Bittersweet how sorrow and longing make us whole

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Cover Title Page Copyright Epigraph Author’s Note Prelude Contents Introduction: The Power of Bittersweet Part I: Sorrow and Longing: How can we transform pain into creativity, transcendence, and love? Chapter 1: What is sadness good for? Chapter 2: Why do we long for “perfect” and unconditional love? (And what does this have to do with our love of sad songs, rainy days, and even the divine?) Chapter 3: Is creativity associated with sorrow, longing—and transcendence? Chapter 4: How should we cope with lost love? Part II: Winners and Losers: How can we live and work authentically in a “tyranny of positivity”? Chapter 5: How did a nation founded on so much heartache turn into a culture of normative smiles? Chapter 6: How can we transcend enforced positivity in the workplace, and beyond? Part III: Mortality, Impermanence, and Grief: How should we live, knowing that we and everyone we love will die? Chapter 7: Should we try to live forever? Chapter 8: Should we try to “get over” grief and impermanence? Chapter 9: Do we inherit the pain of our parents and ancestors? And, if so, can we transform it generations later? Coda: How to Go Home Dedication Acknowledgments Notes Index Other Titles About the Author A Reader’s Guide Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index