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.
BYRON KATIENothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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To exclude anything that appears in your universe is not love. Love joins with everything. It doesn’t exclude the monster. It doesn’t avoid the nightmare – it looks forward to it.
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The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself.
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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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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Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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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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