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Byron Katie Quotes - Page 7

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Thinking 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.

Thinking 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.

Thinking, Sky, People

Byron Katie (2008). “I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to find all the love, approval and appreciation you ever wanted”, p.124, Random House

There's no nightmare you can't wake yourself up from.

Nightmare

To exclude anything that appears in your universe is not love. Love joins with everything. It doesn't exclude the monster. It doesn't avoid the nightmare - it looks forward to it.

Monsters, Looks, Nightmare

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.13, ReadHowYouWant.com

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 outside you is a reflection of your own thinking. You are the storyteller, the projector of all stories, and the world is the projected image of your thoughts.

Inspirational, Reflection, Thinking

Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.329, ReadHowYouWant.com

I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

Giving, Forgiving, Problem

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.42, Random House

If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it.

Moving, Fire, Hands

If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.

Believe, Want Something, Ifs

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

Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.

Inspirational, Stress, Thinking

Twitter post from Mar 09, 2013

There is no security for those who seek it outside of themselves.

Security

Twitter post from Sep 22, 2015

Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are.

Thinking, Ideas, Track

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.

Done, Way, Opinion

To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don't know anything finer than that.

Exercise, Mind, Enough

"A Thousand Names for Joy: An Interview with Byron Katie" by Tim Miejan, www.edgemagazine.net. February 1, 2007.

We begin to not be human, as we've known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we're confused minds and actions, and our environment mirrors that back to us.

Confused, Mirrors, Creative

Source: rayhemachandra.com

When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.

Exciting

Twitter post from Jan 10, 2012

That'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.

Stress, Alarms, Purpose

It's important to realize that inquiry is about noticing, not about dropping the thought... Inquiry is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about realizing what's true for you, through awareness and unconditional self-love. Once you see the truth, the thought lets go of you, not the other way around.

Love, Letting Go, Truth

When you stay present with your children, that’s where abundance is. And when you stay out of their business, that’s where everything you deserve in life is. When you’re in presence, there’s no story, and you are abundance. And you come to trust that space so often that you just eventually hang out as that, because there is nothing that can move you out of it, not even a perceived child or a perceived anything.

Children, Moving, Space

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.102, ReadHowYouWant.com

When your mind opens, the whole world falls into place.

Fall, Mind, World

Twitter post from Jul 09, 2013

The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.

People, Way, Best Way

A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher. You're the one.

Teacher, Peace, Fear

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 lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

Inspirational, Gratitude, Appreciation

If you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.

Beautiful, Fall, Feet

Twitter post from Aug 18, 2015

Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.

Mean, Live In The Moment, Needs

Twitter post from Dec 28, 2010

Without an uninvestigated story, there's only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that's revealed after the pain and fear are understood.

Inspirational, Pain, Fear

It's difficult to seek other people's love. It's deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.

People, Prison, Genuine

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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