Into the Magic Shop Into the Magic Shop

Into the Magic Shop

A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

    • 4.7 • 386 Ratings
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

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.

 

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2016
February 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Mr 80s Success ,

Extraordinary and powerful

Of all the books I’ve read , Into The Magic Shop really helped my understanding of the immense complexity of the mind. Of how it relates to the heart. The power both can have when combined. What an amazing journey. This book really touched my heart and took me along as he described his experiences of being a young teen. I felt like I was there. Thank you Dr. Doty.

GreenNutritionGirl ,

Wonderful

A beautiful read

Nouf A ,

Magical book

I read every page with a smile on my face, such a beautiful book, amazing journey and it teaches you how the brain-heart harmony can change your life.

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