Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

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There is a much more helpful understanding in realizing the needs which motivate our resistances and judgments are legitimate, human and reasonable. Byron Katie must not be a sexual abuse surivor because her "work" with this gal both appalling and insensitive.

This is the idea that everything in the world is still completely dependent on God for its existence. A lot of Jews believe that they can experience God’s presence when they are praying together or discussing the Torah. After some reflection, you may still want to quit your job and travel with your partner to a different country. Numerous times I had to sit back and contemplate the book for a long long time before I felt prepared to continue.As people are living longer and longer, this damage is cumulative [and] the effects are now building,” Walsh says.

The simplicity of Richard and Mildred belies the complexity of the issue, and is summed up through the words of Mildred, "He took care of me. Genesis chapter 2 describes how God made a man from the dust in the ground and a woman from man’s rib. It's also completely inappropriate to ask a woman to identify what "her part" was in the sexual abuse her stepfather committed on her when she was nine years old. It can apply to love that happens in many interpersonal relationships, including those with friends and family.

If you feel the urge to do something that would completely uproot or significantly change your life, take some time and think it through. Maybe you want sex to be more spontaneous, or feel excited about seeing your partner instead of comfortable. And the more willing you are to expose your most unenlightened beliefs to light, the more relief and freedom you’ll find. My concern is for the danger of applying this technique to (an admittedly small number of) extreme cases, such as those who are victims of crime.

I’ve also added Loving What Is by Byron Katie to my collection of Philosopher’s Notes--distilling the Big Ideas into 6-page PDF and 20-minute MP3s on 600+ of the BEST self-development books ever.And the basic idea is that we bring our desires to the world and the world brings its desires to us - and what happens is often something in between. Beyond addressing/dissolving psychological tendencies such as anger and depression, The Work has the singular power to dissolve all beliefs.