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Loving What Is
by Byron Katie
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| Out of nowhere, like a fresh breeze in a marketplace crowed with advice on what to think and believe, comes Byron Katie and what she calls "The Work." In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed and desperate. Then one morning, she work up in state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is you can discover the same freedom through The Work. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. As Katie says, "It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem." Contrary to popular belief, trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead, once we have done The Work, the thought lets go of us. At that point, we can truly love what is, just as it is. Loving What Is: Four Questions that change your life will show you step by step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process by yourself. You'll see people do The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems, in their relationships, at work, and on their deepest anxieties and fears. Once they have done The Work, they experience a sense of lasting peace and find the clarity and energy to act, even in situations that had previously seemed impossible. |
The Transformations Study Program is using this book as a core text in the area of personal change. |
 About the author: In 1986, Byron Katie experienced the profound realization that without any story about how life is supposed to be, we are left with a sense of peace far beyond what we hoped to find by fulfilling our dreams. On the other side of our myths about reality is reality itself, completely indescribable—and unknowable as long as we're still pursuing how things should be. Only when we give up "what should be" can we experience the profound peace of "what is."
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Price: $15.00
(Three Rivers 2002), 322 pp. paperback
Contents
1. A Few Basic Principles
2. The Great Undoing
3. Entering the Dialogues
4. Doing the Work on Couples and Families
5. Deepening Inquiry
6. Doing the Work on Work and Money
7. Doing the Work on Self-Judgments
8. Doing the work with Children
9. Doing the Work on Underlying Beliefs
10. Doing the Work on Any Thought or Situation
11. Doing the Work on the Body and Addictions
12. Making Friends with the Worst That Can Happen
13. Questions and Answers
14. The Work in Your Life
Appendix: Self-Faciliation
"Her method can cut through years of self-delusion and rationalizations."
--Los Angeles Times
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