Byron Katie Quotes

Become alert about desire and non-attachment begins to appear. This is not to be made to happen, it follows naturally from awareness of attachment. Each one of us has to become aware of his attachments, and keep being so! Nothing should be done unconsciously.

We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

I would say I was always very ambitious and goal-oriented, but rather than being just a go-getter hustler, now I surrender a lot more and I trust my path a lot more.

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.

What I've learnt is to be in the now. It's something my mum has always said to me, and when I read a book called 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle, I realised just how important it is.

You have to live in the present, I think.

Reductionism and elimination make one feel clever, but what happens when the meditator drops her fixation on feeling clever?

When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite.

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

No matter how many times I tell you this, you're still thinking, thinking, judging, judging, coming to conclusions, trying to work out your life. You have to let go. Totally, absolutely, completely. You have to let go so completely that you will feel no body, no mind, no pain, nothing.

Here is the Divine Dichotomy... The way to 'get there' is to 'be there'. Just be where you choose to get!' It's that simple.

Don't observe yourself too closely. Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

Witness your thoughts. Your thoughts are attachments.

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.

Just a little detachment from the ego is needed.

What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.

Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it.

I love the roles that I'm having the chance to play, and I've learned to just let go a little. Children teach you that, every day. Life is large, so do the best you can and move on. Do everything you can in a given day, and then let it go.

Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.

Detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.