The pain shows you what’s left to investigate.
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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You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you’re believing an untrue thought.
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The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
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Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear.
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There’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
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Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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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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