Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want. Byron Katie More Quotes by Byron Katie More Quotes From Byron Katie No one told me that you could be alive and be happy. No one told me, and if someone had I wouldn't have believed them. I thought that you had to die - physically die - to escape. Byron Katie dies alive ifs If you question your thoughts about when your son is not healthy, you come to see that you're the only one you're worried about. It's like without him, you're not happy - so it's all about your happiness. You want him to live for you - for your happiness. Byron Katie healthy want son The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious. Byron Katie perfect mind world 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. Byron Katie simple humanity people Money is not my business; my thinking is my business. I don't have any other business. Byron Katie thinking I do whatever I can to serve peace. My job is the end of suffering. Byron Katie ends suffering jobs I love the world, because I love the mind that created the world. Byron Katie mind world When I turn the thought around - the thought that war, let's say war in Iraq, should stop - the turnaround is the war in myself should stop. Byron Katie iraq should war Your parents are your projection-nothing more. Byron Katie projection parent I can just talk about my world, and people relate to it because it's so familiar to them. It's them, it's not me. They're hearing themselves. Byron Katie hearing people world If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying! Byron Katie want littles dull Mind is infinitely creative. And when it's not stuck, that's where the joy comes from. Something happens, and the way we think about it, understand it, see it, is actually hilarious, whereas before it used to depress us. Byron Katie depressing creative thinking The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it's understood. Byron Katie nightmare understood laughter If people are living their lives for security and comfort and pleasure, then mind's every waking moment will be plotting those things. That's how it stays identified - as a body, as a you. Byron Katie waking mind people They say, "Katie, you're wrong." And if I say, "How dare you say that? I have studied and studied." Or, "I am an expert in" whatever area we're talking about. Or, "No, you are wrong! And I think you're rude!" Or anything like that, and if we don't say it out loud, maybe we think it, but that's stressful. The moment I've defended, in any way, I've started the war. Byron Katie talking war thinking I'll tell you that for me, one when someone used to say something that was true, one way I knew it was true was that I immediately felt defensive. I blocked it off, and I went to war with them in my mind and suffered all that goes with it. And they were only saying what was true. Byron Katie mind war way What we believe, we see. Byron Katie believe The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it. Byron Katie mind doe war I'm the one who changes the world if I can follow what I think should and shouldn't be lived in this world. Byron Katie should world thinking If you want to clean up the environment, start with your mind. It starts there! Byron Katie environment mind want
