Three Rivers Press</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Out of nowhere like a breeze in a marketplace crowded with advice comes Byron Katie and The Work. In the midst of a normal   life Katie became increasingly depressed and over a ten-year period sank further   into rage despair and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning she woke up in a state   of absolute joy filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended.   The freedom of that realization has never left her and now in<b> Loving What Is</b> you   can discover the same freedom through The Work.<br><br> The Work is simply four questions   that when applied to a specific problem enable you to see what is troubling you   in an entirely different light. As Katie says Its not the problem that causes   our suffering; its our thinking about the problem. Contrary to popular belief   trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead once we have done The   Work the thought lets go of us. At that point we can truly love what is just as   it is.<br><br> <b>Loving What Is</b> will show you step-by-step?? through clear and vivid examples??   exactly how to use this revolutionary process for you"lf. You??ll see people do   The Work with Katie on a broad range of human problems?? from a wife ready to leave   her husband because he wants more sex?? to a Manhattan worker paralyzed by fear of   terrorism?? to a woman suffering over a death in her family. Many people have discovered   The Work??s power to solve problems; in addition?? they say that through The Work they   experience a sense of lasting peace and find the clarity and energy to act?? even   in situations that had previously seemed impossible.<br><br> If you continue to do The Work??   you may discover?? as many people have?? that the questioning flows into every aspect   of your life?? effortlessly undoing the stressful thoughts that keep you from experiencing   peace. <b>Loving What Is</b> offers everything you need to learn and live this remarkable   process?? and to find happiness as what Katie calls ??a lover of reality.??</br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>Remember the phrase "rity"? <I>Loving What Is</I> is a workbook on questioning authority--but in this case?? what is in question is the authority of our own fundamental beliefs about our relationships. <p>  Known simply as "he Work??"Byron Katie's methods are clean and straightforward. The basis is a series of four questions addressed to your own lists of written assumptions. Whether you're angry with your boss?? frustrated with your teen's behavior?? or appalled at the state of the world's environment?? Katie suggests you write down your most honest thoughts on the matter?? and then begin the examination. Starting with?? " true?" and continuing with explorations of "Who would you be without that thought?" this method allows you to get through unhelpful preconceptions and find