Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being

 　　大腦是人類身上的小宇宙，潛力深不可測，只要出力十分之一，它就能從容地應付日常所需。這樣的基礎大腦敷衍你，讓你誤以為你的能力就是這樣，而甘於接受先天體質不良的基因判斷，認命老化帶來的種種病痛與能力喪失……然而，你錯了。

 

 　　腦神經科學家告訴我們，人類大腦含有大約一千億個神經細胞，形成從一兆到一千兆個稱為突觸的接頭。為了回應周遭環境，這些接頭不斷在重組。這樣驚人的活動量，每天都在你的腦袋裡靜默無聲地運作。但是，這些回應多數是出於大腦的自動駕駛模式，只能讓你的表現安份守己，無法突破自我的限制，無論是心理或生理都一樣。當你困在自我超越的瓶頸裡，或是為病痛衰老而受苦，你該想想，在醫藥科學之外，還有什麼辦法能讓我們甩掉這一切束縛？幸運的是，辦法是有的，而且不假外求。

 

 　　現在，靈修大師喬布拉醫生與神經科學權威譚茲博士，要告訴你一個突破人類極限的辦法：由你的意識當家作主，重塑大腦成為一個超級存在。因為你那不足三磅重的大腦，有能力進行不可思議的療癒及持續不斷的重塑。透過這樣的超腦，可以解決基礎大腦難以或無法解決的人生難題或病痛，提升生命的品質，超越感官的尋常接收體驗，更深刻感受到生而為人的幸福及美好。

 

 　　這兩位學有專精的作者一起攜手，結合最先進的研究與心靈智慧，引導你踏出人類演化的一大步，破除限制大腦潛能的常見迷思，讓你跟你的大腦重新建立一個良性的互動關係，藉此改變你的生命及人生。你將擁有不可思議的自我療癒能力，自然脫離老化、憂鬱、文明病，迎向一個超級人生。

 


 　　★本書中譯版《超腦零極限》由橡實文化出版。

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.

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, 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.

作者簡介

狄帕克‧喬布拉醫師（Deepak Chopra）

　　當代最具原創力的思想家，著有《福至心靈─成功致勝的七大精神法則》、《世界在你之內》、《陰影效應》等六十五部以上著作，包括多部《紐約時報》暢銷書。蓋洛普公司（Gallup organization）的資深科學家，接受過內科與內分泌科的醫學訓練，是美國醫師協會及臨床內分泌醫師學會的會員，擔任西北大學凱洛格商學院主管課程的兼任教授，也是哥倫比亞大學哥倫比亞商學院的傑出商管學者。從1997年開始，每年都在「內科醫學研習營」（Update in Internal Medicine）擔任講師，該活動由哈佛醫學院、繼續教育中心與貝絲以色列女執事醫學中心（Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center）的醫療部共同籌辦。

　　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.

魯道夫．譚茲博士（Rudolph E. Tanzi）

　　哈佛大學約瑟夫與蘿絲甘迺迪獎助神經學教授，麻州綜合醫院遺傳學與老化研究部主任。譚茲博士從1980年代開始研究神經疾病的遺傳學，並分離出第一個阿茲海默症基因，後來又繼續發現數個其他基因；他是「阿茲海默症基因計畫」的領導人，目前正在開發有希望治癒阿茲海默症的新療法。譚茲博士是數十個編輯與科學顧問委員會的成員，也是「治療阿茲海默症基金會聯合研究團隊」的主持人。譚茲博士獲獎無數，包括阿茲海默症研究的兩項最高榮譽：大都會壽險獎（Metropolitan Life Award）與波坦金獎（Potamkin Prize）。譚茲博士被列為「哈佛百大最具影響力畢業生」，並且被喬弗瑞比恩基金會（Geoffrey Beene Foundation）選為「科學界搖滾巨星」。他也參與了美國國內研究阿茲海默症影響的國家委員會與聯邦委員會。譚茲博士共同著作了四百多篇科學研究論文與篇章，此外他也是《失竊的靈魂：阿茲海默症的遺傳祕密》（Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease）一書的作者之一。

　　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.