Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the HeartPenguin, 2 févr. 2016 - 288 pages The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary results—power and wealth that he could only imagine as a twelve-year-old, riding his orange Sting-Ray bike. But he neglects Ruth’s most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results—until he has the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that will virtually ruin him. Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts. |
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... called Bob. But for whatever reason, when she asked I replied, “Jim” And this was the name I would go by for the rest of my life. “Well, Jim. I'm so glad you walked in.” I didn't know what to say back and she just 17 REAL MAGIC.
... called Bob. But for whatever reason, when she asked I replied, “Jim” And this was the name I would go by for the rest of my life. “Well, Jim. I'm so glad you walked in.” I didn't know what to say back and she just 17 REAL MAGIC.
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... asked. “Yes,” I said, “but on the other side of town. I was just riding around looking for my brother and I saw your store and decided to come in.” “Do you like magic?” “I love it,” I said. “What do you love about it?” I wanted to just ...
... asked. “Yes,” I said, “but on the other side of town. I was just riding around looking for my brother and I saw your store and decided to come in.” “Do you like magic?” “I love it,” I said. “What do you love about it?” I wanted to just ...
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... ?” “What do you mean?" I asked. “Why do you think this trickworks on people? You said the thumb looks really fake, so why does it trick people?” She looked suddenly very serious, and like she really wanted 20 INTo THE MAGIC S Hop.
... ?” “What do you mean?" I asked. “Why do you think this trickworks on people? You said the thumb looks really fake, so why does it trick people?” She looked suddenly very serious, and like she really wanted 20 INTo THE MAGIC S Hop.
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... asking me to explain or teach them anything. I thought about it for a minute. “I guess it works because the magician is so good he fools people. They don't see his sleight of hand. You have to keep people distracted when you do magic ...
... asking me to explain or teach them anything. I thought about it for a minute. “I guess it works because the magician is so good he fools people. They don't see his sleight of hand. You have to keep people distracted when you do magic ...
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... asked. “Because I know how to turn a flicker into a flame. Someone taught me and now I think it's time that I teach you. I can see the special in you, and if you come here every day, without missing a single day, you're going to see it ...
... asked. “Because I know how to turn a flicker into a flame. Someone taught me and now I think it's time that I teach you. I can see the special in you, and if you come here every day, without missing a single day, you're going to see it ...
Table des matières
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Thinking About Thinking | 57 |
Growing Pains | 81 |
Three Wishes | 107 |
six Apply Yourself | 133 |
Unacceptable 15 3 | 177 |
The Sultan of Nothing | 205 |
Giving Up | 221 |
The Alphabet of the Heart | 235 |
Manifesting Compassion | 251 |
The Face of God | 267 |
Acknowledgments | 275 |
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