A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are by Mitchell Stephen & Katie Byron

Author:Mitchell, Stephen & Katie, Byron [Mitchell, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2007-02-05T23:00:00+00:00

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True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

The more closely I look at something, the more I begin to notice that I really don’t know what it is. A name arises, and with it the silent Is it true?, surrounded by and emanating the laughter that comes from not knowing. “ ‘I am Byron Katie’—is it true?” And as the question dissolves each proof, I am left as nothing—in other words, as the woman sitting here. I was born now, on this couch in a hotel room, with no past other than imagination. How charming! How absurd!

Whatever I see is infused with the light of mind. And that light illuminates the one sitting on the couch now, awake and everywhere and timeless. It dissolves everything in its brilliance, until there is no one on the couch. What can live but the everlasting laughter? Let there be light, let there be world, since the world, as I understand it to be, is always born now, and now is where it always ends.

Things go their own sweet way, whether you let them or not. The rose blooms without your approval and dies without your consent. Even though you haven’t issued directions, the streetcar rings its bell, the taxi stops to pick up a man in a gray suit. The world runs perfectly. It’s all done without you. It’s all done for you, whether or not you interfere. Even your interference is life living itself out through you. Life continually pours forth its gifts and lives itself out in its own sweet way. All you need to do is notice. That’s true mastery.

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