'The Work' helps in understanding the concept of happiness by teaching individuals that the capacity for their happiness lies exclusively within themselves. It encourages individuals to focus on their own business, leaving the things others can control in their court and surrendering the things that only God can change. It also helps individuals recognize that every stressful feeling is being propped up by an untrue thought, and encourages them to replace that untruth with reality. This process lays the foundation for doing 'The Work'.
At the age of 43, Byron Katie was paralyzed by depression, rage, and paranoia, but that dark time ga...
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