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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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The mind usually says, “I know, I know, I know.” But the “don’t-know mind” is where wisdom lives.
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If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.
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I think that's the trick: wanting what I have.
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