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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Harmless
Unless
Thought
Believe

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I shouldn't steal in this world.
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.
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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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So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?
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The pain shows you what's left to investigate.
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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.
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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in. And then, one morning, a cockroach crawled onto my leg. I looked at it, and suddenly I awoke from a kind of hypnotic trance in which I had been all my life.
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Look at your life without the thought Something terrible is going to happen.
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If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.
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The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
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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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Even breathing is a contribution.
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Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.
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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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Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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I invite everyone to question their thoughts about their children and allow their children to be free. That's when we stop teaching our children fear.
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I'm not in Iraq. I'm here in California. Have I had an argument with my husband today? Have I been at war with someone in my life today - or with myself? Let me work on that. That way war is ending somewhere in the world.
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You are the effect of your story, that's all.
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