The Work, Not Katie, Is My Focus
I know that freedom doesn’t come from anyone else, not even from Bryon Katie.
The four questions and turnarounds are what keep opening up my mind and heart. That is why I use The Work as a meditation almost every day.
But when I can afford it, I love to see Katie in person too.
What I Love about Katie Is that She Is So Available
She frequently tours around to different cities around the world offering evening presentations or longer workshops. If she travels near you, I encourage you to go see her.
Two or three times a year she offers the Nine-Day School for The Work. This is a powerful, intensive workshop for newbies and experienced practitioners of The Work alike. It’s hard to describe the experience of doing The Work intensively for nine days with 200-300 people. All I can say is that if you can afford it, go. The next one is in March in Ojai, California.
Also powerful is her 28-day Turnaround House, an in-residence program that I have attended, staffed, and loved.
But if you Can’t Afford These Programs, Don’t Worry About It
All you need to do The Work effectively is the four questions and turnarounds. That’s it.
I did The Work this way for three years before I ever met Katie. And it’s probably been three years since I’ve seen her.
But I’m so glad I met her and got to work with her. There is something inspiring about being with someone who deeply lives what she writes and talks about. It makes me want to do the same.
When I do The Work with her as a reference point, I tend to be even more courageous in my inquiry and even more honest in my answers to the questions. That is the value of being with her as I do The Work.
It’s Bonus Work
You don’t ever need to meet Katie to find freedom. But if you can, don’t miss it.
Here’s a link to all her upcoming events.
Have a great week,
Todd
“In the School, I take people through every waking nightmare I ever experienced. I show them how to walk themselves through their own fears, until they’re confident that they understand how the mind creates suffering and how the mind can end it. If they have a problem, real or imagined (and all problems are imagined), we question it. I go with them into the depths of hell and we come out again into the sunlight. These brave people are tired of suffering; they long for freedom, they really want to know the truth, and they’re ready for peace on earth. Once the four questions are alive inside them, their minds become clearer and kinder, and therefore the world they project becomes clearer and kinder. This is more radical than anyone can possibly express.” Byron Katie, A Mind at Home with Itself
