Loving What Is Revised Edition, Paperback Book, By: Byron Katie

Discover the truth hiding behind troubling thoughts with Byron Katie's self-help classic. In 2003, Byron Katie first introduced the world to the work with the publication of loving what is. Nearly twenty years later, loving what is continues to inspire people all over the world to do the work; to listen to the answers they find inside themselves; and to open their minds to profound, spacious, and life-transforming insights. 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. Loving what is shows you step by step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. In this revised edition, readers will enjoy seven new dialogues, or real examples of Katie doing the work with people to discover the root cause of their suffering. You will observe people work their way through a broad range of human problems, learning freedom through the very thoughts that had caused their suffering-thoughts such as my husband betrayed me" or my mother doesn't love me enough. If you continue to do the work, you may discover that the questioning flows into every aspect of your life, effortlessly undoing the stressful thoughts that keep you from experiencing peace. Loving what is offers everything you need to learn and live this remarkable process, and to find happiness as what Katie calls a lover of reality. Byron Katie Byron Katie (she was born Byron Kathleen Reid; everyone calls her Katie) has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering. When Katie appears, lives change. As she guides people through her simple yet powerful process of inquiry, called the work, they find that their stressful beliefs-about life, other people, or themselves-radically shift. Through this process, Katie gives people the tool to set themselves free. In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year fall into depression, rage, and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning to a state of constant joy that has never left her. She realized that when she believed her thoughts she suffered, but when she questioned them, she didn't suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Since then, she has worked with millions of people at free public events, in prisons, hospitals, churches, v. A. Treatment centres, corporations, universities, and schools. Participants at her weekend workshops, the nine-day school for the work, and the twenty-eight-day residential turnaround house report profound experiences and lasting transformations. Katie's events are riveting to watch," the times of London reported. Eckhart Tolle calls the work a great blessing for our planet. " and time magazine named Katie a spiritual innovator for the new millennium. Byron Katie has written three bestselling books: loving what is, I need your love-is that true?, and a thousand names for joy. Her other books are question your thinking, change the world; who would you be without your story?; and, for children, tiger-tiger, is it true? Her latest book is a mind at home with itself. She is married to the writer, scholar, and translator Stephen Mitchell. On her website, www. The work. Com, you will find basic information about Katie and the work, Katie's blog, free materials to download, audio and video clips, a schedule of events, and a free helpline with a network of facilitators.