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Byron Katie Quotes about Stress

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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Positive, Freedom, Stress

Twitter post from Mar 28, 2011

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

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

Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

Stress, Unjust, Variation

Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.

Stress, Doe, Like You

Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought

Stress, Believe, Alarms

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 clock that says, "You're caught in the dream."

Dream, Stress, Feelings

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.6, Random House

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

Inspirational, Stress, Thinking

Twitter post from Mar 09, 2013

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

Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.

Pain, Stress, Self

Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.

Stress, Feelings, Trying

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.6, Random House

When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.

War, Stress, Break Out

Clarity moves much more efficiently than violence or stress.

Stress, Moving, Violence

Stress never feels as natural as peace does

Stress, Doe, Natural

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 arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.

Country, Stress, Mind

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