It’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not a little thing to lose your identification and who you believe yourself to be.
BYRON KATIEAfter you’ve been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought “She doesn’t love me,” you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: “Oh, I’m not loving myself in this moment.”
BYRON KATIEWe say to others only what we need to hear.
BYRON KATIEThe only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
BYRON KATIEDon’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
BYRON KATIEHere’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
BYRON KATIEUntil you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
BYRON KATIEThere’s no nightmare you can’t wake yourself up from.
BYRON KATIEPlacing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
BYRON KATIEWithout an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
BYRON KATIEThought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
BYRON KATIEYou don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
BYRON KATIEWhen you become a lover of what is, the war is over.
BYRON KATIELife just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
BYRON KATIEIf you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.
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 KATIE