It’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
BYRON KATIEIt’s for each of us to look at what we really do believe – what our belief system really consists of.
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.
BYRON KATIEOur 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.
BYRON KATIEHere’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 KATIEUntil we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
BYRON KATIEWe begin to not be human, as we’ve known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we’re confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.
BYRON KATIEWe’re all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are.
BYRON KATIEWe never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.
BYRON KATIEWhat would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
BYRON KATIEA thought is harmless unless we believe it.
BYRON KATIEWhen we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
BYRON KATIERealizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.
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.
BYRON KATIEIt doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
BYRON KATIEWe may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
BYRON KATIEOur job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.
BYRON KATIE