The most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
BYRON KATIEHere’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
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Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.
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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you’re believing an untrue thought.
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To argue with reality is to argue with God.
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You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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