Placing 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 KATIEIf people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind’s every waking moment will be plotting those things. That’s how it stays identified – as a body, as a you.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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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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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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I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don’t love it, question your mind until you do.
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We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
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It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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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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To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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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.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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Until you can love what is – everything, including the apparent violence and craziness – you’re separate from the world, and you’ll see it as dangerous and frightening.
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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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