You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters

You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters is a new-age philosophy book co-written by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos. The book delves into questions pertaining to existence, human existence, consciousness, reality and perception. It was published on February 7, 2017 and became a New York Times best-seller. Synopsis You Are the Universe is a philosophical work which attempts to give answers to questions pertaining to the origin of the universe, time, space, matter and the origin and meaning of consciousness and the marrying of science and spirituality in daily lives. The book challenges the assumption that consciousness is a byproduct of matter claiming that matter is actually an experience in consciousness. The book proposes that the entire universe, as experienced by human beings, is a "human construct in consciousness." The book delves into the two most prominent questions in science which are: What is the universe made of? What is the biological basis of consciousness?