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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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As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war.
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The more you reveal, the more you have to question and the freer you get. Until, finally, you're absolutely exposed. And that leaves you in a fearless position, because you can work in the world without the fear of being found out. That is freedom.
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The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.
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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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The Work is four questions and a turnaround. The Work is a way to identify and question the thoughts that cause all the suffering and violence in the world. The Work is a very, very simple process. It's for anyone who can answer a question that is willing to. It takes a bit of willingness and an open mind.
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The most important relationship is the mind's relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate - and, really, the only - relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.
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No one told me that you could be alive and be happy. No one told me, and if someone had I wouldn't have believed them. I thought that you had to die - physically die - to escape.
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?
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It's not your job to like me - it's mine
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When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student.
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You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.
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Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
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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.
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Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now?
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Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don’t even realize that they’re just theories.
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Identify your painful thought, question it, and wake yourself up. No one else can.
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I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.
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If you don't like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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