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
I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us.
It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.
How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?
Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
There's no one who can teach you except yourself. Each of us needs to look at what our belief system really consists of. Look at the concepts that come across your mind and just notice what you believe.
Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future
How do I know that I don’t need what I want? I don’t have it.
For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen.
We say to others only what we need to hear
When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you're mentally out of your business.
Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.
Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.