If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
BYRON KATIEThat’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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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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The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
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Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
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To argue with reality is to argue with God.
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