What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
BYRON KATIEAfter you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
More Byron Katie Quotes
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
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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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It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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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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You are the effect of your story, that’s all.
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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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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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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
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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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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
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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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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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