can you absolutely?

Can you absolutely know that it's true?

that's
it

that's
question number two
of the Byron Katie work:

CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT THIS THOUGHT IS TRUE?


What thought?

The "should" thought.
The "shouldn't" thought.
The so and so is such a way, thought (with the implication: they
shouldn't
be)
And so on.

The work is about getting our hearts
free
from the mind's insistence on
being right.

We have these thoughts.
We are so sure they are right.

"Dad shouldn't have done..."
"Ma should have ...."
"The wife should..."
"The husband shouldn't..."
"My children should..."

And so on.

If after the first question,
we aren't clear that we are in the land
of opinion
instead of the land of truth,
then the second question,
"Can I absolutely know that this thought is true,"
gives us another go at
our conviction
that we are just so right,
just so righteously,
totally and completely
the one
who says:
this is the truth.

So,

we now have two of the four questions:

One: Is it true?

Two: Can I absolutely know that this thought is true?

Two more to go.

Good.