Into the Magic Shop by James R Doty Md

Into the Magic Shop by James R Doty Md

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

"It's Doty's ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem."--Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone

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.

James R. Moore, M.D. JAMES R. Doty DOTY, MD, is a contributing writer for HuffPost and the author of the New York Times book Into the Magic Shop. Dr. Doty is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), which was founded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations, including the Charter for Compassion, where he served as vice-chair previously.

He was the Dalai Lama Foundation's former chairman. He also serves on the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions' International Advisory Board. Dr. Doty is an inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who supports charities such as Children as Peacemakers, Global Healing, The Pachamama Alliance, and Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley. These organizations support a wide range of activities around the world, including HIV/AIDS support, blood banks, third-world medical care, and peace initiatives.

He has also endowed chairs at prestigious universities such as Stanford University and Tulane University, where he attended. Visit intothemagicshop.com for more information.

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ISBN 13	9780399183645
ISBN 10	0399183647
Titel	Into the Magic Shop
Autor	James R Doty Md
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-02-14
Seitenanzahl	288
Preise	Winner of New England Book Award 2017
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