Into The Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's True Story Of The Life Changing Magic Of Compassion and Mindfulness

by James R. Doty

we know that the brain has great plasticity and can change, adapt, and transform. It is molded by experience, repetition, and intention.

Children, and adults as well, perform best when there is consistency and dependability. The brain craves them both.

“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.”

Research shows the heart to be an organ of intelligence, with its own profound influence not only from our brain but on our brain, our emotions, our reasoning, and our choices. Rather than passively waiting for instructions from the brain, the heart not only thinks for itself but sends out signals to the rest of the body. The part of the vagus nerve that arises in the brainstem and that has immense innervation in the heart and other organs is part of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

Don’t count yourself short.”

Others can create your reality only if you don’t create it yourself.”

Energy can be neither created nor destroyed. However, energy can change forms, and energy can flow from one place to another. That is the gift we are each given.

We can study every single mystery of the brain, but its greatest mystery is its ability to transform and change.

When our brain changes, we change. That is a truth proven by science. But an even greater truth is that when our heart changes, everything changes. And that change is not only in how we see the world but in how the world sees us. And in how the world responds to us.

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