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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... looked to him from fortyfive thousand feet up 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 ...
... looked to him from fortyfive thousand feet up 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 ...
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... looked at a group of older boys in front of the small market but didn't see my brother. I felt relieved because usually if I found my brother in a group of kids it meant he was getting picked on and I would be getting into a fight to ...
... looked at a group of older boys in front of the small market but didn't see my brother. I felt relieved because usually if I found my brother in a group of kids it meant he was getting picked on and I would be getting into a fight to ...
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... looked around at the endless display of gadgets and tricks of every kind and then looked back at her, no doubt surprised. “My son owns the store, but he's not here at the moment. I'm just sitting here reading, waiting for him to return ...
... looked around at the endless display of gadgets and tricks of every kind and then looked back at her, no doubt surprised. “My son owns the store, but he's not here at the moment. I'm just sitting here reading, waiting for him to return ...
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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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... looked suddenly very serious, and like she really wanted me to teach her something. I wasn't used to anyone, especially not an adult, asking me to explain or teach them anything. I thought about it for a minute. “I guess it works ...
... looked suddenly very serious, and like she really wanted me to teach her something. I wasn't used to anyone, especially not an adult, asking me to explain or teach them anything. I thought about it for a minute. “I guess it works ...
Table des matières
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25 | |
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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