A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
BYRON KATIEIt’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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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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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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
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After 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.”
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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Love is worth living. Why do you trade life for less?
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don’t love it, question your mind until you do.
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