No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
BYRON KATIEThat’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.
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Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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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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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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It’s not the darkness that people fear; it’s what they imagine into the darkness.
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Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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