Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
BYRON KATIEUntil we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
BYRON KATIERealizing 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.
BYRON KATIEWhen a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
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.
BYRON KATIELife is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.
BYRON KATIEThis is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
BYRON KATIEThat’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.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
BYRON KATIEIt’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
BYRON KATIEEvery moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?
BYRON KATIEWhen they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
BYRON KATIEI can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
BYRON KATIETo exclude anything that appears in your universe is not love. Love joins with everything. It doesn’t exclude the monster. It doesn’t avoid the nightmare – it looks forward to it.
BYRON KATIEThe mind’s job is to validate what it thinks.
BYRON KATIELife is the constant opportunity to wake up.
BYRON KATIEI am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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