The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

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Summary: A Loving and Tender Message
Review: I would suggest buying two copies -- one for yourself and one to give as a gift for a loved one. The Four Agreements has a classic message with a loving and gentle touch.

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Summary: MIRACLE BOOK
Review: A dear friend gave me this book. I had glanced at it numerous times over the past couple of years, yet never bought it, thinking it was probably just "another one of those books". But, it ISN'T your typical "feel good" book. This book explains WHY I have been depressed my entire life. Why my relationships have all failed. WHY I have never been pleased with myself. This book is a definite LIFE SAVER. I have just finished reading it - highlighting it - writing down passages from it. It has already given me courage and strength to make my life the way I have always wanted it to be... full of unconditional love, happiness, health. I have already recommended this book to SEVERAL people. I have thanked my friend profusely for giving me this book.. only 4 days ago!! I am going to buy the cassette so I can listen to it at night as I go to sleep and at work. This is an amazing book for me. I hope it will help EVERYONE as much as it has already helped me.

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Summary: A Beautiful, Direct Handbook to Peace and Love
Review: The Four Agreements is a special little book. It is very directly, simply written, and presents the world and life in clear, imaginative, spiritual forms.
Don Miguel Ruiz lays out the ancient Toltec "way of life, distinguished by the ready accessibility of happiness and love."
He sites four agreements that must be made within the self, in order to be peace and love. The four agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions and Always Do Your Best. Without reading the book, they alone offer a way of life. But to read the book is to have them enforced with the knowledge and images of why people choose to struggle instead of choosing to be happy.
I found this a lovely book, something that can be read and re-read in time and opened at random. Either way The Four Agreements can pass on important knowledge and joy.