Byron Katie Quotes

It happened, and you can’t do a thing about it

You can know that reality is good just as it is, because when you argue with it, you experience anxiety and frustration.

 

Any thought that causes stress is an argument with reality.  All such thoughts are variations on a theme: “Things should be different than they are.’”I want …”, “I need… “, ” He should …”, “She shouldn’t…” It always hurts when you argue with what is.

 

“What is” is a story of the past. The past is past. It happened, and you can’t do a thing about it.

 

Argue with that!  The sane alternative is to ask, “What can I do from here?  “The past is a teacher, it’s benign, it’s over.

 

But as long as people are living with an unquestioned past, they’re living in the past. And it’s a past that never happened in the first place. They’ re living in their story of the past.

 

They’re missing what’s present right now, which is the real future. I never know what’s going to happen. All I know about it is that it’s a good thing.

 

– Byron Katie

Excerpt from A Thousand Names For Joy.

For more information about The Work, visit TheWork.com

You might want to read the Introduction of The Work of Byron Katie by Stephen Mitchell. 

 

 

– Byron Katie

Excerpt from A Thousand Names For Joy.

For more information about The Work, visit TheWork.com

You might want to read the Introduction of The Work of Byron Katie by Stephen Mitchell. 

 

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