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

#7: The Ego’s Attempt to Win

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

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Join Markos, me, depression, and his war with God. What a ride! xo bk
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Loving What Is
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A Thousand Names for Joy
A Mind at Home with Itself

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0:00.0

Hello, podcast family. Today I had the privilege of doing the work with Marcos and his war with God.

0:06.5

It was stunning to witness Marcos' experience of depression so deep it seemed there was no way out.

0:14.0

At the same time, notice Marco's open to unlimited potential.

0:20.0

As you listen to Marco's work in this podcast, ask yourself, have you ever felt this

0:26.2

hopeless? And if your answer is no, I invite you as well into this work so that your life never has to become so dark. Now I invite you to get

0:36.8

still inside of this work with Marcos.

0:58.9

Hi. Hi, hi Marco. It's great to see you. I tried to do the work for a lot of times I was also with facilitators and I kept doing it and I told myself I must do it and it didn't really work for me I have chronic depression for more than 20 years I'm all that you talk about really I'm entirely exhausted.

1:06.0

But the problem is I don't blame any other person.

1:10.2

I always blame myself.

1:12.2

So when I try to do a work sheet and I wrote I am angry with

1:20.3

them with my parents for no reason and what what it comes down to is I hate myself.

1:27.0

So let's look at that. Okay. You're angry at your parents for no reason. Yes. Is it true?

1:37.0

Remember one syllable yes or no. Okay. Just no, no, no, I say no. Okay, so I say no. Okay, so I say no, that's three words. I want you to feel that space. You're angry, your parents for no reason.

2:19.6

Get soft. Is it true? One syllable. No, it's not. Okay. It's not true. So give that room in you.

2:24.0

And how do you react?

2:30.0

What happens when you think the thought? I'm angry at my parents for no reason. It's just... You've already... That's okay, you've already told me. You've already told all of us. You've already given us the answer.

2:50.0

I'm angry at my parents for no reason.

2:54.5

You turn it on you.

2:59.0

Angry, your parents, you turn it on you.

3:07.2

I'm angry at myself yeah because I'm the reason that I'm angry you know the ego gets the ego gets the ego gets to attack you.

3:13.0

Right, right.

3:15.0

And not, and you don't dare look at reasons for hating your parents.

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