Byron Katie - Why Healing Requires Work
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For readers who haven’t heard about Byron Katie, here is some background. In the midst of ordinary American life-two marriages, three children, a successful career-Katie entered a ten-year-long downward spiral into depression, agoraphobia, self-loathing, and suicidal despair. She drank to excess, her husband brought her pints of ice cream and codeine pills that she ate like candy, and she ended up weighing over two hundred pounds. She slept with a .357 Magnum revolver under her bed. Every day she prayed not to wake up the next morning, and it was only because of her concern for her children that she didn’t kill herself. For the last two years of this ordeal, she could seldom manage to leave her house; she stayed in her bedroom for days at a time, unable even to shower or brush her teeth. (“What’s the use?” she thought. “It all adds up to nothing anyway.”) Finally, in February 1986, at the age of forty-three, she checked herself into a halfway house for women with eating disorders-the only facility that her insurance company would pay for. The residents were so frightened of her that they put her in an attic bedroom and booby-trapped the staircase at night; they thought she might come down and do something terrible to them.
One morning, after about a week at the halfway house, Katie had a life-changing experience. As she lay on the floor (she didn’t feel worthy enough to sleep in a bed), a cockroach crawled across her ankle and down her foot. She opened her eyes, and all her depression and fear, all the thoughts that had been tormenting her, were gone. “While I was lying on the floor,” she says, “I understood that when I was asleep, prior to cockroach or foot, prior to any thoughts, prior to any world, there was-there is-nothing. In that instant, the four questions of The Work were born.” She felt intoxicated with joy. The joy persisted for hours, then days, then months and years.
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Whenever I find myself spiraling out of control, I turn to Byron Katie. 😄
@nitzaberrios9021
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! I run!
@einsteindarwin8756
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. It’s the only thing that has consistently worked for me.
@doingtheworkofbyronkatieon7185
3 жыл бұрын
Mee too i get still 😊
@quantumuniverse5771
3 жыл бұрын
Same here 😉🥰😇
@theimmigrantwoman
Жыл бұрын
Me too! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who runs to her!
The ego as a terrified child, can relate. As a child I felt mistreated, abandoned, betrayed, rejected by my parents. Now (after 25y spiritual path of healing) I'm basically the same, feeling all that but now from God
Oh, I love the idea of having a dinner party and doing the work with Byron Katie as the host!
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
KELLY CARTER that would honestly be amazing!
I've watched a lot of interviews with Byron Katie lately and I have to say that this is one of the best. There's real chemistry between Jay and Katie here. Jay seems to bring out the best in Katie, who said some things that she's "never said before." That's a sign of a true listener. Thank you so much for this. And as for Katie, I always learn something useful from her, no matter how many times I hear her speak or read what she's written.
7 years ago, this human being showed me THE WAY to release my suffering and the way to find Light within. Thank you Katie. I'll always remember you as most shining star in my Universe. 🥰😇🙏
@Beyondthemindpodcast
2 жыл бұрын
same
@mindsigh4
2 жыл бұрын
yes, there are certain teachers that, each one brought me what i was not expecting, didn't know to expect, but when they appear, they are not, were never, could never be a stranger.
I found Byron Katie this last week. I am using her The Work app, and read one book already and finding great videos like this one. It has been a really good tool for me, I am starting to surprise myself at what is uncovered with a lot of gratitude. This works. What is success? Contentment....I love that. Sometimes it looks like....do the dishes, make the bed, brush your teeth. The Work - it works.
God bless you, Jay! It humbles me to my knees, how openly and reflective you speak about your suffering. I only wish you the best
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
You are too kind Anni! I really hope that you were helped in some way by Katie and I's conversation. :D God bless you too!
@butterfly4537
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheStoryBox thank you Jay. It doesn`t help relieve my suffering as such, but it is a glimmer of light to see, that there are genuine and trustworthy people out there. Respectively ones, which have not lost themselves in the midst of suffering, which a human life can involve. You are only 23 years old in this video - and the humility, warmth, genuinenss and wisdom shining through you, are of the age of a soul, which has evolved lifetimes respectively, which carries a great amount of light into this life. A soul, which came here to heal not only itself, but whole ancestral lines of humanity. This is, what I can deeply sense by your aura alone. By speaking so openly about what you have been experiencing, I am sure, you give hope to and help thousands of people to see and feel, that they are not alone. I want to let you know, too, that you are not alone and that you do this healing work for a far greater purpose than just for yourself. Makes me tear up. Bless you once again and thank you. I wish you only the best and will include you in the awareness of my heart.
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
@@butterfly4537 It's my pleasure Anni. I can't end your suffering sadly as much as I would love to. That choice belongs to you but it warms my heart and soul to read that my story & Katie's can be a light for you. I believe in the power of sharing ones story to help make the world a more brighter place. Without stories there would be no vulnerability, as stories are the essence of vulnerability. I may only be young but I don't believe that matters much. Experience will always be my greatest teacher and has given me the ability to share my vulnerable parts. That's why I continue doing what I'm doing to help others. Thank you for sharing by you doing so you are also giving people hope! I appreciate that Anni! My purpose is to serve, helping others realise their worth & live the best version of themselves possible. Be blessed always and remember your story matters so let it shine!! Jay :D
@butterfly4537
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheStoryBox I am crying reading this. I have rarely heard, that my story matters. Respectively, when I heard it, it were the same people, who would just say, but not mean so and hurt me brutally just a couple of minutes, hours or days later. I am by now not able to trust anyone anymore respectively I force myself into trust on the other hand constantly, while my whole body says no. Watching videos like this gives me a safe distance although this very distance in our "modern" technology age is at the same time the cause for so much suffering due to being disconnected from other human beings. Additionally, I really do sense, as I said, that you are not only genuine and trustworthy, but also seem to have dived deep, what I cannot say about many people, who have been in my life.
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
@@butterfly4537 That brakes my heart hearing you've rarely been told that your story matters. That's why I believe it should be said more often! It's one of the biggest issues people struggle with is knowing their worth. I know first hand just how mean people can be. But I also know first hand how to turn those negative thoughts into positive ones. Remember that some of lives greatest blessings will often come from the darkest moments. I believe that we should allow ourselves time to heal and I know it can take longer for some wounds than others. But you can heal. I hope that you watch the other videos and glean more insights and wisdom from the amazing guests I've been blessed to speak with. Thank you Anni! I am truly grateful and humbled! :D Be blessed Jay
That is a great analogy. Guilt is a great fertilizer for addiction.
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
So true! Thank you for your support
When she explains our nature is Love and when we go against it that creates guilt, and that is fertilizer for our Ego...and pushes our addictions, I just fell over. Yes.
The yellow brick road...this is exactly my synonym. It is so nice and bright and inviting to walk on it. Thanks
two of the greatest people i have seen in a long time, blessing for both, Jay you are amazing
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
You are amazing too! Thank you 🙏🏼 be blessed always
I wonder if this might not the most important human being on earth who found this truth and who is teaching us... I'm ever so grateful that I was so lucky to get this information... thank you, Katie !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💝💛💯
@quantumuniverse5771
3 жыл бұрын
mssummerrose 1 for me, she is the LIGHT! No words in any language to express my appreciation for founding BK. She showed me THE WAY!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful interview, Jay!!
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
Alyse Young my pleasure! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏼😁
I said I wanted to be happy and my friends said I was so creative. I should have accepted that then.
Such a beautiful and innocent conversation between to beautiful and open souls Thank u both 💖🙏🐣
Jay, best interview with BK ever...love your beautiful authenticity. ❤🙏🤗
This was a very good interview. I can't get enough of BK and you asked great questions
Had never thought about the sink or swim question. So interesting! 🌊
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully we were able to help you understand it more and why it's important. Be blessed and thank you for your support. :D
Thank you so much!!
such a great chat ... thank you so much Katie and Jay!!
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
Agni Tsirogianni appreciate your kindness! 😁
This was just incredible, and you are so kind and authentic yourself Jay!
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
Thien Kim Truong thank you for your kind words! I’m grateful for your support. 🙏🏼 remain blessed
I’m very sorry about the loss of your beautiful dog ♥️
One of my fav interviews from her!!
Good interview..Thank you Katie en jay❤
tank you so much . love love love
Thank you for this excellent interview ❤️
How did she do it? By invitation and a lot of work and service; when the work holds integrity it creates a life of its own. Her story is beautiful.
so precious. Ty.
That is a beautiful story about the eagle
hey Jay, thank you 🙏🏼🌱🐾👣🌿🕊️ 💌 when we lose our closest friend, they have a way of finding us again.......🐾👣...
This was wonderful !!!!
@TheStoryBox
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :D
The red shoes
Beautiful
Great interview! And why does healing require work? Are you referring to the Work of BK or work in general? Loved seeing your own wisdom, Jay, soar like that of Katie's. When you bursted out laughing at her amazing answers, it was clear! "It's a beginning." So much humility and wisdom in that...
@TheStoryBox
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You can choose to do the work on your own or you can use Byron Katie's useful methods to help overcome certain pain. It really depends on what helps you the most. :D
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I have bacon and lettuce 😁
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More Byron Katie talk and less from the interviewer....
Frustrating! I had been SO looking forward to this interview! But it wasnt one, AT All. Nor helpful because it was PRIMARILY a 'inside' personal convo. Maybe if you were already well-versed 1ST, with each of their personal stories . As well as, incredibly knowledgeable BEFOREHAND re: Katies work (which Im only somewhat well-versed).....it wouldve been an ENORMOUS Gift -- And to SO Many More. Such a bummer!!
@mindsigh4
2 жыл бұрын
@MHP1209 yeah, i know what u mean, the guy has the gall to bring up his closest friend dying, & then Katie goes on about her years of being suicidally depressed, & what happened to change all that, to free her mind & teach others a way out of suffering, & he wasn't even thinking about how bored u might be, that truly is a bummer, but i hope ur ok now, ya?