Ageless Body, Timeless Mind

The book is authored by Deepak Chopra.

The author's most important point in this book is to invalidate the popularly held misconception of mankind since ages : as we grow 'older', we lose control over our bodies and just wither and die, and we are helpless about it.

With a remarkable amount of scientific research the author provides evidence to state that our bodies are a product of our thoughts. That our bodies undergo changes every moment, based on changes in our thought patterns is both relieving and threatening. Relieving to know that we always can have control over our thoughts, and therefore our bodies, threatening that we better take care of what we think; we are responsible for what we think, feel, believe and what we are, so we better make a wise choice always.

The author lists the impact of different emotions on the body. Our bodies are not static solids, as we imagine them to be, but dynamic processes, which are subtly dictated by our minds. Spirit is the basis for material reality, not the other way round.

The author stresses the importance of uplifting and positive states of mind experienced by people when they are in love. It is love alone that sustains. Choose love over hatred, contentment over vanity and greed and life over death.

My recommendation: Must Read