'The Work' helps in dealing with personal suffering by enabling individuals to understand that their happiness lies within themselves, not in other people or circumstances. It encourages individuals to focus on their own business, leaving what others can control to them and surrendering what only God can change. It also helps individuals to recognize that every stressful feeling is supported by an untrue thought. By exposing this untruth and replacing it with reality, individuals can lay the foundation for doing 'The Work' and thus deal with their personal suffering.
At the age of 43, Byron Katie was paralyzed by depression, rage, and paranoia, but that dark time ga...
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