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.”
BYRON KATIEEvery uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realization.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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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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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you’re believing an untrue thought.
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Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?
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Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
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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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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
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That’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
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I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
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Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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