One Big Blissful Thing

Spiritual awakening turns up in unexpected places -- for Josh Radnor, it came somewhere between the rain forests of Brazil, the night he got punched in the face twice by a total stranger, and the moment he decided to stop being quite so hard on himself and be happy. ONE BIG BLISSFUL THING is his funny, surprising account of how this all came to be. Josh Radnor is a guy like us, with more failed relationships than successful ones, more weird first dates than great second ones, more insecurities and questions than answers. And yet... In 2007, Josh went to Brazil and participated in the first of several ceremonies where he drank a foul-smelling beverage brewed from the hallucinogenic ayahuasca plant, leading to mind-alterting, life-changing experiences that left him open to the beauty and grace of the universe in a way that was previously impossible. In this remarkable book, Josh takes the reader on an episodic, free-wheeling journey. ONE BIG BLISSFUL THING is a book that captures the spirit of our times -- intimate, searching, discursive, wildly referential, and unwilling to settle for the old, familiar truths.