The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment (Deepak Chopra) - Deepak Chopra

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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success was a phenomenally successful book–more than 1,600,000 copies were sold–and as copies were passed between friends and loved ones, it touched millions more lives. Its author, Deepak Chopra, received thousands of letters from readers, many of whom expressed the desire to convey those same principles to their children, along with questions about how to do so.
This book, The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents, is Dr. Chopra's answer to those letters and to parents around the world who wish to raise children with values that satisfy spiritual needs as well as create the experience of abundance. After a general discussion of parenting and the gift of spirit, this book explores specific ways to practice the Seven Spiritual Laws as a family, how to convey these laws to children depending on their ages, and how to embody them in age-specific activities each day, beginning on Sundays with the Law of Pure Potentiality.

The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents moves us beyond private triumphs and failures to experience the spiritual nature of communion with family, to share with those closest to us the infinite riches of innocence and love.

Amazon.com Review

In The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment, healer and philosopher Deepak Chopra follows up on his runaway bestseller, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, by extending and reinterpreting his spiritual laws for parents. "From the day your baby is born, you are a teacher of spirit," Chopra writes. "Look upon spirituality as a skill in living, since that is what it is. I believe in imparting these skills as early as possible by whatever means a child can understand." To meet this end, Chopra translates his own "laws" so that even the youngest child can comprehend them. For instance, Chopra's First Law, "The source of all creation is pure consciousness … pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest," translates as "everything is possible." In his wise and deceptively simple program (focusing each day of the week on one of the seven laws), Chopra suggests ways for parents to teach children truly spiritual values by incorporating spiritual goals into family life. –Ericka Lutz

From Library Journal

Chopra, the best-selling inspirational author and director of the Chopra Center for Well-being, turns his attention here to teaching morality and spirituality to children. Reframing his spiritual laws (The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, LJ 5/1/95), he suggests ways parents can incorporate them into the upbringing of their children. He suggests devoting one day each week to each principle and gives examples of age-appropriate activities for children to foster the learning of these laws and the development of the child's spirituality. This book will appeal primarily to parents who have read Chopra's other books or who watch him on public television. Recommended for public libraries where Chopra's other books circulate.–Kay L. Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills., Md.

From Booklist

Most of Chopra's books carry overtones of previous works, but this compact volume makes no bones about being a revamping of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (1996), here reworked to apply to children. Written for parents and tying itself to the trend toward teaching morality to young people, the volume offers a spiritual frame within which kids can live their lives. Here are the seven painfully obvious laws: everything is possible; if you want to get something, give it; when you make a choice, you change the future; don't say no–go with the flow; every time you wish, you plant a seed; enjoy the journey; you are here for a reason. One of Chopra's strong suits is the simplicity of his writing, and that quality is particularly evident here. He is also good at giving practical suggestions for putting his spiritual advice into play, and parents will find that beneath the common sense of the laws themselves, there is a surprisingly pragmatic approach to child rearing. With a major publicity campaign planned and Chopra's reputation in high gear, expect demand. Ilene Cooper

From Kirkus Reviews

The indefatigable Chopra (The Path to Love, 1997, etc.) offers an adaptation of his work The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (which sold 1.6 million copies) intended for parents wanting to pass on the concepts of that work to their children. Children need to know, Chopra asserts, that nature ``wants us to be successful.'' Setting our children ``firmly on the journey of spirit'' is ``the best thing we can do to ensure their success in life, better than giving them money, a secure home, or even love and affection.'' Each day of the week is devoted to one of the laws, and each law gets its own chapter, which includes both an explanation of the law for children (and a more concrete expression of it: ``Everything is possible'' and ``Enjoy the journey,'' for instance) and suggestions on parent/child activities that can bring the concept home. Spirituality and personal fulfillment in seven easy steps–so easy, Chopra says, even a child can learn them.

Review

“Realizing that the interest in the rearing of children in America is intense and that in many cases the end products are unsatisfactory—to parents, to teachers, to employers, to thinkers—Chopra sets his mind to analyzing the spiritual aspects of child rearing—or lack of them. His conclusions are fascinating.” —Benjamin Spock, M.D.

About the Author
Deepak Chopra’s books have become international bestsellers. Dr. Chopra is founder of The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. Visit his website at www.chopra.com.