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The five agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Jun 9, 2007

1. Be impeccable with your word.

2. Don't take anything personally.

3. Don't make assumptions.

4. Always do your best.

5. Be skeptical, but learn to listen.


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 moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.


Be Skeptical, But Learn to Listen. Don’t believe yourself or anybody else. Use the power of doubt to question everything you hear: Is it really the truth? Listen to the intent behind the words, and you will understand the real message.
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Pete Conrads (91) 		Sunday August 15, 2010, 3:26 am
Yes, there is now a fifth agreement that the world was not ready for yet.


The Fifth Agreement
uses doubt as a tool to discern the truth.. Doubt takes us behind the words we hear to the intent behind them. By being skeptical, we don’t believe every message we hear; we don’t put our faith in lies, and when our faith is not in lies, we quickly move beyond emotional drama, victimization, and the limiting belief systems our “domestication” has programmed us with.


According to the Ruizes, The Fifth Agreement prepares us to return to our innate wisdom, and live our lives based on truth.. The truth leads to self-mastery, to a life that’s very easy; believing in lies leads to needless conflict and human suffering. As messengers of truth we are free to express ourselves and can live a life without fear, regret, or shame.


“Many years ago, I began to teach the fifth agreement, but then I discovered that no one was ready to learn the advanced Toltec teachings that underlie this agreement. The Four Agreements were enough of a challenge at the time,” explains don Miguel Ruiz.


“The fifth agreement is ultimately about seeing our whole reality through the eyes of truth. The result of practicing this agreement is the complete acceptance of ourselves just the way we are, and the complete acceptance of everybody else just the way they are. The reward is our eternal happiness,” says don Jose Ruiz.

Cezar Danilevici (40) 		Saturday August 21, 2010, 12:59 am
Update 21.08.2010: I added the 5th agreement. Thanks Peter!

Pete Conrads (91) 		Saturday August 21, 2010, 3:12 am
Brother Cezar,
Such a simple tool to achieve on's potential, an immediate gage of one’s own merit. Imagine if students the world over were taught the original Four Agreements, year upon year, no religion attached, just a standard of being, what a wonderful world that would be.

When I first read The Four Agreements I could not put it down, I was so excited, the greatest teachings, so simple yet so grand. I printed it out and put it on my desk at work, next to my computor, soon others wanted a copy, they were drawn to truth, to a great legacy. This is The True Secret.
Namaste

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