The Four Agreements (1997) (edit title/settings)

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• Miguel Ruiz: Éste libro expone grandes afirmaciones llenas de sentido, expuestas como parte de la sabiduría Tolteca. Sea cierto o no que dichas afirmaciones sean originarias de los Toltecas o no me parecen igualmente valiosas. Los 4 acuerdos, aunque aparentemente sencillos, me parece atacan los puntos más flacos de la conducta humana. Y me parece que lo hace de la manera correcta. Me gustaría ver que los acuerdos expuestos en éste libro formaran parte de la conciencia social general. En otro mundo muy distinto viviríamos.

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• “Be Impeccable With Your WordSpeak 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.”

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• “Don't Take Anything PersonallyNothing 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.”

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• “Don't Make AssumptionsFind 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 BestYour 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-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”

• “Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world.”

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• Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about “me.”

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• Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.

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• Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.

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• A sin is anything that you do which goes against yourself. Everything you feel or believe or say that goes against yourself is a sin. You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything. Being without sin is exactly the opposite. Being impeccable is not going against yourself. When you are impeccable, you take responsibility for your actions, but you do not judge or blame yourself.

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• You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you. When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally, you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others.

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• You can measure the impeccability of your word by your level of self-love. How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of your word. When you are impeccable with your word, you feel good; you feel happy and at peace.

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• It is always better to ask questions than to make an assumption, because assumptions set us up for suffering.

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• If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don’t need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.

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• Know your Agreements: While not one of the "4", this is foundational to exploring the points of the book. Knowing your agreements is the notion of understanding and acknowledging the internalized social and relational structures you have taken in from others. Issues such as self-esteem, self-image, how one relates to others, the nature of love and evil, the essence of humanity; all are agreements or assumed structures in our conscious or unconscious selves that let us perceive and shape reality. By knowing what these are, one can then embark on the path of the "4" and free oneself from the tyranny of the unimagined life.

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1. Miguel Ruiz (Author)

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• Library of Congress: BJ1581.2 .R85 1997
• Dewey: 299.792

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