Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
BYRON KATIEHere’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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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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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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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
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The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
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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.
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It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.
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The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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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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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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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
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