Interview: Uncovering Happiness Symposium-The Work of Byron Katie ®

[@ash-cz1ze]

Love love you Byron Katie.My search ended with you and your WORK .I love the way you don't confuse the Work for us by adding "more thoughts" .May your message go far and wide.

[@dar_jada]

“Every thought is a child, all of our thoughts are children.” Brilliant. So much wisdom.

[@alexismiller8978]

Excellent interview! Katie is a gift from heaven! I adore her mind

[@ΑντωνίαΖωήΚαυκά]

*It’s a life of compassion and gratitude and “how can i help”, it’s really what we are left with, and who cares if it’s a dream or not; it’s life out of the heart.* I loved that

[@febaran]

I love this conversation! Thank you Elijah and Katie. It is intellectually very satisfying to understand how The Work works.

[@judithpfeiffer9154]

"Life out of the heart" --- I love Byron Katie and the Work!

[@kellyhoh444]

This is such a exceptional interview! It speaks to my heart. Katie is such a beautiful awakened soul. Thank you very much.

[@skywatcher651]

Her enlightment from a long dark place is amazing. Emerging from such a place must be truly such freedim. Reminds me of the light, his "awakening" the Buddha had found. It is wonderful. Freedom, love and peace

[@judithpfeiffer9154]

I love this! This one moved right into my heart: "If I question it, I'm doing it for all time. (what I'm thinking and believing) And that collapses time. It ends time." BK

[@Carolsw1]

What a lovely understanding interviewer.

[@JaniiLaGarbosa]

Carolsw1 yeeees so sweet ☺️

[@Artiststan]

"The trip in is the way out." Brilliant.

[@margaretkennedy5308]

Thank you for your gift to the World what is The Work it is changing my life one thought at a time.Im so happy to share this with my twin daughter's and my girlfriend that's going through a divorce Wow how it's helping us Xo...

[@SarbariGhoshDasgupta]

Awesome. So much wisdom in the words!

[@alicecoffey1823]

You are so beautiful, Katie, thank you!

[@Yoganflogan]

Beautiful interview thank you

[@WithHopeMeditation]

Thank you Byron Katie

[@OurFamilyGutierrez]

Changed my life❤

[@mssummerrose1]

The Work is the ultimate practice as of now...

[@sumari972]

They could have said it right, what inquiry is really about. It is recreating that moment of the past where someone was suffering. Because travelling in time to that certain moment from now, from a safe, even pleasant moment will certainly change the feeling they have had. That makes anyone to the creator of their story, it is empowering, so they can hardly say any longer they are victims of what ever.

[@raquelares8436]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:01:00 *🎙️ Byron Katie helps people release long-held stories causing suffering, opening their minds and setting them free through her method called "The Work."* 00:02:24 *🤔 Byron Katie defines happiness as the absence of suffering, while unhappiness comes from believing thoughts that cause suffering.* 00:04:18 *🌟 Byron Katie's life transformation started after years of depression, leading to an awakening where she realized suffering comes from believing thoughts, and peace comes from questioning them.* 00:05:15 *🧘 Inquiry, or questioning thoughts, is a practice Byron Katie advocates, which leads to a continuous state of meditation and happiness.* 00:06:12 *💭 The mind can transform stressful thoughts into peace through regular practice of inquiry, turning fear into a smile.* 00:07:12 *💗 Inquiry leads to compassion and gratitude, and even if life is a dream, it leaves one asking, "How can I help?"* 00:09:39 *🔄 Byron Katie introduces her four questions for self-inquiry: Is it true? Can you absolutely know it's true? How do you react when you believe that thought? Who would you be without that thought?* 00:11:35 *🔍 The turnarounds in The Work allow one to see the opposite perspective, inviting deeper reflection and understanding.* 00:12:33 *🧠 The second question, "Can you absolutely know it's true?" creates space between awareness and thought, offering perspective.* 00:18:29 *🌍 Byron Katie explains that personal peace affects the world positively, influencing kindness in business and family.* 00:19:25 *🌌 All stressful thoughts are recycled across languages and cultures, and questioning them reveals the world’s true nature, filled with beauty and freedom.* 00:22:03 *👫 Relationships are transformed through inquiry, leading to a deeper connection and understanding of oneself and others.* 00:26:35 *🧠 El cuestionamiento de las creencias opuestas permite regresar a la conciencia y la verdadera naturaleza de uno.* 00:27:04 *🔄 El "giro" en la creencia "No le importo" consiste en cambiarla por su opuesto: "Sí le importo", y meditar en ello.* 00:27:34 *🤝 Otro giro: "No le importo" se transforma en "Yo no me preocupo por él", lo que invita a reflexionar sobre dónde se fue descuidado.* 00:28:33 *🔍 La meditación consiste en estar presente en ese momento específico y observar cómo reaccionaste ante esa creencia.* 00:31:06 *⏳ Cuestionar lo que crees en un momento dado afecta toda tu vida; elimina el tiempo y colapsa esa creencia.* 00:33:09 *💡 El amor es la clave: no rechazar pensamientos, sino escucharlos y comprenderlos como a niños pequeños.* 00:34:35 *🌟 Cuando la mente confía en que volverás a cuestionar sus pensamientos, empieza a relajarse y encontrar la verdad por sí misma.* 00:35:38 *❤️ Amar lo que piensas te lleva a amar lo que ves; no hay nada que temer en el mundo cuando estás en paz con tu mente.* 00:36:09 *🙏 El entrevistador se siente agradecido y con una mente y corazón expandidos tras la conversación.* 00:37:35 *🏫 La Escuela de The Work es una oportunidad para explorar y profundizar en el cuestionamiento de creencias durante nueve días.* Made with HARPA AI

[@malcolmnicoll1165]

"The 5th question: "what is it that's bothering me?" When I sit with that question without trying to force an answer, it usually just vanishes on its own.

[@helloitsme7983]

Love her!

[@giantmiller1136]

How does inquiry about negative thoughts effect positive thoughts? If you often succeed in not believing negative thoughts are you still capable of believing (/relying on) positive thoughts? Or is it also the púrpose of not believing positive thoughts as they could also not be true?

[@gretchencasey830]

From things I've heard from BK, if a thought is working for you, i.e. not causing suffering, then it doesn't matter if it's true or not, it's working for you!

[@lolar6085]

The purpose of inquiring negative thoughts is practising inquiry not as a philosopher would do it, searching for objetive truth but to stop a specific suffering situation. Byron Katie sees the person's mind as a children's mind, which,k in a given situation, interprets the facts rather than to check them so this already is confusion and when suffering begins. To stop this suffering the confused mind has to question the thought which is causing the suffering to discover the facts . This she calls it reality , and reality is always kinder than the confused mind. That's the essential point of practising inquiry , not in a vacuum but when the person feels disstresed, confused or suffering by unquestioned thoughts.

[@phoenixrising1675]

doing this work, or any non duality practice, it is realized that no thought could be true. only believed, focused on and even obsessed on. to unwind a believing mind, it must go through inquiry. until we realize no thought is true, but believed thoughts have a huge impact on how we feel and how we move through life.. so, inquiry until you realize the very best most happy, most loving positive thoughts, are what make you feel the most aligned with who you really are, unconditional love... no thought is true, but all thoughts have vibration. The highest vibration is the closest to the truth... The closest to who really are... Does it feel good? Then, IT'S TRUE!

[@corrinaamato8805]

hmmm how she said "the mind matures". ive just recognized how immature ive been, i just was thinking that yesterday and im nee to the work but i just felt at 39byrs old , how immature my beliefs were

[@loveofinquiry8067]

Socrates said an unquestioned life is not worth living and he took inquiry as far as it could go, death.

[@loveofinquiry8067]

❤️BK

[@Saraaa2538]

i can't get it, sorry!

[@carmenl163]

BK is just not the best at explaining. But her method is very simple and profound and for me the only thing that is truly helpful.

[@PlanetMarth]

Susanna is not for undesteand is for live ir 😊 try it it helped me with depression if u need help Im willing to do it ❤

[@gretchencasey830]

I read "Loving What Is" and her ideas were very exciting. Then I actually filled-in her "Judge Your Neighbor Worksheet", which is for The Work, and the result was amazing. I had suffered over the relationship with my ex-husband for about 5 years. Once I did the worksheet, I basically saw that I had been judging myself as not good or loveable since I could not seem to get along well with him (but had been blaming him as the "bad guy"). It was the insights that allowed me to forgive us both, relax and the trigger was gone and has never returned, 3 years later.

[@lolar6085]

Gretchen Casey Thanks for sharing. That peace is priceless!

[@orin2522]

If it’s Valuable- give it away?”” Okay. Byron, give me your huge mansion you grifter.

[@victoriacampbell4412]

Maybe she had a mini stroke and her pathways changed in her brain?