Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
BYRON KATIEYou can’t have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That’s the way this works.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don’t feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
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I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don’t love it, question your mind until you do.
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You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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We begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
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Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
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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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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realization.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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