The beginning of human suffering

by don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills

When you are one, two, or three years old, you cannot see yourself. The only way to see yourself is to look at your image in a mirror, and other people act as that mirror, which means they tell you what they believe you are. You ...

Help me to change the world

by don Miguel Ruiz, don Jose Ruiz, and Janet Mills

I invite you to participate in a new dream for humanity, one in which all of us can live in harmony, truth, and love. In this dream, people of all religions and all philosophies are not just welcome, but respected. It does...

Are you a “normie” or an “addict”?

by Leo Van Warmerdam

When I first started sharing The Four Agreements in group sessions within the recovery field, people in the groups would invariably ask me, “Are you in recovery, or are you a 'normie'?”

The first time I heard the word “normie,” I had to ask what it meant...

Domestication: Part 1 of 2

When you are a child, the humans who take care of you teach you what they know, and more than 90 percent of that knowledge isn’t the truth. The truth leads you to your authenticity, to happiness. Believing in lies (or a distortion of the truth) leads...

Stop trying to read minds

Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, sits down with Oprah to share his thoughts on the third agreement: Don’t make assumptions. All the sadness and drama you have lived in your life is rooted in making assumptions and taking things personally. Find out...

The Four Agreements – Lesson 2 of 10 – Introduction to “The Four Agreements”

In this video from The Four Agreements Online Course, the objective is to become aware that most emotional suffering is completely avoidable. The second lesson makes a distinction between unavoidable suffering and avoidable or “needless” suffering. Then you are introduced to four simple agreements that...


The Four Agreements
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