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Byron Katie Quotes - Page 2

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Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be cause by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That’s not a possibility. It’s only when I believe a stressful thought that I get hurt. And I’m the one who’s

Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be cause by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That’s not a possibility. It’s only when I believe a stressful thought that I get hurt. And I’m the one who’s hurting me by believing what I think. This is very good news, because it means that I don’t have to get someone else to stop hurting me. I’m the one who can stop hurting me. It’s within my power.

Hurt, Believe, Mean

Byron Katie (2008). “I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to find all the love, approval and appreciation you ever wanted”, p.96, Random House

The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.

Perception, Stories, World

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.36, Random House

Every single human being is trying his best. We're all doing the best we can. But when we believe what we think, we have to live out those thoughts. When there's chaos in our heads, there's chaos in our lives. When there's hurt in our thinking, there's hurt in our lives. Love thy neighbor as thyself? I always have. When I hated me, I hated you. That's how it works. If I hate someone, I'm mistaking them for me, and solutions remain hidden.

Hurt, Hate, Believe

I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours and God's. Much of our stress comes from mentally living out of our business. When I think, "You need to get a job, I want you to be happy, you should be on time, you need to take better care of yourself," I am in your business. When I'm worried about earthquakes, floods, war, or when I will die, I am in God's business. If I am mentally in your business or in God's business, the effect is separation.

Jobs, Business, War

Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you've been waiting for.

Home, Bad Ass, Waiting

If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.

Thinking, Trying, Shortcuts

Twitter post from Dec 04, 2013

We cannot see what we don't believe.

Believe, Don't Believe

Source: rayhemachandra.com

A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.

Believe, Mean, Attachment

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected

Projects

Twitter post from Aug 14, 2013

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

Freedom, Stress, Kind

Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.330, ReadHowYouWant.com

The 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.

Important Relationships, Mind, Important

"The Turnaround: A Byron Katie Interview" by Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. December 3, 2013.

The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.

Believe, World, Katie

Twitter post from Sep 13, 2014

In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same way. There are seasons. We all fall sooner or later. It's all so beautiful. And our concepts, without investigation, keep us from knowing this. It's beautiful to be a leaf, to be born, to fall, to give way to the next, to become food for the roots. It's life, always changing its form and always giving itself completely. We all do our part. No mistake.

Beautiful, Mistake, Fall

I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.

Giving, Waiting, World

Twitter post from Apr 14, 2015

To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of love, it is pure arrogance, and the result is tension, anxiety, and fear. Do I know what's right for me? That is my only business. Let me work with that before I try to solve problems for you.

Fear, Business, Thinking

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.3, Random House

When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.

Pain, Causes, Influence

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2010

It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.

People, Darkness, Imagine

Twitter post from Feb 05, 2013

I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace. “If I feel peaceful,” they say, “why would I bother taking action at all?” My answer is “Because that's what love does.” To think that we need sadness or outrage to motivate us to do what's right is insane. As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become. As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day with drool running down her chin. My experience is the opposite. Love is action.

Running, Sadness, Love Is

"Loving Without Exception". Omega Interview, www.eomega.org. March 18, 2015.

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we're living with right now.

Inspirational, Teacher, People

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 when you want them to see things your way.

Appreciation, Believe, Needs

What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

Letting Go, Mindfulness

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Appreciation, Fun, Positivity

"Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, 2002.

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 true for us.

Stress, Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings

Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a story that isn't true for you." Living a lie is always stressful. And investigating a lie through The Work always leads you back to who you are. Who you are is not an option. You are love. It hurts to believe you're other than who you are, to live any story less than love.

Hurt, Pain, Lying

Byron Katie (2007). “Question Your Thinking, Change The World”, p.177, Hay House, Inc

I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.

Fighting, Thinking, Mind

Twitter post from Mar 08, 2011

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