. He has won numerous awards including a Quill Award for Peace Is the Way and the grand prize at the 2005 Nautilus Book Awards for The Book of Secrets. He also writes novels including The Return of Merlin; Soulmate; and Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment. (Bowker Author Biography) Deepak Chopra, M.D., is the best-selling author of "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind," "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success," & many other books. (Publisher Provided) Deepak Chopra has written 26 books, which have been translated into 35 languages. He currently serves as CEO & founder of The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Quantumhealing: exploring the frontiers of mind/Body medicine
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- In the deeper reality beyond space and time, we may be all embers of one body. - Sir James Jeans
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- Several times in my medical career I have ben privileged to witness miraculous cures.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)At the moment when the memory of health returned, it brought her enough power to last a lifetime.
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