| For almost a decade, Byron Katie suffered from depression, rage, self-loathing, and constant thoughts of suicide. Then one morning in February 1986, she experienced a life-changing realization.
“In that instant of no-time,” she says, “I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being.”
In this workshop, we learn how to put The Work to use in our own lives. It is an astonishingly simple process, accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and requires nothing more than a pen and paper, and an open mind. In The Work, we state a particular thought that is causing us stress and examine that thought by asking ourselves: “Is it true? Can we absolutely know that it’s true? How do we react when we believe that thought? Who would we be without that thought?” Through this process, we learn to trace unhappiness to its source and eliminate it.
As Katie guides us with humor and lovingly incisive clarity, our stressful beliefs radically shift and we discover that self-inquiry can bring us a happy life.
Byron Katie has brought The Work to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. She is the author of four best-selling books, Loving What Is (with Stephen Mitchell); I Need Your Love—Is That True? (with Michael Katz); A Thousand Names for Joy (with Stephen Mitchell); and Who Would You Be Without Your Story?
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