Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
BYRON KATIEThought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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Our 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.
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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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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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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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The most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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I can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
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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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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
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You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
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