Byron Katie Quotes

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• Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
• If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."
• It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard…
• Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy…
• The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world…
• No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of…
• When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to see that everything…
• Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.
• If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
• As you inquire into issues and turn judgments around, you come to see that every perceived problem appearing "out there" is really nothing more than…
• Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is…
• I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
• Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you've been waiting for.
• I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there's a thought that isn't…
• Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.
• 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…
• When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
• I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts…
• Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
• Clarity moves much more efficiently than violence or stress.

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