The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
BYRON KATIEEvery stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.
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Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
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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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The whole planet is waiting for someone to do it first.
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Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
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If you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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Love is action. It’s clear, it’s kind, it’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.
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It’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
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