If 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.
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Anand Thakur
If 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 KATIENo-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can.
BYRON KATIEWhen you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
BYRON KATIEThe whole planet is waiting for someone to do it first.
BYRON KATIEWhen we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. ‘My husband doesn’t respect me.’ ‘I should be thinner.’ Those are stories. When there’s no story, there’s no suffering.
BYRON KATIEYou’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
BYRON KATIEWe do not mature through age. We mature in awareness.
BYRON KATIEA thought is harmless unless we believe it.
BYRON KATIEWe are never really in control. We just think we are when things happen to be going our way.
BYRON KATIEOur parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
BYRON KATIEAny story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
BYRON KATIEEvery 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.
BYRON KATIEIt makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.
BYRON KATIEEverything that happens is God’s will. When you realize that, you’re home free.
BYRON KATIEIf you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.
BYRON KATIENothing 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.
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