Byron Katie

[ashtavakra51]

I once read a dialogue by Katie with a woman suffering from C.F.I.D.S.who ,due to her insomnia,had become dependent on sleeping pills.Katie said:"No one gets less sleep than they need".I recommend that Katie goes into solitary retreat to investigate her own numerous assumptions ( she should know the method by now).To me,she's just an example of the epidemic of petty teachers.

[Doriesep6622]

Well, I certainly don't feel free. Try being the mom of a drug addict.

[derekgornall]

IM DEREK GORNALL AND IM GETTING EXTRA CREDIT POINTS!

[TheMagicEast]

@presentlightoftruth ur a complete idiot, not even your own supposed god can save you, wow

[TheMagicEast]

just turn it around

[exwaan]

Please you all run away from this woman as hard as you can.

[30millionwinner]

sooooo Happy this is easy to remember.

[alltherereallyis]

If I can't be sure a certain thought about reality is true, then by definition I can't be sure the converse of that thought is true, which means the only thing I can be sure of is that I have a thought. But for Katie, the thought itself IS reality - the external world does not exist independent of thought which means that she may only be a projection of your mind and she doesn't really exist. If by her own philosophy we can't be sure she exists, why should we take what she says seriously?

[YRivera1]

Wow! She has such a presence and stillness to her.

[Precisechi]

Arguing with reality you loose 100% of the time....I agree...and you have the ability to create your reality. We are so powerful.

[neroli528]

Wow. Great story.

[Byrontheone]

thinking is the essence of passion. you wonder . . .

[psychicdreams]

like a broken record

[zazezalo]

it gets us back to who we are. Thoughts arent who we are. You wanna test it out? Whos the one thinking them? We question the thoughts because thoughts are imagination--purely illuisonary. The entire human world is constructed upon thoughts. Not a bad thing? Look at the world as it is today, do you like what you see? Yes, it could be much worse, but the fact is...someone will point blank KILL you because they believe a thought in their head ("you wronged me. its time for payback"). Is that sane?

[BlackflowerOmega]

I love your comment ;)

For me I love the fact she just wants to believe the truth " what is real" ... nothing else matters but the truth x

[psychicdreams]

so redundant,absurd,lame

[LeCanadienerrant]

Are you absolutely sure that it is truth ?

Turn this though around

Who would you be without that thought ?

See now Byron katie is so dynamic, intelligent and (lame what is that ?)

Well you see what I mean

[marketplacecafe]

Wow .... She's Totally Hott ;-)

[NotTooObvious]

this woman always wears a gunny bag and she has a deviated septum

[JoseProkof]

This is fortunately known by a lot more people. Psichology is leading to this now, Bouddha said the same thing 2000 years ago. Don't pay attention to the hairdo, the voice, the message she's carrying, that's the key.

[bokojoo]

i guess the best way to test these so called enlightend people's enlightenment is

to cock a 9mm point blank on their face...then lets see if they as compassionate as the buddha or start discoursing from rear hole

[arvi2010]

xD xD xD

[BlackflowerOmega]

I truly believe she wouldn't flinch , I think she would accept whatever might happen , because whatever would happen would be the reality that she embraces unconditionally .

Saying that I know nothing , I'm just a random flawed person , but I would love her peace. x

[jwdenn]

Well, that's cool. She's made a career out of being self-aware. What are the four questions again ?

[Svenrocks]

What are the four questions again?

[Satori1800]

Great video:) I five starred it and am your lifetime friend and subsciber.

be happy NOW

[OnisionSupport]

this Women is so stupid why do people even listen to her? her logic is inane I can find so many holes in what she says

[BlackflowerOmega]

I have to be honest , all I can say is that the work has totally changed how I think , its just about what's real.

[OnisionSupport]

but it only works for people that don't think logically and go on belief and simple words

[BlackflowerOmega]

Once you realize that your conciseness is set apart from the mind it makes a great deal of sense.

The truth IS simple , it's always my mind that wants to fight that truth, which is cool because it's programed through evolution to do just that .

[BlackflowerOmega]

The point is to not believe what the mind is usually saying , because it isn't usually right . It's just a defense mechanism to survive , I don't know about you but I know life is about more than simply surviving

I hope someone can explain it better than that ;)

[JaneyfromKorea]

ditto

[TheFlyinglife]

Love emanates from you,

and your eyes are the stars of presence dear katie.

I live in Portugal and i had an awakning experience eigth years ago. To integrate all the energy it has been very important to listen , and do the work. I spend hours listening to you, Genpo Roshi, Adyashaty, Eckart Toller, Isha, Isira, and others

We are all the same boby of love. The same flame and bird of ligth. I love the humanity. I love you...big heart.

Maria from Lisbon...

[millomagno]

don't forget Gangaji.

[2Bgrego32]

if you dont listen to your thoughts..then you listen to.....US concious!

we become ONE when you take thoughts away which is your ego what separate us from the divine.

[yvonko]

What an amazing woman doing an amazing work. I thank you from the heart.

[whitepepperballs]

nice and true and helpfull

[HRHLCV]

I agree with the prior comment, Byron Katie's voice is kind and soothing and makes you want to curl up on the couch and listen to her speak some more!!! Nice way to intro people to Katie!!!

[nucachic]

Byron katie has an amazingly gentle voice and the most beautiful eyes :-)

[netelsg]

Dear friends,

Before study and practise zen, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters.

When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters.

But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.

Can anybody explain above statements? If cannot explained, you still not enlightened.

[paige2e]

I know that I don't know.

[netelsg]

That's true knowing.

[thediskotree]

it is all the same anyways

[thediskotree]

it's all the same anyways

[ybworld]

I think you are saying that the image of the mountain and the word mountain are not related, that we name them mountains because of the language we speak & think in...the second part I do not get, and do not so much care for...

I don't know how you can 'see them again as mountains and waters' -- I see things as things and the names are arbitrary to me, and are only useful for forming memories and communicating ideas.

I find the part about enlightenment to be smug and subtly condesending.

[netelsg]

1st - Because of attachment to form, u see mountain as mountain.

2nd - using wisdom of emptiness, u see mountain not as mountain.

3rd - realising that every form u see are manifestations of ur buddha nature, u see mountain as mountain, water as water again.

[ybworld]

Ok. I think I grasp the 'wisdom of emptiness' I just call it perception without thought. That is, where I see, touch, feel, smell, etc, without adding labels, names, without reacting emotionally in my 'preprogrammed' ways, or even if I do react, I do not think about my reactions, I just let my body do its thing, and let my mind observe it.

But when it comes to 'buddha nature,' that does not translate. I would appreciate if you could elaborate on this. (so far I come up with air => smug)

[dararak]

Thanks for sharing the video. I love Katie. She's wonderful!

[gowalkingathinline]

how our thougths determine what is stressful or depressing come out of our experiences in young childhood..watching our parents and other people we look to to define our sense of reality for us. childhood is ..... truly a defining expereince!

[54spiritedwill54]

beautiful.. ....so perfect and so true yet so simple :)

[leilac1]

I am totally hypnotised by this woman. I feel the good of what she says until my bones.

Other way I am sometimes feeling disagreement when she interrupts people. 'Cause I hate me being interrupted. I've done the Work about it :it still is, I think I need to go deeper on this.

Big kisses to all of you !!!

[thaflash1988]

I shouldn't be interrupted... Is this true? :)

I actually did this one myself yesterday.

[leilac1]

Oh, waw ! And what did you get for examples ?

[Wantabanana]

Just out of curiousity, it could be fun to do the work on the statement, "The Work is effective.", ending up with truths about how it is ineffective.

[mykhendrix]

The Work is for thoughts that cause you stress. For me, "The Work is effective" is not a stressful thought... so there's no need to do it. Cool eh ?

[Wantabanana]

I haven't done that one yet. Maybe someday. Maybe even today. I hope the work has cleared up some things for you. Blessing you with riches of spirit and material too if you want it.

[BlackflowerOmega]

thats perfect well said x

[CarlaPautasso]

sorry...translator

[CarlaPautasso]

I find it great...I`m a traslater and I wonder if someone could tell me how to upload the subtitles...or where can I find one alreay translated into spanish or somth.

[InvincibleCurezone]

Very nice interview thanks!

[TheLivingSpirit]

Thank you for this!

w w w . TheLivingSpirit . com

[phwins]

If reality is your cup of tea, go to: andualis dot com. Truth is not a paradox, as that which is, is all there is.

[phwins]

All so-called methodologies, practices, programs, -isms, etc, are spurious at best. The only real help is the kind that eliminates the need for help by precluding there being anyone, anything, anywhere, in need of help. There is no "getting free" starting under the assumption that "you" are not free NOW.

[Nquietness]

I hear ya on that one. Luckily you can always knock on your own door. True paradox.

[miloserdie100]

@phwins Really. There is one clip where the poor woman cries, opening her heart. I was once on her place. It is disgusting, other person feeds on your weakness and pain (as all doctors), but it is false authority (medicine). The place of priests was borrowed by psychologists who superficially understand a problem. Thanks, that psychologists dig these depths. But.... freedom - in other direction.

[anatureperson]

@phwins I would say that using language precludes all from freedom. Language is bondage because it is duality. Open your mouth and you're in the world of two. Keep it closed and the world is disappears.

[vindo112]

this woman has something about her - so still, so solid yet so feminine.

[blackflower75]

I so agree...I think she has peace

[mermaidoiselle]

She is gorgeous and beautifully composed.

[jodesai]

Divine....so perfect and so TRUE yet so Simple...thanks for showing us that what we think is what is making us miserable when we have everything needed to be joyful...

[vaiman777]

First comes thought then emotion weather it be good or bad. It's the answer to the age old riddle 'Which came first the chicken or the egg'

[theshaman]

beautiful..thank you for spreading the Work..

[Amalgamus]

Volume is too low. Hard to understand.

[leicbri]

Also worth checking out Byron Katie's website, www.thework.com, which contains audio and video streaming of her actually facilitating The Work with a variety of people experiencing a variety of difficult issues. It's very impressive and interesting.