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Daily Afflictions The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe

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ISBN-10: 0393322815

ISBN-13: 9780393322811

Edition: 2002

Authors: Andrew Boyd

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A dark, twisted manifesto posing as a book of daily inspiration, this thinking man's parody hijacks the format of daily affirmations. This tragicomic guide to life's sublime predicaments should elevate and educate the spirit.
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Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 146
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.374
Language: English

Introduction
Author Note
The Book of Daily Afflictions
Life
The interstate of life
Living a worthless life
Being there then
The supermarket of life
Living as a work of art
Keeping to the dark path
Self
Deepening the crisis
Listening to your inner critic
Selfless selfishness
The nausea of language--a guided exercise
The uses of obsession
Opening up to your inner psychopath
Finding sorrow
The suburb within
Family
Embracing the life forced upon you
The nurturing power of dysfunctional families
The boot camp of life
Living the unlived life
The healing power of sick parents
Love
The other side of love
Passion and companionship
Loving the wrong person
Fucked by love
Seeing things through to total catastrophe
Breaking up with yourself
Career
Failing at what matters
Doing the wrong thing
In pursuit of failure
The havoc of Saturn's return
Succeeding at failure
The tragedy of commitment
Politics
Visualizing the worst possible world--a guided meditation
The inner bigot
Compassionate hypocrisy
Being in it for yourself
Hopelessness can change the world
Philosophy
The perils of creating your own reality
Faith and irony
One step from oblivion
Everything happens for a reason
Religion
Consulting the silence--a guided exercise
The economics of spirituality
Reasoning with your inner prophet
Skeptical mysticism
Diving into the abyss
Death
Embracing your inner corpse
Learning to die
At One with your inner corpse--a guided meditation
Living with death
Enlightenment
The agony of being connected to everything in the Universe
Glossary
Guide to Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
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