Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
BYRON KATIEI stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
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We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
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Here’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.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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To argue with reality is to argue with God.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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It’s quite an amazing experience to see the same life with and without the thought. We come to see how crazy a thought can make us when we believe it.
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So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
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What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind.
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Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that’s what you’ve lived.
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Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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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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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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