The Four Agreement Book Review

Enter your mobile phone number or email address below and we`ll send you a link to download the free Kindle app. Then you can read Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet or computer – no Kindle device required. What it entails: This agreement deals with avoiding gossip, lies, empty promises, and other ways we cause problems with our words. Just say what you want to say and realize that you can do harm if you don`t pay attention to what you say. The third agreement asks us to examine the negative impact of our assumptions on our relations. “We assume that everyone sees life as we do. We assume that others think as we think, feel what we feel, how we judge,” but in reality, our perspectives are as unique as our fingerprints. Ruiz suggests that accepting our assumptions about others as truth creates unnecessary misunderstandings, conflicts, and dramas in our lives. He encourages us to change that by having the courage to ask questions and communicate clearly. I`m in the third book and I understand the concepts because they explain a lot of the method I`ve learned to make a difference. It`s not manipulation, it`s that the result of a particular situation changes depending on how you perceive it, how you feel and react. The consequences are always different with a positive interaction.

We learn all kinds of negative behaviors. Again, I found that if you take out the story and discover the lesson there, it makes perfect sense. When you make a negative behavior that has gone slow with love and forgive the person who made you feel unfairly punished or abused, there is nothing left to react to, but in a positive way. You remove everything else and all that remains is the truth and can rewrite any trauma and how you will react to it in the future. You break the pattern. They become the exception. Logging helps. Ask, how did I feel? What for? Where did I feel that first? It takes a lot of introspection to prove yourself, and it takes you out of the here and now to understand a learned pattern of behavior. I erased many of these patterns from my life to be happy.

Here too, I focus on self-improvement. You have to want to change and you have to be healthy enough to get the job done. When I spoke to someone who showed an emotional vibration of, say, less than anger (shame and lack of self-love). I would recommend professional advice before trying self-improvement methods. You must realize that no one can take everything away from you if you have the ability to be loved and to know love. I highly recommend these books. I have not read this book and I do not intend to do so. I saw these 4 chords on the wall in a yoga teacher`s house and I must have laughed. These tenants are what Saniel Bonder, the founder of Waking Down In Mutality, would call hypermasculine ideas to improve us. They can improve our lives for a while, but like all self-improvement projects, they involve that we need to be fixed and eventually lead to more self-judgment. Although there is an important place for the action component in life (male power), it is necessary to balance it with the softer outfit and accept the maternal qualities of the deep feminine. Truly loving ourselves for and with all our human weaknesses is the key to not judging ourselves and others, and a surprising firmness.

This can pave the way for a deeper understanding, which involves knowing ourselves as an unlimited guessing presence. Here`s an improvised list of my 4 chords: (1) Take a break – again and again It`s a concise, but provocative and wise book. Not only does it connect with your belief systems, but it also gives you a practical guide to improving those belief systems. The responses to your message, including mine, show us how we can all perceive the same “thing” – in this case, a book – and have different opinions about it. Miguel Ruiz explains how we distort incoming perceptions into a single version of the world (I also describe this in my own book, The Everything Toltec Wisdom Book). Thank you for your kind words on this subject). Miguel mentioned John:1 a few times. For example, on January 1, 2012, he posted on Facebook: “Https://www.facebook.com/donMiguelRuiz/posts/10150478684012771) “The Gospel of John in the Bible clearly expresses the power of the Word: `In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word is God.` Whatever language we speak, our intention manifests itself through the Word.

And that`s exactly what happened. I hope this structure will inspire you to take this book, learn a new thing or two, and broaden your perspective. #3. The antidote to guesswork is to ask questions. Many of us have been programmed against such follies in childhood, and it can be difficult to change the deal. Many of the assumptions we make about others are used against ourselves. They said, “I met a person who had read this book.” All right. Obviously, they didn`t understand, and that`s why they crushed you. So you haven`t read the book and are able to express such strong opinions about the book? The study of Toltec history makes no sense when it comes to understanding this book. It`s like looking back on the ancient Hindu and deciding that you can`t gain anything from yoga or meditation.

People have figured out how to manipulate their minds since time immemorial, and while they may have seen it in terms of magic or religion, the methods they have learned are not negligible for this reason alone. We can now (better) understand what really happens when a person uses meditation, visualizations, etc. to change their thought processes. This book is nothing more than a guide to self-knowledge and love for everything and for everyone. Pushed to its limits, it frees you to be able to love those you might normally avoid because of the negative emotions they create in you. Being able to see the chain of events that range from something a person says to the emotional response within you is the foundation of many cognitive-behavioral therapies. You cannot control the actions of others in order to experience the emotional response you prefer, you can only control (learn) the mechanism behind your emotional response. Since I wrote this article in 2010, I have read all of Miguel`s books, all the books written by his sons, and some of the books written by his apprentices, including the excellent All-Toltec Book of Wisdom.

I had the pleasure of attending a workshop led by Miguel and José. I continue to support the Toltec way as a great way of life. Spiritual master Miguel Ruiz promotes healing and transformation through the ancient wisdom of toltec culture, a people native to Central America. In his book “The Four Agreements,” Ruiz describes “A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.” If I have to name four betrayals of self that I usually make to myself, will they be? Nevertheless, I agree with Allan that this agreement is not to use your words against yourself (or others, as it will also work against you). My understanding of this agreement is that truth* and * the constructive use of your words are important aspects of perfection. That`s why I said in my short blog post, “Being impeccable with your word is being honest and saying things that have a positive impact on yourself and others.” Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. Ruiz says a smokescreen distorts our perception of who we are: “It`s like living in the middle of a fog that doesn`t allow us to see beyond our own nose.” This fog, he explains, is formed by unverified agreements we have made with ourselves and others – beliefs about who we are and who we should be, and masks we have put on to hide our perceived imperfections. Agreeing with ourselves, not taking things personally (#2) gives us the opportunity to look inward and find and change the old agreements and beliefs – mostly lies from our childhood domestication – that captivate us emotionally and make us react. The author of the article accurately describes people`s “dream” of distorting what people say or do. It is a powerful gift of Toltec wisdom.

I also found it strange to judge a book by the behavior of a person who claims to have read it and by the elderly people who are the ancestors of the author of the book. For this reason, I did not respond to Cccc`s comment. If the commentator had explained why he believes the four agreements cause people to behave recklessly and selfishly, I might have gotten an answer. As it stands, I maintain the idea that – Toltec or not – these principles are a healthy lifestyle and in line with the best practices supported by modern psychology: a classic, probably the most given advice in modern times. Shouted at the children on the sidelines of each sporting event. Encouragement whispered in the ear at critical moments in life. .