Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
BYRON KATIEQuestioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
BYRON KATIEIt 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.”
BYRON KATIEWe don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
BYRON KATIEWhen you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
BYRON KATIELove is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
BYRON KATIELook at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
BYRON KATIEEvery mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
BYRON KATIEWe never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.
BYRON KATIENo one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
BYRON KATIEYou move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer”.
BYRON KATIELove is worth living. Why do you trade life for less?
BYRON KATIEThe whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
BYRON KATIEPay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
BYRON KATIENothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
BYRON KATIEOur job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.
BYRON KATIEIn 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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