So there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
BYRON KATIESo there’s only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That’s why I say, “Who cares if you’re enlightened forever?”
BYRON KATIEFear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
BYRON KATIEI 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.
BYRON KATIEThinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
BYRON KATIEWhen safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
BYRON KATIEI came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
BYRON KATIEWe cannot see what we don’t believe.
BYRON KATIEReality doesn’t wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
BYRON KATIEAny story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
BYRON KATIETo argue with reality is to argue with God.
BYRON KATIEIt’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.
BYRON KATIEUntil we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
BYRON KATIEHappiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear.
BYRON KATIEThe person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.
BYRON KATIEMy experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.
BYRON KATIELook at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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