Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xiii
Foreword (New Edition) by the Reverend M. Townsend xv
Foreword (Original Edition) by barefoot Doctor xix
The Foreplay 1
A Taste: Say F**k It to Something Now 1
A Message from the Author 2
A Message from Our Sponsors 8
Why Saying F**k It Is a Spiritual Act 9
Why F**k It Has Such a Charge 11
How to Read This Book 15
1 Why We Say F**K It 17
We Say F**k it When We Give Up Doing Something We Don't Want to Do 17
We Say F**k It When We Finally Do Something We Didn't Think We Could 18
We Say F**k It Because Our Lives Are Too Meaning-Full 19
We Say F**k It in the Face of Pain 27
2 Essential F**K It Techniques 45
Relaxing 45
Letting Go 47
Accepting 49
Watching Impartially 51
Conscious Breathing 54
3 Saying F**K It 63
Even Your Own Mind Will Resist Your Impulse to Say F**k It 63
Say F**k It to Food 67
Say F**k It in Your Relationships 75
Say F**k It to Illness and Disease 81
Say F**k It to Money 86
Say F**k It to Fame 90
Say F**k It to the Weather 92
Say F**k It to Being a Peaceful Person 93
Say F**k It to Parenting 98
Say F**k It to Self-Control and Discipline 109
Say F**k It to Plans and Goals 114
Say F**k It to Wanting the World to Be a Better Place 122
Say F**k It to Climate Change 124
Say F**k It to Your Issues 126
Say F**k It to What Other People Think of You 130
Say F**k It to Fear 140
Say F**k It to Being Uptight 146
Say F**k It and Be Selfish 151
Say F**k It to Your Job 157
Say F**k It to Your Country 162
Say F**k It to Searching 164
Say F**k It, and Live and Let Live 169
4 The Effect of Saying F**K It 173
Life Responds When You Say F**k It to It 173
The Effect on Your Mind of Saying F**k it 177
The Effect on Your Body of Saying F**k It 184
The Effect on Your Spirit of Saying F**k It 187
5 The F**K It Form 207
The Roots of the F**k it Form 207
Reclined Sitting Postures 212
Upright Sitting Postures 216
Standing Postures 220
Moving Postures 226
The Post-Coital Smoke 229
It Was Good for Me 229
Why F**k It Is the Ultimate Spiritual Way (just in case you haven't been paying attention and want something easy to say in the pub) 229
I'd Like to See You Again Sometime (if that's OK with you) 230
About the Author 233
