This seems like the best place for this. I'm reading this book written by a Toltec story keeper. This website is based on its teachings and encapsulates it pretty well. It's a great book. http://www.toltecspirit.com/

"The Four Agreements" by don Miguel Ruiz gives four principles to practice in order to create love and happiness in your life.

Adopting and committing to these agreements is simple. Actually living and keeping these four agreements can be one of the hardest things you will ever do. It can also be one of he most life changing things you will ever do.

1. 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.

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 and actions of others, you won’t be the 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 misunderstandings, 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-judgment, self-abuse, and regret."

He also wrote a book called "Beyond Fear". It is also a very helpful book and full of insights to human's struggle with the fears that hold them back from becoming what they were meant to be.

Thank you, I will have to look for it. This was a very easy read. I loved it.

Awesome post Worth staying up to read.

Destiny,

I've found that his books really are easily read and his points quite simply stated. You don't have to keep reading tons and tons of pages to find the point that's trying to be made. His books have helped me a great deal! And if the rules are followed...they do work!

I'm glad you made the post!

"Love and Respect"... I forgot the author, but it is Christian based. What it all boils down to is: Women wants unConditional Love and Men wants unConditional Respect.



I also suggest reading "Ways of a Superior Man" by David Deida. It explains the 4 agreements, without changing the feminine to do it. It is in the nature of a feminine to say what she doesn't mean.

Well, have you ever had a woman say, "I hate you and I never want to see you again." There is an explanation for why the feminine would say something like this (because I am a jerk all the time.. hehe). No one is Impeccable with words all the time. You don't take it personally or Assume why she is say it, because she is testing your masculine on what is your priority and staying the course.

The book talks about the feminine dancing and flowing with life and constantly testing the masculine and filling every space with an object. The Masculine wants space and a satisfactory ending. The Masculine sort for an ending in a conversation, in which the feminine sort for the interaction whether it is positive or negative... because it is the spice of life.

"Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama." BUT that is the goal to have interaction.

Uhh, anyway... it is more complicated than How I just describe the book. I am reading it again for the 3rd time.

that sounds like alot of work

I read The Four Agreements this summer and it was a life changer for me. I'm now reading his Mastery of Love which take the principles from the Agreements and is all about relationships. Some of it is repetitive from the Agreements, but there is lots of good stuff in it. I learned all about my Magic Kitchen.

Much of this stuff is stating the obvious.....but Always Do Your Best is pretty subjective.....how do you really know that you are Doing your Best?.....Sounds elementary school to me....I'm sure there is another way to say what he means, just not sure what it may be......

To change the world around you, you must first change the Universal within.

If you want to get into the house, you must first open the door with the Key.

If you want to take a massive life changing dump, you must first check the universal flow and for abundance of toilet paper.

Anybody seen "Mystery Men" with Ben Stiller.

I agree excellent read,.

I'm really glad to see others got a lot out of it too. Thanks, I will check out those other books once this semester is over. I have a lot more to read as it is. Take care all.

So glad to see others who find these teachings.

(It's not rocket science, eh?)

Anything to keep people off the darwin awards recipient list and now- U tube. Remember, gasoline is explosive.