Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
BYRON KATIESpare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.
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That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
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Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you’ve been waiting for.
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The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
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The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Reality doesn’t wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
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Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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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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When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.
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The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
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That’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
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