"The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist."
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"Gratitude is what we are without a story."
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"You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible."
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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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"Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now."
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"What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness."
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"What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?"
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"If you don't like your world, question your thoughts about it."
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"I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me."
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"The only difference between heaven and hell is believing a thought."
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"Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you."
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"Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are."
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"If someone says, "Katie, you are out of order," over something I've said, or, "Katie, you are wrong," if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war."
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"I could go on and on about how the statements and concepts that used to depress me now bring me joy, but that is not easily understood for people who think the way I used to think and believe what I used to believe."
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"If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change."
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"The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering."
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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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"Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true."
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"When you become a lover of what is, the war is over."
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"The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine."
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