Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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Anand Thakur
Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
BYRON KATIEWhen you become a lover of what is, the war is over.
BYRON KATIEMy life is a contribution.
BYRON KATIEIt’s good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you’re confused, that you’re in a lie.
BYRON KATIEYou either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.
BYRON KATIEIf 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 KATIEDiscomfort is the call to set yourself free.
BYRON KATIEYou 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.
BYRON KATIEIt’s not what happens in life that bothers us. It’s what we’re believing about it that bothers us.
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 KATIEIf you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.
BYRON KATIEThat’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
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 KATIEIt doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
BYRON KATIEBeing present means living without control and always having your needs met.
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.
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