When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
BYRON KATIEAny stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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No one has ever been angry at another human being-we’re only angry at our story of them.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.
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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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It’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
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If you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.
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After you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
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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 either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
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Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
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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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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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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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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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