A fifteen-year-old boy is walking through a swirling fog on
his way to school when a voice calls out, "Come here. We
need to talk." Out of the mist emerges an old man with a
white beard. He is a fantastic figure, as wizardly as
Merlin, as wise as Socrates, as peaceful as Buddha. Whoever
he is, the old man has appeared on that very day to change
the boy's life. "You are old enough to learn about things,"
he says mysteriously. "And who is going to teach you but
me?" The old man gives the boy four days of "soul
training," a time of riddles, tricks, parables, and
fantastic twists that bring out surprising answers to each
of four burning questions about spirituality: Do I have a
soul? How do wishes come true? What is the supreme force in
the universe? How can I change the world?
The boy was
Deepak Chopra, who grew up to write and teach about the
same invisible things the old man had taught him.
Fire in
the Heart is Dr. Chopra's first book for young adults. Its
aim is to pass on this soul training to young readers. "The
old man with the white beard showed me the spiritual side
of life," writes the author, "where real passion and
excitement come from. So before you begin, take a deep
breath. This story could turn out to be yours."
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