About eight years ago a brain surgeon and neuroscientist named James Doty, M.D.-the head of Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research-wrote a best-selling memoir called Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and Secrets of the Heart, and you should put down this magazine and get on your bike and ride to your local bookstore and buy the book. Go ahead, get the book and make it a quest-even if you order it at the bookstore and it comes by mail.
While you're out there, buy Doty's new book, Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifesting and How It Changes Everything, which just came out. Seriously. You are going to learn about Doty and both of his books over the next few magazine pages, but you're not going to get enough to manifest what you want. That takes time and practice and what seems like magic, but Doty shows that it's actually neuroscience that you can use systematically.
What it takes to hit all your goals is a fierce dedication to your quest over time--and that means sinking your goals so deep into your subconscious that your conscious mind automatically tracks paths to take you to those goals like a bloodhound on the scent of synchronicities. Real effort is key. So is having a talented guide take you by the hand. Such hand-holding through stories and practices is the reason for buying and reading and rereading Doty's books. In the meantime, the next few pages can help you clarify your goal for whatever magic you choose to muster.
But here's a twist: If you are reading this magazine, you are probably already seeking something other than what you want. That's the real key. Then you'll be reading Doty for the magic between the lines. We'll get to that in a bit.
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LET'S NOT LIMIT NATURE
\"NATURE IS MY CHURCH!\" she exclaims. And I cringe. That may surprise many of you, what with my constant ecological and spiritual musings about squirrels, monkeys, and other nature-y creatures. My conundrum with this often-uttered sentiment is the artificial boundary the word nature creates. Let me explain.
TIME TO TAKE THE RISK
We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.-Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century Benedictine mystic, medical practitioner, writer, and composer
The Essence of FRIENDSHIP
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Recognizing and Tuning Into Medical Intuition
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Over the MOON About Helping Animals (and Their People)
Since I was a child, I've had a ritual: Every night, I go outside and search the sky for the moon and stars. I marvel at the magnificence of a dark, crisp, clear, midnight blue sky and its symphony of constellations, occasional meteors, and the glorious moon herself-each illuminating the vastness. This simple practice always gives me the deepest peace and centeredness. It aligns my internal compass every night before bed.
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The Beatles were more than musical masters-they were spiritual pioneers.
The Neuroscience of Getting What You Want
AND WHY YOU MAY NOT WANT TO SEEK WHAT YOU WANT AFTER ALL
ANTI-RACISM IS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
GROWING UP in very charismatic and evangelical Christian spaces, I was told that the Devil's greatest trick was convincing us that he didn't exist. I feel a similar vibe when it comes to the big three systems of oppression-capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy-in New Thought and other spiritual spaces. These systems managed to convince some of us that they don't exist, we are immune from them, talking about them isn't helpful, or we will overcome them just by doing our spiritual practices.
