The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
BYRON KATIEIt’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
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Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
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When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
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The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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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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I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.
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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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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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Reality is always kinder than your thinking.
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Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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