No matter how much money, status, professional success, or other types of external security one may have, very few people experience true joy and personal freedom. Byron Katie knows this reality too well. In the midst of a "normal and successful" life, Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage and despair. Then, one morning in 1986, out of the blue, she had a sudden, profound insight into how the mind works.

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, "It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's 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.

Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator of the Tao Te Ching, selected excerpts from that ancient text as a stimulus for Byron Katie to talk about the most essential issues that face us all: life and death, good and evil, love, work, and fulfillment. The result is an audiobook that allows the timeless insights of the Tao Te Ching to resonate anew for us today, while offering a vivid and illuminating glimpse into the life of someone who lives what Lao-tzu wrote more than 2,500 years ago.

In A Mind at Home with Itself, Byron Katie illuminates one of the most profound ancient Buddhist texts, The Diamond Sutra (newly translated by distinguished scholar Stephen Mitchell), to reveal the nature of the mind and to liberate us from painful thoughts, using her revolutionary system of self-inquiry called "The Work". Byron Katie doesn't merely describe the awakened mind; she empowers us to see it and feel it in action.

Jahrelang litt Byron Katie unter Depressionen, hatte massive Essstörungen, Zornausbrüche und war Alkoholikerin. Mit 44 Jahren schien ihr Leben ziemlich ausweglos...

With Katie's help, investigate the thinking that fuels addictive behavior. This is a groundbreaking program for addicts and their families, and anyone interested in a life of greater freedom.

Byron Katies Methode der "Wahrheitsfindung" hat bereits Hunderttausenden geholfen, ihr Leben einfacher zu machen, Stress abzubauen und mit sich selbst und anderen liebevoller umzugehen. In diesem Hörbuch wendet sie ihre vier einfachen Fragen auf den Bereich der Partnerschaft an, von der Paarbeziehung über enge Freundschaft bis zu kollegialen Beziehungen.

This program is an excellent sampling of The Work, covering topics like cancer, relationships, abuse, and body issues. With live German translation.

One woman, frightened and sad, can't find how to leave her abusive husband when he threatens and intimidates her. Another woman gleefully contemplates strangling the men who don't make her happy.

At the School for The Work, each day begins with a meditation. "Meditation is a word for being still and taking some time to notice the kindness and support of reality," Katie says.

These meditations are designed to help you notice your thoughts, even the angry, scary, and sad ones.

Colleagues provide us with plenty of material to do "The Work". In this piece, a woman does The Work on her colleague's deception and lazy, uncaring attitude.

This program features Katie doing The Work at public events with people on the subject of our bodies. The first two pieces feature a woman on the size of her breasts, and a man on his tendency to lose his erection. In the third piece, a woman questions her belief that her overweight body is damaged and unattractive.

Wir können die Welt nicht im Außen verändern, sagt Eckhart Tolle, nur in uns selbst. Und wie tun wir das? Wir öffnen uns einen Moment lang für die innere Stille, für einen inneren Raum des Bewusstseins ohne Gedanken. Dann stoppt für einen Moment die Geschichte, die wir uns über uns selbst und die Welt erzählen, und wir erkennen, dass wir Bewusstsein sind. Diese Dimension des geistigen Erwachens wächst ganz leise, sie entsteht im Inneren und wird immer mehr zur Basis unseres Seins.

In den Lücken zwischen den Worten und Gedanken ist Stille - mehr als das, gedankenlose Aufmerksamkeit. Dieser Zustand ist immer da. Wir sind wach, vollkommen bewusst, aufmerksam, ohne denken zu müssen. Die äußere Realität wird wahrgenommen ohne gedanklich benannt zu werden. Eckhart Tolle bezeichnet das in diesem Vortrag als "ungeheuerliche innere Bewusstseinsverwandlung, als die Freiheit von Gedanken, ohne ins Unbewusste zu verfallen".

For years, this woman believed her mother to be critical and disapproving of her; after doing The Work, she came to see her mother's true love for her. (With live Dutch translation)