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Byron Katie Quotes - Page 8

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If someone says, Katie, you are out of order, over something I've said, or, Katie, you are wrong, if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war.

If someone says, "Katie, you are out of order," over something I've said, or, "Katie, you are wrong," if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war.

War, Order, Said

Source: rayhemachandra.com

Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.

Writing, Light, Mind

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

Names, Use, Moments

For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.

God, Needs

You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

Inspirational, Pain, Giving

People don't need sudden revelations. They get what they need when they need it, thought by thought by thought. It's a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.

People, Mind, Needs

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

The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.

World, Clarity, Clear

Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then it will return to air and earth. We're all like that, constantly changing. It's simply honest to report that you've changed your mind when you have. When you're afraid of what people will think if you speak honestly, that's where you become confused.

Inspirational, Confused, Thinking

That's where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.

Fear

I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us.

Confusion, Experience, Needs

When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story you’re believing in the moment, then you are your own victim, and the situation appears to be hopeless.

Believe, Attachment, Stories

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

So, how can we live in joy - and how can we know that we're supposed to live in joy the way people tell us to - when we're believing thoughts that bring on sadness and frustration and anger and alienation and loneliness? When we're believing those thoughts, we think that's the world, rather than what we're believing about the world. We're like lost little children.

Children, Loneliness, Believe

Source: rayhemachandra.com

Each time your mind changes your whole world is changed.

Mind, World, Changed

Twitter post from Jul 07, 2011

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it.

Believe, Thinking, Tempted

There are no physical problems-only mental ones.

Problem

Twitter post from May 12, 2011

Who would you be if you didn't believe this lie?

Lying, Believe, Ifs

Look at your life without the thought "Something terrible is going to happen."

Looks, Terrible, Happens

Source: rayhemachandra.com

Trauma is nothing more than being stuck in what you believe.

Believe, Stuck, Trauma

Twitter post from Dec 10, 2011

Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.

Suffering, Stories, Causes

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2011

The pain shows you what's left to investigate.

Inspirational, Pain, Shows

You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.

Inspirational, Believe, Teaching

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.

People, Mind, Waking

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

How do I know that I don’t need what I want? I don’t have it.

Law Of Attraction, Needs, Want

Twitter post from Feb 08, 2011

For me, if somebody tells me to go away, that is an opportunity for me to give them a better life. And that's an opportunity for me to know and realize where not to be. It's an opportunity for me to see what could be better than being with that person I love.

Opportunity, Giving, Going Away

"On Snakes, Sticks, and Jedi Mind Tricks: An Interview with Byron Katie". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. January 4, 2017.

Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.

Children, Interpretation, Said

Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

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