Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

Until you can see that there is nothing to forgive, you haven’t really forgiven. We’re all innocent; we hurt others because we believe our unquestioned thoughts. No one would ever harm another human being unless they were confused.

So, to put The Work into action, begin with the voice inside you that’s telling you what we should do. Realize that it’s actually telling you what to do.

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Q: How can I live in the Now? A: You do. You just haven’t noticed.

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The Work will show you where you’ve got your happiness backward. When you think that people should be kind to you, the reverse is true: You should be kind to them and to yourself. Your judgments about others become your prescription for how to live. When you turn them around, you see what will bring you happiness.

There I was, sitting in a chair with a cup of tea, and mentally I was living in the pictures of an illusory past. I became a character in the pages of a myth of suffering—the heroine of suffering, trapped in a world filled with injustice.

“Who would you be without the thought?” is the form of question 4 that I suggest if you’re new to The Work. I invite people to phrase the question in another way as well: “Who or what would you be without the thought?” Sit with it. Let any thoughts or pictures come and go as you contemplate this form of the question. It can be an extremely rich exp