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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Who would you be without the thought I need more money to be safe? You might be a lot easier to be with. You might even begin to notice the laws of generosity, the laws of letting money go out fearlessly and come back fearlessly. You don't ever need more money than you have.
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No one can hurt me - that's my job.
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Peace doesn't require two people it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.
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The teacher you need is the person you're living with.
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Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
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The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.
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It's very benign, it seems, to think, There's a tree. In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all the trees, then we think, Oh, my goodness, something is out of order in my world. We begin to think, Who am I in a world without trees?
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No one can give you freedom but you.
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With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment.
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It's good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you're confused, that you're in a lie.
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If you don't like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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'I don't know' is my favorite position.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.
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Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought
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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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I live in a state of grace, where I don't have to know.
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Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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A dishonest yes is a no to yourself.
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