![]() ![]() Ruiz defines a belief as some claim about the world that a person has agreed to accept. The dream of the planet includes beliefs about the world and about how to behave. The dream that most people experience is “the dream of the planet,” which is what children are taught about the world when they are very young (by their parents, teachers, caregivers, and authority figures in society). For Ruiz, dreaming is the same as perceiving reality, meaning that even when humans are awake, we are dreaming. Ruiz then tells the reader that everything they see and perceive is an illusion, or a dream. ![]() He decides to call himself the “Smokey Mirror” to remember that everyone is a reflection of everyone else, but people can’t see this because of the “smoke” or the “ dream”-the illusion that we are separate beings made of matter-between them. Ruiz says that he will share “the powerful teachings of the Toltec” in this book.įirst, Ruiz describes a parable-or ancient myth-about a student of medicine who went into a cave three thousand years ago and realized that all beings in the universe are a unity made of “pure light, pure love,” including the stars (which he calls tonal), people (which he calls nagual), and God, which is everything and everyone. Ruiz names himself as a nagual, a master of the Toltec way of life, which centers around connecting with abundant happiness and universal love. ![]() Miguel Ruiz begins The Four Agreements with a brief description of the Toltec people, an ancient society from southern Mexico, who studied the union of humans with divinity (or God). ![]()
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