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Byron Katie, born Kathryn E.惠特克, is an American author and thinker known for her psychological and philosophical practice, 'The Work'. She was born on December 6, 1942, and is renowned for her simple yet effective method of identifying and changing negative thought patterns. Katie's work has helped thousands of people and has had a profound impact globally.

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“Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?”

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“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.”

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“The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body's identification.”

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“Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a story that isn't true for you." Living a lie is always stressful. And investigating a lie through The Work always leads you back to who you are. Who you are is not an option. You are love. It hurts to believe you're other than who you are, to live any story less than love.”

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Book:Question Your Thinking, Change the World

Source: Question Your Thinking, Change the World

“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.”

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“With inquiry, every painful story unravels. Freedom is possible in every moment.”

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“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.”

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“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.”

“The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.”

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“All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.”

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“We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.”

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“Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now?”

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“When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.”

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Book:Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)

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“God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.”

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“After you've been doing inquiry for a while, if you have the thought "She doesn't love me," you just get the immediate turnaround with a smile: "Oh, I'm not loving myself in this moment."”

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“I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.”

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Book:Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)

“The end of suffering happens in this very moment, whether you're watching a terrorist attack or doing the dishes. And compassion begins at home. Because I don't believe my thoughts, sadness can't exist. That's how I can go to the depths of anyone's suffering, if they invite me, and take them by the hand and walk them out of it into the sunlight of reality. I've taken that walk myself.”

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“We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.”

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“Reality - the way that is, exactly as it is, in every moment - is always kind. It's our story about reality that blurs our vision, obscures what's true, and leads us to believe that there is injustice in the world. I sometimes say that you move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.”

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Book:Question Your Thinking, Change the World

Source: Question Your Thinking, Change the World

“So there's only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That's why I say, "Who cares if you're enlightened forever?"”

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“What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.”

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“There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment.”

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Book:Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life

Source: Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life

“Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.”

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“When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story you’re believing in the moment, then you are your own victim, and the situation appears to be hopeless.”

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Book:Question Your Thinking, Change the World

Source: Question Your Thinking, Change the World