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.
BYRON KATIEEveryone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
More Byron Katie Quotes
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The last story: God is everything, God is good.
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Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination–even you.
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No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
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We are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.
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You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected.
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Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn’t.
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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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Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.
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When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.
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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 most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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We cannot see what we don’t believe.
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Your suffering is never caused by the person you’re blaming.
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I love what I think, and I’m never tempted to believe it.
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It’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
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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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I didn’t fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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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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You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
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All the advice you ever gave your partner is for you to hear.
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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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When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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