Cheap The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (04/20)

If you are a follower of Don Miguel Ruiz, you know that he has been in the forefront of assisting people to take charge of their own lives and transform the existing chaos into freedom, happiness, and love. If you are just finding out about Ruiz, you are about to embark on a journey that will have major impact on how you live your life.

"The Four Agreements" is a classic. Over four-million copies have sold in the United States alone and it has been on The New York Times bestseller list for over seven years. As well, this book has been translated into thirty-four languages. So what makes this little 140-page book so read? The answer is simple. The readers are choosing to take responsibility for their own lives and face their fears, while delving into the negative "agreements" they have made with themselves and making a change. The buzz of successful healing has gone viral because the system Ruiz gives works.

Ruiz explains that everything we do in life is based on agreements we have made with ourselves or other people, however the most impactful is the one we make with ourselves. For example, some of the agreements could be how we behave or act, what we can or cannot do, or how we perceive others see us. Many times these involve negative agreements, e.g., we tell ourselves we can't do something because we aren't good enough. This is a negative agreement we make with ourselves.

Our lives are filled with agreements, many being negative. In "The Four Agreements," Ruiz encourages us to go within and make the change from negative to positive. He offers a potent code of how to accomplish our goal of attaining freedom, happiness, and love in our lives through only four positive agreements, dispelling all other thoughts and ideas one may have. The agreements are simple: Be Impeccable with Your Word; Don't Take Anything Personally; Don't Make Assumptions; and, Always Do Your Best. Yes, it's really that simple, but, it's only simple if you take responsibility for your own life and decide to make the changes in it.Get more detail about The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.