Loving What Is

Loving What Is Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

Bryon Katie found herself at a complete dead end in her life, she felt increasingly depressed and over a ten-year period had sunk into an existence of depression, despair and rage. Then one morning she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the freedom of knowing her suffering had ended. Determined to give people a way to discover for themselves what she had experienced, Katie has developed a simple method of self-enquiry that she calls The Work, four simple questions that allow you to see the problems that are troubling you in a whole new light. The Work is a life-transforming system for discarding the stories we tell ourselves, which are the source of our suffering, and replacing them with the truth and a life of joy and peace.
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Andy Sporring@andysporring
5 stars
Nov 20, 2022

This book was, and Will always be a game changer for me. Much like Happiness by HH Dalai Lama was in the beginning of 2002. There are very few books that I have read that's had such impact on me, and I'm not counting the Bible in to this category because that will always be 'The book' for me. So if your looking to change your mindset, read these two books and I promise you a change will come to you faster than you think.

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Nadine @intlnadine
4 stars
Feb 18, 2022

A perfect antidote to how I experience life & thoughts about it. Lots of examples of turning thinking to examine your own role in interactions. Good Buddhist philosophy

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Ashley McFarland@elementaryflimflam
5 stars
Aug 3, 2023
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Róbert Istók@robertistok
5 stars
Mar 19, 2023
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Mounir Bashour@bashour
5 stars
Aug 15, 2022
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Karen Visser@karenvisser
5 stars
Jan 12, 2022

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