Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
BYRON KATIEIf you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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You are the effect of your story, that’s all.
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To 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.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
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I can’t love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.
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The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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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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It’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.
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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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There are no physical problems-only mental ones.
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The mind’s job is to validate what it thinks.
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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.
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