Deepak Chopra - Abundance: The Inner Path to Wealth

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To all who envision infinite abundance

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind

The Book of Secrets

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Grow Younger, Live Longer (with coauthor David Simon)

The Healing Self (with coauthor Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD)

How to Know God

Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

Life After Death

Metahuman

Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet

The Path to Love

Peace Is the Way

Perfect Health

Quantum Healing

Radical Beauty (with coauthor Kimberly Snyder, CN)

Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul

The Return of Merlin

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

The Shadow Effect
(with coauthors Debbie Ford and Marianne Williamson)

Spiritual Solutions

Super Brain (with coauthor Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD)

The Third Jesus

War of the Worldviews (with coauthor Leonard Mlodinow)

The Way of the Wizard

What Are You Hungry For?

You Are the Universe (with coauthor Menas C. Kafatos, PhD)

Total Meditation

The Angel Is Near

Ask Deepak About Death and Dying

Ask Deepak About Health and Wellness

Ask Deepak About Love and Relationships

Ask Deepak About Meditation and Higher Consciousness

Ask Deepak About Spirituality

Ask Deepak About Success

Ask the Kabala (with coauthor Michael Zapolin)

Boundless Energy

Brain, Mind, Cosmos: The Nature of Our Existence and the Universe (edited by Deepak Chopra with contributions from notable scientists and philosophers)

Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream
(with coauthor Sanjiv Chopra)

The Chopra Center Cookbook (with coauthors David Simon and Leanne Backer)

The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook
(with coauthor David Simon)

Consciousness and the Universe
(with coauthors Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose)

Creating Affluence

Creating Health

The Daughters of Joy

The Deeper Wound

The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind

The Essential How to Know God

The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

Everyday Immortality

Fire in the Heart

The Future of God

God: A Story of Revelation

Healing the Heart

Journey into Healing

Kama Sutra

Lords of Light

The Love Poems of Rumi (edited by Deepak Chopra; translated by Deepak Chopra and Fereydoun Kia)

Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives (with coauthors David Simon and Vicki Abrams)

Manifesting Good Luck

On the Shores of Eternity

Overcoming Addictions

Perfect Digestion

Perfect Weight

Power, Freedom, and Grace

Raid on the Inarticulate

Restful Sleep

Return of the Rishi

The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes (with coauthor Gotham Chopra)

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga (with coauthor David Simon)

The Soul in Love

The Soul of Leadership

Soulmate

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

Super Genes (with coauthor Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD)

Teens Ask Deepak

The Ultimate Happiness Prescription

Unconditional Life

Walking Wisdom (contributor; authored by Gotham Chopra)

Why Is God Laughing?

On My Way to a Happy Life (with coauthor Kristina Tracy; illustrated by Rosemary Woods)

You with the Stars in Your Eyes (illustrated by Dave Zaboski)

Infinite Potential by Lothar Schfer

Science Set Free by Rupert Sheldrake

Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities by Dean Radin

The Generosity Network by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey Walker, and Karl Weber

There are many books on how to make money, but this one is unique, I believe, by unfolding an inner path to abundance. I want the reader to discover that abundance is a state of awareness. Consciousness is infinite; therefore, it has infinite gifts to offer. This is an ancient truth that lies at the heart of the Yoga system in India. Far more than the exercises taught in yoga class (they are not part of this book), the truths of Yoga apply to every kind of fulfillment in life, including material fulfillment or wealth. Yoga is a magnificent word, and what lies behind its meaning is an even more magnificent vision. In Sanskrit the word Yoga means to join or unite. The English word yoke is derived from it, but where yoke brings to mind the image of a medieval cart drawn by a yoke of oxen, Yoga illuminates an entirely new reality. In this reality the things we normally think to keep separate are united.

The two biggest things we keep separate are the two worlds each of us inhabits. One world is out there, the physical world of things and other people. The other is the world in here, where the mind is constantly active, producing thoughts and sensations. The purpose of Yoga is to bring these two worlds together. If you can do that, you will be happy and successful.

Yoga emerged from the ancient Vedic culture that has guided Indian life for centuries, and money isnt excluded, certainly not on spiritual grounds. Artha is set out as the first attainment in life, and Artha in Sanskrit means wealth. By following the principles of Yoga, you will lead the life you were meant to live, one of sustainability, abundance, and joy. And along the way the money to support this life will come to you.

That gives you some idea why the vision of Yoga is so magnificent. At a deeper level, Yoga is about enlightenment. But for the purposes of this book, achieving happiness and success is good enough, a worthy aim that Yoga can achieve much more simply, quickly, and painlessly than you probably imagine.

Given the hard realities, particularly in these troubled times, most people would be skeptical about the money will come part of this promise. Money is the chief worry that pollsters find in peoples lives. Far from being supplied automatically, money implies hard work and struggle. To survive you must have money; to thrive you need even more. Yet even in the wealthiest Western economies, according to data gathered by the Gallup Organization, only around one-third of respondents say that they are thriving.