Peace Is the Way, Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Peace Is the Way, Deepak Chopra, M.D.
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Peace Is the Way
Bringing War and Violence to an End

Author: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrator: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Abridged: 3 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/18/2005


Synopsis

Deepak Chopra’s passionate new book, Peace Is the Way, was inspired by a saying from Mahatma Gandhi: “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” In a world where every path to peace has proved futile, the one strategy that hasn’t been tried is the way of peace itself. “We must not bring one war to an end, or thirty,” Chopra tells us, “but the idea of war itself.”

How can this be done?

By facing the truth that war is satisfying, and then substituting new satisfactions so that violence is no longer appealing. “War has become a habit. We reach for it the way a chain smoker reaches for a cigarette, promising to quit but somehow never kicking the habit.” But Chopra tells us that peace has its own power, and our task now is to direct that power and multiply it one person at a time.

Behind the numbing headlines of violence running out of control there are unmistakable signs of a change—Chopra believes that a majority of people are ready to see an end to war. “Right now 23 million soldiers serve in armies around the world. Can’t we find ten times that number who will dedicate themselves to peace? A hundred times?”

Peace Is the Way challenges each of us to take the next leap in personal evolution. “You aren’t asked to be a saint, or to give up any belief. You are only asked to stop reacting out of fear, to change your allegiance from violence to peace.” In a practical seven-step program, Chopra shows the reader how to become a true peacemaker. “Violence may be innate in human nature, but so is its opposite: love. The next stage of humanity, the leap which we are poised to take, will be guided by the force of that love.” This is more than a hope or an aspiration. It is a new way of being in the world, giving each individual the power to end war in our time.

About The Author

Deepak Chopra’s books have become international bestsellers. Dr. Chopra is founder of The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. Visit his website at www.chopra.com.


Reviews

Loved this, it's the first of Chopra's books i have read and it certainly will not be the last. Compassion and respect are a must for humans. We need to lose the mindset of us and them otherwise they will always be the enemy (whether that is a family member, neighbour or terrorist). Politicians should......more

Goodreads review by Dariel

I am deeply moved to have been able to participate in the reading of this book, to participate in it because whoever reads this book will be so profoundly touched that they will become part of the world wide movement to peace, not just peace in the physical world, but peace in our souls. Namaste and......more

Goodreads review by Moira

Excellent book on Peace, without being religious.......more


Quotes

“Thinking about peace is already a powerful means to contribute to peace. I recommend this book to all those who want to create peace.” —Boutros Boutros-Ghali, President, Egyptian Commission for Human Rights, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Deepak Chopra brings the idea of peace and the power it has over conflict, hatred, and despair into focus. He offers a clear pathway to make this world a better place for us all. Deepak often says what you think about and bring into consciousness expands. He invites us all to bring the vision of peace to the forefront of our individual and collective consciousness, where our thoughts will manifest into reality. Oh what a wonderful world this could be.” —Muhammad Ali, U.N. Ambassador of Peace