When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
BYRON KATIEIf people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
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You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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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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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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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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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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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
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It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
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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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I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don’t love it, question your mind until you do.
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