The release date for the English version of 'Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life' by
Byron Katie is Dec 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Like a refreshing wind in a marketplace overflowing with counsel, Byron Katie and "The Work" appear out of nowhere.
Katie was living a regular life when she started to feel more and more unhappy. Over the course of 10 years, she also began to have thoughts of suicide and extreme wrath. Then, one morning, she woke up in a complete state of bliss, overwhelmed by the knowledge that her personal suffering had come to an end. She has never lost the freedom that came with that insight, and you may now experience the same freedom in Loving What Is by doing The Work.
The Work consists of only four questions that, when you apply them to a particular issue, let you see your problems from a whole new perspective. As Katie puts it, "Our thinking about the problem is what causes our suffering, not the problem itself." Contrary to common opinion, after we have completed The Work, the unpleasant idea no longer has any power over us; rather, it releases itself from us. We will then be able to really enjoy things as they are.
Loving What Is will walk you through the revolutionary process of applying this approach to yourself step-by-step, using vivid and understandable examples. A wide variety of human issues are addressed in The Work with Katie; examples include a Manhattan worker immobilized by terror fears, a wife prepared to leave her husband for more sex, and a lady grieving over a loss in her family. In addition to realizing The Work's capacity for problem-solving, many individuals report that it gives them a feeling of enduring serenity and gives them the will and clarity to take action—even in circumstances that had previously appeared unachievable.
If you stick with The Work, you could find, as many do, that the questioning permeates every area of your life and simply dissolves the anxiety-inducing ideas that prevent you from being at peace. Everything you need to become what Katie refers to as “a lover of reality” and experience this amazing journey is provided in Loving What Is.