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.
BYRON KATIEAny stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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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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When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.
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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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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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