Byron Katie - writing stopped the mind

Apr 5 eve

Omega: You stress the importance of writing down the inquiry into each thought. Why is it important to put it on paper?
Katie: If you try to do The Work in your head, without putting your thoughts on paper using something like the Judge Your Neighbor Worksheet, the mind will outsmart you. Before you're even aware of it, it will be off and running into another story to prove that it's right.
But though the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing. Once the mind is stopped on paper, thoughts remain stable, and inquiry can easily be applied.

Omega: At some point does the process become second nature and the conscious effort to "do The Work" drop away?
Katie: Yes. Eventually, whenever a stressful thought arises, a wordless questioning arises along with it, and the thought unravels. Inquiry becomes alive in you as the natural, wordless response of awareness to any untrue thoughts that arise, until the point where such thoughts don't even arise and the mind is completely at peace.