Reddit reviews Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties

You might have better luck looking for the book Who ordered this Truckload of Dung?

This book by Ajahn Brahm kept me from trying again and put me on the road to recovery, better than thousands of dollars of therapy. It's about accepting the shit and the hardships in life, but in a very different way than the Stoics portray it. Maybe give it a look.

I'm fond of Thai Ajahns as well. Ajahn Brahm is my favorite, his book Who ordered this truckload of dung? is super easy to read and is split up into many small, relatable yet powerful stories/teachings.

Absolutely - they're from the book, Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?, a book written by Ajahn Brahm, a head monk at a monastery in Perth, Australia. If you have a second, YouTube him - he gives incredible talks about Buddhism and life, and he's actually pretty funny.

More technically speaking, the Five Remembrances above are Ajahn Chah's modern translation of the five remembrances from the Upajjhatthana Sutta. (I didn't know that - had to look it up, haha.)

I think I've been having similar problems lately. Except I don't say "man up," I say "oh, god it is that time of the month again..." (and it always is!)

Anyway reading this book might help: http://www.amazon.com/Who-Ordered-This-Truckload-Dung/dp/0861712781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377297592&sr=8-1&keywords=who+ordered+this+truckload+of+dung

My husband likes to listen to Ajahn Brahm's lectures on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiu7iHzYQhQ

I love his book "Who ordered this truckload of dung?" http://www.amazon.com/Who-Ordered-This-Truckload-Dung/dp/0861712781

Give yourself more time. The last major hurt wasn't that long ago.

It is really difficult to let go of attachment to the person you loved and trusted. OK, maybe extremely difficult. And a third of your life too. All those hopes, dreams and plans. You have a huge hole in your life that will take time to fill in.

Have you tried Cogitative behavior therapy at all? Or meditation? Personally I find a lot of contentment after reading or watching Ajahn Brahm. but I am sure it is not to everyone's taste.

I know it's hard. For me the first d-day was over a year ago. I can't say it gets easier, but now it seems the moments of crushing grief and intense longing are farther apart. Still not 100%.

I wish you luck.

Who ordered this truckload of dung? is one of my to-go books, though it's from a buddhist perspective so your mileage may vary.

I also had a lot of unpleasant memories and depression when I started with Buddhism. My mind would automatically fall into the same ruts of anger and hopelessness--it was hard to sleep and i had to keep myself constantly busy so I never had time to stop and think.
He's got a book of 108 short stories called Who Ordered the Truckload of Dung?. Those stories are short and catchy and helped me come up with ways to "answer" the negative thoughts and feelings.

He also has a lot of dhamma talks online--this is a list of his [most popular dhamma talks(https://www.youtube.com/user/BuddhistSocietyWA/videos?shelf_id=3&sort=p&view=0). If you're not connecting with one of the talks, just move on to another.

Freeing our Minds from their mental prisons was also really helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_FsPEwOB0

I have a laptop next to my bed. I would turn them on whenever I went to bed, so I had stuff to listen to while I was trying to sleep. I also would crochet stuff during the day and listen. Basically, I just bathed myself in his words until he "brainwashed" me into loving myself.

Eventually I got to the point where I had enough distance from stuff that when bad memories come up, I can think about them without drowning in them--so I do feel a lot more detached and distant from them. I can also pretty much choose when I want to stop thinking about bad memories--they don't control me.

I did all this in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy. I'd done therapy for years, but Buddhism was the key that unlocked the door.

Also, did you know about /buddhistrecovery?