When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
BYRON KATIEFear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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We do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
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My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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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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There are no physical problems-only mental ones.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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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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When we’re not defending and justifying, and we’re being very still, our answers can and do shock us.
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Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
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Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.
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Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
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Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.
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Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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