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Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Stressful
Questioning
Thoughts
True
Come

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It's very benign, it seems, to think, There's a tree. In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all the trees, then we think, Oh, my goodness, something is out of order in my world. We begin to think, Who am I in a world without trees?
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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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That's where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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All sadness is a tantrum.
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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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All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.
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When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
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Until you look forward to all criticism, your Work's not done.
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I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
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I believe in the power of every human being to end suffering.
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Peace doesn't require two people it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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Arguing with reality it like trying to teach a cat to bark.
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The pain shows you what's left to investigate.
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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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A thought is harmless unless we believe it.
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Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.
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