Letter: Grandma and the School for The Work
Greetings, Byron Katie, This is Rwanda, just wanted to let you know that my grandmother, Mrs. Leatha Sneed, just died at the age of 96. She loved The Work. We talked of it often and she stayed on the battle field of sharing with others The Work of love and its freedom. Grandma Sneed was…
Letter From the Archives: “My Betrayal Hurts!”
Dear Katie, I understand how you can live from day to day, moment to moment, when you know “It is what it is.” Thank you, and as you may have noticed, everyone lives from moment to moment (or so it seems). Our unquestioned thoughts are what make life appear to be in time or as…
Question: What does that mean, “take on the role of God”?
“Until we know that death is as good as life, and that it always comes in its own sweet way, we’re going to take on the role of God without the awareness of it, and it’s always going to hurt. Whenever you mentally oppose what is, you’re going to experience sadness and apparent separation. There’s…
Sharing Your Turnarounds
Dear Ones, Over the years, I’ve witnessed countless miracles as people question their thoughts and turn them around. Some of you may have heard me share these turnarounds (or have shared them yourselves) during the School for The Work or at weekend intensives, or may have read about them in my books. As many of…
The State of the Economy
Across the world, many of you have written me recently about money and finances and told me how worried you are about your jobs, your income, and the state of the economy in your country. Here is an article that may help: “I Lost My Job” (ByronKatie.com) How do you react, what happens, when you…
The Death of Hector
I receive a lot of email about my relationship and marriage with Stephen. Here is a typical moment. We are very quiet together most of the time, and I appreciate the ease and yes, the bliss that meets with that silence. Stephen: “Here’s the salad. Let me know if it needs more vinegar.” A few…
Letter: Losing a Child
Dear Katie I know you are very busy and lots of people are asking something of you. I am writing to you, because ‘something terrible has happened’ – the 6 year old girl of a friend of mine had what is called a freak accident, and she died yesterday. I am very touched by her…
From the Buddha’s Dhammapada
(freely translated by Stephen Mitchell) Mind creates the world; what you see arises with your thoughts. If you speak and act with a confused mind, trouble will follow you as certainly as a cart follows the ox that pulls it. Mind creates the world; what you see arises with your thoughts. If you speak and…
Peace in the Present Moment: Selected Quotations from Eckhart Tolle and Byron Katie
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“I shouldn’t have married this man”
Here is a letter from a woman in Europe kind enough to write to Katie even though her first language isn’t English. For twenty years i’ve been married with my husband and you know, I had for twenty years resentment in this and I couldn’t get through it. I did The Work on it last…
O Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Special
The May edition of O Magazine features Byron Katie in The Truth is in There, an article by Caitlin Flanagan. Check it out at a newsstand or in the check-out aisle of your grocery store.
The Work in Pakistan
The following text was written to Zahid from Bahawalpur, Pakistan, by a 27-year-old woman with two young children. (She uses her mobile phone to get on the Internet.) Here is the translation: Dear Zahid, I just went though Katie’s little book. It’s amazing. Now it’s time for the Worksheets, but before filing in those I’m…
On Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
Question: Katie, Every year I make New Years Resolutions only to break them a month later and feel bad. How can the Work help me when I break my resolutions? Is there any point to making them in the first place? Katie: Let’s say I wanted to be a kinder human being toward my children…