In January, 2025, Lisa received the following email from Ernest Holm Svendsen, a practitioner of the techniques Byron Katie has developed and which are referred to as, “The Work”. Ernest has his own practice and runs the website, “https://www.theartofbeinghuman.com“ Ernest is the author of the book, “How To End The […]
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Lisa subscribes to an email list from “The Art Of Being Human” by Ernest Holm Svendsen. She recently received an interesting email with the title, “Letting Go of ‘Because'” Here is what was included in that email: Dear Lisa, When doing The Work, I often notice how “because” slips into […]
I was having a “Leonard Cohen” weekend; listening to all the recorded music of his that I own. One of my favorite albums of Leonard’s is “Live In London”, which was recorded in 2009. When I got to the song, “If It Be Your Will”, which on this album is […]
The other day, I was reading in “Meditations” the compilation of the writings of Marcus Aurelius, as translated by George Long. In book IV, Section 3 of that book, I came across the following: Men seek retirement in the country, on the seacoast, in the mountains; and you too have […]
In 1986, Byron Katie discovered four simple questions and a turn-around that helped her learn to be at peace. She realized that all suffering is caused by believing our thoughts, and the only way to relieve the suffering is to question our thoughts. She calls these four questions and the […]