El Poder De La Mente Subconsciente ( The Power of the Subconscious Mind ) (Spanish Edition) by Joseph Murphy (2004) Paperback

by Herbert Benson

A self-help book on increasing your brain function

Paperback

First published March 13, 1987

About the author

Herbert Benson, M.D. (born 1935), is an American cardiologist and founder of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He graduated from Wesleyan University and Harvard Medical School.

Benson is Mind/Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI). He is the author or co-author of more than 175 scientific publications and 11 books. More than four million copies of his books have been printed in many languages.

Benson is a pioneer in mind/body medicine, one of the first Western physicians to bring spirituality and healing into medicine. In his 35+ year career, he has defined the relaxation response and continues to lead teaching and research into its efficacy in counteracting the harmful effects of stress. The recipient of numerous national and international awards, Dr. Benson lectures widely about mind/body medicine and the BHI's work. His expertise is frequently sought by national and international news media, and he appears in scores of newspapers, magazines, and television programs each year. Dr. Benson's research extends from the laboratory to the clinic to Asian field expeditions. His work serves as a bridge between medicine and religion, East and West, mind and body, and belief and science.

Benson participated in a dialogue that was held at Harvard in March 1991, as part of a conversation between scientists and Buddhists initiated by 14th Dalaï Lama, organized by the Mind and Life Institute. Book Review: MindScience.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The basic idea of this book is that by eliciting what the author calls the Relaxation Response (by a fairly standard 10-20 minute meditation using a short phrase or mantra which is meaningful to you), you harmonise the two sides of your brain, which in turn maximises the receptivity and elasticity of your mind. Then you can try to re-program your mind by immediately focusing on something relevant to the particular area or skill you want to cultivate.

For example, if you wanted to make rapid progress learning a language, after meditating you would focus on the language in question by taking a class, reading a text book, watching a film in that language, etc. If you want to develop a more positive mindset, after meditating you could study a positive picture or read and think about a positive literary or biblical passage.

While reading this book I was often reminded that it was published nearly 35 years ago and I’m really not sure how well the author’s ideas about neuroscience have stood the test of time.

[Almaneli Rodríguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me pareció un libro interesante que te permite abrir tus perspectivas y crecer como persona, además los tips que te da son bueno para lograr tus metas. Le di 3 estrellas porque pienso que tiene bastante relleno para llegar a un punto en concreto.

[୨ৎ dalmi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Wassam · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a real great book that people should read