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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... remember. First haircut. First tooth lost. First day of school. First time riding a bike. First brain surgery is never on this list. I gently cut away the fine light brown strands, hoping my young patient is able to experience each of ...
... remember. First haircut. First tooth lost. First day of school. First time riding a bike. First brain surgery is never on this list. I gently cut away the fine light brown strands, hoping my young patient is able to experience each of ...
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... remember my first time in the operating room assisting a famous surgeon who was known not only for being brilliant but also for being a belligerent and arrogant prima donna when he operated. I was operating room, sweat began pouring ...
... remember my first time in the operating room assisting a famous surgeon who was known not only for being brilliant but also for being a belligerent and arrogant prima donna when he operated. I was operating room, sweat began pouring ...
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... Remember that a person's name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language. 4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about 5. Talk in terms of the other person's interest. 6. themselves. 14 INTo THE ...
... Remember that a person's name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language. 4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about 5. Talk in terms of the other person's interest. 6. themselves. 14 INTo THE ...
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... remember why I was 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 ...
... remember why I was 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 ...
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... remember why I had come into this store and I felt that same feeling you get when you lean too far back in a chair and suddenly catch yourself right before it tips all the way over. She waited patiently, still smiling, until I found the ...
... remember why I had come into this store and I felt that same feeling you get when you lean too far back in a chair and suddenly catch yourself right before it tips all the way over. She waited patiently, still smiling, until I found the ...
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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