Synopses & Reviews
A manual for relating to the brain in a revolutionary new way,
Super Brain shows you how to use your brain as a gateway for achieving health, happiness, and spiritual growth. The authors are two pioneers: bestselling author and physician Deepak Chopra and Harvard Medical School professor Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of Alzheimer’s. They have merged their wisdom and expertise for a bold new understanding of the “three-pound universe” and its untapped potential.
In contrast to the “baseline brain” that fulfills the tasks of everyday life, Chopra and Tanzi propose that, through a person’s increased self-awareness and conscious intention, the brain can be taught to reach far beyond its present limitations. “We are living in a golden age for brain research, but is this a golden age for your brain?” they ask.
Super Brain explains how it can be, by combining cutting-edge research and spiritual insights, demolishing the five most widespread myths about the brain that limit your potential, and then showing you methods to:
-Use your brain instead of letting it use you
-Create the ideal lifestyle for a healthy brain
-Reduce the risks of aging
-Promote happiness and well-being through the mind-body connection
-Access the enlightened brain, the gateway to freedom and bliss
-Overcome the most common challenges, such as memory loss, depression, anxiety, and obesity
Your brain is capable of incredible healing and constant reshaping. Through a new relationship with your brain you can transform your life. In Super Brain, Chopra and Tanzi guide you on a fascinating journey that envisions a leap in human evolution. The brain is not just the greatest gift that Nature has given us. It’s the gateway to an unlimited future that you can begin to live today.
About the Author
Deepak Chopra, MD, is the author of more than 65 books including numerous
New York Times bestsellers. His medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology and he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and a Senior Scientist at the Gallup organization.
Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, is the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University, and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Tanzi co-discovered the first Alzheimer's disease gene and several others, as head of the Alzheimer's Genome Project and is the co-author of the book Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Table of Contents
PART 1DEVELOPING YOUR GREATEST GIFT
A GOLDEN AGE FOR THE BRAIN
FIVE MYTHS TO DISPEL
Super Brain Solutions: MEMORY LOSS
HEROES OF SUPER BRAIN
Super Brain Solutions: DEPRESSION
PART 2
MAKING REALITY
YOUR BRAIN, YOUR WORLD
Super Brain Solutions: OVERWEIGHT
YOUR BRAIN IS EVOLVING
Super Brain Solutions: ANXIETY
THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN
Super Brain Solutions: PERSONAL CRISES
FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION
Super Brain Solutions: FINDING YOUR POWER
WHERE HAPPINESS LIVES
Super Brain Solutions: SELF-HEALING
PART 3
MYSTERY AND PROMISE
THE ANTI-AGING BRAIN
Super Brain Solutions: MAXIMUM LONGEVITY
THE ENLIGHTENED BRAIN
Super Brain Solutions: MAKING GOD REAL
THE REALITY ILLUSION
Super Brain Solutions: WELL-BEING
Rudy’s Epilogue:
LOOKING AT ALZHEIMER’S WITH HOPE AND LIGHT
Deepak’s Epilogue:
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Index