Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I see Skolnick as a vulnerable person. Even when I was up to my eyes in Byron Katie, something about Skolnick's website just didn't seem right at all. I noticed the way she holds her hand across her chin in her photo, a striking imitation of Byron Katie from the cover of the book I had. It's like trying to be someone else. That's what 'the work' is, if you take it to
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Yeah. I think this thread has been very useful for me. I don't think that Carol Skolnick is deliberately embedding hypnotic suggestions into her text, though: I wouldn't go that far. I think she might be putting herself into a form of trance by doing 'the work' on a frequent basis, and projecting the need to do that out onto others, and, of course, having her own deep-seated t
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Thanks for those replies. I have to say, I think self-enquiry has been useful for me, learning something about my own patterns of thinking and how they can affect me. But BK seems to have put herself so squarely at the heart of it, her name and face are everywhere: 'The Work of Byron Katie...' It doesn't support people thinking for themselves, in my opinion. Another interest
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I've been heavily into Byron Katie's stuff for a year or so, and I think it really helped me at first. But I've started to have serious concerns about it, and feel like I'm going through a bit of a transition with it right now. Where I'm at, at the moment, is this: if someone is in touch with compassion, or any sort of genuine healing insight, then it must go along wi
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"