The Work: "I must plan."

[pjtomza]

Great video :) x

[non2ality]

thank you

[lobkethijssen]

there is a eastern saying... if you want to make god laugh, tell 'm your plans....

[talibanprincess]

wow this was AMAZING THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING.....it could have been written by me you took the words out of my mouth you did a very useful helpful thing for others in making this video ..

[Wantabanana]

22,000 + views in 2 years for a video that I thought might get 100 hits. Thanks for watching!

[marijotango]

@Wantabanana THANK YOUUUUU .....:)))) You did share.....

[1garbono]

God, I hated this video, Is it true?

Yes, God, I hated this video, Can you absolutely know that's true.

Yes. God, I hated this video, How do you feel when you think this thought? Angry, a waste of time.

God, I hate this video, How would you be without this thought. Happy.

The turn around. God, I love this video,

Turn around again....This video loves me. - Now I understand the video.

Thanks! Have a great day!

[Wantabanana]

@1garbono - Thanks for realizing that there is great love in this video for you and that I am God. I knew that already, but it's nice to hear from others. :)

[jenifujita]

ah yes, of course and i LOVE it. But my comment was meant to be directed at patimartinezv.

love all the way, Jeni

[Wantabanana]

@jenifujita O.K.

[jenifujita]

i LOVE this!!! Thank you for expressing your/our thoughts and making them appear in front of our eyes! I highly recommend the work if you say you're ready, go for it! No harm in giving it a shot!

[Wantabanana]

@jenifujita - I'm glad that you liked the video. This is "The Work", so I'm not sure why you're recommending to give it a shot. Of course in doing The Work, many other issues can come out of it, many other tangents to do more "work" on, but this is a "work" session.

[wookie37]

"Life's what happens while you're making other plans." :)

[wookie37]

Thank you for your courage. :)

[cloud94u2]

They say... if you want to make god laugh.. then make a plan...

I learned somewhere that.. there is a big difference between having a GOAL and making plans... a GOAL is something that you will ultimately achieve... and the plans are the steps taken to reach that goal... those are always subject to change.... LOVE IT.. hope is helps...

[cloud94u2]

They do say... IF you want to make GOD laugh... go ahead and make a plan!!! LOL

and there is a difference between having a GOAL and Making a Plan... Goals are the ultimate end result.. and the PLAN(S) are the steps to reach that goal.. are constantly subject to change!! That took a lot of stress off my shoulders... Hope it helps...

[holahafadai]

Thank you so much for the video! Wow. Love the perspective. Question our thoughts, stay in our own business, love what is, how freeing!

[Wantabanana]

Thanks everyone for checking out this video. I am so surprised I have, as of now, over 17,500 views. How did that happen exactly? Thanks also for the positive comments.

[TheMaxr1987]

@Wantabanana, thanks for posting this. I just watched this and thought it was honest. Thanks for encouraging us to be honest as well.

[michellelane305]

Thank you for sharing

[Sejaynus]

Is it true that "they should enjoy their burger just like me"? Ha! Can you know that absolutely? They should enjoy their burger?

[Sejaynus]

I love this stuff. A passage in A Course in Miracles states, "The search for truth is but the honest searching out of everything that interferes with truth. Truth IS.....Under each cornerstone of fear on which you have erected your insane system of belief, the truth lies hidden. Yet you cannot know this, for by hiding truth in fear, you have no reason to believe that the more you look at fear the less you see it, and the clearer what fear conceals becomes."

[patimartinezv]

i have sort of a consult... i dont actually do the work cause i think i already know where it would lead... i mean i have this continuous internal dialogue all day long where i balance my thoughts... does anyone think i should do it anyway??? thanks for your insight

[Wantabanana]

@patimartinezv - "I should do the work." - Is that true?

[TheMaxr1987]

@patimartinezv

I can relate to doing the work mentally throughout the day, and my experience is that while it appears involving, it just isn't the same. As is said about the work, the requirement to write it down, to answer yes or no and nothing else to the first questions—this stopping will help us achieve a clarity that we may only believe we have by "thinking out" the work.

[MrDaveyBrown]

@patimartinezv yes do it! and update me please.

[patimartinezv]

haha... i loved your video!!!! and all the comments i would made have already so i loved them too... and the fact that you are exactly into the same people im into: katie, deepak, eckhart and the course... its huge... i feel so not alone in this... also you have portrayed my biggest burden... getting things done and making the best of the day etc.... funny how we operate...

[LeCanadienerrant]

Thank you for doing this exercise. It was an unusual way to the the work in perfect silence. Do I need to criticise the ending where the words and sentences where not that clear to read over the colourful background ?

Not really but I did it anyway and it's not the end of the world.

Thank you for the experience Great work !

[Justinbetween]

Loved it. Fresh and odd and natural. Gave me some recognitions. Thanks.

[jenifujita]

"The plan is figuring ME out."

As you mentioned... WE are not figuring out ANYTHING here..

We can plan or not plan and all is happening ANYWAY.

It is The Universe's business.

BEAUTIFUL reminder.

Thank you!

[2ciella]

Thanks for not running off to another 'plan' :) I enjoyed your video . . . have known Katie for years, and her work, works!!

Seeing video's here tonight inspires me again and again . . . about thought and beliefs and - it starts with me here now ..... and I don't need 'any plan' . . . xoxo

[spicut]

There is another turnaround i found for myself: i need to live the present... it s pretty powerful this turnaround.

[anacelestenz]

Hi There, I was and sometimes still am just like you and readin The Power Of Now of Eckart Tolle put some things in order...you are a seeker and I can see that you want all "your way" control is the greates tool tru which our minds inflict pain on us.

[saleri]

very nice, it has inspired me to look at my thoughts on me procrastinating right now

[BlackflowerOmega]

Thanks , This is a fantastic video , I love the Work .

[veronii1]

I've captured the moment.....Awesome!

[angelkny]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I got alot out of that today and appreciate you.

[nisenoodle0918]

I like the reference to a course in miracles, I think that plans are made to be changed and along we go, down the road we choose to see as our road......

[leilac1]

I must not plan - when I am tired even to take my diary and think about a plan

- when I feel so relaxed at the sun and I feel drunk and I feel I could die there

- when I trust the spirit inside of me that tells me to trust you and just listen to you and just at your vid until the end before to rush to another thing to do, as my ego would like me to do.

Thanks, I recognized myself much, made me laughed.

[chessdude67]

Thank you. I found your video to be very helpful.

peace.

[vegetize]

very nice man,

thank you so much,

keep on going your doing just fine

[Georgiodionysos]

Me too. This is the first time I have felt moved to respond to You Tube and I've seen some wonderful stuff. Why? Because my thoughts exactly. thankyou for the mirror, thankyou for sharing, I don't feel so alone with this insanity. Let's not get anal about whether this was The Work done perfectly, I don't think this was the intent. I appreciate your contribution. With gratitude. May the conditons that are causing your suffering be healed. (ACM)Blessings dear fellow-human. Rosemary

[catrugmagiccarpet]

very helpful, thanks for sharing. X

[slawaq8]

Thx .Its hellp me today to recognise that the thought are my only problem if im taking it seriously:)

[intelligentfemme]

Thank You! You have made me feel a whole lot better about the moment I am currently living! I realise that I am human and It Feels Real Good!

[kaaliifire]

thank you!

[OwlJulie]

"What if Paul McCartney just refused to continue playing because he played the wrong chord?"

"No one has gottent to heaven by planning."

Do what you feel to do in the moment. Then if you realize it's not what you really want, do something different. Everything will work out for the best. "The only suffering in the future that's possible is what I allow to happen in the moment."- That is a quote that I got from a Byron katie video on YouTube entitled: Fear of The Future. Check it out.

[Athena2oo4]

Whether or not this video is done in accordance with "The Work" or not doesn't matter to me. I will tell you that you have just made an impact on my life. Thank-you very much. Namaste.

[blissbatik]

This is the very first time I've been moved to comment on any of the YouTube videos I've watched. I LOVE what you've done hear - it's like getting to read your journal (my journal??!!). I gather from the other comments here that Katie's way would be more focussed - more yes/no answers? I am a seeker on a path to becoming conscious and I'm attracted/excited by this Work. Thank you for taking the time to share your process with me/us.

Blessings galore - blissbatik in Edinburgh xx

[Wantabanana]

Thank you.

You can find the official Byron Katie worksheets at her website.

I think my video here was pretty focussed. Although I may not do the work exactly like someone else might, I don't mind.

I just went with the natural train of thoughts that came up while asking the basic work questions.

Try googling "Byron Katie Oprah Soul Series" and you'll find an amazing recent interview of Katie by Oprah, and she does a "the work" session with Oprah too.

Thank you again.

[1BrotherVito]

This run-on of complaint statements is playing against The Work of Byron Katie in place of playing/working with. These suggestive story oriented cries are not in accordance with the system as set forth by the 4 question outline and resolve back to the Nature of What Is.

It would be wise for you reader to select another example for your reminders and reflections on True Peaceful Self acceptance, such as YouTube usernames TheWorkofBK & EckhartTeachings .

Blessings Be.

[BayviewFinch]

Is that true?

[alukuhito]

1BrotherVito,

Loving What Is by Byron Katie, page 118-119: "When you facilitate others or yourself, you don't have to use the four questions in a strict order or in a prescribed way." - Not that anybody needs that sentence to justify what they do.

[maralindstrom]

thanks for sharing your process. I could really identify with it. It was a lovely way to share your thoughts.

[leilac1]

Yes. Same same.

Try staying with the Work, and writing simple sentances.

And thanks a lot. I don't feel alone at all with that ''problem'' of plan. Kills me.

All it is GUILT.

[Oxbloodred]

Great Video...But "Katie" would agree that you are not staying with inquiry...you need to stay focused with one thought and not let the mind drag all the extra crap into the questions..."is it true?" should be answered directly with a yes or no...get still..if you can't answer it..move to question 2.

[decipel101]

Haha, I can be like that. I can see how you would benifit from being more organised; Your thoughts go all over the place! But look what it brought you! And the next time you might want to stay with the Work and become clear quicker, or not ;-))

[Wantabanana]

Thanks for your "tekstreactie".

[calixtesaint]

A great video-good for you!

[bergland1944]

I've been living in Hawaii for six months now - driving myself crazy about "making a new plan". Thanx for the inspiring message. Like the Course says,"I will step back and let God lead the way." Thanx for the reminder. TOM in Waikiki

[bergland1944]

I've been living in Hawaii for six months now - driving myself crazy about "making a new plan". Thanx for the inspiring message. Like the Course says,"I will step back and let God lead the way." Thanx for the reminder. TOM in Waikiki

[pgmaass56]

Thanks for the meditation-it was beautiful!

[Wantabanana]

Thank you very much.