Guest guest Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Hi to all. I am new to this forum and to the work itself. I've actually done very little of the work and even that I did in my head but I sense that there really may be something to this. I am reaching a state of desperation in my life and though it seems crazy (at least to me) I am considering attending the school in March. I would greatly appreciate any information that those of you who have experienced the school could offer me. Undoubtedly, it is a huge sum of money and I am put off that the class is not smaller, still, I am tempted because I know the time has come for a new direction and it seems to hold out the possibility of this happening. I would also like to thank all of you for the wonderfully insightful and astute thoughts that fill this forum and I look forward to hearing much more of them in the future...Best to all....Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 > Hi to all. I am new to this forum and to the work itself. I've > actually done very little of the work and even that I did in my head > but I sense that there really may be something to this. Hi, Harry. I can tell you that for me, there most definitely is " something " to The Work. I wonder why you're considering attending the School for The Work without ever having written a worksheet. While the School may be expensive, applying The Work for oneself and finding out how well it works for you wouldn't cost anything beyond some paper, some ink, and some time (if you do it in your word processor on your computer, you don't even have the ink and paper cost. There are templates for the Judge Your Neighbor and Four Question worksheets in the Files section of this group . My approach has been to assess the effectiveness of the work for myself by using it as described in 's book (i.e., writing down my judgements and writing down my responses to the four questions and turn-around) before considering attending an event. The event I'm planning on attending is *much* less expensive than The School. I'm registered for a weekend Intensive. > I am reaching a state of desperation in my life and though it seems > crazy (at least to me) I am considering attending the school in > March. What about your considering attending the School in March makes it seem crazy to you? I would invite you to consider that making that choice might be seen as " high risk " by some -- you'd be putting up a lot of money to attend an event I hear you have misgivings about. I know plenty of seemingly sane folks who indulge in high risk behaviors from time to time. It seems to be something that people do. Do you indulge in high risk behaviors in other areas of your life? Perhaps that's just part of who you are. Or perhaps that's an aspect of your thinking that it might be useful for you to look at. I don't know. I'm just pointing at what I (think I) see in your message (and what I think I see in your message says more about me than it does about you . > I would greatly appreciate any information that those of you > who have experienced the school could offer me. I have not attended the School. The Intensive in Asheville at the end of February will be my first time to attend one of 's events. So I'd encourage you to factor that into your thinking when you're considering all the feedback you've received and deciding what you want to do. I agree with Heidi that whatever you wind up deciding, it will be the right thing for you. No mistake. > ... Undoubtedly, it is a > huge sum of money and I am put off that the class is not smaller, > still, I am tempted because I know the time has come for a new > direction and it seems to hold out the possibility of this > happening. I have to attend The School for The Work in order to take a new direction in my life. Is that true? > I would also like to thank all of you for the wonderfully insightful > and astute thoughts that fill this forum and I look forward to > hearing much more of them in the future...Best to all....Harry One of the stories that I like and run often is the one that says I can only see in others what I see in myself. Conversely, my hunch is that you can only see wonderfully insightful and astute thoughts here because you have lots of them yourself, Harry. I'm glad you're here. Thank you for sharing your situation with us. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 tom ~ you occur to me as a wonderful example of the beauty of the work. how inspiring to hear that you have yet to attend a 'katie' event and are finding your own freedom through inquiry. of course, no event is really a katie event, the school for the work is the school of you/me. for me it was a gift to myself and i learned nothing about katie and much about my own stories (my self) and the possibility of freedom, should i desire it. i love how you show up here. Tom Barron wrote:On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:46:05PM -0000, drizzlepup wrote: > Hi to all. I am new to this forum and to the work itself. I've > actually done very little of the work and even that I did in my head > but I sense that there really may be something to this. Hi, Harry. I can tell you that for me, there most definitely is " something " to The Work. I wonder why you're considering attending the School for The Work without ever having written a worksheet. While the School may be expensive, applying The Work for oneself and finding out how well it works for you wouldn't cost anything beyond some paper, some ink, and some time (if you do it in your word processor on your computer, you don't even have the ink and paper cost. There are templates for the Judge Your Neighbor and Four Question worksheets in the Files section of this group . My approach has been to assess the effectiveness of the work for myself by using it as described in 's book (i.e., writing down my judgements and writing down my responses to the four questions and turn-around) before considering attending an event. The event I'm planning on attending is *much* less expensive than The School. I'm registered for a weekend Intensive. > I am reaching a state of desperation in my life and though it seems > crazy (at least to me) I am considering attending the school in > March. What about your considering attending the School in March makes it seem crazy to you? I would invite you to consider that making that choice might be seen as " high risk " by some -- you'd be putting up a lot of money to attend an event I hear you have misgivings about. I know plenty of seemingly sane folks who indulge in high risk behaviors from time to time. It seems to be something that people do. Do you indulge in high risk behaviors in other areas of your life? Perhaps that's just part of who you are. Or perhaps that's an aspect of your thinking that it might be useful for you to look at. I don't know. I'm just pointing at what I (think I) see in your message (and what I think I see in your message says more about me than it does about you . > I would greatly appreciate any information that those of you > who have experienced the school could offer me. I have not attended the School. The Intensive in Asheville at the end of February will be my first time to attend one of 's events. So I'd encourage you to factor that into your thinking when you're considering all the feedback you've received and deciding what you want to do. I agree with Heidi that whatever you wind up deciding, it will be the right thing for you. No mistake. > ... Undoubtedly, it is a > huge sum of money and I am put off that the class is not smaller, > still, I am tempted because I know the time has come for a new > direction and it seems to hold out the possibility of this > happening. I have to attend The School for The Work in order to take a new direction in my life. Is that true? > I would also like to thank all of you for the wonderfully insightful > and astute thoughts that fill this forum and I look forward to > hearing much more of them in the future...Best to all....Harry One of the stories that I like and run often is the one that says I can only see in others what I see in myself. Conversely, my hunch is that you can only see wonderfully insightful and astute thoughts here because you have lots of them yourself, Harry. I'm glad you're here. Thank you for sharing your situation with us. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Thanks to all of you who responded to my inquiry. Many salient points were offered and you can be asssured that I will take the time to consider them as carefully as you did in formulating them. I know that there is no right answer here, just trying to get a feel for what the school is actually all about. Sometimes the fear of demolished hope is stronger even than the fear of losing a goodly sum of money and I suppose I am trying to cover myself on both bases. The idea of atttending an intensive is a good one, of course - I didn't realize until going back to the website that they were actually " mini schools " . Unfortuately, the school's timing is convenient and the intesive's is not and blah, blah, blah. Once again my ego strains to figure out that, which it lacks the information to even guess at. Who knows, going to the " school " seemed inuitive and I hesitate to go back on that decision for fear it is my conditioned mind trying to protect itself. Maybe going to an intensive to try things out first might be a nice compromise that all hands can live with....Thanks, Harry (I do have the audio set by the way, I just haven't written anything down when I ask the questions of myself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 > tom ~ you occur to me as a wonderful example of the beauty of the > work. how inspiring to hear that you have yet to attend a 'katie' > event and are finding your own freedom through inquiry. of course, > no event is really a katie event, the school for the work is the > school of you/me. for me it was a gift to myself and i learned > nothing about katie and much about my own stories (my self) and the > possibility of freedom, should i desire it. i love how you show up > here. Oh, . Thank you so much for taking the time to write. Reading your words, I feel a glow of warm pleasure that someone would see my behavior as inspiring. I have felt inspired more than once in reading your responses to others on the list. My sense of you is someone very wise and kind and insightful. I'm so glad you're here. I am still amazed at how easy life can be when I'm not clinging to my painful beliefs but investigating them. The combination of the exchange with Harry and your message to me somehow reminds me of the Q & A section in LWI where someone asks how they can do The Work without the support of others nearby. 's response is to point out that when she started discovering The Work, there was no one around to support her. Since my work is internal, it's always available, no matter where I go, what I do, and regardless of whether anyone else is working on themselves or supporting me. I love that. love, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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