INSPIRATION
fogged manacles of servility,
‘pseudo-science,’ and ‘the
God delusion.’
What Chopra calls for, in order
that God may have a future
in modern human society is
a new way of living spiritually, thanks to a total rethinking of reality. Chopra invites
us to realize that, “when you
challenge God, you challenge
reality itself.” “The Future of
God” is designed to show you
“how to reconnect with God
so that he becomes as real as
a loaf of bread and as reliable
as a sunrise.”
The heartfelt message of “The
Future of God” is that faith can
feel like a cry from the heart
for each and every one of us. Faith in itself may not
deliver God, but it makes God possible for us to feel
and know a greater sense of connection, meaning,
and purpose in our lives. Ultimately, “The Future
of God” is a call to finding the path to God--the
nondual God without borders--that is beyond description, words and definition. Chopra apples the
same standards to God that are typically applied
to reality, and then invites us to walk the path to
God first through the material world, then through
the subtle world, and finally to the transcendent
world of source, oneness and unity. This path to
God can seem un-mappable, because these three
Chopra explains that we
find God when any of these
aspects of the transcendent
world begins to expand--and
“when you fully remember
who you are, you become
one with God.”
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worlds overlap and because
we “walk” them through our
inner awareness, rather than
any measurable path or road
we can clearly chart.
Where “The Future of God”
truly shines for me is when it
describes the wisdom agenda and the proposition that
faith--good faith--makes life
better. Wisdom in action can
be found in the perennial
teachings that encourage us
to look deeper than the surface of situations, where we
can find and know meaning, purpose, and the greatest gifts self-awareness can
bring.
What I love most about “The
Future of God” is the way it shows how each of us
can make spirituality a rewarding and beneficial
way of life, no matter how skeptical or hopeless we
may initially feel. I love how Chopra describes how
the spiritual path changes you as you feel less isolated, more connected, service-oriented, safe, balanced, peaceful, and guided. And I love to envision
a world filled with people who feel less isolated,
more connected, service-oriented, safe, balanced,
peaceful, and guided.
“The Future of God” includes a seven-day process
of exercises designed to bring comfort with the inner subtle world, and the presence of the transcendent in daily life. Chopra’s description of God in the
transcendent world applies to consciousness and
how it operates as: pure awareness, pure intelligence, pure creativity, infinite potential, unbounded opportunities, bliss, self-organization, infinite
correlation, and all matter and en ergy in a virtual
state. Chopra explains that we find God when any
of these aspects of the transcendent world begins
to expand--and “when you fully remember who
you are, you become one with God.”
Highly recommended!
Reviewed by Cynthia Sue Larson