When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
BYRON KATIEHappiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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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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If you think the cause of your problem is ‘out there,’ you’ll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
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In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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When we question our thoughts, we see that the craziness was never in the world, but in us.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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It’s quite an amazing experience to see the same life with and without the thought. We come to see how crazy a thought can make us when we believe it.
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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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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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We may appear to be mean but we’re really only frightened.
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Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.
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If 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.
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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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