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You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself.

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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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The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious. Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed. It can never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order.
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With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment.
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The pain shows you what's left to investigate.
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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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You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.
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If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.
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I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
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An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.
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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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That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.
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If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!
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If you want to enter a state of grace, question the assumption you’re defending right now.
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Behold your world! The judgments you believe just created it.
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A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.
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