Loving What Is, Revised Edition: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

by Byron Katie

Other authorsStephen Mitchell (Author)
Paperback, 2021

Status

Available

Publication

Harmony (2021), Edition: Revised, 400 pages

Description

Psychology. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:Out of nowhere, like a cool breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice, comes Byron Katie and �The Work.� In the midst of a normal life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a 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 will show you step-by-step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. You�ll see people do The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems, from a wife ready to leave her husband because he wants more sex, to a Manhattan worker paralyzed by fear of terrorism, to a woman suffering over a death in her family. Many people have discovered The Work�s power to solve problems; in addition, they say that through 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. If you continue to do The Work, you may discover, as many people have, 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.�.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Arctic-Stranger
The subtitle is "Four Questions which can change your life." Maybe even save your life. Katie asks to think about what our lives would be like without our negative thoughts, and she encourages us to put responsibility for our lives directly where it belongs--on our selves.

READ THIS BOOK!
LibraryThing member zina
Useful! Try a worksheet - changed my thinking.
LibraryThing member haridasi
It's a great way to deal with ones thoughts. It took me some time to get it to work though, and notice change. I'm not always able to follow it, and it doesn't always work, but there is a slight improvement every time.

I will definitly recommend this book to everybody.
LibraryThing member EbonyHaywood
Talk about life transformation...how quickly we can get carried away by our thoughts...
LibraryThing member jefware
Giving examples of "The Work" the author shows how all suffering is comprised of thought and how we can liberate ourselves from the prison of our own mind.
LibraryThing member SueinCyprus
ery interesting book. The author was in deep depression until she had a big 'aha' moment, and turned her life around by asking herself four basic questions about everything that hurt, saddened or angered her.

This book shows how anyone can do the same, to get rid of frustrations, irritations and
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hurt from the past. It may seem simplistic or unrealistic, but it's pretty powerful stuff, albeit not really anything other than accepting what is, and looking around problems rather than being stuck in one viewpoint.

Rather more of a Buddhist/New Age feel than I'm entirely comfortable with, but that's only a tiny part. Relevant to anyone, and definitely recommended. Four and a half stars if possible.
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LibraryThing member mkh43
This is just... not great. I had pretty high expectations for this book after reading about it in a different book, but this was just not good. I almost could have forgiven the problematic self-help advice by saying "well she must not mean this for someone in blank situation," but then there was a
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scene that was so blatantly and unapologetically transphobic that I couldn't give the author the benefit of the doubt for anything.
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LibraryThing member Okies
I'm always intrigued by Byron Katie's perspective and her way of approaching the problems in life which get one stuck.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

400 p.; 8 inches

ISBN

0593234510 / 9780593234518

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