Byron Katie
Byron Katie
Byron Kathleen Mitchell, better known as Byron Katie, is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work". She is married to the writer and translator Stephen Mitchell. She is the founder of Byron Katie International, an organization that includes The School for the Work and Turnaround House in Ojai, California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth6 December 1942
CountryUnited States of America
If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?
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.
Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and always at the right time. I haven't had to make one decision since then. They are always made for me, and they come from the wisdom that is in us all. I trust that wisdom completely. That trust itself was a decision made for me as inquiry cleared my mind. No decision, no fear.
Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.
Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you.
When we love what is, it becomes so simple to live in the world. The world is exactly as it should be.
We say to others only what we need to hear
That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.
The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
I do whatever I can to serve peace. My job is the end of suffering.
Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.