A Transformational Book : the Four Agreements !
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz , comes from a very old and ancient tradition .
It's a book from the Toltec who live around the Mexican , Central America area .
The Toltecs call themselves Artist of Life .
This small book made a very great impact on me !
As small and as simple it appears , it is a book of great wisdom and depth !
The author , Don Miguel Ruiz has a very simple way of expressing the teachings of the Toltec tradition . Let not the simple book deceive you !
The Four Agreements are really very powerful tools , if I can call them so , that reveal the source of our self-limiting beliefs that we acquire from birth . We are born in the pure nature of being in Oneness with all and everything . That is our true and natural state . I like to call it , our wild state ( I write a blog under the tittle , WildOne ! )
As we are born , we are domesticated , as Don M. Ruiz ,likes to put it . I can express it in another way . We are programmed or conditioned by the programmers who are there earlier than us , in the form of parents , teachers , religious teachers and all other relevant people in our life !
This domestication is how we acquire all the belief systems into our mind ! That, than becomes our reality as we see or understand everything through this filter system ! The reality or the so called truth is so real for us that we do all sorts of evil to each other ! All our differences start from these belief systems ! In fact , this is the root of our divisions , differences , prejudices and all the rest of the human drama !
Unknowingly or unwittingly , we start to agree to endless believes on everything in our life and world ! It's just so amazing how we accept all the agreements to take that to be our reality . We are all trapped in this beliefs and it is near impossible to come out of them ! They have such a complex and complicated system that has it's own feed back loop within the system ! There are all sorts of fears, concerns and other emotional feelings of feeling guilty or shame and many more ! It's just amazing how we are trapped in such an elaborate prison that most of us not even aware !
The Four Agreements are just amazing on how they are able to cut through all the growth of the beliefs ! Just read it and you will see the magic and miracle of the Four Agreements.
The Four Agreements are :
1. Be Impeccable With Your Word ! Speak with integrity and say what you mean . Avoid using words to speak against yourself or to gossip about others . Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love !
2.Don't Take Anything Personally ! Nothing others do is because of you ! What others say and do is a projection of their own reality , their own dream.When you are immune to the opinions ans actions of others , you won't be victim of needless suffering !
3.Don't Make Assumptions ! Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want . Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstanding , sadness and drama . With just this one agreement , you can completely transform your life !
4.Always Do Your Best !Your best is going to change from moment to moment , it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick . Under any circumstance , simply do your best , and you will avoid self-judgement , self-abuse , and regret !
I simply want to thank Don M. Ruiz for giving and sharing this very profound truth that will really transform you !
This is another book that I have been reading always , so that the teachings become part of me !
I wish and hope that they can become part of your life too !
With this I take my leave. Til we meet again .
Dr Dhali /Amar.
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