Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
BYRON KATIELove is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
BYRON KATIEEvery moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?
BYRON KATIEIt makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
BYRON KATIEThe ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
BYRON KATIEWhenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
BYRON KATIEOur parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
BYRON KATIEThe nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
BYRON KATIEUntil you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
BYRON KATIEThought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
BYRON KATIEWe may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
BYRON KATIEIf 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.
BYRON KATIEPlacing 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 KATIEWhen you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.
BYRON KATIEWe do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
BYRON KATIEAfter you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
BYRON KATIEThe only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.
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