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 KATIEPeace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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It doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
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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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The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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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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I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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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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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer”.
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