“People believe in so many lies. Some of these lies are so subtle and convincing that we build our entire virtual reality upon them without even noticing that they are lies. The lies we believe about ourselves can be difficult to detect, because we are so used to them that they seem normal. For example, […]
“If someone does not treat you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t leave, you will certainly endure many years of suffering with him or her. Leaving may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, “The Four Agreements” – The Fourth Agreement “Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less. But keep in mind that your best is never going to be the same from one moment to the next. Everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best will […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements – The Third Agreement: “We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything. The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking — we take it personally — […]
by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements, The Second Agreement: “Don’t take anything personally because by taking things personally you set yourself up to suffer for nothing. Humans are addicted to suffering at different levels and to different degrees, and we support each other in maintaining these addictions. Humans agree to help each other suffer. […]
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements – The First Agreement “The first agreement is: Be impeccable with your word. It sounds very simple, but it is extremely powerful. Why your word? Your word is the power that you have to create. Your word is the gift that comes directly from God. The Gospel of John, […]
“There are millions of ways to express your happiness, but there is only one way to really be happy, and that is to love. There is no other way. You cannot be happy if you don’t love yourself. That is a fact. If you don’t love yourself, you don’t have any opportunity to be happy. […]
From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “Once, long ago, a Teacher was speaking to a gathered crowd, and his message was so remarkable that everyone felt touched by his words, filled with love. In the crowd there was a man who absorbed every word spoken by the Teacher. This man […]
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “Everyone has a price, and Life respects that price. But this price is not measured in money or gold; it is measured in love. More precisely, it is measured in love for oneself. How much you love yourself – that is your price – and Life respects that […]
From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “If we try to become aware of things, we can easily understand why relationships do not work—with parents, with children, with friends, with our partner, and even with ourselves. Why does the relationship with ourselves not succeed? Because we are wounded and filled with […]
This is a rather long story from Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Mastery of Love, but if you read it to the end, you will understand the most important thing there is to know about love. It corresponds entirely with my personal and professional experience and is also in harmony with all the other writings I […]
From Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “I want you to imagine that you live on a planet where every inhabitant suffers from a skin disease. The people on this planet have lived with this illness for two or three thousand years. Their entire bodies are covered with wounds that are infected and extremely […]
