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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... going to sleep. You're going to take the Ugly Thing out of my head so it doesn't hurt anymore. Then I see my mommy and nana.” The “Ugly Thing" is a medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, and is located in ...
... going to sleep. You're going to take the Ugly Thing out of my head so it doesn't hurt anymore. Then I see my mommy and nana.” The “Ugly Thing" is a medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, and is located in ...
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... going to put on my superhero mask and I'll meet you in the bright room.” He smiles up at me. Surgical masks and operating rooms can be scary. Today I will call them superhero masks and bright rooms so he won't be so afraid. The mind is ...
... going to put on my superhero mask and I'll meet you in the bright room.” He smiles up at me. Surgical masks and operating rooms can be scary. Today I will call them superhero masks and bright rooms so he won't be so afraid. The mind is ...
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... going faster than anyone ever thought possible. It seemed small and desolate to me, and my feet were only a foot above the ground as I pedaled around on my bike. I had noticed my thumb missing that morning. I kept a wooden box under my ...
... going faster than anyone ever thought possible. It seemed small and desolate to me, and my feet were only a foot above the ground as I pedaled around on my bike. I had noticed my thumb missing that morning. I kept a wooden box under my ...
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... going to steal something, and every time I went in there I could feel his suspicious eyes tracking my every step. “Do you live in Lancaster?" Ruth asked. “Yes,” I said, “but on the other side of town. I was just riding around looking ...
... going to steal something, and every time I went in there I could feel his suspicious eyes tracking my every step. “Do you live in Lancaster?" Ruth asked. “Yes,” I said, “but on the other side of town. I was just riding around looking ...
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... to hear her say that. “I'm going to be in this town for only six weeks, but if you agree to come see me every day for the next six weeks, I will teach you some magic. The kind of magic that you 22 INTo THE MAGIC S Hop.
... to hear her say that. “I'm going to be in this town for only six weeks, but if you agree to come see me every day for the next six weeks, I will teach you some magic. The kind of magic that you 22 INTo THE MAGIC S Hop.
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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