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Byron Katie

American spiritual writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 83

Byron Kathleen Mitchell, better known as Byron Katie, is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work".

Byron Katie is read about 175 times a day, in 12 languages.

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2002“We are entering the dimension where we have control - the inside.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

“The Work is merely four questions; it's not even a thing. It has no motive, no strings. It's nothing without your answers.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

“You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

“An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

“Sanity doesn’t suffer, ever.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

“You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.”In their wordsLoving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)Read the whole statement

1942Born6 December 1942

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Is it true? Can you absolutely know that it's true? How do you react when you believe that thought? Who would you be without the thought?
2002 · Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002), Own words
When I argue with reality, I lose - but only 100% of the time.
2002 · Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002), Own words
No one can hurt me - that’s my job.
2002 · Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002), Own words

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She is the founder of Byron Katie International, an organization that includes the School for the Work and Turnaround House in Ojai, California. Time Magazine describes her as "a spiritual innovator for the 21st century."

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