I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
BYRON KATIEThat’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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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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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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We’re all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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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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There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
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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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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.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
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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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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
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The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
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