#171: It’s Just a Book! (Part One) • The Work of Byron Katie®

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Jenn, my guest this week, put a glass down on a book that her husband treasured, and he became enraged. She wants him to stop hurting her with his anger, to be emotionally intelligent, and to admit that he was wrong. But will that make her happy? Join us as Jenn questions her stressful thinking and discovers the cause of her suffering. (Part 1 of 2)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to self-enquiry. I invite you to open your mind, open your hearts as we sit with Jen. You know what Jen did?
0:19.2	She dared to place a glass on her husband's book. It left a little ring, ever so slight ring, and long story
0:30.8	short, he lashed out at her. He lashed out at her.
0:34.5	She didn't mean to do it. You know, we have those unconscious moments. He lashed out at her.
0:39.9	So, hmm, what is the cause of her suffering?
0:43.6	What is the cause of her suffering?
0:45.6	Is that her husband lashing out at her?
0:48.6	All together, let's solve this mystery.
0:50.6	Hello, dears. history.
0:55.0	Hello dears, hello dears. H
0:57.0	Hmm.
0:58.0	Mm.
1:00.0	Those of you new to the work today, welcome to this community. What we do here all together is we identify and question the thoughts that drive us crazy, the thoughts that drive us crazy, that would alienate us from anyone or anything, life itself. Life can be really tough sometimes, I think. And then my ego, which I've already spoken to, spoken of,
1:39.0	it's like it would be really terrible. The ego will offer up all the proof, all the proof.
1:48.2	And you've heard terms like the illusion, the illusion.
1:57.4	Life will offer up all the, life will offer up all the
2:00.6	life will offer up all the proof that there's something to fear,
2:07.0	that there's every reason to be depressed.
2:16.0	The ego justifies it all.
2:20.0	It's very convincing, but what is it?
2:25.0	Okay, most of you know the drill here.
2:28.0	I'm going to say a word.
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