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
Stress never feels as natural as peace does
When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.
Clarity moves much more efficiently than violence or stress.
I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.
Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.
Never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order.
Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.
Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there's a thought that isn't true for us.
Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.
It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, "You're caught in the dream."
There are no new stressful thoughts. They're all recycled.
Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought