Don Miguel Ruiz is a modern-day alchemist.
The book is filled with wisdom that will help you break free from some of the “mental stories” that we’ve been telling ourselves for years that are not helping us grow.
Flow: 5/5
Actionability: 4/5
Mindset: 5/5
Some of My Highlights:
“And he came to the conclusion that human perception is merely light perceiving light.”
“Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.”
“The only way to store information is by agreement. The outside dream may hook our attention, but if we don’t agree, we don’t store that information.”
“True justice is paying only once for each mistake. True injustice is paying more than once for each mistake.”
“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.”
“Sin begins with rejection of yourself. Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you commit.”
“If I love myself I will express that love in my interaction with you, and then I am being impeccable with the word, because that action will produce a like reaction.”
“Only the truth will set us free.”
“Gossip is black magic at its very worst because it is pure poison.”
“They even had opinions about people they didn’t know.”
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.”
“We make an assumption, we misunderstand, we take it personally, and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.”
“We make all sorts of assumptions because we don’t have the courage to ask questions.”
“You overestimate or underestimate yourself because you haven’t taken the time to as yourself questions and to answer them.”
“The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.”
“Everybody has the right to tell you no or yes, but you always have the right to ask.”
“A white magician uses the word for creation, giving, sharing, and loving.”
“This is the mastery of intent, the mastery of the spirit, the mastery of love, the mastery of gratitude, and the mastery of life. This is the goal of the Toltec. This is the path to personal freedom.”
“The best way to say, ‘I love you, God,’ is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, ‘Thank you, God,’ is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.”
“You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.”
“Don’t expect you will always be able to be impeccable with your word. Your routine habits are too strong and firmly rooted in your mind. But you can do your best. Don’t expect that you will never take anything personally; just do your best. Don’t expect that you will never make another assumption, but you can certainly do your best.