It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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Anand Thakur
It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
BYRON KATIEUntil the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.
BYRON KATIEThat’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
BYRON KATIEWe say to others only what we need to hear.
BYRON KATIELife is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it. It’s just easier if you do.
BYRON KATIEHappiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
BYRON KATIEWhat we really believe is what we manifest. What we believe, we see.
BYRON KATIEThinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
BYRON KATIEYou don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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 KATIEIt’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.
BYRON KATIEEvery mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that’s the end of suffering.
BYRON KATIEAny stressful thought that you have about the planet, for example, shows you where you are stuck, where your energy is being exhausted in not fully meeting life as it is, without conditions.
BYRON KATIEPeace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
BYRON KATIEWhat would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
BYRON KATIEThe most important relationship is the mind’s relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate – and, really, the only – relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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