As I was standing in line to pay at the market, I noticed the
display of magazines. Nearly all of them were screaming about the
latest diet, losing weight, getting into a bikini by summer.

A bit later, I realized that I was feeling really lousy. And it
dawned on me that as I mindlessly read those headlines, my
subconscious mind had taken them all as truth. It dutifully
concluded that I was unworthy, not good enough, and unacceptable.

Wow. What an eye opener!

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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:

1. The Mystery of Life is Real
2. The World is In You
3. Four Paths Lead to Unity
4. What You Seek, You Already Are

…and so on.

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Epigenetics is a new branch of science that studies how genes are controlled by influences from outside the cell. Scientists are discovering more details about how DNA functions and precisely what role our genes play in the function and structure of our bodies. New findings are demonstrating how the protein sheath surrounding our DNA can be “unwrapped”, and different genes triggered or turned off, by influences ranging from emotional states to environmental conditions.

This new research flies in the face of our previous understanding of genetics as a predetermined blueprint for our health and physical condition over which we had no control. Far from the media proclaimed fatalism of a “gene for” everything from dyslexia to cancer, leading edge scientists are discovering that genes are more potential energy than directive reality.

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