Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
BYRON KATIEPlacing 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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated 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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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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I have had the privilege of losing everything.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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There are no physical problems-only mental ones.
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I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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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 in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
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