Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anybody here live by the Four Agreements?
For anybody who is unfamiliar with them, they are ~
1. Be impeccable with your word
2. Don’t take anything personally
3. Don’t make assumptions
4. Always do your best
and a later addition ~
5. Be skeptical but learn to listen.
They are all based on Toltec Wisdom.
I’m currently re-reading book one, The Four Agreements, and after a few more re-reads I’ll move on to some re-reads of the Fitth Agreement.
It is said that if all of society practiced just one of the agreements, the world would change ~ but why stop at one?
I love reading the books, they don’t teach me anything I don’t know but I love the way the author describes how a person can live by the five agreements and live in perfect bliss and happiness.
With this book, there’s no need to understand the underlying laws that support these agreements but they can help a person to achieve perfect bliss regardless.
I know plenty of people who have read the book but I don’t know anybody who practices the agreements, who has made a commitment to them in their everyday lives.
What other inspiring books are people reading?
...Greetings. This is my own reply to a perhaps interesting Thread.
(Yes, I do this.)
(Learn to relax: Against strangers, they do not know you! - E.G. - The worst may say: "Your Mother is a @$#+!#&$@&=!&&@!..." ... To which the thought/reply might be <> "...Is that so, really? Do you even know my name?"
(Yes, I do this yet do not impose them. I just run away...)
(No, I cannot always do this due to various illnesses, but that is just me. Apart from that, I would say, if it "fails" then protest and/or learn from it. Argue one's position, yet see the other opposing point of view, always!)
and a later addition ~ 5. Be skeptical but learn to listen.
(This is 2, 3, and 4 again in a way.)
This nasally challenged being thinks you’re doing well D.C....respect
You haven’t understood the meaning of always doing your best DC ~ your best might be lying on your back doing nothing although your perceived idea of what you ‘think’ your best should be, some high goal or standard you’ve set yourself, but that isn’t your best, that’s just your idea of what you believe your best should be.
Be impeccable with your word means never saying a bad word to yourself about yourself, which then extends outwards to other people.
Don’t take anything personally, because it’s neber about you. What someone thinks of you is not about you, it’s their perception of you based on their values and beliefs which has nothing to do with you at all. When we know that, it’s not possible to take anything personally.
Not making assumptions is probably the hardest to conquer but it’s fun trying and very enlightening.
And number 5 which is most important, never take anybody’s word for anything even if you had Jesus Christ stood in front of you telling you a story. Wisdom only has value when it comes from within.