Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
BYRON KATIEWho would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
More Byron Katie Quotes
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That’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.
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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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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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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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Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
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Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.
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Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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It’s not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
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Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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