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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World
“DeepakChopra has developed his own unique form of complementary, mind-body medicine.”— U.S. News & World Report Theworld needs heroes, and, as spiritual authority Deepak Chopra demonstrates inthis gripping and deeply perceptive meditation on our potential to excel, everyone of us possesses the power to help save the planet—and the strength to claimour best possible lives. For readers who draw inspiration from comic books andmovies like Ironman , The Uncanny X-Men , and Superman , forthe Peter Parkers who wonder how to unlock their inner Spider-man, Choprailluminates the path to becoming a spiritual superhero, teaching us how towield the great power of the human heart to work real changes in ourselves andin the world around us.
167 pages, Hardcover
Published May 31, 2011
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Deepak Chopra
694 books19.1k followersDeepak Chopra, MD serves as the Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Foundation, and Co-Founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. Known as a prolific author of eighty books books with twenty-two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than forty-three languages.
Chopra’s medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Dr. Chopra serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Founder of The Chopra Well on YouTube, Adjunct Professor of Executive Programs at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Assistant Clinical Professor, in the Family and Preventive Medicine Department at the University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences, Faculty at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.
GlobeIn acknowledges Chopra as "one of top ten most influential spiritual leaders around the world." TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine."
As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. Known as a prolific author of eighty books books with twenty-two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than forty-three languages.
Chopra’s medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Dr. Chopra serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Founder of The Chopra Well on YouTube, Adjunct Professor of Executive Programs at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Assistant Clinical Professor, in the Family and Preventive Medicine Department at the University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences, Faculty at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.
GlobeIn acknowledges Chopra as "one of top ten most influential spiritual leaders around the world." TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine."
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January 4, 2013
Well, my initial impression was this didn't have so much to do with superheros as an ideal person. I can see how he's adapted his seven spiritual laws to fit superheros, but they might not all apply to any one character, except maybe Superman.
The examples he gives in the beginning of the book to tie into superheros we know aren't very compelling, but toward the end he got me when he starts talking about Silver Surfer.
Norrin Radd becomes Silver Surfer by essentially surrendering his ego to a higher power. And he becomes what I (and I think most Westerners) fear when thinking about Zen and destroying the ego: a unemotional servant of that power. But when Silver Surfer finds Earth and meets the Fantasic Four, his emotions are swayed and becomes compassionate again. I never really thought of it that way before. And it brings up all sorts of questions and new territory to explore.
Later in the book I felt I could see more where he was coming from when he seemed to be equating the word superhero with the Hindu word bodhisattva which to me is more like an angel. Superheros seem more human than this ideal, but then maybe there are tales of bodhisattvas that seem more human. He was also comparing them to Greek gods, who definitely made their share of human mistakes. Maybe it's just the modern time that has brought these characters more down to earth.
The last few chapters seemed to relate more to superheroes for me. At least to the one's he chose. He talked about Molecule Man and the creation of the Beyonder, and Jean Grey reborn as Phoenix. It was pretty interesting to see these stories from his point of view and kind of fill in the gaps, things maybe going on behind the scenes. It would be interesting to see a comic that came from this perspective actually.
All in all it seemed to be more of a book with a message than a book about most superheroes as we know them. But I would read it again trying from a different perspective. There's wasn't a lot of "Aha!" or "Yes!" moments like reading Understanding Comics, but it did try to peel back the layers in a different way.
The examples he gives in the beginning of the book to tie into superheros we know aren't very compelling, but toward the end he got me when he starts talking about Silver Surfer.
Norrin Radd becomes Silver Surfer by essentially surrendering his ego to a higher power. And he becomes what I (and I think most Westerners) fear when thinking about Zen and destroying the ego: a unemotional servant of that power. But when Silver Surfer finds Earth and meets the Fantasic Four, his emotions are swayed and becomes compassionate again. I never really thought of it that way before. And it brings up all sorts of questions and new territory to explore.
Later in the book I felt I could see more where he was coming from when he seemed to be equating the word superhero with the Hindu word bodhisattva which to me is more like an angel. Superheros seem more human than this ideal, but then maybe there are tales of bodhisattvas that seem more human. He was also comparing them to Greek gods, who definitely made their share of human mistakes. Maybe it's just the modern time that has brought these characters more down to earth.
The last few chapters seemed to relate more to superheroes for me. At least to the one's he chose. He talked about Molecule Man and the creation of the Beyonder, and Jean Grey reborn as Phoenix. It was pretty interesting to see these stories from his point of view and kind of fill in the gaps, things maybe going on behind the scenes. It would be interesting to see a comic that came from this perspective actually.
All in all it seemed to be more of a book with a message than a book about most superheroes as we know them. But I would read it again trying from a different perspective. There's wasn't a lot of "Aha!" or "Yes!" moments like reading Understanding Comics, but it did try to peel back the layers in a different way.
February 7, 2012
I enjoyed this book. It is not so much that it brings anything radically new (Deepak Chopra is a prolific author who has shared many of these teaching in other books, namely in "The Seven Spiritual Laws ..." - but it is rather inspiring to do it now with these Super Heroes, because in all truth, we are (deep down) the Heroes we are waiting for. And until we reckon that and assume to practice that state of mind in our daily lives, we will not change, nor will the society we help tp form.
So, read this book, ponder on each of its tips to become a more friendly and confident Human Being, for as we develop our Heart and it's very special brand of Intuition, all else will miraculously "fall into place"!
Buddha and Christ, Socrates, were my Heroes since my youth - why? Because they accomplished true Humane-hood and gave of themselves by following their vocation. Therefore it was refreshing, for me, to see that both Deepak and Gotham Chopra took the lives of Krishna and Rama and turned them also into Super Heroes.
Paraphrasing Gandhi, I would say "Dare to be the Hero you feel in your Heart that you can be"!
Maria Carmo
Lisbon 07 February 2012.
So, read this book, ponder on each of its tips to become a more friendly and confident Human Being, for as we develop our Heart and it's very special brand of Intuition, all else will miraculously "fall into place"!
Buddha and Christ, Socrates, were my Heroes since my youth - why? Because they accomplished true Humane-hood and gave of themselves by following their vocation. Therefore it was refreshing, for me, to see that both Deepak and Gotham Chopra took the lives of Krishna and Rama and turned them also into Super Heroes.
Paraphrasing Gandhi, I would say "Dare to be the Hero you feel in your Heart that you can be"!
Maria Carmo
Lisbon 07 February 2012.
July 10, 2013
This book is simply about "the power within." I was a comic fanatic for a big part of my youth, and I liked the connections Chopra makes comparing superheroes to how the average Joe thinks/operates. One of common themes throughout the chapters was control over oneself. He went into physiology as well, as is expected with Chopra. I would recommend to anyone who was/is a collector, and who often asks, "Why am I here?" "What is my purpose?"
August 16, 2011
Chopra entertainingly illustrates connections between world myths, stories from world religions, and modern superhero stories. Chapters devoted to each of seven archetypal superheroes, each leading in to the next, serve as an easily understandable map and guide to personal spiritual growth.
November 5, 2013
This is Deepak Chopra's attempt to capitalize on society’s fascination with superheroes. By “capitalize” I’m not necessarily saying to “make money off of,” but perhaps to “use to his advantage in conveying his lessons.” [I’ll leave it to the reader to make judgments about the former.] There are books on the physics of superheroes, the philosophy of superheroes, and the mythology of superheroes, so why shouldn’t there be a book on the spiritual life of superheroes?
The book uses both the superheroes of mythology—i.e. Indian, Greek, Judeo-Christian, Muslim, and others—as well as the superheroes of comic books. While Chopra’s knowledge of the former is considerable, he enlists the co-authorship of his son Gotham (not named after Bruce Wayne’s hometown) to offer insight into the latter.
This book is also intended to capitalize (again, take that as you see fit) upon Chopra’s best-selling book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, but without rehashing the same laws. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes format is as straightforward as its title. There are seven chapters, each corresponding to one of Chopra’s laws. Said laws address balance, transformation, power, love, creativity, intention, and transcendence.
As I read the book, there was something that rubbed me the wrong way about the writing. It wasn’t that I had major disagreement with Chopra’s ideas, but rather the way he was stating them. At first I thought this was the use of gratuitous assertion. He often began chapters with detailed statements about what superheroes are, do, believe, and understand without much—if any--substantiation of these claims. However, as I got into the first chapter I noticed that he would put one section in each chapter that discussed an example in-depth, offering at least anecdotal support for his claims.
This still left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. It was because he used general statements like “superheroes know…” and “superheroes understand…,” and then provided a solitary example that fit his statement well, but leaving a vast cast of heroes that didn’t. It seemed a low form of inductive reasoning. In other words, he was attributing an enlightened way of thinking and acting to characters like Hulk and Wolverine.
Chopra and his supporters might make the claim that saying, “The Hulk understands X [insert any of the laws here]” doesn’t necessarily mean he understands them as an intellectual exercise, but rather that he shows this understanding through his behavior. Let me give a story that may make my meaning clearer.
An economist is giving a lecture on consumer behavior. Someone in the audience says, “Professor, how could consumers possibly behave in the way you suggest? Your theory requires complex Lagrangian optimization mathematics, which very few of them understand?”
The Professor replies, “Most of them don’t understand Newton’s work either, but they obey the Law of Gravity without fail.”
I thought about Chopra’s statements from this perspective, but concluded that his point was probably something entirely different. As an author of self-help books about the mind, when Chopra says “Superheroes understand X,” he’s not saying “Each and every superhero understands X,” but instead he’s saying, “If you want to be a superhero, you need to understand X.”
Accepting that that’s what Chopra meant, only one more qualm with the book remained. Laws can be clearly stated (OK, perhaps not tax law, but laws of physics—which seem to be more the kind of law he seeks to emulate), but Chopra’s discussion of his “laws” is vague and ill-defined. Each chapter begins with a large-font italics statement. I don’t know if this is supposed to be “the law” or not. It usually begins with a definition (some vaguely-stated) and then statements that superheroes comport themselves in accordance with said definition. Maybe the unstated laws are supposed to be, “Superheroes live a life of balance,” and so on for the other chapters. As one trained as an economist, I’m well-aware of the wide-spread overuse of the term “law,” and maybe the ill-defined nature of Chopra’s laws is a recognition of this.
This book is written for Chopra’s usual audience of seekers of enlightenment. I don’t know that it’ll do well with hard-core science fiction or comic fans, and I don’t know that the Venn intersect of “spiritual self-help readers” and “comic book fans” is as big as Chopra would like. (But, I could be wrong.) Some of Chopra’s ideas about the potential spiritual ramifications of “quantum entanglement” are quite popular with sci-fi fans, but I’m not sure that that offers this book a clear audience. (It might. Chopra is a trained physician, and has some scientific bona fides—unlike many who share shelf space with him and who exist in a spiritual plane entirely unrelated to the world as we know it.)
All this being said, there are some thought-provoking ideas in this book, and the superhero and mythological examples help entertain and—in doing so—become the spoon of sugar that makes the medicine go down.
The book uses both the superheroes of mythology—i.e. Indian, Greek, Judeo-Christian, Muslim, and others—as well as the superheroes of comic books. While Chopra’s knowledge of the former is considerable, he enlists the co-authorship of his son Gotham (not named after Bruce Wayne’s hometown) to offer insight into the latter.
This book is also intended to capitalize (again, take that as you see fit) upon Chopra’s best-selling book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, but without rehashing the same laws. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes format is as straightforward as its title. There are seven chapters, each corresponding to one of Chopra’s laws. Said laws address balance, transformation, power, love, creativity, intention, and transcendence.
As I read the book, there was something that rubbed me the wrong way about the writing. It wasn’t that I had major disagreement with Chopra’s ideas, but rather the way he was stating them. At first I thought this was the use of gratuitous assertion. He often began chapters with detailed statements about what superheroes are, do, believe, and understand without much—if any--substantiation of these claims. However, as I got into the first chapter I noticed that he would put one section in each chapter that discussed an example in-depth, offering at least anecdotal support for his claims.
This still left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. It was because he used general statements like “superheroes know…” and “superheroes understand…,” and then provided a solitary example that fit his statement well, but leaving a vast cast of heroes that didn’t. It seemed a low form of inductive reasoning. In other words, he was attributing an enlightened way of thinking and acting to characters like Hulk and Wolverine.
Chopra and his supporters might make the claim that saying, “The Hulk understands X [insert any of the laws here]” doesn’t necessarily mean he understands them as an intellectual exercise, but rather that he shows this understanding through his behavior. Let me give a story that may make my meaning clearer.
An economist is giving a lecture on consumer behavior. Someone in the audience says, “Professor, how could consumers possibly behave in the way you suggest? Your theory requires complex Lagrangian optimization mathematics, which very few of them understand?”
The Professor replies, “Most of them don’t understand Newton’s work either, but they obey the Law of Gravity without fail.”
I thought about Chopra’s statements from this perspective, but concluded that his point was probably something entirely different. As an author of self-help books about the mind, when Chopra says “Superheroes understand X,” he’s not saying “Each and every superhero understands X,” but instead he’s saying, “If you want to be a superhero, you need to understand X.”
Accepting that that’s what Chopra meant, only one more qualm with the book remained. Laws can be clearly stated (OK, perhaps not tax law, but laws of physics—which seem to be more the kind of law he seeks to emulate), but Chopra’s discussion of his “laws” is vague and ill-defined. Each chapter begins with a large-font italics statement. I don’t know if this is supposed to be “the law” or not. It usually begins with a definition (some vaguely-stated) and then statements that superheroes comport themselves in accordance with said definition. Maybe the unstated laws are supposed to be, “Superheroes live a life of balance,” and so on for the other chapters. As one trained as an economist, I’m well-aware of the wide-spread overuse of the term “law,” and maybe the ill-defined nature of Chopra’s laws is a recognition of this.
This book is written for Chopra’s usual audience of seekers of enlightenment. I don’t know that it’ll do well with hard-core science fiction or comic fans, and I don’t know that the Venn intersect of “spiritual self-help readers” and “comic book fans” is as big as Chopra would like. (But, I could be wrong.) Some of Chopra’s ideas about the potential spiritual ramifications of “quantum entanglement” are quite popular with sci-fi fans, but I’m not sure that that offers this book a clear audience. (It might. Chopra is a trained physician, and has some scientific bona fides—unlike many who share shelf space with him and who exist in a spiritual plane entirely unrelated to the world as we know it.)
All this being said, there are some thought-provoking ideas in this book, and the superhero and mythological examples help entertain and—in doing so—become the spoon of sugar that makes the medicine go down.
August 10, 2022
I unfortunately listened to the audio version of this book - read by Ajay Mehta. Although he had a beautiful sounding voice, each sentence was read in the same manner. There was no feeling, understanding or humor behind his phraseology and in turn made it extremely hard to understand. It was as if a robot were reading the text. This is quite unfortunate as I generally appreciate Chopra. He has great insight, vision and a sense of humor that did not fully come across in this reading. I would have loved to hear the author read it himself. If interested in this book, do not listen to the audio version!
August 1, 2017
Este es un blowing-mind book!! Lo ame!! Este libro lo empezó y dije: ay!! Un libro de autoayuda y los odio!!! Pero seguí leyendo y se convirtió en mi libro favorito!!
Deepak chopra sabe mucho de lo espiritual y su hijo gotham tiene la mente que yo quiero. Gotham tiene una manera de pensar tan peculiar y linda que en serio quiero conocerlo!!
Habla de cómo tienes que estar en sincronía con el universo y no diré más pues es un libro que tienes que leer!!! Ve a tu librería más cercana y cómpralo!!
Muchos han de estar familiarizados con deepak chopra pues ha escrito muchos libros de leyes espirituales.
Este me encanto pues te enseña que puedes ser un superhéroe sin poderes. Este libro cambio mi vida y si no lo lees no sabrás por qué amo tanto a gotham y su mente.
La verdad es un libro que debes leer para confrontarte a problemas. Deja de usar goodreads y cómpralo ahora!!! En este momento!! En Amazon o ghandi o Porrúa o gonvill o cualquiera de tus librerías.
Deepak chopra sabe mucho de lo espiritual y su hijo gotham tiene la mente que yo quiero. Gotham tiene una manera de pensar tan peculiar y linda que en serio quiero conocerlo!!
Habla de cómo tienes que estar en sincronía con el universo y no diré más pues es un libro que tienes que leer!!! Ve a tu librería más cercana y cómpralo!!
Muchos han de estar familiarizados con deepak chopra pues ha escrito muchos libros de leyes espirituales.
Este me encanto pues te enseña que puedes ser un superhéroe sin poderes. Este libro cambio mi vida y si no lo lees no sabrás por qué amo tanto a gotham y su mente.
La verdad es un libro que debes leer para confrontarte a problemas. Deja de usar goodreads y cómpralo ahora!!! En este momento!! En Amazon o ghandi o Porrúa o gonvill o cualquiera de tus librerías.
December 17, 2014
It's okay. Uses some examples of superheroes to show the overall struggle to change yourself and the world. Unfortunately, it seems rather light in terms of delving into the superheroes stories.
January 3, 2018
This was... a mixed bag of a read.
I loved the idea of looking for the spiritual lessons and metaphors in the story arcs of popular superheros (and I'm conscious that with some of them, you really don't have to look very hard), so the premise appealed to me.
However, I'm not so sure about the execution. Mr Chopra constantly says "Superheroes do x" or "Superheroes avoid doing y" as general, blanket statements - and yet there are SO MANY examples of major superheroes who don't. They're generally written as flawed, three-dimensional characters (or the good ones are anyway) for a reason, and as far as I can tell, they're no more likely to x, or to avoid y than the average human being is.
On the plus side, the book HAS reminded me that there are a bunch of superheroes whose movie arcs I've enjoyed enough that I'd now like to read some of their comics - starting with Steven Strange (one of his arcs turns up in the reading list at the end of this book - and, even better, JMS was one of the writers - but alas, my library doesn't have it. It does have a bunch of compiled graphic novels though, so I'm looking forward to checking a few of those out.)
Also, as a final note, I'm pretty sure that for every "Superheroes do/don't do x" statement in this book, I could ask the question "But what about Deadpool?"
Now there's a thought for a book: The seven spiritual laws of Deadpool...
I loved the idea of looking for the spiritual lessons and metaphors in the story arcs of popular superheros (and I'm conscious that with some of them, you really don't have to look very hard), so the premise appealed to me.
However, I'm not so sure about the execution. Mr Chopra constantly says "Superheroes do x" or "Superheroes avoid doing y" as general, blanket statements - and yet there are SO MANY examples of major superheroes who don't. They're generally written as flawed, three-dimensional characters (or the good ones are anyway) for a reason, and as far as I can tell, they're no more likely to x, or to avoid y than the average human being is.
On the plus side, the book HAS reminded me that there are a bunch of superheroes whose movie arcs I've enjoyed enough that I'd now like to read some of their comics - starting with Steven Strange (one of his arcs turns up in the reading list at the end of this book - and, even better, JMS was one of the writers - but alas, my library doesn't have it. It does have a bunch of compiled graphic novels though, so I'm looking forward to checking a few of those out.)
Also, as a final note, I'm pretty sure that for every "Superheroes do/don't do x" statement in this book, I could ask the question "But what about Deadpool?"
Now there's a thought for a book: The seven spiritual laws of Deadpool...
December 27, 2024
going off my other review of deepak chopras 'spontaneous fulfillment of desire', i do find he contradicts himself across his books. which makes me kinda think does he even know what hes talking about ? its like when u get the right answer in math, but u didnt use the right values/equations to get there and its like well yeah? but... no? thats kinda how deepak reads on a fundamental level.
this book specifically.... i did like, me personally ive been looking into character archetypes and going off the coincidences, i felt like i had to read the sign and read this book, afterall it had been sitting on my childhood shelf ? i guess i never read it when i got it growing up.
it did read a bit more of a childrens book/younger adult, but i had a whole lot of fun thinking abt it. me n my good friend spent a day in this past summer taking turns reading chapters and chatting ideas, reflecting on characteristics and common themes. it was a really really good great lovely day that ill think back on fondly (i hope i never forget it)
this book specifically.... i did like, me personally ive been looking into character archetypes and going off the coincidences, i felt like i had to read the sign and read this book, afterall it had been sitting on my childhood shelf ? i guess i never read it when i got it growing up.
it did read a bit more of a childrens book/younger adult, but i had a whole lot of fun thinking abt it. me n my good friend spent a day in this past summer taking turns reading chapters and chatting ideas, reflecting on characteristics and common themes. it was a really really good great lovely day that ill think back on fondly (i hope i never forget it)
October 30, 2018
It is entertaining. It has some good ideas if you are able to separate fact from fiction. He combines Hindu philosophy and mythology with superhero lore to create these spiritual laws. For him, the Greek gods like Zeus, the Hindu gods like Ram, and the God of the Christians, Jesus are all mythological figures. He uses all these gods and some well-known superheroes to illustrate his laws. If you are Christian you might be offended and/or confused by some of the statements. This is not a religious book but Hindu and Buddhist philosophy is well defined in these laws.
dnf
July 4, 2020DNF'd at 32%
- 5th July 2020
I appreciate what this book is trying to do but some of the connections where too broad and if I wanted to read about someone discussing superheroes, I'm sure theres a more interesting way for me to do that.
I just don't have any motivation to read the 'spiritual' parts of the book and some of the connections made me think and was interesting but but not enough that I WANT to pick it back up. Cbf reading this when there's more interesting stuff I want to be reading.
- 5th July 2020
I appreciate what this book is trying to do but some of the connections where too broad and if I wanted to read about someone discussing superheroes, I'm sure theres a more interesting way for me to do that.
I just don't have any motivation to read the 'spiritual' parts of the book and some of the connections made me think and was interesting but but not enough that I WANT to pick it back up. Cbf reading this when there's more interesting stuff I want to be reading.
May 20, 2018
Great for someone who's just starting to think about writing. Whether in the fashion of comic-books or in the style of any kind of fiction, Chopra fleshes out some of the strong values seen by many of todays modern superheroes. If not a reference to how to make your heroes or characters formidable in a book, it gives you an idea of how to live life like a superhero! That's a cool idea indeed.
April 21, 2021
Youv gotta have some prior education in humanities specifically philosophy and lit , or this will feel like just new age bogus . Even though alot of it is , there are some genuine wisdom moments in the book. Id def check out the sequel.
December 5, 2025
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September 27, 2017
This had a very entertaining and useful look at rules of life to make life better based on superheroes and scientific and cultural research.
July 27, 2018
Wasn't as interesting for me as I had hoped. Not a bad book, but I just wasn't interested.
May 21, 2019
It's a keeper. It has some good, practical meditation and thought exercises which I should practice. The realm of the book was interesting and thought-provoking.
July 16, 2019
Couldn't finish, was so excited for the premise but, nope.
November 8, 2019
This was a fun read, and actually more interesting than I thought it would be.
March 22, 2020
I really enjoyed listening to this book, it had a lot of really good points and I love that it means into my nerdy side along with the self improvement.
July 10, 2021
Un muy buen libro motivacional, lo he leído dos veces y cada vez me encuentro más cosas para ser líder.
September 5, 2021
No me pareció atractivo. Tal vez tenga que darle una segunda oportunidad.
January 3, 2023
Análise comparativa das histórias de super-herói com os mitos/crenças religiosos de deuses/semideuses. Demonstrando como esses personagens veiculados pela cultura de massa contemporânea são um dos meios mais populares/abrangentes de transmitir a sabedoria ancestral dos diferentes povos, também orienta como podemos trilhar um caminho mais altruísta e significativo usando-os como exemplo/inspiração.
May 20, 2023
I'll be returning to this one
January 3, 2025
This book expounds on ethos and principles that are important. With great power, comes great responsibility.
January 1, 2015
Firstly, the Chopra boys touch on a number of great lessons and laws to learn and live by. At times, it can get quite intense but they manage to keep the delivery fairly direct and with very handy action steps to take at the end of each chapter to help you put what you've learnt into place, and experience it for yourself.
Deeprak & his son Gotham did a great job in drawing the lines between all of the epic tales that have been told for both our own personal and collective development throughout the centuries.. From epic stories of ancient heroes and their courageous actions including Lord Shiva, Ram and Sita through Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Zeus, Poseidon even to the recent Batman and the Avengers..
Story telling can be such a powerful method of teaching, and this book manages to use stories from all places and times to deliver a solid and unified message.
"If you define God as a father figure in flowing robes sitting in the clouds, then my description is not the God for you. And if you are uncomfortable with the idea of God entirely, then you can just use the phrase "acausal, nonlocal, quantum-mechanical interrelatedness" to identify this transcendent state of awareness. "Acausal," because it is without cause; "quantum-mechanical," because it's a very fundamental level of existence; and "interrelated," because every part of it is interrelated and codependent on every other part.
Whatever you want to call it, this is the world where superheroes lurk and where we find the terms and ideas they attempt to make accessible through their own anatomy and being. Done right, great myths produce great metaphors. And there are no greater myths than the ones we create about our most idealized characters - from Beyonder to Batman to Buddha, Iron Man to Icarus, Jean Grey to Jesus."
Deeprak & his son Gotham did a great job in drawing the lines between all of the epic tales that have been told for both our own personal and collective development throughout the centuries.. From epic stories of ancient heroes and their courageous actions including Lord Shiva, Ram and Sita through Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Zeus, Poseidon even to the recent Batman and the Avengers..
Story telling can be such a powerful method of teaching, and this book manages to use stories from all places and times to deliver a solid and unified message.
"If you define God as a father figure in flowing robes sitting in the clouds, then my description is not the God for you. And if you are uncomfortable with the idea of God entirely, then you can just use the phrase "acausal, nonlocal, quantum-mechanical interrelatedness" to identify this transcendent state of awareness. "Acausal," because it is without cause; "quantum-mechanical," because it's a very fundamental level of existence; and "interrelated," because every part of it is interrelated and codependent on every other part.
Whatever you want to call it, this is the world where superheroes lurk and where we find the terms and ideas they attempt to make accessible through their own anatomy and being. Done right, great myths produce great metaphors. And there are no greater myths than the ones we create about our most idealized characters - from Beyonder to Batman to Buddha, Iron Man to Icarus, Jean Grey to Jesus."
November 29, 2014
I liked this book. Have been reading quotes about Chopra all over the place- Tumblr especially. Decided to try a little of his books. Here Deepak Chopra discusses superheros with his son, Gotham Chopra. (Gotham means Gautama... equals Buddha. Wow right?)
The book has a very calming quality to it, and was very approachable. The superheroes picked were pretty prominent one so it's easy to understand (notably, Superhero, Iron Man, Spiderman..) I like how this is pitched for people that don't really know about the 'spiritual world' but can be gradually introduced by this Superhero theme. The comic superheroes are used as examples for us to better understand these rathr abstract concepts. I liked the ideas of
balance- and the book also gave new ideas about the FMA concept 'all is one, one is all'.
"How can I serve?" Things my friends have asked me as well. Hope to see clearly and apply intention soon. This book is empowering in the sense that it makes you hopeful- you understand there's a lot of potential in each and every person you meet. And of course, unlock potential in yourself.
Fear is the anticipation of pain in the future.
My favourite quote in this book:
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
The book has a very calming quality to it, and was very approachable. The superheroes picked were pretty prominent one so it's easy to understand (notably, Superhero, Iron Man, Spiderman..) I like how this is pitched for people that don't really know about the 'spiritual world' but can be gradually introduced by this Superhero theme. The comic superheroes are used as examples for us to better understand these rathr abstract concepts. I liked the ideas of
balance- and the book also gave new ideas about the FMA concept 'all is one, one is all'.
"How can I serve?" Things my friends have asked me as well. Hope to see clearly and apply intention soon. This book is empowering in the sense that it makes you hopeful- you understand there's a lot of potential in each and every person you meet. And of course, unlock potential in yourself.
Fear is the anticipation of pain in the future.
My favourite quote in this book:
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
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February 21, 2016
I think that this would have been better if it was separate book. I can understand wanting to connect superheroes to spiritual laws, but to raise them to a supreme ideal strips away their flaws and quirks. I think the problem is that I see super heroes differently than he does. I see them as deeply flawed individuals who are struggling against their nature, where that's what's beautiful and wonderful about them. To someone like me, reading about the spiritual laws of superheroes, it felt like Mr. Chopra was not talking about the same people I knew. Batman, for example, does not strike me as a good example for spiritual laws.
While I don't doubt that you could apply the spiritual laws to superheroes, doing it this way felt superficial to me. In the same way that applying quantum physics to the Secret feels superficial.
But this book got a sign off by Stan Lee, so what do I know? :p
While I don't doubt that you could apply the spiritual laws to superheroes, doing it this way felt superficial to me. In the same way that applying quantum physics to the Secret feels superficial.
But this book got a sign off by Stan Lee, so what do I know? :p
February 6, 2013
Deepak's and Gotham's collaboration worked for me and I enjoyed the content of the book. I am sure there are many of us growing up that wanted to be like our favourite superhero, defeating evil with a towel tied around my neck like a cape and running around the yard as if I were flying through the clouds.Overall, the book for me shared an important message, that we are all superheroes in some way. The differing factor is some of us don't realise our gifts and others use their powers for good or evil. What are you using your super powers for? If you have someone who has untouched potential support them.
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