Curious: If you are acquainted with Byron Katie's work, what do you think of it?

[Mike 03]

A few years ago my sister, who had been in rehab, introduced me to this book called LOVING WHAT IS, and I skimmed it at the time and found some value in the general principles. But it didn't really take hold. Then a dear friend of mine said she had been impacted by these teachings, so I revisited them and found a great deal more than I initially saw. Watching her work has been a very emotional experience for me, and I have subsequently listened to her CDs, ordered her books, but I want objective opinions about whether or not you find her work valid and helpful.

I have tried Christianity, Buddhism, Confucius, Zen, Eckhart Tolle, Taoism, and cheap imitations like Wayne Dyer, and I have discovered that unless I practice anything regularly, with patience, it seems to fade. But there is something about those four questions Byron Katie asks us to ask ourselves that seems to be useful, but I am such a skeptic I always want to know what others think about these things. Is it a gimmick? Is it real?

Anybody?

I would love to know what you think. I want to believe. I always want to believe, but I have found unless I practice "awareness" consciously every day, I lose it. Her work seems useful to me, but I am at a low point where I worry I might just be gullible--lol.

[instantkarma]

1. here's a contradiction

"Loving What Is" and "I always want to believe..."

Accepting what is has nothing to do with whether or not you believe it. Noticing and accepting what is is to be grounded in reality. Looking for things to believe in is taking a delusional path.

"Judge not lest ye be judged." When you judge someone else according to (your interpretation of) their behavior, you're really judging yourself. All judgments about other people are really projections of your own belief system onto them and is a form of delusional thinking.

Turn it around.

[zazen]

2. google Adyashanti--most accessible form of Buddhism I've ever found

But maybe thass' just me. :-)