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 KATIESuffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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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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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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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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It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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My life is a contribution.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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I’m most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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