Timeless HealingLearn how the mind shapes the body, and take charge of your health and wellness with the science and power of belief. In this life-changing book, Dr. Herbert Benson draws on his twenty-five years as a physician and researcher to reveal how affirming beliefs, particularly belief in a higher power, make an important contribution to our physical health. We are not simply nourished by meditation and prayer, but are, in essence, "wired for God." Combining the wisdom of modem medicine and of age-old faith. Dr. Benson shows how anyone can, with the aid of a caring physician or healer, use their beliefs and other self-care methods to heal over 60 percent of medical problems. As practical as it is spiritual, Timeless Healing is a blueprint for healing and transforming your life. |
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TIMELESS HEALING: The Power and Biology of Belief
User Review - KirkusAn elaboration, a rehash even, of Benson's Beyond the Relaxation Response: How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Beliefs (1984). Benson uses the analogy of a three-legged stool to describe how ... Read full review
Timeless healing: the power and biology of belief
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictApropos to the world of modern medicine, Shakespeare wrote, "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there, Where it promises most." To this arena of lofty expectation and technological wizardry, Benson ... Read full review
Contents
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The Nature of Belief | 45 |
The Brains Prerogative | 69 |
Medicines Spiritual Crisis | 101 |
The Relaxation Response | 123 |
The Faith Factor and | 153 |
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Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief Herbert Benson,Marg Stark No preview available - 1996 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Timeless Healing |
| Author | Herbert Benson |
| Contributor | Marg Stark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1439175756, 9781439175750 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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