I was working on my PC in my office, preparing a Lab Exercise on programming to be given to my students in the lab. The lab was supposed to take place at 4pm. I casually cast a glance on the wall clock and saw that it was already 3.40 pm!
To my horror, I began to panic. The exercises are not completed yet and I also needed at least a few hours to run through them all on my Visual C++ compiler to make sure they work. Unpleasant feelings swept over me.
Then, I suddenly realized that the lab was supposed to be tomorrow! Immediately there was instant relief. A heavy feeling was miraculously lifted. And I realize then the truth of what Byron Katie teaches - that we suffer when we believe an untrue thought.
I sufferred when I believed that the lab was at 4 pm today, but, when I realized my mistake, I did not belive anymore that the lab was to be on today. And with that, all the unpleasant feeling also left. Amazing!
I also tried to re-imagine and to re-believe that the lab is to be on today. But try as hard as I might, I could no longer make myself believe the lie again. Byron Katies says that truth is like that - once you have seen that the snake is actually a rope, you can never again make yourself believe otherwise.
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