You Are the Universe

Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

By: Menas C. Kafatos PhD, Deepak Chopra

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best seller

Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world.

"A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" (Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi)

What happens when modern science reaches a crucial turning point that challenges everything we know about reality? In this brilliant, timely, and practical work, Chopra and Kafatos tell us that we've reached just such a point. In the coming era, the universe will be completely redefined as a "human universe" radically unlike the cold, empty void where human life is barely a speck in the cosmos.

You Are the Universe literally means what it says: Each of us is a cocreator of reality extending to the vastest reaches of time and space. This seemingly impossible proposition follows from the current state of science, where outside the public eye, some key mysteries cannot be solved, even though they are the very issues that define reality itself:

• What came before the Big Bang?
• Why does the universe fit together so perfectly?
• Where did time come from?
• What is the universe made of?
• Is the quantum world linked to everyday life?
• Do we live in a conscious universe?
• How did life first begin?

"The shift into a new paradigm is happening," the authors write. "The answers offered in this book are not our invention or eccentric flights of fancy. All of us live in a participatory universe. Once you decide that you want to participate fully with mind, body, and soul, the paradigm shift becomes personal. The reality you inhabit will be yours either to embrace or to change." What these two great minds offer is a bold new understanding of who we are and how we can transform the world for the better while reaching our greatest potential.

©2017 Deepak Chopra (P)2017 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Almost 100 years ago the sage Tagore and the scientist Einstein had a brief encounter to discuss the nature of reality. Revisiting their fascinating discourse on how science and spirituality inform each other is long overdue and this new book finally does it! Even if you - like me, prefer Einstein's world, this book will make you marvel at Tagore's beautiful human universe as masterfully uncovered by the authors." (Dimitar Sasselov, professor of astronomy, Harvard University; author of The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet)

"This is not just another popular science book asking who am I? and why am I here?. This important new book addresses today's most important scientific questions regarding our very existence. In the end, we can't help but to be convinced that we live in a participatory universe that we define and synthesize according to the nervous system we enjoy as a species. The result is a riveting and absolutely fascinating literary adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" (Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, Joseph. P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology; Harvard Medical School vice chair, neurology; director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital)

"An inspiring and insightful work that points out the sterility and inadequacy of the materialist paradigm that unnecessarily pervades modern science." (Ruth E. Kastner, PhD, author of Understanding Our Unseen Reality: Solving Quantum Riddles)

Consciousness writes a book

This audio book is for those who seek an explanation for our relationship to consciousness and the universe. Will likely appeal to those who have an understanding of some of the scientific theories that seek to describe reality. This audio book covers most of the popular theories and offers its own conclusions. Overall it's very intriguing but somewhat technical and involved for the evening commute.

No chapters

Arguments seem cogent and interesting but the story/arguments make zero sense as they move from one to another without rhyme or reason. Great book for insomniacs.

Eloquent, informative - phenomenonal story telling

This audiobook was outstanding on every level! Phenomenonal ability to make complex concepts understandable and compelling. Many authors struggle to make this subject matter palatable for the masses however Chopra and Kafatos manage to relate quantum physics with every day life through brilliant annalogies. Superb narration as well!

I like this a lot

This was really good. Can't wait to listen to it again. I'll also recommend it to people who aren't really religious or spiritual, since this tries to stick to scientific explanations of things wo getting into a bunch of religio-mumbo.

I expected more

Honestly I kinda expected more from this ok book, it’s not a total waste of time but almost :)

connection of Religion and Science

I found this book difficult to understand despite being an ex teacher with 2 Master's degrees. I had hoped to learn the connection of religion and science more clearly. I am still confused. What I believe from this book is the interchangeability of scientific concepts of creation and religion being equal interpretations,

Questionable Leaps of Logic

The author hopes to reinvent the old Cosmic Consciousness by cloaking it in subtly misstated quantum physics terms.

He hiding is flawed logic inside what sounds like the same scientific terms and theories used by theoretical physicists.

He is building on the guesses of scientists to announce something that he considers certain.

The best that you can say is that he has a THEORY.

I am metaphorically placing it on the "Things To Be Considered" shelf beside all the other theories.

However, I think that I'm going to scoot it over near the Flat Earth and the Fake Moon Landing theories.

Incredible!

A beautiful exposition on our true nature. Definitely one of the best books available. I would recommend this one to everyone.

Can't get through the narrator

The narrator is so dry it is hard to get through the book. His voice doesn't contain any of the beauty or mystery of the book; he sounds clinical, very formal. He could be narrating a washing machine commercial.

Complicated, but explained well!

This book explains cosmic conciousness , reality, and qualia explicitly. Explained in a way for the layman to understand. The writer used story examples to explain complicated concepts. It followed many of my own thought patterns and confirmed other beliefs.