A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are eBook: Katie, Byron, Stephen Mitchell: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
A Thousand Names For Joy: How To Live In Harmony With The Way Things Are Kindle Edition
by Byron Katie (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 246 ratings
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Length: 306 pages Word Wise: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled Language: English
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"From Byron Katie, author of the hugely successful Loving What Is, a simple, straightforward method of achieving inner peace by finding joy in the way things are." --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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"Byron Katie is one of the truly great and inspiring teachers of our time. She has been enormously helpful to me personally. I love this very wise woman, and I encourage everyone to immerse themselves in this phenomenal book." --Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"A Thousand Names for Joy is a vivid and powerful portrait of the awakened mind. I am captivated by Katie's clear mind and loving heart, which offer the world a simple process to find joy. Who knew? Katie did, and what a blessing she offers to us all."
--Iyanla Vanzant, founder, Inner Visions Institute
"Katie's teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom. A Thousand Names for Joy shows us the way to inner peace, and she directs us there fearlessly, relentlessly, and with utmost generosity. I have rarely seen anyone--spiritual teachers included--embody wisdom as powerfully as Katie in her passionate embrace of each and every moment." --Roshi Bernie Glassman
"From the Hardcover edition."
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" Byron Katie is one of the truly great and inspiring teachers of our time. She has been enormously helpful to me personally. I love this very wise woman, and I encourage everyone to immerse themselves in this phenomenal book." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
" A Thousand Names for Joy is a vivid and powerful portrait of the awakened mind. I am captivated by Katie's clear mind and loving heart, which offer the world a simple process to find joy. Who knew? Katie did, and what a blessing she offers to us all."
-- Iyanla Vanzant, founder, Inner Visions Institute
" Katie's teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom. A Thousand Names for Joy shows us the way to inner peace, and she directs us there fearlessly, relentlessly, and with utmost generosity. I have rarely seen anyone-- spiritual teachers included-- embody wisdom as powerfully as Katie in her passionate embrace of each and every moment." -- R oshi Bernie Glassman
"From the Hardcover edition."
- ?;
"Byron Katie is one of the truly great and inspiring teachers of our time. She has been enormously helpful to me personally. I love this very wise woman, and I encourage everyone to immerse themselves in this phenomenal book." --Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"A Thousand Names for Joy is a vivid and powerful portrait of the awakened mind. I am captivated by Katie's clear mind and loving heart, which offer the world a simple process to find joy. Who knew? Katie did, and what a blessing she offers to us all."
--Iyanla Vanzant, founder, Inner Visions Institute
"Katie's teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom. A Thousand Names for Joy shows us the way to inner peace, and she directs us there fearlessly, relentlessly, and with utmost generosity. I have rarely seen anyone--spiritual teachers included--embody wisdom as powerfully as Katie in her passionate embrace of each and every moment." --Roshi Bernie Glassman
"From the Hardcover edition."
"Byron Katie is one of the truly great and inspiring teachers of our time. She has been enormously helpful to me personally. I love this very wise woman, and I encourage everyone to immerse themselves in this phenomenal book."
--Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
""A Thousand Names for Joy" is a vivid and powerful portrait of the awakened mind. I am captivated by Katie's clear mind and loving heart, which offer the world a simple process to find joy. Who knew? Katie did, and what a blessing she offers to us all."
--Iyanla Vanzant, founder, Inner Visions Institute
"Katie's teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom. "A Thousand Names for Joy" shows us the way to inner peace, and she directs us there fearlessly, relentlessly, and with utmost generosity. I have rarely seen anyone--spiritual teachers included--embody wisdom as powerfully as Katie in her passionate embrace of each and every moment."
--Roshi Bernie Glassman
"Byron Katie's Work . . . acts like a razor-sharp sword that cuts through illusion and enables you to know for yourself the timeless essence of your being."
--Eckhart Tolle, author of "The Power of Now"
"From the Hardcover edition."
Byron Katie is one of the truly great and inspiring teachers of our time. She has been enormously helpful to me personally. I love this very wise woman, and I encourage everyone to immerse themselves in this phenomenal book.
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"A Thousand Names for Joy" is a vivid and powerful portrait of the awakened mind. I am captivated by Katie s clear mind and loving heart, which offer the world a simple process to find joy. Who knew? Katie did, and what a blessing she offers to us all.
Iyanla Vanzant, founder, Inner Visions Institute
Katie s teachings and everyday life are pure wisdom. "A Thousand Names for Joy" shows us the way to inner peace, and she directs us there fearlessly, relentlessly, and with utmost generosity. I have rarely seen anyone spiritual teachers included embody wisdom as powerfully as Katie in her passionate embrace of each and every moment.
Roshi Bernie Glassman
Byron Katie s Work . . . acts like a razor-sharp sword that cuts through illusion and enables you to know for yourself the timeless essence of your being.
Eckhart Tolle, author of "The Power of Now"
"From the Hardcover edition."" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Light dweller
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing! And Im a harsh critic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2016
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I've read many, many books on personal transformation, enlightenment, non-duality the whole gamut. I'm a psychotherapist and a psychic healer, and a harsh critic of the explosion of spiritual books that we are besieged with. I'm not a doting fan of Byron Katie either.
Books are a very personal taste and depends very much on where you are at, and what you relate at any speific point on your own unique life journey.
Other reviews have written how this book lays it's foundations in the Tao Te Ching,so won't say much about that except to day that it does so in a very accessible, practicable and engaging style, offering immediate insight.
In short ... this book, in my opinion serves as as a spiritual bible, that many could relate to. It creates a simple shift of perspective to see beyond our own unnecessary struggle, reminding us of our true nature as infinite beings. it's a powerfully deep yet very acessible guide lovingly delivered in bite size portions.
For those reviews that rant on about Byron Katie regurgitating the work of other great authors and gurus... well everything inspirational is never a stand alone piece of work, it's all inspired in one way or another or recycled through greater consciousness. Does it really matter?
If it creates a positive life change and you relate to the material, energy of the book and delivery style... then that's what's important. Drop the ego and enjoy the journey this book takes you on ��.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2019
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This book i found disturbing especially the part about her white dog crawling across the floor on its useless aged back legs with blood dripping from its mouth , that is not ok. If an animal is suffering you do not just observe it for any period of time . Also suggesting the possibility that it could be good for a mother to loose a child to death instead of observing it as a tragedy. Clearly this author has no real concept of the real reality of love . The book was like insanity in text . I will not even pass this to the charity shop, its for the bin .
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Frank Skinner
4.0 out of 5 stars Bold and uncompromising
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2012
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The Tao Te Ching is such a wonderful text and Stephen Mitchell's translation stands alone without the need for commentary. I had come across Byron Katie previously and not been too interested as I felt her previous works were geared more towards psychology/wellness rather than non-duality/mysticism.
Coming across this in a local bookstore was a welcome surprise. Her inspired responses to verses of the Tao Te Ching make up this book and they are non-traditional, bold and uncompromising. She talks about everyday experiences she has been through together with more extreme ones such as being confronted with a man with a gun. Sure not everything is 100% consistent, but I'm more than happy to forgive this given the directness of her expression. In many ways this book reminds me of Jeff Foster's "Life without a centre"
"The reasons I love rules and plans and religions is that people feel safe in them for a while. And, personally, I don't have any rules. I don't need them. There's a sense of harmony that goes on all the time as things move and change, and I am that harmony, and so are you"
The only reason I've knocked a star off is that upon looking at her website she charges quite a large amount of money for her courses. While there is nothing wrong with this in itself, it doesn't sit completely well with me.
If you are drawn to this then definitely go for it. If you have already read Byron Katie but are not familiar with eastern thought, I suspect this may be a more challenging read. I would encourage you to pick up this book and dive into it - it's well worth the effort and could change your life.
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woman
5.0 out of 5 stars A mind expanding read . .
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2013
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Byron Katie's journey took her from the very depths of suicidal depression to an awakening which transformed her thought processes. Unknown to her at the time, this inquiry into the nature of thought was congruent with Taoist philosophy . .
This book clearly shows how we create our own worlds from our thoughts and how we lead miserable lives . . or joyous ones according to how much we believe the thoughts. It has quotes from the Tao te Ching at each chapter heading, which Katie expands upon in her own way.
Reading this book is like coming home and the fascinating thing for me, is how Taoist theory is linked to our current explorations in Physics . .
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5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL, LIFE CHANGING OBSERVATIONS FROM AN ENLIGHTENED LOVER OF ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2016
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REMARKABLE BOOK FULL OF SUBTLE, BEAUTIFUL, LIFE CHANGING OBSERVATIONS FROM AN ENLIGHTENED LOVER OF REALITY.
A GORGEOUS MIX OF ULTRA DEEP REVELATION ALL FROM THE UNIVERSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN LOVE WITH ITSELF AND THE VASTNESS OF IT'S OWN CREATIVITY & CREATION.A LOVE POEM TO THOSE WHO ALSO WANT TO WAKE TO THIS AWE INSPIRING REALITY.ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FROM THE AMERICAN BUDDHA. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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