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James R. Doty

Into the Magic Shop

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Extraordinary things 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…
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  • Marina Zalashared an impression5 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    💞Loved Up
    🚀Unputdownable

    One of my favorite books that teaches us to be kind and about compassion. It is really a great self-healing books 😊😊

  • Нурай Нурходжакызыshared an impression6 years ago
    💡Learnt A Lot
    💞Loved Up

    it is the most inspiring, emotional book that have really deep meaning that will help you in your future. my favorite book that helped me to open my heart.💜

  • Jan Sandrene Bastatasshared an impression8 months ago
    👍Worth reading
    💡Learnt A Lot

Quotes

  • Нурай Нурходжакызыhas quoted6 years ago
    mantra to myself.
    “I am worthy. I am loved. I am cared for. I care for others. I choose only good for myself. I choose only good for others. I love myself. I love others. I open my heart. My heart is open.”
  • b3755525585has quoted4 years ago
    Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible.
  • Princess Deleonhas quoted3 years ago
    each of us is capable of doing amazing things far beyond what we think is possible.

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