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Amar Lo Que Es (Spanish Edition) by Katie Byron
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Byron Katie
106 books1,151 followersByron Kathleen Mitchell, better known as Byron Katie, is an American speaker, writer, and founder of a method of self-inquiry called The Work of Byron Katie or simply The Work.
Katie became severely depressed in her early thirties. She was a businesswoman and mother who lived in Barstow, a small town in the high desert of southern California. For nearly a decade she spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and constant thoughts of suicide; for the last two years she was often unable to leave her bedroom. Then, one morning in February 1986, while in a halfway house for women with eating disorders, she experienced a life-changing realization. In that moment, she says,
Soon afterward people started seeking her out and asking how they could find the freedom that they saw in her. As reports spread about the transformations they felt they were experiencing through The Work, she was invited to present it publicly elsewhere in California, then throughout the United States, and eventually in Europe and across the world.
The Work has been compared to the Socratic method and to Zen meditation, but Katie is not aligned with any religion or tradition. She describes self-inquiry as an embodiment, in words, of the wordless questioning that had woken up in her on that February morning. She has shared The Work with millions of people at public events, in prisons, hospitals, churches, V. A. treatment centers, corporations, universities, and schools. Participants at her weekend workshops, the nine-day School for The Work, and the twenty-eight-day residential Turnaround House report profound experiences and lasting transformations. “Katie’s events are riveting to watch,” the Times of London reported. Eckhart Tolle calls The Work “a great blessing for our planet.” And Time magazine named Katie a “spiritual innovator for the new millennium.”
Katie is married to the writer and translator Stephen Mitchell, who co-wrote Loving What Is, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. I Need Your Love—Is That True? was written with Michael Katz, her literary agent at the time. Her other books are Question Your Thinking, Change The World; Who Would You Be Without Your Story?; Peace in the Present Moment, with Eckhart Tolle, A Friendly Universe, and, for children, Tiger-Tiger, Is It True? and The Four Questions. On her website thework.com, you will find detailed instructions about The Work; video and audio clips; Katie's calendar of events; event registration; free downloads, including the Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet; interviews; apps for your iPhone, iPad, or Android; a free newsletter; a free helpline; and the online store. You might also want to visit Katie's Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and her live-streaming webcast page, livewithbyronkatie.com.
Katie became severely depressed in her early thirties. She was a businesswoman and mother who lived in Barstow, a small town in the high desert of southern California. For nearly a decade she spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and constant thoughts of suicide; for the last two years she was often unable to leave her bedroom. Then, one morning in February 1986, while in a halfway house for women with eating disorders, she experienced a life-changing realization. In that moment, she says,
I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.
Soon afterward people started seeking her out and asking how they could find the freedom that they saw in her. As reports spread about the transformations they felt they were experiencing through The Work, she was invited to present it publicly elsewhere in California, then throughout the United States, and eventually in Europe and across the world.
The Work has been compared to the Socratic method and to Zen meditation, but Katie is not aligned with any religion or tradition. She describes self-inquiry as an embodiment, in words, of the wordless questioning that had woken up in her on that February morning. She has shared The Work with millions of people at public events, in prisons, hospitals, churches, V. A. treatment centers, corporations, universities, and schools. Participants at her weekend workshops, the nine-day School for The Work, and the twenty-eight-day residential Turnaround House report profound experiences and lasting transformations. “Katie’s events are riveting to watch,” the Times of London reported. Eckhart Tolle calls The Work “a great blessing for our planet.” And Time magazine named Katie a “spiritual innovator for the new millennium.”
Katie is married to the writer and translator Stephen Mitchell, who co-wrote Loving What Is, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. I Need Your Love—Is That True? was written with Michael Katz, her literary agent at the time. Her other books are Question Your Thinking, Change The World; Who Would You Be Without Your Story?; Peace in the Present Moment, with Eckhart Tolle, A Friendly Universe, and, for children, Tiger-Tiger, Is It True? and The Four Questions. On her website thework.com, you will find detailed instructions about The Work; video and audio clips; Katie's calendar of events; event registration; free downloads, including the Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet; interviews; apps for your iPhone, iPad, or Android; a free newsletter; a free helpline; and the online store. You might also want to visit Katie's Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and her live-streaming webcast page, livewithbyronkatie.com.
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November 6, 2024
Amar lo que es de Byron Katie es una obra que introduce su método de autotransformación llamado “El Trabajo”, un proceso simple pero poderoso para cuestionar y cambiar pensamientos y creencias limitantes. A través de preguntas directas y reflexivas, Katie ayuda a los lectores a examinar sus pensamientos negativos y a liberarse de la angustia que generan, promoviendo una visión más clara y serena de la vida. El libro está basado en la idea de que la paz interior se logra cuando dejamos de resistirnos a lo que es. Es una obra profundamente liberadora, que invita a un enfoque de aceptación radical y a la disolución del sufrimiento autoimpuesto.
January 22, 2025
Me cuesta encontrar las palabras para describir lo transformador de este libro. Empezar el año así, ufff intenso. Recomiendo muchísimo!
December 20, 2024
En este libro, Byron Katie nos propone hace el “Trabajo” que consiste en hacernos una serie de preguntas sobre las cosas que pensamos y unas inversiones respecto a éstas que nos ayudan a desapegarnos de nuestra realidad y, como bien reza el título, amar lo que es. Es nuestro pensamiento sobre las situaciones, las personas o nosotros mismos, el que nos provoca sufrimiento y malestar, no una situación en particular. Siempre es lo que pensamos lo que nos altera.
El objetivo aquí es desapegarnos de la historia que nos estamos contando, de la mentira que nos estamos creyendo en nuestra mente y llegar a ver que todo está bien y es perfecto.
Creo que lo que más claro me ha quedado al leer este libro es que como es adentro es afuera y que las personas a nuestro alrededor funcionan como un espejo y nos reflejan a nosotros mismos. Lo ponemos todo en el otro, cuando somos nosotros.
De ahí a necesitar realizar el Trabajo que ella propone para ver que nuestros pensamientos, que creemos que son 100% reales, no lo son tanto.
Es ameno leer las transcripciones de las entrevistas realizadas a personas normales haciendo todos estos ejercicios. Nos pone en situación perfecta para poder hacerlo por nuestra cuenta. Es un gran manual de desarrollo personal que invita a trabajar con nuestros pensamientos y liberarnos del dolor innecesario que nos provocamos a diario.
El objetivo aquí es desapegarnos de la historia que nos estamos contando, de la mentira que nos estamos creyendo en nuestra mente y llegar a ver que todo está bien y es perfecto.
Creo que lo que más claro me ha quedado al leer este libro es que como es adentro es afuera y que las personas a nuestro alrededor funcionan como un espejo y nos reflejan a nosotros mismos. Lo ponemos todo en el otro, cuando somos nosotros.
De ahí a necesitar realizar el Trabajo que ella propone para ver que nuestros pensamientos, que creemos que son 100% reales, no lo son tanto.
Es ameno leer las transcripciones de las entrevistas realizadas a personas normales haciendo todos estos ejercicios. Nos pone en situación perfecta para poder hacerlo por nuestra cuenta. Es un gran manual de desarrollo personal que invita a trabajar con nuestros pensamientos y liberarnos del dolor innecesario que nos provocamos a diario.
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