THE BEST

Best book I have ever read. Reveals how "enlightened" people see the world, and how they act and react to the incredible dramas that unfold in their presence. Demonstrates how abstract philosophical teachings can be made practical and rewarding in your own quest for a life of peace and fulfillment.

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Finally something new, that works

Katie's new book is quite extraordinary. Compared to her earlier books, which focus more on using the Work, this one responds to excerpts from the Tao Te Ching with philosophical reflections, personal anecdotes, and a plenitude of quotable tidbits of wisdom. A Thousand Names for Joy also seems to have more spiritual and philosophical depth--so much so that some passages or sentences are as difficult to grasp as Zen koans; it's as if Katie were writing to us from a new, more sane existential plane, one we have not yet visited but nonetheless begine to envision more clearly as she reports in from the other side. While this book may be her richest yet, if you haven't read Loving What IS, you should definitely read that one first and get some experience actually doing The Work. Otherwise, some of what Kaitie talks about here won't make as much sense to you.

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Inner Peace Movement

It is extremely rare for me to find a book that gives deep insightful shifts toward profound inner peace beyond my intellectual understanding. As if caressed by that perfection which I have previously glimpsed and long to dissolve into, reading "A Thousand Names for Joy" eases me into pure, awake emptiness.

For anyone on the path, or who is no longer seeking and still reading, I strongly recommend this book. It offers opportunity for opening after opening while grounding the reader in reality as experienced by a woman who claims to simply know the difference between suffering and peace.

The depths of peace appear infinite as I am escorted farther and farther into radiant presence. I melt into seamlessly being as the way of it. Just from reading the book!! I am impressed.

Indeed Stephen and Katie make an awesome team, and this is the the most poetic and awakening work from their collective journey so far.

People new to Katie and The Work may find it helpful to read "Loving What Is" and / or embark upon a thorough perusal of her website and blog prior to this book. But it is certainly not necessary.

Interested in imperturbable inner peace? "A Thousand Names for Joy" can serve as a significant catalyst. The best I've ever read.

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