Don Miguel Ruiz
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Biography
Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz is a Mexican author, shaman, and spiritual teacher.
He went to medical school and was a surgeon until a near-death experience impelled him to seek answers in ancestral traditions of the Toltec in which his mother was a curandera (healer), and his grandfather a nagual (shaman) who, after death, continued to teach Ruiz in his dreams.
His most famous and influential work, The Four Agreements, was published in 1997 and has sold around 4 million copies.
In 2002 he suffered a massive heart attack, but has since recovered.
He has handed the Eagle-Knight lineage over to his son Don José Luis.
Teachings
The Four Agreements
The Four Agreements book which is Ruiz's main work advocates personal freedom from beliefs we have created within ourselves that are causing limitation and unhappiness in our lives. Ultimately, it is about finding one's own integrity, self-love, and peace within this reality through following 4 agreements.
The Four Agreements are (quote from the book):
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Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love -
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. -
Don't Make Assumptions.
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. -
Always Do Your Best.
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Atlantis, New Age, Pyramids
Ruiz expresses his belief in the legend of Atlantis; his belief that the sun entered its sixth age on January 11, 1992, which should lead to a new age for humanity; and his belief in the spiritual power of the pyramid of the sun at Teotihuacan.
Locations
Don Miguel Ruiz often lectures and leads retreats in Mexico and the United States.
Currently, all events and retreats are conducted only by his son, Don Jose Ruis and his wife Dona Judy without the participation of Don Miguel.
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Books & Media
The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship (Toltec Wisdom Book)
(Hardcover)
In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, he 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. Using teachings from the three Toltec Masteries (Awareness, Transformation, and Love) as a foundation, don Miguel brings to light the fallacies and misplaced expectations about love that permeate most relationships. He gracefully shares his wisdom through delightful and engaging stories that clarify each point and bring his message to life.
The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace
(Paperback)
The Voice of Knowledge is the fourth book in the Toltec Wisdom series by the best-selling author of The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz explores the concept of \"impeccability of the word\" as a simple yet potent prescription for countering the judgmental inner \"voice of knowledge.\" Adhering to \"the word\" - saying only what you mean, refusing to speak against you - allows anyone to transform those inner tyrannical thoughts into a voice of self-trust and integrity. Knowledge then becomes an ally, and life becomes an expression of the authentic self.
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
(Hardcover)
Featured in the premiere issue of O: The Oprah Magazine and on Oprah\'s Favorite Things 2000 segment, The Four Agreements reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob people of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements -- be impeccable with your word, don\'t take anything personally, don\'t make assumptions, always do your best -- offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform life into a new experience of freedom, love, and true happiness. This jacketed linen-bound hardcover gift edition features two-color printing and a silk ribbon marker.
"En Mi Tierra"/"In My Homeland"
(DVD)
don Miguel Ruiz DVD, recorded live in Rosarito, Baja California. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Spirit Space; A Journey Into Your Consciousness
(DVD)
\"\"If you\'re into exploring the limitless possibilities of past and future converging to offer you new windows on the Now, you\'ll appreciate this film.\" The Light Connection Magazine.\n\nAllow yourself to travel even further down the quantum rabbit hole in a quest\nfor answers to age old questions. Discover remarkable possibilities as to what\nand how our consciousness works with the world around us. Listen to\npossibilities of what happens to our consciousness before and after death. \n \nChallenging Quantum physics theories and how they affect how we perceive the world anciently and today,\nboth spiritually and scientifically. This film acts as a progressive travel log for human life attempting to\nanswer questions that mankind has been seeking since the dawn of thought. What were we before we came\nhere? Why do we need to be here? And what in the world happens to us after we die?\n \nSpirit Space also opens cases from individuals who have been hypnotically regressed to a point between\nlives--after death, and even before birth. Not only does the film grapple with reincarnation, the spirit world,\nand the nature of the human soul it also tackles equally sticky questions such as Is there a Heaven and\nHell? and What is a spirit?. Viewers with a penchant for skepticism will balk at the lack of physical evidence\nto back up the claims in Spirit Space, but the film remains a reassuring voice, affirming that our existence is\nnot limited to the boundaries of our mortal flesh.
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