The Deeper Wound, Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The Deeper Wound, Deepak Chopra, M.D.
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The Deeper Wound
Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering

Author: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrator: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/05/2002


Synopsis

The author of How to Know God provides help for healing deep trauma—whenever it arises—so we may find peace in ourselves and in our world.

Terror came from the sky, and afterward the world would never be the same. September, 11, 2001, defined tragedy for a generation. On that day Deepak Chopra found himself driving from city to city, meeting thousands of people who begged for meaning and solace in the face of suffering. In response he has written The Deeper Wound, offering a way of healing as a memorial to the thousands of victims who perished.

The opening section, “In the Face of Tragedy,” defines suffering as the pain that threatens to make life meaningless. When our deepest needs go unfulfilled, suffering begins. We begin to heal when we go beyond personal anger and fear to a realization of our true self, the self that was never afraid and can never be wounded.

The true self contains the light that no darkness can attack. Having described a path of awareness and compassion that leads to the light, the second half of The Deeper Wound takes us there through “A Hundred Days of Healing,” daily affirmations, exercises, insights, lessons, and questions—each a step out of pain toward a higher reality. “We can become living memorials to tragedy by restoring the power of life,” writes Deepak Chopra. “You are that life, you are that power. Let us see if we can find the spark that will make the spiritual flame spring up.”

Healing yourself comes in two stages—first releasing the energy of suffering, then replacing it with the soul’s energy. It is a gentle and fragile path, very much like holding on to a thread as it leads you from step to step.

If you take the time to listen to the voice of silence, you will be astonished at the power you have at your command, however long that power has been overlooked.

A portion of the proceeds earned by the author and publisher from the sale of this book will be donated to the Red Cross to aid in humanitarian relief efforts around the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nin on May 27, 2020

This whole book lacked planning! The book started off talking about 9/11, trauma and healing but the whole incident was not stitched in well at all, therefore, it just came off as though the book had been written in one sitting and however thoughts had come to the author. The second half was the wor......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 11, 2010

The first half of this book explores our relationship to fear and suffering, especially around death and trauma, but the real value of it, to me, is in the second half, made up of 100 sequential affirmations and prayers that can be used as a roadmap to deeper understanding and greater peace.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on April 28, 2013

This book has made me realize how little I knew of "the ego" and it's identity .Fantastic insight into your deeper self. I would recommend this book to anyone trying to understand themselves .......more

Goodreads review by Eric on September 15, 2015

Go ahead and sneer because it is Deepak Chopra if you want to. But I found this book to be a great help in dealing with sadness and loss.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 25, 2023

CHOPRA BEGINS WITH THE 9/11 ATTACKS, AND ENDS WITH AFFIRMATIONS Author Deepak Chopra wrote in the Preface to this 2001 book, “On September 11, 2001… I was leaving New York on a jet flight that took off 45 minutes before the unthinkable happened. By the time we landed in Detroit, chaos had broken out…......more