book review of The Fifth Agreement

January 19, 2010

Book Review: The Fifth Agreement

" Imagine living a whole new way of life – a life where you are free to be who

you really are. You no longer rule your life according to what other people may

think about you. Imagine living your life without judging yourself or anyone

else, without the fear of being judged. You accept yourself just the way you

are, and you accept everybody else just the way they are. " ~ From the back

inside flap

After reading, studying and teaching The Four Agreements for the past few years,

Don Miguel Ruiz and his son, Don Jose decided to share the Fifth Agreement with

us. As an avid student of Don Miguel and the Toltec teaching, I was excited to

dive into this new material. Thanks to my BWP sister, Lisa, for the gift of this

book.

I have heard it said that we are messengers who have forgotten the message. We

were sent here to deliver a message, to share something special, something

unique. The message is us; and we have forgotten that message. We have forgotten

who we really are.

The Fifth Agreement is be skeptical, but learn to listen. Since we have been

conditioned, most of what we hear is not the truth. The truth is within each one

of us, but we have forgotten what that truth is. We must learn to listen, but

recognize that what we hear is only a piece of the truth, someone else's truth;

and may not be true for us at all.

In the Fifth Agreement, the Ruiz' take us on a journey of the first four

agreements as a refresher course. Then we are introduced to this next agreement.

Don Miguel said that he tried teaching this agreement to his apprentices but

they just were not ready to hear it, therefore unable to hear. Don Jose then

took the message and presented it in a way that was ready for its hearers. It is

definitely time for this message.

If we can just make the Five Agreements our way of life, then soon we will be

living our personal dream of heaven.

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