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Tag: Is it true

  • Prof Patty
  • November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

The Four Questions from Byron Katie’s The Work

Q1. Is it true? Q2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true? Q3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? Q4. Who would you be without that thought?

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