When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
BYRON KATIEWhen you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
BYRON KATIEIf people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
BYRON KATIEWho would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
BYRON KATIEIt is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
BYRON KATIEWe do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
BYRON KATIEWhen your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
BYRON KATIEYour most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
BYRON KATIEThe way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
BYRON KATIEIt’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.
BYRON KATIEIt’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
BYRON KATIEWhen you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
BYRON KATIEYou are the effect of your story, that’s all.
BYRON KATIEIt’s quite an amazing experience to see the same life with and without the thought. We come to see how crazy a thought can make us when we believe it.
BYRON KATIEYou’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
BYRON KATIEI can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
BYRON KATIEThe 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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