The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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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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When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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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 most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
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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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