I have had the privilege of losing everything.
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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Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom.
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If you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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Reality doesn’t wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
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There are no physical problems-only mental ones.
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It doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
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It’s not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
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Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.
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I can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
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Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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