If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
BYRON KATIEWho would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
More Byron Katie Quotes
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When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.
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There is nothing that isn’t true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future.
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We don’t attach to things; we attach to our stories about them.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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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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It 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.”
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You can’t have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That’s the way this works.
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If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.
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Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?
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The 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.
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Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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