Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that’s what you’ve lived.
BYRON KATIEI came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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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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The 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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You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
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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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There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
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The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you’re looking for.
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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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It’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
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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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