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.
BYRON KATIEYour suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
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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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The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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It’s not the darkness that people fear; it’s what they imagine into the darkness.
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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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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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