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Katieism: If you want something to be different than it is…
If you want something to be different than it is, you might as well teach a cat to bark. You can try and try, and in the end the cat will look up at you and say, "Meow." Wanting something…
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The Difference Between The Work and The Secret
Dear Katie, I’ve been hoping “The Secret” craze would pass as quickly as the Hula-Hoop, then this afternoon I saw it featured on Oprah. It seems to me that this so-called “secret” is just another way of tricking the mind…
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Audio: Your Inner Awakening, Excerpt #2
Another short audio excerpt (MP3) from Your Inner Awakening: The Work of Byron Katie: Four Questions That Will Transform Your Life…
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Letter: The Work and Politics
Dear Katie, I spoke with you on the book tour in Asheville about using the work during my political campaign and you asked me to send a note about it, so here it is. I live in a fairly conservative…
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Katieism: Every story, every thing is God: reality
Every story, every thing is God: reality. It apparently emerges from out of Itself and appears as a life. It lives forever within the story, until the story ends. From out of Itself I appeared as my story, until the…
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Katieism: An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy…
An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It’s a gift that says, "Get honest; inquire." We reach out for alcohol, or television, or credit cards, so we can focus out there and not have to look at the feeling. And…
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Katieism: Stress is an alarm clock…
Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’ve attached to something not true for you….
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Audio: Your Inner Awakening, Excerpt #1
Listen to this short audio excerpt (MP3) from Your Inner Awakening: The Work of Byron Katie: Four Questions That Will Transform Your Life…
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Bestseller in the Bay Area and the Rockies
Dearest Family, Your love for passing on The Work has made A Thousand Names for Joy a bestseller in the Bay Area and the Rocky Mountains. Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are It’s now…
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Letter: “Dancing in Joy”
Dearest Katie, Never in my wildest dreams did I ever know that I would become what I am becoming. There are no words to say what is going on inside me. I am dancing a dance beyond what I could…
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The Arabs/Jews Event, 2006: A Tale of Hope
The other night a friend of mine was discussing the Arabs/Jews event in 2006, and Stephen asked her to send it to him in an email. The following is one Israeli woman's view of that event. It was a night…
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Death is A Part of Living
Here's an e-mail I received from John, along with my response: I often wonder why if I speak the truth to someone else when a friend passes away—for example, if I say to them "It must have been time. How…
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Letter: Stressful Holiday Thoughts
The following is a list of the stressful holiday thoughts which we got from our vets. We had them draw 3 thoughts each out of a "treat jar," pair up, and apply the 4 questions and the turnarounds. We had…
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Thanks to our Helpline Facilitators
Two letters about the HOTLINE: Dear Angels, I was just looking at the hotline page and saw this request for feedback for the first time. I already had tears of gratitude in my eyes when I noticed it. I had…