I recommend it to all of my girl friends and I think every guy should read it as well. Mastery of Love is one of the most influential books I have ever read. He is the author of The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, The Four Agreements Companion Book, and THE TOLTEC ART OF LIFE AND DEATH (COMING OCTOBER 27TH, 2015, FROM HARPERELIXIR). Don Miguel is a nagual from the Eagle Knight lineage, and is dedicated to sharing his knowledge of the teachings of the ancient Toltecs. In the tradition of the Toltecs, a nagual guides an individual to personal freedom.

He devoted himself to the mastery of the ancient ancestral wisdom, studying earnestly with his mother, and completing an apprenticeship with a powerful shaman in the Mexican desert.

Stunned by this experience, he began an intensive practice of self-inquiry. A near-death experience changed his life. Instead, distracted by modern life, Miguel chose to attend medical school and become a surgeon. The family anticipated that Miguel would embrace their centuries-old legacy of healing and teaching, and carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Combining new insights with old wisdom, don Miguel has dedicated his life to sharing the ancient Toltec wisdom by translating it into practical concepts that promote transformation through truth and common sense.ĭon Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers, and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. In the tradition of the Toltec, a Nagual guides an individual to personal freedom. don Miguel's message is simple, practical and when implemented, even incrementally, changes lives. When you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of your love, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltec: the Mastery of Love.The tools shared by don Miguel are based on common sense and shared with such simplicity, that the universal message underlying his teaching is recognized by many. How to finally accept and forgive ourselves and others Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. Why we hunt for love in others, and how to capture the love inside us The war of control that slowly destroys most relationships The Mastery of Love includes: - Why domestication and the image of perfection lead to self-rejection Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships. In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. C1999 NEW PAPERBACK A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF RELATIONSHIP

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