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Topic: The Four Agreements
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted October 01, 2003 12:38 PM
  
Thses wise words came to mind today and thought well worth sharing.  THE FOUR AGREEMENTS by Don Miguel Ruiz * 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. * 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. * 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. * Always do your Best * Your best is going to change from moment to monent; it will be different when you are as healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret.
A wise man who also wrote "The Mastery of Love"
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Aphrodite
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posted October 01, 2003 12:44 PM
hi juniperb, i have both books  IP: Logged |
Cat
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posted October 01, 2003 12:56 PM
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pidaua
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From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
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posted October 01, 2003 01:57 PM
Hi Juniperb, I have both books too. My mom got me into them. I think that people, even myself, can be so flippant with their words and how they take things. Thanks for reminding us of the 4 tenents. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted October 01, 2003 02:23 PM
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purplezen
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posted October 01, 2003 05:04 PM
thanks for posting that...what books are they from? I want to read them IP: Logged |
pidaua
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posted October 01, 2003 05:11 PM
Hi Purplezen, There are two books "The Four Agreements" and "Mastery of Love" both written by Don Miguel Ruiz. You can get them at any books store. I really enjoy them. I also found this great book called "Love, Sex and Magick" which is about being true to yourself, finding what you want in a relationship and the trap that the "myth" of romance = tragedy that we fall into. Good luck and I hope that you like them. IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted July 10, 2009 03:35 PM
I wasn't going to visit LL today, but have been going through my bookmarks and found this...I always forget this bit:
"Avoid using the word to speak against yourself" I don't like gossip, rarely call other people names (nobody's perfect, so I have done on occasion). I use words against myself way too much, though, expecting more out of myself than I do others. IP: Logged |
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posted November 04, 2009 10:08 AM
Juni Hope youve begun to feel better. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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posted May 04, 2010 06:32 PM
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
mermaid26
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posted May 05, 2010 09:15 AM
Thanks for bringing this to light again.I really like your signature quote too. IP: Logged |
oneruledbymars
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posted May 06, 2010 08:04 AM
Juni,
Thanks for the reminder. These four agreements are like laws to me. Implementing them in every aspect of my life really helped me to bring harmony and peace into my aura...Does anyone else use them daily?
You would be surprised at the effects, it really teaches you emotional detachment. And that's an invaluable tool when it comes to balance. Because its not that we should not feel our emotions, its that we should not always react based on them. Karma is a ***** ! Ha Great thread juni! IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted May 06, 2010 10:13 AM
Your welcome Yes, laws that create harmony and fluid social interactions.
Applying them provides inner balance and outer objectivity required to communicate in a forthright productive manner.
Manipulation, lies, passive aggressivenes and gossip flys right out the window when applied !
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted May 07, 2010 06:47 PM
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"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S. Lewis IP: Logged |
Chahldean
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posted June 09, 2010 06:40 PM
Hey Juni I couldn't Agree more. Hope You are Well.  IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted December 04, 2010 05:00 AM
Noe doing so well with this, over the past year.   I'm fine with the speaking with integrity, hardly gossip, but the taking things personally... that's magnified over the past two years. I think this is something that should be handed out to all kids of a certain age, maybe in high school, or middle school. In July, I was trying to think of a list of books I might want to give to a child, if I had one - a teenager - to encourage them, and this was one. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted December 04, 2010 09:57 AM
Hi teasel
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.
I see so many folks struggling with the same issue; taking words spoken or written personally. I know it must be painful to experience and believe the book would be very helpful too given at at a young age so they could grow into the understanding.
What a individual says or does is a reflection of their perception and certainly not what you are saying, meanng or understanding.  juni ------------------
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 15, 2011 11:10 AM
Worthy of a much-needed bump.  ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
teaselbaby
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posted February 24, 2011 06:39 PM
I read this book years ago (2003/2004, I think), and still want to kick myself for not just printing this out and carrying it everywhere with me. Hi, Juni. IP: Logged |
teaselbaby
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posted February 24, 2011 06:44 PM
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Originally posted by juniperb:
Hi teasel
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.
I see so many folks struggling with the same issue; taking words spoken or written personally. I know it must be painful to experience and believe the book would be very helpful too given at at a young age so they could grow into the understanding.
What a individual says or does is a reflection of their perception and certainly not what you are saying, meanng or understanding. juni
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Randall
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posted April 25, 2011 11:31 AM
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"All deaths are suicides, do you realize that? Every single one. The only distinction is that, with some people, suicide is a subconscious choice, and with others it's a conscious choice. Otherwise, those who commit suicide and those who succumb to accident, illness or "old age," die for exactly the same reason: belief in the inevitability of death." Linda Goodman IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted May 07, 2011 07:55 AM
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"Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."--George Bernard Shaw IP: Logged |
saronna
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posted May 10, 2011 12:22 AM
i have read four agreements but not cover to cover that I can remember. I have alot to learn about becoming a Master pussycat. Maybe, it has to do with mastering love and knowing that only love is real. I don't want to get locked into agreements. I don't remember the four agreements but I remember thinking that I don't want to get locked into agreements.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted July 06, 2011 01:15 PM
Very good info, especially in today's crazy world.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 28, 2011 12:57 PM
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"To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." Aristotle IP: Logged |
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