Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
BYRON KATIEIt is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it’s helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, “You’re caught in the dream.”
More Byron Katie Quotes
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Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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It’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
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Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
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If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
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The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.
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You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.
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Until we know that death is equal to life, we live in fear.
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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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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It’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.
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The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
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