The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
BYRON KATIEIf I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
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The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you’ve been waiting for.
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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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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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Reality is always kinder than your thinking.
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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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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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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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