Radical Work

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Interviews

- Kriben Pillay:

Kriben Pillay's book Radical

Work explores the value of The Work as a means of bringing about clarity,

creativity and efficiency in the workplace. It sets out the theory of radical

transformation, drawing on the insights of leading thinkers - David Bohm,

Daniel Goleman, J. Krishnamurti, Danah Zohar and others - showing why The

Work of Byron Katie could be the most radical, but simple, tool that organisations

can use for bringing about the end of conflict and the beginning of true

creative action. We sent him some questions in his mail-box...

EB: Who is Byron

Katie and how did you discover 'The Work'?

KP: Byron Katie is

an ordinary American woman from Barstow, California who, although having

everything in material life – beauty, a lovely family, and a very successful

business – suffered from addictions and an intense depression. While 'drying

out' in a halfway house for addicts, she underwent, at age 43, a transformation

of consciousness that revealed to her that she was not the suffering personality

that she thought was, but Love itself.

As a researcher into transformations

of consciousness, I came across Byron Katie's biography and realized that

here was an unusual human being, and that the process that her transformed

state gave rise to, The Work, has immense implications for suffering humanity.

EB: For readers

who are unfamiliar with this system of self-inquiry can you give a brief

explanation?

KP: The Work is a

form of self-inquiry that simply poses four questions: (1) Is it true?

(2) Can I really know that it's true? (3) What do I get for holding onto

this belief (story, concept, thought)? (4) What would I be without this

belief? The inquiry then leads to the turnaround where we begin to see

that our suffering is really caused by the projections of our thinking.

EB: What is your

vision? What can readers hope to achieve from reading Radical

Work?

KP: Hopefully, readers

will gain an intellectual understanding of The Work within the context

of what leading thinkers have to say about transformation. Also, it is

hoped that the Appendix by Byron Katie will lead readers to their own release

from suffering and gain the immense clarity that is natural to us.

EB: How can organizations

use the 'Work' for transformation and how does the Work differ from other

forms of transformational/motivational training?

KP: Organizations

can be taught to use The Work to end conflict and a culture of blame that

is so prevalent in our society. The Work exposes all our hidden agendas

and fears. But this can only happen if the organizations want a culture

of clarity, efficiency and responsibility. Many say they do, but they still

want to play their various power games. The Work will radically threaten

such attitudes, and such organizations are best left with 'feel-good' motivational

programmes that put enticing icing on top of a rotten cake. As Daniel Goleman

says, most motivational training only gives people 'a short-term "buzz"

of energy that lasts no more than a few days and weeks'. Most motivational

programmes, also, still teach that we are separate, disconnected beings

that have to control life in some way or the other and to get as much as

we can. The underlying motive here is still fear. Through The Work we see

that non-separation is our innate state, therefore the way we function

is radically different.

EB: What literature

inspires you? Do you enjoy reading?

KP: I enjoy reading

books about the meeting of science and authentic spirituality, and books

that offer readers a different way of seeing.

EB: Of the four

books you have had published, which did you enjoy writing the most?

KP: The book that

I am writing at the time is the book that I most enjoy writing.

EB: Who or what

influences your writing the most?

KP: Everything that

I have read has influenced me in some way, but the writings of philosopher

J.

Krishnamurti have had a profound effect on me. Authentic clarity, however,

is beyond influence and is ever new, although it may use whatever material

it has been exposed to in order to communicate That which is beyond communication.

My current favorite book is Eckhart Tolle's The

Power of Now.

EB: Do you have

any other books planned? What projects are you working on at the moment?

KP: I have a children's

book planned entitled Is it true you've lost your marbles? This

book will also serve as a fable for adults. The other book is a series

of entertaining stories about my personal experiences of The Work of Byron

Katie. Both books should be published early next year, if not sooner.

EB: Are there any

additional comments or thoughts you would like to share?

KP: All suffering,

if you really examine it, is just a story. But the mind cannot readily

accept this because it lives off drama.

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