Soulmate: - Softcover

Chopra, Deepak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451207041 ISBN 13: 9780451207043

Publisher: NAL Trade, 2002

Synopsis

Deepak Chopra, the internationally renowned “poet-prophet of alternative medicine” (Time) and New York Times bestselling author of The Healing Self, offers an absorbing, mystical tale of a love that triumphs over death itself.

A gifted young doctor soon to be married, Raj Rabban thinks he knows all about love and death. Then a chance encounter turns everything he knows upside down...

Maya is the woman of his parents’ choosing, a compatible mate, a practical match. But Molly—the stunning beauty he meets on the subway—ignites Raj’s spirit in a way he cannot explain. Driven by a force they do not fully understand, the two quickly come to share a paradise reserved only for true soulmates.

But when tragedy intrudes upon their idyll, Raj must undertake a courageous journey and  confront the deepest truths within his heart—and beyond what can be seen...

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About the Author

Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, is a world renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation, the founder of the Chopra Foundation, and cofounder of Jiyo.com and the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “One of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” Dr. Chopra is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Researcher, Neurology and Psychiatry, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Executive Management at Northwestern, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University and Professor of Consciousness Studies at Sofia University.  The World Post and The Huffington Post global internet survey ranked “Chopra #17 influential thinker in the world and #1 in Medicine.” In conjunction with his medical achievements, he is recognized as a prolific author of more than 85 books translated into over forty-three languages, with twenty-five New York Times bestsellers.

From Publishers Weekly

Mind-body healing guru Chopra takes another swing at fiction, although earlier efforts, including 1995's The Return of Merlin, never matched the huge success of his nonfiction titles like The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Appropriately, his latest tale tries to dramatize the way every soul must live through countless lifetimes, repeating particular experiences and lessons until it lets love, truth and bliss flow freely. Rajah is a young Indian-American intern in a psychiatric ward at a busy contemporary New York City hospital. Although he is engaged to Maya, who's Indian, educated and lovely, Raja falls madly for beautiful red-haired actress Molly, who seems to him to be a soul mate and a teacher, with her uncanny intuition and healing powers. The affair is at a fever pitch when Molly drops dead. Lucky for Raj, his lover returns, not as a ghost but as a huggably attractive soul who pops up to spoon-feed him just the right advice to heal psychiatric patients who have resisted every other method. Putting aside his cold Western medical training, Raja learns to heal with touch and love, counseled by Molly that "the soul wants to be seen." Predictably, Raja is put on leave by the hospital. He doesn't mind, however, that the incredibly tolerant Maya agrees to learn to be his soul mate in spite of his love for the invisible Molly. "You won't have me until you see through Raj," he counsels. "I won't have you until I see through Maya." Unfortunately, many readers will see through this wish-fullfilling fantasy and realize that it offers few of the pleasures of accomplished fiction. (Sept.) Forecast: Despite Chopra's high profile, and despite the proven appeal of similar otherworldly guidance novels like James Redfield's The Celestine Prophecy, this cerebral fable's lack of drama and excitement and the staleness of its message make it doubtful that it will click with a lot of readers.

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About this edition

• Publisher: NAL Trade
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0451207041
• ISBN 13: 9780451207043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304