How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain - The New Science of Transformation

Zusatztext "A heartfelt pursuit of enlightenment and its causes." —Kirkus Reviews "I love every book I have read from Andy Newberg and Mark Waldman and this book is their best yet.  How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain is a book you just can’t put down.  It will show you how enlightenment is real with clear underpinnings in the brain.  From looking at the brains of Brazilian psychic mediums! Sufi mystics! Buddhist monks! Franciscan nuns and Pentecostals this books takes you on a fascinating ride and shines a light on wisdom and insight.  If you want to know more about the deeply human and spiritual parts of your brain! read this book." — Daniel G. Amen! MD ! Founder! Amen Clinics! Author of Change Your Brain! Change Your Life   "An incredible book! Newberg and Waldman’s 'Spectrum of Human Awareness' is especially brilliant! providing the reader with a 'how-to' map to shift between different states of human consciousness.  They have dozens of experiential exercises to help you gain greater emotional control as you tap into the creative wisdom of your mind. Read it! apply it! and be enlightened!"  —John Assaraf! Chairman & CEO of NeuroGym! Author of the New York Times bestseller! The Answer   "This extraordinary book shows you how to tap into mental powers you never knew you had! and release your full potential for living  a great life." — Brian Tracy ! author of Maximum Achievement "Humans were experiencing enlightenment millennia before fMRI brain scanners were invented.  Yet! modern imaging techniques unquestionably add to the fascination of the correlations between consciousness and brain function.  Newberg and Waldman's book brings these findings up to date.   How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain  is a feast for anyone interested in the neurophysiology of the spiritual quest." — Larry Dossey! MD! author of  One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters Informationen zum Autor Andrew Newberg! M.D.! is the director of research at the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College. He is the author of several books! including the bestselling Why God Won’t Go Away ! and his research has been featured in Time ! Newsweek ! and O! The Oprah Magazine ! and on the Discovery Channel! the National Geographic Channel! the BBC! and NPR. Mark Robert Waldman is executive MBA faculty at Loyola Marymount University! where he teaches the NeuroLeadership program. He is a business and personal development coach and the author of twelve books! including Words Can Change Your Brain! coauthored with Newberg. Zusammenfassung The bestselling authors of How God Changes Your Brain reveal the neurological underpinnings of enlightenment! offering unique strategies to help readers experience its many benefits.   In this original and groundbreaking book! Andrew Newberg! M.D.! and Mark Robert Waldman turn their attention to the pinnacle of the human experience: enlightenment. Through his brain- scan studies on Brazilian psychic mediums! Sufi mystics! Buddhist meditators! Franciscan nuns! Pentecostals! and participants in secular spirituality rituals! Newberg has discovered the specific neurological mechanisms associated with the enlightenment experience--and how we might activate those circuits in our own brains.   In his survey of more than one thousand people who have experienced enlightenment! Newberg has also discovered that in the aftermath they have had profound! positive life changes. Enlightenment offers us the possibility to become permanently less stress-prone! to break bad habits! to improve our collaboration and creativity skills! and to lead happier! more satisfying lives. Relaying the...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Newberg, Andrew/ Waldman Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman
• Editore: Penguin Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781594633454
• ISBN: 978-1-59463-345-4
• Pagine: 288
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione