I just heard that this program will no longer be available after Febuary 5th. 
Here’s what happened: I joined this 4-week-program with Mona and Giovanni. I did all the exercises they suggested (many of them using The Work to question my thoughts about food etc.). And a few weeks later (without doing any kind of dieting!), I noticed my weight dropping. Could it be that weight wasn’t only connected to what you eat but your emotions and thinking? I mean, it had to because here I was continuing to lose weight over a period of 6 months. I reached my dream weight that I haven’t had since I’d been 16. And: I haven’t gained it back! That was 2 years ago…
Anyways, when I saw that Mona and Giovanni were discontinuing the sale of this audio program (and other great ones too), I thought I needed to let all my friends know about it. And the great things is that it’s on sale now as well.
Hurry up and check it out. It will not be available after Febuary 5th, 2009.
Hope you read this in time. Don’t miss this opportunity. 
Love,
Christine
Filed under Body, Self by on Feb 2nd, 2009. Comment. 
1. Is it true?
I will answer that from the place of someone being stuck in a small barrel with another prisoner in a concentration camp.
In that very moment, yes, I believe that.
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
No.
3. How do you react when you think that thought?
I am having a panic attack. I feel the other one’s body pressed to mine. I scream. I want to kick. I want out. I can’t breathe. I need out right now. I think I can’t take it. There is an amazing physical power. I try to break the barrel. And I realize it’s not working.
Absolute panic.
Right here as I am sitting here imagining the situation, my shoulders are incredibly tense. They are hard like steel. I have trouble breathing. I am breathing very shallow. I am sweating. Just imagining the situation brings great discomfort.
With the thought: sheer terror
4. Who would you be without the thought?
I am calmer. I breathe. I relax some. I would surrender. I might feel the other person’s body and imagine it being my loved one.
Mmh, yeah much more peaceful.
Turnarounds:
I am not going die.
- Right now I am alive.
- In this moment I have enough air to breathe, my blood is flowing through my veins, my heart is pumping.
I am going to live.
- Since I don’t know the future, that may be just as true.
- That feels better, so that might be an indication that it is truer.
- That thought is also more supportive of my situation right now. Even if it is not truer, it serves me in the moment.
Filed under Body, Control, Fear and Depression, Time by on Sep 6th, 2007. 2 Comments.
1. Is it true?
Yes! They are charging ridiculous prices for just a little inlay. Why does it cost thousands of dollars?
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
No. Obviously it is. So, no, I cannot absolutely know.
3. How do you react when you think that thought?
I feel like victim. I see that my teeth need work yet I cannot take care of them. I get upset and angry that I don’t have dental insurance. I get aintsy that it may be a while until I do get dental insurance.
I go into the past and how long I have been putting dental work off due to the high expenses even with dental insurance. I feel stressed and worried about doing permanent damage to my teeth.
I strike out at the whole medical service industry. I see them as greedy. I see the world as unfair. Someone taking care of children make so little in comparison of someone taking care of teeth. I feel small. I blame. I separate from people charging a LOT of money for their service. I see the medical service industry as greedy, inhumane, uncaring.
When I believe that thought, it feels like trying to stop a truck from rolling down a hill. I feel powerless, hopeless. I feel that in my body. My jaw is tight. My face is tense. My shoulders too.
With the thought: STRESS, separation, attacking others, focussing on lack
4. Who would you be without the thought?
I would return to myself and be back in my business. I would trust reality. Dental work is expensive. That’s what is. I would be more at peace with it.
I would also acknowledge that I have never gone or called a dentist to inquire about prices here. I just IMAGINE that it is expensive.
Without the thought I might make an appointment to have my teeth checked and get some facts about cost of inlays or whatever dental work is required – if any.
Without the thought I would not lash out at dentists and other medical professionals. Well, if I truly didn’t believe the thought, there’d be no problem. A banana is yellow – I don’t argue with that. A dog barks, a cat meows, dental work is expensive. It loses its charge and stress.
Mh, interesting!
With the thought – stress. Without the thought peace. And with or without the thought – expensive dental work. So reality is going to be the same. I just get to choose whether to experience stress around that or peace. Tough choice!
Turnarounds:
Dental work should be so expensive.
- Because that is what is.
- So I get to see how insane it is to oppose what is.
- Before a dentist gets to make the first dollar, s/he has to study for at least 8 years. That is longer than just the regular 4 years of college for other professions.
My thinking shouldn’t be so expensive.
- Yes, it is sometimes costing me my happiness. I mean, look at question number 3!!
- Yes, sometimes I am just wasting it with endless thought circeling and opposing reality.
Filed under Body, Control, Money by on Jul 27th, 2007. 2 Comments.
1. Is it true?
I believe so. You get to know the other person so well, it may become boring or routine. Also, the other might become unattractive over time.
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
No.
3. How do you react when you think that thought?
Afraid of the day it does. I see little signs and I think: "Oh no! It is already happening!" I see it as inevitable.
It makes me sad. Hopeless. Depressed. There is nothing I can do. I feel like a victim. Passive.
With the thought: SADNESS
4. Who would you be without the thought?
I would be excited about what we have. I would not project anything different into the future. I would be happy and joyful right here, right now. I would be lighter. Maybe more attractive sexually? 
Turnarounds:
Sexual attraction does not fade over time.
- Well, reality is that sexual attraction has been growing over time in this relationship.
- When I look at my former relationships I can see how my thoughts about the man has let my sexual attraction for them die. Sexual un-attraction was just a symptom of how my unattractive thoughts about my partner showed up. That seems pretty clear right now.
- I have experienced that something may be true for the whole world – and that doesn’t mean it would be true for me.
Sexual attraction grows over time.
- Certainly true for this relationship!!
- The more I get to know the other person, the more comfortable I feel with him. I open up to other exciting things to do…
- When I look at my thoughts that would make my partner or being with him unattractive, the more I open any flood gates that would keep me from fully embracing him – and being all excited about him. Attractive thoughts – attractive man – sexual attraction. I think that’s how it works.
Filed under Body, Relationships, Time by on Jul 24th, 2007. Comment.
1. Is it true?
It sure felt and feels like it. And the facts? Mh? I do think that a bite of a tarantula, if not deadly, is at least painful and needs immediate treatment.
2. Can you absolutely know that it is true?
No, I don’t know the facts for sure. And I also don’t know that, if the tarantula had gotten lose, I would have not been faster than the spider running away.
3. How do you react when you think that thought?
I am all tense. I feel extremely uncomfortable. I sweat.
I have images of the spider crawling up on my body. I start itching everywhere. I feel like getting sick. My heart races. My breath goes fast and shallow.
I try to keep my cool but inside I am going crazy. My shoulders are all tense. Hard like stone.
I mentally attack the guy that brought the tarantula to the pool. I hate him. I want to kick him out of the pool area.
I go numb. I am so fearful, I can hardly think. I finally get up and just leave – even though I was really wanting to sit in the hottub and enjoy a peaceful evening. I am not present at all. I don’t hear anything else. I am not present with the other people in the pool area or the hottub. I am absolutely out of my business and into the future. STRESS. Major stress.
4. Who would you be without the thought?
Oh boy, that’s a tough one.
If I truly didn’t believe this thought, there’d be no problem. I’d be relaxed. I’d enjoy my time in the hottub.
If I didn’t believe the thought, I would look at the tarantula and see that someone is in charge of it. I would see that there are a few yards of distance between me and the tarantula. I would realize that I can run much faster than the spider. I would relax more and I would keep an eye on it.
Turnarounds:
I am not in danger.
- I just looked it up: They are not deadly but only cause pain and swelling much like a bee sting.
- The tarantula is taken care of by that guy.
- The tarantula is several yards away. If it suddenly got away from that guy I would be faster.
I am safe.
- I can walk away anytime.
- It is not a wild tarantula. Someone is taking care of it.
- I am in the water and this tarantula is not a water spider.
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Oh boy, I am more clear that I am not in immediate danger after this Work but I am far from feeling peaceful in general. The Work of Byron Katie on fears of animals? I may look at that one in more depth. I may not (yet)…
What is your experience with The Work and fear of animals? I would love to hear about that. It is a topic I have not explored very much yet.
Filed under Body, Control, Fear and Depression by on Jul 16th, 2007. Comment.
