The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
BYRON KATIENothing 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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
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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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When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
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The most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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We’re all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are.
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Love is worth living. Why do you trade life for less?
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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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Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear.
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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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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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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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When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
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