Have you ever wanted an incredibly simple code to guide you through the complexities of your everyday life? Although there is a plethora of advice out there, sometimes the simplest is indeed the best.
Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements gives us exactly that. In his beautifully written book, Ruiz passes on the esoteric Toltec knowledge, which has remained veiled in secrecy for hundreds of years, to people who are in desperate need of a way to navigate this world.
Ruiz writes,
“In the dream of the planet it is normal for humans to suffer, to live in fear, and to create emotional dramas. The outside dream is not a pleasant dream; it is a dream of violence, a dream of fear, a dream of war, a dream of injustice. The personal dream of humans will vary, but globally it is mostly a nightmare. If we look at human society we see a place so difficult to live in because it is ruled by fear. Throughout the world we see human suffering, anger, revenge, addictions, violence in the street, and tremendous injustice. It may exist at different levels in different countries around the world, but fear is controlling the outside dream. …
Every human has his or her own personal dream, and just like the
society dream, it is often ruled by fear. We learn to dream hell in our own life, in our personal dream. The same fears manifest in different ways for each person, of course, but we experience anger, jealousy, hate, envy, and other negative emotions. Our personal dream can also become an ongoing nightmare where we suffer and live in a state of fear. But we don’t need to dream a nightmare. It is possible to enjoy a pleasant dream. …
If we can see it is our agreements which rule our life, and we don’t like the dream of our life, we need to change the agreements. When we are finally ready to change our agreements, there are four very powerful agreements that will help us break those agreements that come from fear and deplete our energy. ”
Living in accordance with these four agreements is a profoundly powerful way to vastly improve the dream that is your life.
