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We don’t attach to things we attach to our stories about them.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment.
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The power of one! If I can't stop war in my life, how can I expect politicians to stop war in the world? I can't. And we all have equal wisdom, so if I can do it then I know that anyone can do it if their mind is open to answering just four simple questions and beginning there.
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So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?
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The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
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That's huge: just to clean up one ecosystem.
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It's not your job to like me - it's mine
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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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Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself.
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If someone says, Katie, you are out of order, over something I've said, or, Katie, you are wrong, if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war.
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Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future
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Fear is blind. There are some options in it, but they're very limited as compared to the options available to the fearless mind.
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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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Lack of understanding is always painful.
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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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It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
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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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I know that even at moments of apparent danger, nothing is out of order or lacking, other than our own unquestioned thoughts about those moments.
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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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