Mcdonald Duff - Tickled A Commonsense Guide To The Present Moment - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A New York Times bestselling journalist sets out to explore our addiction to the quantification of everything and ends up confronting his own addiction to certainty. In the quiet of quarantine he decides to choose ease rather than control pursuing habits and hobbies that bring joy and tickles to each and every moment and finds peace of mind renewed creativity and deepened relationships are the reward. In 2020, nothing went according to plan. Duff Mc Donald had intended to write a book about society's obsession with measurements data and predictions showing how it blunts individual happiness and decision - making while fueling corporate capitalism. But in the quiet of quarantine Mc Donald found himself reexamining the assumptions beneath his own life choices. He also reconsidered his book deciding instead to reframe his approach as an exploration of his own battle with what he calls the precision paradox the existential struggle between our desire for ease and our need to exert control. Drawing inspiration from an impressive range of sources from Borges to the Buddha to Bob (Dylan) to Harry Potter Mc Donald documents how he let go of his attachment to precision in favor of delving deeper into what it means to be present in his work his relationships and what he calls the science of experience. He asks What should I have been doing? I should have been focusing on things that I love not the things that anger or annoy me. I should have been focusing on things that tickle me. Part self - help part memoir Tickled is a story of how to bring joy and love into your life right now. Mc Donald acknowledges that tickle is a funny awkward word. In one context it's as innocent as can be. But it also runs deeper. When something tickles you you are in the moment experiencing reality itself at the vortex of truth consciousness and bliss. When something tickles that's your soul speaking to you in the language of love thanking you for experience he says. As he lays out his own personal transformation Mc Donald invites readers to begin their own journeys to find out what tickles them too. This exploration of joy and presence experiences that tickle lies at the heart of Mc Donald's unusual moving and profound book.
Title: Tickled A Commonsense Guide To The Present Moment
Author(s): Mcdonald Duff
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063036895
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/19/2021