If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
BYRON KATIETo me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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My life is a contribution.
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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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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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Everything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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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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Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
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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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You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.
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What is perfect health? The unraveling of all imagined states of mind.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you’re believing an untrue thought.
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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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