Synopses & Reviews
TIMELESS HEALING THE POWER A life-changing work from the bestselling author of The Relaxation Response
Herbert Benson, M.D. explores the true intersection and connections between objective sciences and the mystifying power of the human spirit. He tells how affirming beliefs, particularly belief in a higher power, makes a critical contribution to our physical health. In essence, Dr. Benson's messages is that our bodies are wired for God.
A Harvard physician, Dr. Benson documents that when people call upon faith, they activate neurologic pathways for self-healing, and he shows how you, along with a caring physician or healer, can tap into your reservoir of remembered wellness to affect and cure 60 to 90 percent of medical complaints. Dr. Benson does not dismiss modern health care. Instead, he proposes practical ways in which patients and the medical community can make faith an integral part of it.
Along Timeless Healing's journey of intellectual enlightenment, Dr. Benson creates a wonderful web of personal anecdotes, scientific research, social commentary, and spiritual wisdom that outlines a life-transforming and society-changing blueprint for healing.
About the Author
TIMELESS HEALING THE POWER Herbert Benson, M.D. is an Associate Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Deaconess Hospital as well as President and Founder of their Mind/Body Medical Institute. He is the author of The Relaxation Response and many other books about the relationship between the body and the mind. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.