A Thousand Names for Joy, Byron Katie
A Thousand Names for Joy, Byron Katie
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A Thousand Names for Joy
Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are

Author: Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell

Narrator: Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell

Abridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2007

Synopsis

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 an audiobook 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.
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.

About The Author

Byron Katie has introduced her simple yet powerful method of self-inquiry--called The Work--to millions of people throughout the world. In addition, she has introduced The Work into business settings, universities, schools, churches, prisons, and hospitals. For more information about her, visit her website at TheWork.com.Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn in 1943 and studied at Amherst College, the University of Paris, and Yale University. Considered one of the preeminent translators of his generation, he has translated many classic texts, including Gilgamesh, The Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching, and The Book of Job. For more information, visit stephenmitchellbooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betty on September 19, 2008

This book helped me relax and know that there's never, ever anything to worry about, that life is safe and good all of the time, and that as long as I question my thoughts and don't take my beliefs as truth, it always will be. What freedom.......more

Goodreads review by Farnoosh on May 13, 2013

I listened to this book on audio, courtesy of Byron Katie team themselves, pior to my interview with her. The audio is simply mesmerizing. She has a voice that sounds like the voice of God if there were such a thing. She is incredibly soothing and comforting. The book content is beautiful, but the c......more

Goodreads review by Josh on June 12, 2022

The framework is too esoteric for the easy, natural philosophy of the author. The "Tao" and "master" insertions feel like rigid impositions that make the text unnatural and inaccessible in places. A couple passages: "You can't make people moral. People are what they are, and they'll do what they do wi......more

Goodreads review by Vianey on June 30, 2021

Wow! This book took a long time for me to read. By the end of the past year and half I have been been curious of my thinking. Is it true? How do I know it is true? Her process is simple. At times too simple and my mind rebels. Makes me think of the movie The Matrix. Where the first matrix created to......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on July 19, 2007

As of August 2007, I'm on my fifth read of this profoundly moving book. I'm savoring it one paragraph at a time. I copy a key sentence from one paragraph each day and carry it with me. Yes, this book is so rich in clarity, that every paragraph offers some insight. If you are familiar with the Tao Te C......more

Quotes

“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

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