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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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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
People
Listen
Humanity
Simple
True
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The Work always leaves you with less of a story. Who would you be without your story? You never know until you inquire. There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you. Turn it around undo it. You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.
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Who would you be if you didn't believe this lie?
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The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself. If we can't find peace within ourselves, where is the hope for peace in the world?
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The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist.
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Our parents, our children, our spouses, and our friends will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don't want to know about ourselves, yet. They will point us to our freedom every time.
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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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