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Identify your painful thought, question it, and wake yourself up. No one else can.

Byron Katie

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Thought
Identify
Wake
Painful
Question
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Eating, drinking, and depression disorders are really thinking disorders.
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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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Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are 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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When you don't believe something, you can't make yourself believe it. There's nothing you can do to believe it again. You either believe it or you don't.
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You don't get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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