Sitting with the Turnarounds
Thank you, Byron Katie. These turnarounds are so helpful. I can feel how they resonate within me. What I also found interesting is how you reflect on the original statement right before you do the turnarounds. I can see how this sort of naturally comes up in the process. Is this like an extra…
Without your story…
Without your story, you’re perfectly fine. Click here to find a Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet.
Letter from Prison
Dear Byron Katie, I first read your book Loving What Is in 2012 shortly after I was arrested. It was given to me by my parents. I was very doubtful that I would like or learn anything from your book. I believed that I was hopeless and that who I was just the way I…
Moscow Workshop
Dear Katie, I am thrilled to report to you that I am going to Moscow at the end of the month to do a 5 day immersion into The Work. We have 12 people registered so far and many more interested. Many of them have been doing The Work on Skype with me and with…
The Good News
Stephen and I were talking about Jesus and the Gospel, which he told me means “the good news.” He asked me what I thought of Jesus’s message. Here is an edited version: There’s nothing that isn’t good news. The good news is that there is no bad news. I imagine that Jesus saw goodness in…
There are no terrible people…
There are no terrible people. There are believers. If I believed what they believed, I would have to do that too.
When they criticize…
When they criticize you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done
Byron Katie’s Solution to Your Turmoil—Work It!
“I didn’t quit drinking; I did “The Work,” and drinking, drugs, compulsive eating, smoking, anger, depression, sorrow, fear, all quit me. In my experience, the ultimate addiction is the mind’s addiction to what it is believing—the unquestioned thoughts that create and safeguard its system of denial. To question the mind is to bring the mind…
