You are the effect of your story, that’s all.
BYRON KATIEWhen 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.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We suffer only until we realize that we can’t know anything.
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It’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
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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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It’s not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they’re not true.
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We say to others only what we need to hear.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?
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The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
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Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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