It looks as though I am getting close to being halfway done with The Four Agreements. So far I am honestly not enjoying it as much as I thought! Which is a bummer, but oh well. The ideas behind the book are good so far. Essentially this guy Don Miguel Ruiz has these four "rules" to life and he is telling the audience what they are. He had this idea we are all living in a "hell" and by following his rules we can get out and live in our own "heavens". Unfortunately for him I am a teenager who doesn't like to listen to rules, and an atheist who doesn't really use the "heaven" and "hell" words. However lucky for him, I am an accepting individual who is willing to finish the book.
So far I am through the first two agreements which I actually can relate to and side with. The first agreement is titled Be Impeccable With Your Word. Essentially he is trying to say that when you speak you need to say only what you truly mean. You also need to use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love, not to gossip about others or bring others down. Because when you bring others down you are only bringing yourself to a lower level and that is the opposite of what you should be doing. The second agreement is Don't Take Anything Personally. By this he means that nothing anything says to you is because of you. We all live in our own realities and when we talk down, or even up, to others it is just a projection of ourselves. When you take things others say to you personally, it can lead to needless suffering or undeserved reward/pride. All we need to know about ourselves is what we personally think about ourselves, not what others think.
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