Loving what is

by Byron Katie

Some books are a paragraph of idea plus hundreds of pages of exploration, application and examples. This is one of those. In this case the exploration is all warranted as Katie wants to help us suffer more successfully.

Suffering is caused by believing stressful thoughts, not by external events. The Work helps you see that "what is actually true" is what you want when your mind is clear. 

When suffering be, ask yourself

•  Is it true?
• Can you absolutely know that it's true?
• How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
• Who would you be without the thought?