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I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in. And then, one morning, a cockroach crawled onto my leg. I looked at it, and suddenly I awoke from a kind of hypnotic trance in which I had been all my life.

~Byron Katie

Topics: All My Life Because Bed Been Believed Cockroach Deserve Even Floor Had Hypnotic Kind Leg Life Looked Morning My Life Next One Morning Onto Sleep Suddenly Then Trance Used Which

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I haven't had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. It's somewhat complicated to understand that. I've hardly ever spoken about it. You're in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.

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Topics: About Complicated Ever Had Hardly Kind Mind Nirvana Only Peace Peace Of Mind Single Single Thought Somewhat Spoken State Thought Total Understand Understanding Years You

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When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering.

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Topics: Believe Husband Me Our Ourselves Respect Should Stories Story Suffer Suffering Tell Thinner Those Thoughts

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When I was in my early forties, I slept with a loaded gun under my bed. I'd become severely depressed in my thirties, and for almost a decade I spiraled down into paranoia, rage, self-loathing, and thoughts of suicide.

~Byron Katie

Topics: Almost Become Bed Decade Depressed Down Early Forties Gun Loaded Paranoia Rage Self-Loathing Slept Suicide Thirties Thoughts

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One morning, in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.

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Topics: Believed Discovered Experienced February Instant Morning Nowhere One Morning Out Questioned Realization Stressful Suffer Suffered Them Thoughts

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I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.

~Byron Katie

Topics: Condition Decade Depression Over Severe Steadily Suffered Suicidal

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 6th, 1942

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