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One morning in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
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Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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