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
It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.
People who believe their unquestioned thoughts cannot see what is obvious and directly in front of their faces at all times, because they are invested in what they believe to be true. As long as they live out of an unquestioned mind, they must continue to argue with what they believe is happening rather than the reality of what is really happening.
Ultimately, I am all I can know.
If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.
I havent had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. Its somewhat complicated to understand that. Ive hardly ever spoken about it. Youre in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.
When I was in my early forties, I slept with a loaded gun under my bed. Id become severely depressed in my thirties, and for almost a decade I spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and thoughts of suicide.
There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you.
Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.
The ability to understand the cause of your own suffering gives you the ability to understand ours.
Until you look forward to all criticism, your Work's not done.
It doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now.
The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself.
Identify your painful thought, question it, and wake yourself up. No one else can.