Book description
Inspired by the Tao Te Ching, this is Byron Katie's inspiring
and pragmatic approach to achieving an awakened mind and living more
simply and profoundly. Using the template of the 81 chapters of the
Tao Te Ching she talks about her own experience of living in
harmony with the way things are, and the difference between what hurts
and what doesn't.
Katie has written two books that teach how suffering can be relieved
by questioning the thoughts that create it, the thoughts that argue
with reality. This questioning takes courage and, in this her third
book, she gives readers profound encouragement by showing them the
freedom and love that live on the other side of self-inquiry.
Many people believe that although enlightenment was attainable
thousands of years ago by a few great saints or ascetics, such a state
is out of reach of anyone living in the modern world, let alone
themselves. This richly detailed account has the ability to change
that belief.
Katie's comments on life, and how to live it, are profound, vibrant,
funny and crystal clear and all rooted in the familiar circumstances
of everyday life.
Byron Katie is based in California but travels the globe ceaselessly,
teaching to sellout audiences. Stephen Mitchell's widely acclaimed
translations of the
Tao Te Ching
and the
Bhagavad Gita
(Rider 2000) are respected the world over. He lives in California.
