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AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

#240: Living with My Dead Wife (Part 1) • The Work of Byron Katie®

AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tai's young wife was killed in a terrorist attack. He had been struggling to fill in a Worksheet about this devastating issue, so we did it together in real time. This is a very powerful and emotional episode. I hope you're able to have an open mind as you sit with Tai and me. (Part 1 of 2)

 
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0:00.0

Hello everyone, welcome to the work.

0:09.0

My work today is with our teacher today, Ty.

0:14.0

And his wife was killed in a terrorist attack.

0:19.0

And his work runs deep and his mind is open.

0:24.6

I invite you to open your mind as open to Ty as his mind was open.

0:31.6

Mine certainly was, oh you dears, okay, let's do this. Let's sit with Ty and as the two of us and all of you, let's sit in this together. Let's do the work.

0:49.7

Hello, you precious dears. Hello. Good morning from California. Hi. Those of you new to the work

0:57.8

today, what we do here in this community is we sit in the practice of identifying the cause of

1:08.4

our suffering.

1:13.0

We get really still and notice what the ego is offering up.

1:19.3

And it's not, it's something that you become just accustomed to

1:23.4

if you learn to meditate in self-inquiry.

1:28.7

If you feel like depressed, anxious, angry,

1:39.9

no energy, notice, what are you thinking and believing? Just become aware, what are you thinking and believing?

1:45.0

Just become aware.

1:46.0

What are you thinking and believing?

1:50.0

You know, what thoughts are running through your head?

1:52.0

Just notice.

1:56.0

It's a great opportunity

1:59.0

to notice and move them from your head,

2:03.8

what you're thinking, from your head, and move it to paper.

2:09.4

So there's your brain on paper.

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