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Saturday, March 13, 2010

What Do You All Think Of "The Work"?

Byron Katie is a self-help expert who guides people through their negative thoughts to realize the truth behind them. Here is an excerpt from her site:

Based on Byron Katie's direct experience of how suffering is created and ended, The Work is an astonishingly simple process, accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and requires nothing more than a pen and paper and an open mind.

Through this process, anyone can learn to trace unhappiness to its source and eliminate it there. Katie (as everyone calls her) not only shows us that all the problems in the world originate in our thinking: she gives us the tool to open our minds and set ourselves free.

I came upon her after I had finally sat down and analyzed my fear about going to the gym. I realized that I'm not afraid of people looking at me and laughing, or of appearing weak; I really hate my body and I don't want anyone to see it and judge it. In the gym, people are working on their bodies and it's an environment that draws scrutiny. I don't esteem my body, therefore, I don't feel I deserve to be in the gym. I want to stop hating my body.

I'm trying to figure out how to change my negative thoughts, but I need to really push myself into the situation more. This is hard for me. I hope you are reading this and understanding what I mean. It's scary. I need to overcome this, though and it's gonna happen.

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