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Holistic Guidance - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
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Manufacturer: Amber-Allen Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.792
EAN: 9781878424501
ISBN: 1878424505
Label: Amber-Allen Publishing
Manufacturer: Amber-Allen Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 168
Publication Date: 2001-01-15
Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing
Studio: Amber-Allen Publishing
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Featured in the premiere issue of O: The Oprah Magazine and on Oprah's Favorite Things 2000 segment, The Four Agreements reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob people of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements -- be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions, always do your best -- offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform life into a new experience of freedom, love, and true happiness. This jacketed linen-bound hardcover gift edition features two-color printing and a silk ribbon marker.
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Summary: Love it
Comment: I have used this book over and over. It is an incredible resource and helps me to stay positive and focused no matter what life sends my way.
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Summary: It's not that easy
Comment: Ruiz has come up with four principles from ancient Toltec wisdom. If one adopts these four agreements, Ruiz argues, they will help bring a sense of peace and happiness to one's life. Generally the agreements sound reasonable enough: don't take things personally, say only good things about others, etc. So far, so good. But there's some serious theoretical problems that underlie Ruiz's plan. Ruiz seems to suggest that the self can determine the majority of one's experience outside of social context. He claims that society is composed of collective dreams. Even recognizing that Ruiz is infusing dreams with more importance than western culture generally does, it still strikes me that the message here is that if one has fortified one's spirit with these four principles, nothing anyone else says or does can strongly affect you. Maybe I'm too close-minded, but I just can't buy it. We all live in social and cultural worlds, and those worlds do shape our experience, whether we like it or not.
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Summary: Probably the best book I have ever read
Comment: After reading this book I stopped drinking and smoking on the drop of a dime. Within several weeks I was a vegetarian. I have read "Conversations with God" that I loved, I read the "Celestine Prophecy" - so I have read several books in that genre. But I have never come across a book that packs this much of a spiritual punch. Did reading this book change my life? YES! People say that about books, but it is something else when it happens to you. This book has influenced my life more than any other book has. I can only say that the quality of your life will be improved after reading this book, it should be read again and again.
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Summary: Enhace your way of life
Comment: A short tome that is easily readable. Upon reflection, and a willingness to try the Four Toltec agreements, it could lead to change in your life. This book was brought to my attention by the interview in Esquire of Tom Brady. It is easier said than done to follow the four agreements put forth, but they are great guidelines to attempt to follow.
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Summary: The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz
Comment: I had heard about this book a long time ago through a friend and teacher of metaphysics but only now I am mature enough and free from some of my own baggage to allow me to grasp the concepts in this book. Don Miguel is short and sweet. With precise and non-judgemental words, I felt as though he was talking directly to me, about my own relationship with myself.
The book is structured around Four Agreements that we make with ourselves. Within these agreements are clues to how we sometimes tend to dishonor ourselves just to please other people. He says nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves and explains self-talk, or what I call self-sabottage -- how we doubt ourselves and feed our brains with negativity and limiting beliefs.
THE FOUR AGREEMENTS:
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD -- Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
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 and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
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 misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
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 really enjoyed this book and listening to the CD was fun as I could carry on with my daily tasks and take in the wisdom at the same time.
This book is written with love and honesty and it demonstrates Don Miguel's care and sincerity towards people. It reminded me that I am a higher consciousness living in human form and that being human sometimes means making poor choices. But with self-awareness I am able to transmute some of these choices into life lessons and therefore, free myself from limiting and self-destructive beliefs.
If you are ready to be honest with yourself, look at your own stuff and make changes to how you operate in life, I really recommend you take a look at this book.
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