The Burden of Proving Speculations: a review of Deepak Chopra's "Life after Death: The Burden of Proof"
The Burden of Proving Speculations
By: Ian Anderson In this life you are only guaranteed one thing: that your life will come to an end. In "Life After Death: The Burden of Proof," Deepak Chopra has taken on the task of interpreting what you will experience when the good Lord, your 72 virgins, or His Noodly Appendage, The Great Spaghetti Monster calls you home. Chopra takes a very open approach to the topic so that no matter what you believe in, you can gain some insight on the many different takes on the afterlife. He uses the analogy of a concert orchestra, saying, "If you are listening to a concert orchestra, there are a hundred instruments playing, each occupying the same place in space and time. You can listen to the symphony as a whole or, if you wish, put your attention on a specific instrument." This book has the conceptual appeal to attract readers of any background, merely offering another viewpoint on the only question the human mind may never be able to articulate. Chopra was prompted to write this book after an experience with three psychics who all sensed that a deceased member of his family was trying to communicate with him. Per the stipulations of the experiment that he was partaking in, the three psychics were all in different parts of the country and communicating with him via telephone. Supposedly these controlled variables were in place to help rule out the idea that psychics are merelyt reading and responding to peoples' response to the medium's guesswork. According to Chopra, the three psychics not only singled out his father as the one attempting to communicate with him but they were able to "prove it" by calling Chopra by his childhood nickname. Undoubtedly, an experience like this would prompt anyone to spend time with their beliefs about the afterlife and express it in some outlet. Luckily for Chopra he is arguably the most respected thinker and author of our time so naturally he began researching and writing this book. He does the
By: Ian Anderson In this life you are only guaranteed one thing: that your life will come to an end. In "Life After Death: The Burden of Proof," Deepak Chopra has taken on the task of interpreting what you will experience when the good Lord, your 72 virgins, or His Noodly Appendage, The Great Spaghetti Monster calls you home. Chopra takes a very open approach to the topic so that no matter what you believe in, you can gain some insight on the many different takes on the afterlife. He uses the analogy of a concert orchestra, saying, "If you are listening to a concert orchestra, there are a hundred instruments playing, each occupying the same place in space and time. You can listen to the symphony as a whole or, if you wish, put your attention on a specific instrument." This book has the conceptual appeal to attract readers of any background, merely offering another viewpoint on the only question the human mind may never be able to articulate. Chopra was prompted to write this book after an experience with three psychics who all sensed that a deceased member of his family was trying to communicate with him. Per the stipulations of the experiment that he was partaking in, the three psychics were all in different parts of the country and communicating with him via telephone. Supposedly these controlled variables were in place to help rule out the idea that psychics are merelyt reading and responding to peoples' response to the medium's guesswork. According to Chopra, the three psychics not only singled out his father as the one attempting to communicate with him but they were able to "prove it" by calling Chopra by his childhood nickname. Undoubtedly, an experience like this would prompt anyone to spend time with their beliefs about the afterlife and express it in some outlet. Luckily for Chopra he is arguably the most respected thinker and author of our time so naturally he began researching and writing this book. He does the