Book Review of The Book of Secrets
Posted in Health by Margie on October 20th, 2007 
If you are familiar only with Deepak Chopra’s books on health and wellness, this one will be a wonderful surprise. It is in some ways the most personal of his books-he was motivated to write it by his experiences during and after the death of his father. We see into some remarkable experiences in his life that give insight into our own.
Just a list of chapter headings gives a good clue to what this book contains:
- The Mystery of Life is Real
- The World is In You
- Four Paths Lead to Unity
- What You Seek, You Already Are
…and so on.
There are fifteen “secrets”, one per chapter. Each chapter talks about the central idea, and then gives some good exercises for applying it to your own life and integrating its wisdom into your own.
Chopra has the most easy and elegant way of talking about complex issues like quantum physics and spiritual reality. His explanations are clear and easy to read, but don’t “dummy down” the ideas so much that they are meaningless. He understands and can convey these deep kinds of truths in a way that is clear, practical and personal. I am always uplifted and a little enlightened after I read him.
This book has the most amazing chapter on death that I have ever read. It gives a whole new way to look at this challenging aspect of life, transforming a fear into insight. He both personalizes and generalizes at the same time, making sense of subject matter that is huge, both in complexity and in importance, and bringing it to life in a way that it fits each individual life.
In the same insightful way he takes on other topics: time, suffering, freedom and the meaning of life. The “secrets” aren’t presented as some kind of hidden knowledge that only he has; they are ideas that all religions, philosophies and sciences have discussed and explored for millennia. In this book, he gives us the benefit of his own experience, understanding and insight. You’ll come away changed.
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
by Deepak Chopra
Harmony Books, NY
ISBN: 0-517-70624-5
