Beauty as a State of Being Quotes

“The thinker is the thought… there is no thinker separate from thought.” The thinker, the ego, arises with and is part-and-parcel of the thought spoken in the ego’s own voice.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“What is your story? Commonly told, unhappy stories are “I’m not good enough, I doubt myself, I need her to love me, I need approval from others, I need to have a perfect body.” These thoughts are about as real as the thought that I am a chicken. However, if taken seriously these thoughts - and the thought that I am a chicken - can seem entirely real, and become experienced reality.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“Whatever thought you take seriously becomes your experienced reality, not necessarily because it is true, but only because you believe it.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“Don’t worry if thoughts simply pop into mind. That is to be expected. If thoughts are disregarded without involvement they make no impact. There is only impact when thoughts are entertained; then thinking becomes inner behavior that has its consequences.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“Earlier we discussed negative process regardless of the content of thought. But negative content involves thoughts with a bitter taste and painful effect on the psyche.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“There are two kinds of negative thinking related to: 1) the process of mind and, 2) the content of mind.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“The end of suffering is found not through more and more thinking in an attempt to resolve the dilemma, but in the cessation of thinking, bringing mind and dilemma to rest.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“When I stop practicing as a psychologist, I will leave a note on my door for anyone who comes by. The note will contain the wisdom I have gleaned in my years of practice and my instructions for any would-have-been patients. The note will say, “Don’t Obsess!”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path

“We go through life trying to line up the chess pieces just right, but doing so is difficult. Something is always not quite to our liking. Health may not be perfect. Finances may not be perfect. Relationships may not be perfect.”
― Solomon Katz, Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path