Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594632987 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kindness Is His Religion . SundayAtDusk This book is an interesting one that I read in one night. It is both a memoir and a metaphysical book, and is written by a neurosurgeon. The introduction has a graphic description of brain surgery which I stopped reading long before it was over. Chapter One then goes back to Lancaster, California in 1968, where the author is a twelve. Michael said One Doctor's Prescription for a Much Better World.. Back in the 1970's, I took a meditation course with a well-known Hindu teacher named Swami Rama, who was one of the first yogis whose significant mental powers were studied by Western scientists. What I learned from him about the tools of relaxation, meditation, focusing on a mantra were very effective in my life. But like so many ot. Holly C Casos said Not quite what I expected. I wanted to love this book, but in the end I can only say that I liked this book.The title of the book lead me to believe that there would be more discussion of cases as a neurosurgeon, and the beginning had me locked in.I even enjoyed learning about the techniques that Ruth taught him. But, I guess the cynic in me struggles with the
Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. 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. . 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. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama
"In this profound and beautiful book, Dr Doty teaches us with his life, and the lessons he imparts are some of the most important of all: that happiness cannot be without suffering, that compassion is born from understanding our own suffering and the suffering of those around us, and that only when we have compassion in our hearts can we be truly happy."-Thich Nhat Hahn, Zen Buddhist monk, global spiritual leader and peace activist