About this book
"Just a few years ago I spent my days lying on a moldy mattress praying for death or an end to suffering, whichever came first." Joey Lott suffered for decades from extreme anxiety, obsessions, compulsions, eating disorders... and spiritual seeking. And then, nearing the brink of death he stumbled upon something miraculous: the freedom he had long sought was to be found in the very experiences he had tried so desperately to avoid. This is a profound book—but with a lightness of touch that makes it reader-friendly. Part memoir, part take-no-prisoners immediacy, The Best Thing that Never Happened offers a unique and refreshing message—that you cannot be other than yourself. With the repeated instructions to meet what is already present, including what you most want to avoid, the author points you to the radical discovery of true freedom which is available for each of us in this very moment.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Welcome to This
- Being Yourself
- My Pride and Joy
- The Powerlessness of Now
- What’s It Like?
- Living the Dream
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
- Obsession
- Superstition
- Being Special
- I Am Not
- Maintaining
- Waking
- Glamor
- Kidney Stones
- Sex
- Endgame
- Ooh la la
- Telling the Story
- Following the Leader
- Mystery
- Simplicity is not Complicated
- Thoughts are Nothing
- The Way
- Worlds
- Perfection
- Karma
- Trying
- Dreams
- Finally Welcoming
