No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
BYRON KATIEI love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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I love the world, because I love the mind that created the world.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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After you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
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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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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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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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