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Lack of understanding is always painful.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Lack
Painful
Understanding
Pain
Inspirational
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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.
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I havent had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. Its somewhat complicated to understand that. Ive hardly ever spoken about it. Youre in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.
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When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.
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The Work: 1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought?
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The mind's job is to validate what it thinks.
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When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
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