The Four Agreements: a practical guide to personal freedom - the 4 agreements | book review 2021
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Date: 2021-04-30

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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

Have you ever wondered when every element in your life is not suited to the way you wanted them to be? You are not alone and it will never be to late to fix that issue. Let’s take a few words from Miguel Ruiz himself before getting started: “Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art". This story is based on ancient Toltec wisdom. Toltec are were known throughout southern Mexico as "women and men of knowledge”. The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom  true happiness  and love.

Each time you break an agreement  all the power you used to create it returns to you. If you adapt these four agreements  they will create enough personal power for you to change the entire system of your old agreements. You just need to be determined enough to be able to adapt the Four Agreements. The transformation with your life will be extraordinary if you start to live a life with these agreements. 

 First Agreement: Be impeccable with your word. 
Why your word? Your word is the power that you have to create. Your word is the gift that comes directly from God. Speak with integrity and 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. Avoid gossiping  lying  making empty promises  and other ways in which we cause problems with our words. Word are so powerful that one word can change a life or destroy the lives of millions of people. It is the most powerful tool we have as a human. It is like a sword with two edges—either it can create the most beautiful dream or can destroy everything around you.

 Second Agreement: Don’t take anything personally. 
Whatever happens around you  don't take it 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. Because of this  we shouldn't take anyone else's view of us or our actions as entirely accurate. This agreement will help us become less reactive  defensive and retaliatory but keep it in balance. If you will learn to practice the first two agreements  you will surely break 75% of the tiny agreements that trapped you in hell! Write this agreement on paper and put it on your refrigerator to remind you all the time: Don't take anything personally. By keeping this agreement you will surely travel the world with a heart that is completely free and open. No one can hurt you! You won’t need to place your trust in others action or words.

 Third Agreement: 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 this third agreement, you can completely transform your life. Everyone is capable to make assumptions. And the problem with it is that we believe that they are the truth. Assuming what other people are thinking without confirming them can create a lot of stress and chaos in one’s mind. We make assumptions based on people’s behavior—we take it personally and then blame them and react by sending emotional poison with our word. One assumption may lead to another assumption  making us jump into conclusions and take the story personally. Our whole dream of hell is based on that. Always discern the truth before concluding something—don’t ever assume  it will drive you crazy and make you sad! By making this agreement a habit  your whole life will be completely transformed.

Fourth Agreement: Always do your best. 
This is the fourth and last agreement. It allows the other three to become deeply established habits. The fourth agreement is all about the action of the first three: Always do your best. Do you best but don’t overdo! No more and no less than your best. When you overdo you deplete your body and go against yourself making you take longer to achieve your goals. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are tired as opposed to well-rested. Under any circumstance  simply do your best  and you will avoid self-judgment  self-abuse  and regret. On the other hand  if you do less  you subject yourself to frustrations  self-judgment  guilt  and mostly likely you will regret the outcome.  Just do your best — in any obstacle that comes in your life. It doesn't matter if you are sick or tired  if you always do your best there is no way you can judge yourself.

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the four agreements a practical guide to personal freedom