To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking.
BYRON KATIEYour parents are your projection-nothing more.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
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When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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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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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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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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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
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After 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.”
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That’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.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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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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To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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It’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you’re believing an untrue thought.
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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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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