Opening Day to Summer Camp for The Mind is a unique online mini-retreat for three hours from 5:00 – 8:00 pm Pacific Time and it costs nothing. Anyone and everyone are welcome. Tell your friends and family if they’re interested in doing The Work of Byron Katie.
If you want to come to the online Opening Day mini-retreat, head to the Summer Camp page and scroll down. You can’t miss it–the link is already right there. Click it at 5 pm on July 5th and join. No registration required.
You can listen-only, or participate live (audio only) via your computer or your phone.
Now here’s something kind of funny….the very same day, in the morning, it just happens to be First Tuesday of The Month Meetup Call, for 75 minutes. This monthly call is also open to everyone and anyone who wants to question their stressful thinking.
So you could start your day with inquiry, and end your day with more inquiry. And see what happens in between!
Life’s a sandwich!
And it’s a pretty good sandwich if the bread is The Work.
If you’ve been wanting a Walk-Through of The Work of Byron Katie from start to finish, and you don’t want to leave your home to do it, either one of these would be great. I recommend using headphones, but you can do speaker phone, too.
We’ll start at the very, very, very beginning at the first step of The Work—locating and clearly identifying a stressful experience, interaction, conversation or situation in your life.
Then, we’ll apply the four questions. You can listen, or raise your hand and participate.
If you love it and want to continue in inquiry until August 19th you can sign up after the mini-retreat Opening Day of Summer Camp For The Mind July 5th. You’ll sign up by donating what works for you.
Yep, I really mean it. No set fee.
Why do I do it this way?
Well, I remember myself and the way I thought about trying new or public or group things, or new venues for things I already did regularly.
It wasn’t so easy to actually take the plunge and try it.
As in, I had to build up a lot of nerve, energy, interest and motivation to go for it.
(I’m still like this sometimes–I’ve been thinking about going to a regular yoga class for almost two years).
It’s funny to like trying new things, and also NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT.
Can’t we just stick with the usual? Not any big major changes?
Can’t I makes changes slllllooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyy? So there’s no surprises?
There’s this term called Comfort Zone.
I know you’ve heard it.
Yada yada, so boring if I hear that term One More Time about comfort zone and getting out of it I’m going to stab my hand with a pencil.
Heh heh. Not that I get THAT excited about coaching terminology.
But for me….my whole LIFE was out of the Comfort Zone.
Where is the comfort zone, I thought? I’m looking for it on a daily basis!
Is it over there? No. Is it over here? No.
Comfort Zone Comfort Zone, where are you hiding? (Picture a dog owner looking for the dog in the neighborhood, and the dog’s name is Comfort Zone. That’s what it was like on the inside, yelling and wandering the streets).
No wonder I didn’t want to try anything new! It seemed there was no such thing as a comfort zone in my area, and let’s get clear….new stuff DEFINITELY wasn’t it, so new stuff was OUT.
For me, the reason I usually tried something new was because I was so incredibly uncomfortable with what I currently was living, I couldn’t take the pain anymore, the suffering.
The Work is a way to dig into this state of mind. LACK of Comfort Zone.
So welcome to anyone who is unhappy, feels screwed up, feels miserable with work, relationships, parents, family, circumstances, money, body, eating, addiction, anger, criticism, sadness, annoyance, disappointment.
When I began to do The Work, that’s where I started. No Comfort Zone in sight. It’s why I went to The School for The Work.
And I found….with practice….
….maybe the Comfort Zone was here all along, I just couldn’t see it because I was wearing some really, really dark glasses.
“You can take the four questions and find yourself. The questions are the path back to your self. They don’t care what the story is. They just wait for you to answer them.” ~ Byron Katie in 1000 Names for Joy
It’s OK if you don’t find anything with The Work. It’s almost better if you have zero expectations. Let life unfold the way it does, without you managing it or trying to stay safer or trying to get somewhere different (like the aforementioned CZ, I’ll try not to think about it).
I don’t always feel comfortable. In fact, sometimes I’m quite uncomfortable.
But thank goodness for the quiet solitude, the slowing down, the stillness, the simplicity….of The Work.
If you’d like a daily meditation for seven weeks during the summer (or a free mini-retreat on Tuesday July 5th from 5-8 pm in the evening Pacific Time) then head over to this page and scroll down a wee bit to find the link to the Opening Day of Summer CampOnline Mini Retreat. Anyone can join, no registration or opt-in required.
I would truly love to work with you.
Much love,
Grace