Chopra, whose previous books have included the best sellers Quantum Healing (Bantam, 1989) and Perfect Health ( LJ 6/1/90), is a leader in New Age medicine. Here, he examines the power of human consciousness and the process of healing. Why, he asks, do patients with identical diagnoses react so differently? The answer, he believes, is in the way we confront and understand or fail to confront and understand the forces and experiences that have formed our view of reality. He feels that once we understand these forces, we can change our inner reality and thus alter outside events. Chopra shows, by way of case histories, medical research, and Eastern philosophy, how the interactions of mind and body affect consciousness. Pain, experiences of time and aging, addiction, and love are all discussed here. Public libraries should experience demand for this. Previewed in Prepub Alert.