IMO, this is the best interview of Katie on the internet. It is so rich and clear. Kudos to the interviewer for letting Katie speak without constant interruption. I will be watching this great interview several more times.And, as always, love to Katie.
Happy you enjoyed it. She was one of my favorite guests to interview. Check out some of my other interviews, published on Thrive Global, under "Claudia Mason Presents..." and "#strokeofgenius"
It's really useful to do the work on your childhood fears and thoughts. I realized that I was holding on to so much totally crap from my family and society. Without all that, we're all so much beautiful
After seeing some of the posts here I'll just say this.. you will know without a doubt that it's not "delusion" when you have direct experience of what happens when your perspective changes. You gradually (for the most part) begin to shift your attention and personalization of the story you've been telling yourself from past and future to NOW HERE. You come to the realization (awakening) of your natural state of freedom and conscious of the fact that such freedom was buried somewhere deep behind a set of beliefs, judgments and perceptions (plus/and all the consequent reactive emotions that are ego mind based) Simply put, what you find and experience directly as what remains is pure consciousness, awareness of "what is", also referred as your higher-self. Thanks for this enlightening interview with Byron K. by Miss Mason.
She is amazing any one who doesn't agree or understand just needs to open up more it took me a long time to understand but now its the best thing... I've suffered for 52 years believing my thoughts its a practice and some people just don't want to do it its too much effort and thats okay thats where they are...
She's amazing You know the truth when you hear it and she puts it so simple. Fresh air that's what she is. I wish for her love the greatest gift of all. Finally last but not least Thank God for you.
It's so interesting to watch how she has evolved in expressing herself. She seems much more clear and direct and precise than her interviews from over 10 years ago or so. Thanks for the interview, deeply insightful as ever.
She's a teacher her situation was so profound she couldn't be anything else ...like eckhart tolle and many others.. so profound ...we just follow and hopefully learn from these lovely people
‘If someone wants to cut my head off with a sword’ ….I’m laughing so hard amidst this profound dialogue. But really Katie is at another level. That scenario is intriguing for her.
Hi Claudia, thanks for the video. I had the chance to meet Katie back in 2005 in LA and this was a life-changing experience. What a gift to humanity The Work is! BTW, if you need help cleaning up the audio tracks on certain videos (removing background noises, etc) let me know. I work in music production and I have a lot of good tools to fix audio issues. Thanks.
Thank you for your offer, I appreciate it. This interview was the first time there had been such tech problems with sound, frustrating, but my editor did a good job. I will keep you in mind for the future. My Best.
There are people ..a few ..very few in the world who live permanently in peace, whatever the external conditions including torture ..I have met these remarkable people ...
@@urbanlovesrural I feel blessed to have been in their company ..I do Byron Katie work on things which cause me suffering and am inspired by those who don't suffer and I understand this is threatening for some ...if that bothers me , I try and use the tools at my disposable...one of which is the work ...I love Byron Katie and the work is one of the things which works for me ...May everyone be free from stress, unhappiness, discontent in whatever way works for them ...for the vast majority of us this takes, time , effort, great dligence, honesty and open mindedness😊💙 ..peace and love
I hear you. I find it necessary to have constant contact with my highest good in order to keep my head focused on "the will to good", especially these days. Thank you for your comment.
She is not saying to love "horrendous things" rather to watch your own thoughts and reactions and question them. Questioning our thoughts brings freedom.
How does one not regret how long it took to even start being enlightened, all the wasted years, etc.? All the enlightened teachers experienced Enlightenment spontaneously and effortlessly. Why do we and they think, then, that it can be taught?
It's a perspective switch to: "there are no wasted years" - look at it differently and perhaps you will come to a peaceful feeling when thinking of "wasted years". The humans throughout history who we label as enlightened had their dark nights of the soul along their own road of years. Remember "comparison is the thief of joy" thank you for your comment.
@@teresamarieinbarrera6267 i don't know if it helps, but ive heard so many stories of, for instance, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms etc., inventors, who it is said they had these talents, aptitudes, affinity & curiosity of "their "subject or chosen field of study as children.i don't know & can't prove it, but is that, could that be a carry over from past lives, maybe?
@@mindsigh4 Thank you for your take on it. Yes, reincarnation and past lives would certainly explain a lot although it's still hard to wrap my head around it. One thing's for sure, we'll never get bored trying to figure out this stuff.😄
wonderful that subject of enlightened mind is becoming mainstream in West mind and culture.what it is , how to recognise it, and how it is experienced .:) thx
Claudia Mason pls check YT ,,the search for enlightenment,, Rupert Spira, week ago. which starts with amazing !!! and long question from audience. You will be blown away with the question:) about search for enlightenment.
As I watch this video, I try to process all that arises in me... And I simply die inside. I just die. Pain tortures and torments every single cell of my being. I hate myself. I loathe my life. Being alive is pure and utter hell. I hate it here. I'm in hell. I am drowning and suffocating in heartache and darkness. I wish for death. Nothing else. This world is cruel. I am 42 years old: and my entire 42 years have been suffering, with fleeting windows of relief... I cannot bear the pain anymore. I just simply can't. Please please please please Lord, let me die. I pray tonight I go to sleep, and never ever wake up again... This is my wish. This is my prayer. Amen.
Thank you for your question. While I can't answer for Katie, I do believe that she would suggest to take any query that is bothering us, or making us suffer (even a little bit) and do The Work using a worksheet that can be found on her website: thework.com
Claudia Mason true. I don’t know why I choose to focus on the few that always have to stand up and feel offended that someone is not stroking their victim-hood . You’re right. I am one of the people that are so very grateful for the teachers that have pulled me out of the darkness . It’s like we are raised to look at the world in a completely different way and never give it a second thought until someone like Byron Katie comes along and helps to open our eyes . 🥰
It seems so wildly impossible to imagine that the people still willfully in a comatose state after a year of this insanity... will ever wake up. I don't know what to think any more... Sometimes I'm certain it's all a mass awakening happening at turtle-speed, and all is perfect; divine timing. Other times... watching zombies in masks, salivating with excitement over the mark of the beast... that's when I lose my ability to hold on to hope... (I also heard David icke speak in an interview about the coming of 6g and 7g! How will humanity survive that?)
Velimir Rodic I believe you’re referring to some static noise? There was a tech glitch on one of the mics that couldn’t be edited out during looping. Fortunately the interview wasn’t lost. You might want to check it out on Thrive Global and see if that’s better.
Enlightenment section is incredibly chopped up. If there was any section to keep unedited, wouldn’t it be the one that is referenced by the title of this video? Very disappointing.
"The enlightened mind understands..." It's debatable whether this is an 'enlightened' mind, or a self-deluded mind. The power of self-delusion is clearly and irrefutably demonstrated in the placebo effect. Give people a pill that does absolutely nothing, and their idiotic brain proceeds to act 'as if' the pill did something. Self delusion is how most people get through life, in innumerable ways.
I have to laugh at your statement. All I can say is to try it yourself. I used the work to process my feelings about my beautiful son's drug addiction. Without the work, I would probably not be here anymore. It is the most powerful process I have ever encountered in my 60 years and I have come across many. This woman is a gift to the world.
@@snippetsordinarylife Are you denying the proven power of the placebo effect? How about hypnosis? Has anyone ever successfully benefitted from hypnosis? Guess what, SELF-hypnosis... convincing yourself of the truthfulness of something based on whatever you FEEL like is convincing evidence... that's all that's needed. How exactly would you distinguish between a self-deluded mind, or hypnotized mind, or a mind under a placebo effect, from an "enlightened" mind?
@@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt DO you think this has anything to do with self-hypnosis? Oh my goodness, you couldn't be more wrong. This is about getting brutally honest with yourself. Not everyone has the courage to do that. The placebo effect doesn't even feature in the work, but the only way one would ever discover it, is to do it yourself. Having said that, I know of people who were not helped at all, mostly because they clung to their believes and continues to justify their feelings and weren't doing the work properly at all Anyhow, it doesn't effect me in anyway whether you want to hold onto your own beliefs or not. The same methods are not suitable for all. I am just deeply grateful that I came across some of her videos any years ago. It certainly changed my life, not on a superficial level, but a deep, straight-to-the-root of the problem way.
Self delusion is the replacing of one thought/belief with a different thought/belief. Self inquiry investigates the source of all thought; it is not, in itself, another thought from which delusion could be made. The Work leads to an absence of thought, and there can be no delusion without thought.
Si mon At no point is there a denial of negativity. You are missing the point my friend. The point is can we maintain a deeper joy in being throughout the polarity of dark and light while we experience what we experience, even if it is sad, angering, shameful. If you are unable right now, that's okay.
Si mon My friend, whether a bucket is filled with gold or with shit, does it change the nature of the bucket? Why does every new emotion that fills you change your nature? Because your nature is your emotions. My nature is love and joy, which is the bucket for the gold or the shit. Doesn't change my bucket.
IMO, this is the best interview of Katie on the internet. It is so rich and clear. Kudos to the interviewer for letting Katie speak without constant interruption. I will be watching this great interview several more times.And, as always, love to Katie.
Thank you.
Wow, how lucky we are.
Byron Katie interviews are always vitamins for the soul. Thank you for posting this. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Happy you enjoyed it. She was one of my favorite guests to interview. Check out some of my other interviews, published on Thrive Global, under "Claudia Mason Presents..." and "#strokeofgenius"
I dont think the MSM would cover smth healing like this.
It's really useful to do the work on your childhood fears and thoughts. I realized that I was holding on to so much totally crap from my family and society. Without all that, we're all so much beautiful
Donovon Ceaser Yes I agree. Thank you
Really happy for you👌
How did you go about doing it? The things I've seen Katie says not to do on ourselves. But that's where I have to most problems. Thank you!
After seeing some of the posts here I'll just say this.. you will know without a doubt that it's not "delusion" when you have direct experience of what happens when your perspective changes. You gradually (for the most part) begin to shift your attention and personalization of the story you've been telling yourself from past and future to NOW HERE. You come to the realization (awakening) of your natural state of freedom and conscious of the fact that such freedom was buried somewhere deep behind a set of beliefs, judgments and perceptions (plus/and all the consequent reactive emotions that are ego mind based) Simply put, what you find and experience directly as what remains is pure consciousness, awareness of "what is", also referred as your higher-self. Thanks for this enlightening interview with Byron K. by Miss Mason.
Music&FXMaster thank you for your comment!
NOW HERE/NOWHERE
"You are who I believeyou to be. So if you're frightened, you're what's left of me..." love that
Such gems! Byron is so wonderful to listen to. Thank you.
Thank you I love anything having to do with Byron Katie and the work
Yes! She is so wonderful and helpful. Thank you.
@@claudiamason. you actually know her, lucky 😃 she reflects sanity and beauty and integrity and so do you.
@@alexismiller8978 Thank you 🙏
She is amazing any one who doesn't agree or understand just needs to open up more it took me a long time to understand but now its the best thing... I've suffered for 52 years believing my thoughts its a practice and some people just don't want to do it its too much effort and thats okay thats where they are...
Thank you for your comment.
Best interview with Katie ever. Deep. Holographic: it's all Here. A well-spring of love. Beautiful. Thank you.
LILLY Summer thank you ever so much for your beautiful words. Felt right in my heart. Have a most magnificent holiday season! 🙏
She's amazing
You know the truth when you hear it and she puts it so simple.
Fresh air that's what she is.
I wish for her love the greatest gift of all.
Finally last but not least Thank God for you.
Thank you. 💫
I love her! I’ve read her books over and over and her seminars too! Such a soul and gift!
Brizbie yes she is. Thanks for your comment!
It's so interesting to watch how she has evolved in expressing herself. She seems much more clear and direct and precise than her interviews from over 10 years ago or so. Thanks for the interview, deeply insightful as ever.
Yes thank you.
thanks, would u recommend this as an intro for people (my friends) who don't know about Katies approach?
She's a teacher her situation was so profound she couldn't be anything else ...like eckhart tolle and many others.. so profound ...we just follow and hopefully learn from these lovely people
Thank you for your comment
Thank you! Every moment of this interview is just so precious.
Elni Rigas Thank you! 🙏
Thank you Claudia ❤️
A great interview !
Katie is profound in her thinking and delivery .. love her 💝
Yes she is. Thank you.
A great interview! Thank you for sharing this wonderful knowledge with the world!!!
Thank you!
Ageless without comparison........ being born at every moment....... nothing there to compare with....... flawless state of being......... 🥰
🙏😊
Damn! I went to Rhinebeck to her event in 2010. 9 yrs later.. nothing else makes sense but the work.
Vidsi B she is so good in workshop mode! That event must have been wonderful. Thanks for your comment!
Nothing compares with being in person with Katie. 🙏
It is certainly a most wonderful experience. Thanks.
‘If someone wants to cut my head off with a sword’ ….I’m laughing so hard amidst this profound dialogue. But really Katie is at another level. That scenario is intriguing for her.
🙏✨
Hi Claudia, thanks for the video. I had the chance to meet Katie back in 2005 in LA and this was a life-changing experience. What a gift to humanity The Work is! BTW, if you need help cleaning up the audio tracks on certain videos (removing background noises, etc) let me know. I work in music production and I have a lot of good tools to fix audio issues. Thanks.
Thank you for your offer, I appreciate it. This interview was the first time there had been such tech problems with sound, frustrating, but my editor did a good job. I will keep you in mind for the future. My Best.
What an amazing woman!
There are people ..a few ..very few in the world who live permanently in peace, whatever the external conditions including torture ..I have met these remarkable people ...
have you brought this writing to the four questions and turnaround? 🌻
@@urbanlovesrural as it doesn't cause me stress, no!
the work is not reserved for only our stressors 🌻
@@urbanlovesrural I feel blessed to have been in their company ..I do Byron Katie work on things which cause me suffering and am inspired by those who don't suffer and I understand this is threatening for some ...if that bothers me , I try and use the tools at my disposable...one of which is the work ...I love Byron Katie and the work is one of the things which works for me ...May everyone be free from stress, unhappiness, discontent in whatever way works for them ...for the vast majority of us this takes, time , effort, great dligence, honesty and open mindedness😊💙 ..peace and love
Thank you Sheila Kirwan.
I can accept there are horrendous things humans do to other humans but I can’t wrap my head around loving it!
I hear you. I find it necessary to have constant contact with my highest good in order to keep my head focused on "the will to good", especially these days. Thank you for your comment.
She is not saying to love "horrendous things" rather to watch your own thoughts and reactions and question them. Questioning our thoughts brings freedom.
@@smilinglynn9584 With freedom comes response-ability
She looks amazing for any age much less 77 wow! Beautiful
Doesn't she?! Powerful lady
Being happy seems to be kind of good for you apparently...
Thank you x
sean carver Thank you
💕 thank you!
Welcome! Thank you.
How does one not regret how long it took to even start being enlightened, all the wasted years, etc.?
All the enlightened teachers experienced Enlightenment spontaneously and effortlessly. Why do we and they think, then, that it can be taught?
It's a perspective switch to: "there are no wasted years" - look at it differently and perhaps you will come to a peaceful feeling when thinking of "wasted years". The humans throughout history who we label as enlightened had their dark nights of the soul along their own road of years. Remember "comparison is the thief of joy" thank you for your comment.
Thank you! Loved "comparison is the thief of joy".❣
Thank you Teresa Marie 🙏
@@teresamarieinbarrera6267 i don't know if it helps, but ive heard so many stories of, for instance, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms etc., inventors, who it is said they had these talents, aptitudes, affinity & curiosity of "their "subject or chosen field of study as children.i don't know & can't prove it, but is that, could that be a carry over from past lives, maybe?
@@mindsigh4 Thank you for your take on it. Yes, reincarnation and past lives would certainly explain a lot although it's still hard to wrap my head around it. One thing's for sure, we'll never get bored trying to figure out this stuff.😄
wonderful that subject of enlightened mind is becoming mainstream in West mind and culture.what it is , how to recognise it,
and how it is experienced .:) thx
jerzy kunowski Yes thank you!
Claudia Mason please keep your research and pursuit for enlightenment:) it is all about.
Claudia Mason pls check YT ,,the search for enlightenment,, Rupert Spira, week ago. which starts with amazing !!! and long question from audience. You will be blown away with the question:) about search for enlightenment.
I would definitely not say that the question of enlightenment is becoming mainstream in the west ...increasing but far far from mainstream ....
Sheila Kirwan everybody wants happiness and in this.sense pursuit of enlightenment was always everybody main agenda:)
This is a really good one. Could you please put it on Spotify?
Bluejay Koalphin thank you! I’ll look into that. It’s been suggested to me many times now.
💗BK
She's wonderful.
Would you rather have a friendly universe OR a kind/considerate/thoughtful universe?
I believe a friendly universe is a kind, considerate, thoughtful universe.
The universe is friendly, it is what it is.
Why has BK never done a worksheet on someone who is depressed? Any ideas anyone?
❤️🙏🏼
As I watch this video,
I try to process all that arises in me...
And I simply die inside.
I just die.
Pain tortures
and torments
every single cell of my being.
I hate myself.
I loathe my life.
Being alive is pure and utter hell.
I hate it here.
I'm in hell.
I am drowning and suffocating
in heartache and darkness.
I wish for death.
Nothing else.
This world is cruel.
I am 42 years old:
and my entire 42 years have been suffering,
with fleeting windows of relief...
I cannot bear the pain anymore.
I just simply can't.
Please please please please Lord, let me die.
I pray tonight I go to sleep,
and never ever wake up again...
This is my wish.
This is my prayer.
Amen.
God Bless you fellow human - I hope you find your way to peace and renewed determination to live
Why is it so important to go to the person we projected our misunderstanding on and apologize? What if they don't even know?
Thank you for your question. While I can't answer for Katie, I do believe that she would suggest to take any query that is bothering us, or making us suffer (even a little bit) and do The Work using a worksheet that can be found on her website: thework.com
it not about the other person it's about freeing you and taking esponsibility
for your part.
People get so upset at people that try to live for truth
...and fortunately there are plenty of people who don't get upset at people who live for truth. We soldier on for The Good within all of us humans
Claudia Mason true. I don’t know why I choose to focus on the few that always have to stand up and feel offended that someone is not stroking their victim-hood . You’re right. I am one of the people that are so very grateful for the teachers that have pulled me out of the darkness .
It’s like we are raised to look at the world in a completely different way and never give it a second thought until someone like Byron Katie comes along and helps to open our eyes . 🥰
❤❤❤❤❤
Shame about the sound... 😢
This background noise was disturbing.
Thank you
😇🙏
It seems so wildly impossible to imagine that the people still willfully in a comatose state after a year of this insanity... will ever wake up.
I don't know what to think any more...
Sometimes I'm certain it's all a mass awakening happening at turtle-speed, and all is perfect; divine timing.
Other times... watching zombies in masks, salivating with excitement over the mark of the beast... that's when I lose my ability to hold on to hope...
(I also heard David icke speak in an interview about the coming of 6g and 7g! How will humanity survive that?)
Thank you
humanity won’t survive 6 or 7g. is it true?
do you really need to put on this background music? It doesn't help focusing on words at all, you know, on the contrary.
Velimir Rodic I believe you’re referring to some static noise? There was a tech glitch on one of the mics that couldn’t be edited out during looping. Fortunately the interview wasn’t lost. You might want to check it out on Thrive Global and see if that’s better.
Enlightenment section is incredibly chopped up. If there was any section to keep unedited, wouldn’t it be the one that is referenced by the title of this video? Very disappointing.
This is the way. Nonduality :)
Thank you for your comment.
I will be back
TY!
"The enlightened mind understands..."
It's debatable whether this is an 'enlightened' mind, or a self-deluded mind.
The power of self-delusion is clearly and irrefutably demonstrated in the placebo effect.
Give people a pill that does absolutely nothing, and their idiotic brain proceeds to act 'as if' the pill did something.
Self delusion is how most people get through life, in innumerable ways.
TasteMyStinkhole you might get something out of doing one of her worksheets for The Work, found one her website. Thanks for your comment.
I have to laugh at your statement. All I can say is to try it yourself. I used the work to process my feelings about my beautiful son's drug addiction. Without the work, I would probably not be here anymore. It is the most powerful process I have ever encountered in my 60 years and I have come across many. This woman is a gift to the world.
@@snippetsordinarylife
Are you denying the proven power of the placebo effect? How about hypnosis? Has anyone ever successfully benefitted from hypnosis? Guess what, SELF-hypnosis... convincing yourself of the truthfulness of something based on whatever you FEEL like is convincing evidence... that's all that's needed.
How exactly would you distinguish between a self-deluded mind, or hypnotized mind, or a mind under a placebo effect, from an "enlightened" mind?
@@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt DO you think this has anything to do with self-hypnosis? Oh my goodness, you couldn't be more wrong. This is about getting brutally honest with yourself. Not everyone has the courage to do that.
The placebo effect doesn't even feature in the work, but the only way one would ever discover it, is to do it yourself. Having said that, I know of people who were not helped at all, mostly because they clung to their believes and continues to justify their feelings and weren't doing the work properly at all
Anyhow, it doesn't effect me in anyway whether you want to hold onto your own beliefs or not. The same methods are not suitable for all.
I am just deeply grateful that I came across some of her videos any years ago. It certainly changed my life, not on a superficial level, but a deep, straight-to-the-root of the problem way.
Self delusion is the replacing of one thought/belief with a different thought/belief. Self inquiry investigates the source of all thought; it is not, in itself, another thought from which delusion could be made. The Work leads to an absence of thought, and there can be no delusion without thought.
Memo: Its mental health first
I love Byron Katie but sometimes she talks in circles.
What utter BS
No human lives a state of "constant joy". This is selling a false narrative. We are here to experience the polarity of dark and light.
Si mon At no point is there a denial of negativity. You are missing the point my friend. The point is can we maintain a deeper joy in being throughout the polarity of dark and light while we experience what we experience, even if it is sad, angering, shameful.
If you are unable right now, that's okay.
Zen-Moose Si mon thank you for both of your comments. I agree with Zen-Moose, well said.
Zen-Moose but as soon as the experience is labeled as negative or sad that in itself is evidence one is no longer in a state of joy.
Si mon My friend, whether a bucket is filled with gold or with shit, does it change the nature of the bucket? Why does every new emotion that fills you change your nature? Because your nature is your emotions.
My nature is love and joy, which is the bucket for the gold or the shit. Doesn't change my bucket.
Zen-Moose a bucket lacks sentience 😂 your quaint analogy doesn't negate the fact that a human being in a negative emotional state is not joyful.