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Who Would You Be Without Your Story?: Dialogues with Byron Katie
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Byron Katie
they are intended primarily as teaching tools. Each took place in front of an audience, and Katie never lost connection with that audience, repeatedly reminding each person in the room to follow the dialogues inwardly, asking themselves the questions the participant must ask. The dialogue between Katie and these volunteers is an external enactment of precisely the kind of ...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
October 15th 2008
by Hay House, Inc.
(first published 2008)
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I think you either really "get" Katie, or you don't. If you do, you'll like this book. However, if you haven't tried anything by her before, I strongly suggest starting with "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life", where she better explains how to do The Work. In this book, she's just "doing" The Work with lots of different people, and demonstrating how effective The Work is with nearly any type of problem.
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I love this book and anything she has written. This too is life changing. What is helpful about this book is that Katie interviews a lot of different people about their particular concerns and you can see how applicable the Four Questions work is to absolutely any area of your life that you want to look at and discover the truth about.
I have been doing the Four Questions work for about three years now and this year I have started doing formal work on it. I have learned so much.
I have been doing the Four Questions work for about three years now and this year I have started doing formal work on it. I have learned so much.
Another thought provoking book from Byron Katie. Unlike her other books, this focuses solely on dialogues between Katie and people doing The Work. There are a wide range of topics helpful to anyone interested in knowing the truth and moving forward. By inserting my own beliefs into the dialogues and "listening" to Katie's thoughtful and oftentimes humorous responses on the page, I have found this book to be an invaluable resource in my own Work.
This is an impeccable book, recommended by a very long and endearing friend. This is a book of logical emotional maturity and the ability to forgive and let things go. Human defenses are hard core. This author appeals to our basic human nature and moves us away from our instinct of ego into a genuine understanding that we all have a reason. Tolerance is really her underlying theme. It is as much empowering of others as yourself. Respect first.
very interesting illustrations of how to parse the stories we create to understand and explain to others the narratives of our lives, and how we get locked into believing them even when they aren't true, because they serve some purpose. Taking those stories apart makes fresh perspectives possible and often changes our perspective radically. I'd love to see her in action!
I seriously did find about 30 minutes of deep inner peace practicing the work when I last was on an airplane. I love her but I find that I need to read something a little more "human still with struggles" kind of a thing as a companion piece or else I feel like a total loser.
As always, fascinating stuff. This book is transcriptions that Katie has with people doing inquiry - 15 of them on different subjects/beliefs. These are my favourite parts of her other books, so one entirely of dialogues is fantastic. Seeing people transform by this method is awesome, and it's so simple.
Byron Katie rocks! Only read two of the dialogues in this book, the only two that really relate to me at this point (thank goodness!), and both were helpful as hell.
Katie Byron is always inspiring! The biggest lesson I learned from this book is to not get angry or frustrated with my thoughts, but rather approach them with understanding. It's way easier to allow my thoughts to let go of me rather than me trying to let go of my thoughts. :)
I get her point. I really do. Maybe after I do some worksheets I'll give it a few more stars.
Great book for re-writing your story!
A little confusing at the beginning but overall a good read. It is dialogues from different conferences she's held. A great perspective about changing the way you think to have a better life. She really gets at people for making excuses, or blaming others for the way their life is or the way they feel and makes them look at themselves to find out the real root of their unhappiness.
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This was an issue of timing rather than of not liking the book. It's the middle of NaNo, and the library called the book back before I could get far into it.
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