A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are

Byron Katie · Stephen Mitchell

Feb 2007 · Sold by Harmony

About this ebook

In her first two books, Byron Katie showed how suffering can be ended by questioning the stressful thoughts that create it, through a process of self-inquiry she calls The Work. Now, in A Thousand Names for Joy, she encourages us to discover the freedom that lives on the other side of inquiry.Stephen Mitchell—the renowned translator of the Tao Te Ching—selected provocative excerpts from that ancient text as a stimulus for Katie to talk about the most essential issues that face us all: life and death, good and evil, love, work, and fulfillment. The result is a book that allows the timeless insights of the Tao Te Ching to resonate anew for us today, while offering a vivid and illuminating glimpse into the life of someone who for twenty years—ever since she “woke up to reality” one morning in 1986—has been living what Lao-tzu wrote more than 2,500 years ago.Katie’s profound, lighthearted wisdom is not theoretical; it is absolutely authentic. That is what makes this book so compelling. It’s a portrait of a woman who is imperturbably joyous, whether she is dancing with her infant granddaughter or finds that her house has been emptied out by burglars, whether she stands before a man about to kill her or embarks on the adventure of walking to the kitchen, whether she learns that she is going blind, flunks a “How Good a Lover Are You?” test, or is diagnosed with cancer. With her stories of total ease in all circumstances, Katie does more than describe the awakened mind; she lets you see it, feel it, in action. And she shows you how that mind is yours as well.

Ratings and reviews

Byron Katie is a radical woman who lives a radical message: love everything the way it is. In A Thousand Names for Joy, she gives us glimpse after glimpse of the enlightened state of the Questioned Mind. Using the four questions of the Work, Byron Katie also gives us a how-to of glimpsing that state as well. This book is filled with some of the best descriptions of the awakened state out there. A natural mystic with no formal teacher or training, Byron shares her state of Being fearlessly and openly. A Thousand Names for Joy is not for the fainthearted. It takes courage and an open mind to take and enjoy this ride with her.

A radical shift in thinking and behaving.There are no victims in this philosophy of living only joy and peace to be realised, which is our true nature.

Read it...its worth every penny!

About the author

BYRON KATIE is the author of two bestselling books, Loving What Is and I Need Your Love—Is That True? Her website is www.TheWork.com, where you will find her blog, her schedule, a network of facilitators, a free hotline, audio and video clips, articles, and basic information about The Work.

STEPHEN MITCHELL’s many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, The Gospel According to Jesus, and Gilgamesh. You can read extensive excerpts from all his books on his website, http://www.stephenmitchell.com.