Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
BYRON KATIEWhen you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
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My life is a contribution.
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Your parents are your projection-nothing more.
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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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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
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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 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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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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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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