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The Fifth Agreement
In The Four Agreements, a New York Times bestseller for over seven years, don Miguel Ruiz revealed how the process of our education, or “domestication,” can make us forget the wisdom we were born with. Throughout our lives, we make many agreements that go against ourselves and create needless suffering. The Four Agreements help us to break these self-limiting agreements an
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As a fan of the 4 agreements, I found the 5 agreements a good companion but not a replacement. It could and should have been released as a stand alone!
I was lucky enough to find this book in a friends house around the time of reading the Four Agreements. The book's explanation of the Four Agreements just derailed me further, I think.
The new explanation of the 4 agreements in this book are not as clear or as profound.
However the author describes these agreements as gifts, and I couldn't agree m...more
I was lucky enough to find this book in a friends house around the time of reading the Four Agreements. The book's explanation of the Four Agreements just derailed me further, I think.
The new explanation of the 4 agreements in this book are not as clear or as profound.
However the author describes these agreements as gifts, and I couldn't agree m...more
As far as "Better Yourself" books go, I only found a few lines in this one that were even nod-provoking, let alone new and insightful. If you have heard that THE FOUR AGREEMENTS is profound, definitely skip straight to THE FIFTH AGREEMENT because it summarizes the four and just tacks on one more for the price of a whole new book.
Basically, the father and son Ruiz team are telling us that life has true perfection before we create our "virtual reality" by putting words, symbols, meaning, and judg...more
Basically, the father and son Ruiz team are telling us that life has true perfection before we create our "virtual reality" by putting words, symbols, meaning, and judg...more
I expected to resonate more with this book than I did. I found the concept of truth problematic. It appears that aside from objects in the world and universe around us, truth is relative. We each have our dream; you have your truth and I have my truth. However, the world is either round or flat, and the unseen either exists or does not just like objects, so the idea of relative truth is a strange one to me.
I like the idea of each of us as artists creating our world, and recognize that we all ha...more
I like the idea of each of us as artists creating our world, and recognize that we all ha...more
It is a good book to make you evaluate your life and get rid of needless worry. Basically, it is saying your life can be anything you make it. Just look at things in the light you want to have it. The 5th Agreement is the follow up to The 4th Agreement. All are good points, but I would just skip to this book because he goes over everything from the 1st book in some detail, but adds the 5th agreement which is doubt. I think that for me that is the most meaningful one. It is something that is hard...more
I was given this book as a gift by my sister for Christmas. I am not sure if she read this or not, but I am assuming the primary motivation for its purchase was that it had a big neat number 5 on it's cover. That's my favorite number. And that's pretty much the only thing I like about this book. If it seems interesting to you, I suggest saving the 20 bucks(seriously, at that price I have to say it's a POS), and just read the dust jackets flaps. All you need to know about this book is there. The...more
This is a wonderful book. Although there is some repeat of information from Ruiz's book "The Four Agreements," there is also a lot of new and very insightful content. As such, I highly recommend The Fifth Agreement as a spiritual growth resource. Here's one of my favorite passages:
"Let’s say you’re living with guilt and shame for a mistake you made ten years ago. The excuse for your suffering is, “I made a terrible mistake,” and you’re still suffering for something that happened ten years ago,...more
"Let’s say you’re living with guilt and shame for a mistake you made ten years ago. The excuse for your suffering is, “I made a terrible mistake,” and you’re still suffering for something that happened ten years ago,...more
Na Pátou dohodu jsem byla hodně zvědavá, protože 4 dohody už jsem kdysi četla, ale tuhle ne... tak jsem si říkala, co nového ještě autor vymyslel (a jestli tomu budu třeba o něco lépe rozumět). A byla jsem zklamaná - první část knihy opakuje poslání 4 dohod, někdy i stejnými slovy/příklady, jindy teda trochu nově, z jiného pohledu. A pak přichází Pátá dohoda, která je o tom, že bychom měli vždy pochybovat, o všem, co nám někdo řekne, protože to je vlastně všechno lež (včetně toho, co si říkáme m...more
Skip The Four Agreements (Ruiz' first book).
Go directly to The Fifth Agreement!
You get all Five Agreements for the price of one!
1. Be impeccable with your word-
Never use the power of the word against yourself.
2. Don’t take anything personally-
All humans live in their own world, in their own movie/story/dream and you in yours.
3. Don’t make assumptions-
Most assumptions are not the truth; they are fiction.
4. Always do your best-The only thing you can “do”;
the first three will naturally follow.
5. B...more
Go directly to The Fifth Agreement!
You get all Five Agreements for the price of one!
1. Be impeccable with your word-
Never use the power of the word against yourself.
2. Don’t take anything personally-
All humans live in their own world, in their own movie/story/dream and you in yours.
3. Don’t make assumptions-
Most assumptions are not the truth; they are fiction.
4. Always do your best-The only thing you can “do”;
the first three will naturally follow.
5. B...more
I love the book and I love the audio book.
This book really has the power to transform you, it has the power to change your feelings about things
necessarily things that bother your inner emotions, it puts a halt to all the racing thoughts that are corrupting reality inside of your brain. It is helping you cope with things that really do not matter in the real world, all the unnecessary lies that slow our day down day by day by day. If it is difficult for you to understand or if you have problems...more
This book really has the power to transform you, it has the power to change your feelings about things
necessarily things that bother your inner emotions, it puts a halt to all the racing thoughts that are corrupting reality inside of your brain. It is helping you cope with things that really do not matter in the real world, all the unnecessary lies that slow our day down day by day by day. If it is difficult for you to understand or if you have problems...more
Feb 26, 2012
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I was really curious when I first saw this, being an avid supporter of the four agreements. Unfortunately, "The fifth agreement" is just a rehearsal of the initial book, with a little bit of sugar on top. The fifth agreement, that is: doubt stuff, not just take everything for granted (including the book itself). Nevertheless, despite the way too complicated approach, the repetitions and the inconsistency in style (the book is written together with Miguel' son), I still give it 5 stars.
I live by...more
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Great review of the Four Agreements and tying it in with the the Fifth Agreement which takes you more in depth into self awareness, the unconscious behaviours and perhaps the perpetual attitudes and clearly defines the choices and options we do have to work with to bring about the change we seek, always enhancing the state of awareness and of course in the process providing us with better skills in understanding ourselves and others..
It is the process of unlearning what we have previously learnt...more
It is the process of unlearning what we have previously learnt...more
Second verse, same as the first... Geez, this guy must get paid by the word. By the way, if you missed the first book, not to worry, it's all again in this one.
Personally, these are the only words I would have paid for, and they came from the inside front jacket cover:
Be Skeptical, But Learn to Listen
Don't believe yourself or anybody else. Use the power of doubt to question everything you hear: Is it really the truth? Listen to the intent behind words, and you will understand the real message....more
Personally, these are the only words I would have paid for, and they came from the inside front jacket cover:
Be Skeptical, But Learn to Listen
Don't believe yourself or anybody else. Use the power of doubt to question everything you hear: Is it really the truth? Listen to the intent behind words, and you will understand the real message....more
Don Miguel Ruiz is excellent. I've recently read the entire set - The Voice of Knowledge, The Mastery of Love (re-read!) and now the Fifth Agreement. Of course, I started my journey with Don Miguel Ruiz years ago when I first read The Four Agreements. They are all excellent and I highly recommend any of his books. They have really helped to open my eyes to understand things in a much better light. He has relieved a lot of unnecessary pain from my mind and has corrected what I consider wrong thin...more
With this book came one of my big Aha moments. The fact that everyone's perception is their own, based on their own unique experiences, and their unique perceptions of that experience was profound. I now try and remember this even when faced with my own perceptions of myself....is it real, or just based on the illusion of our perception...hmm
Be impeccable with your words regarding yourself first, don't take anything personally as they are just perceptions, and if you are going to make an assumpt...more
Be impeccable with your words regarding yourself first, don't take anything personally as they are just perceptions, and if you are going to make an assumpt...more
The fifth agreement is Be skeptical and learn to listen. The first section of the book(100 pages) reiterates the first 4 agreements, which is fine if you have not read the first book, but repetitive if you have. This book delivers the same message as many of its contemporaries. It helps us to remove the framework of illusion and the story we have created about our lives, similar to the works of Eckart Tolle and Byron Katie. It helps us to stop believing in symbols and to start believing in ourse...more
Neta.... los acuerdos están chidos pero insisto, con 10 páginas para explicar cada uno es más que suficiente. Esta vez se aventaron 100 páginas recapitulando los primeros 4, con las mismas cursilerías y redundancias, y el quinto en las 100 y pico restantes. El tono de auto-superación es insoportable a momentos. En fin, para los que no han leído el primero, ahórrenselo y dense este que trae el resumen y uno más y si quieren ahorrar aun más, lean las solapas en la tienda y se acabó. De hecho, no g...more
I really liked Four Agreements,The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book and I loved The Voice of KnowledgeThe Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace. This book just reiterated and repeated what those books said. I didn't feel like there was anything new.
You'd think that would frustrate or bore me, but it didn't. I liked reading the same information again. I think I needed to read it again, but I wouldn't pick up the same books.
I like the remi...more
You'd think that would frustrate or bore me, but it didn't. I liked reading the same information again. I think I needed to read it again, but I wouldn't pick up the same books.
I like the remi...more
In the Fifth Agreeement, the "Messenger" for don Miguel et all is the "listener"--Listening respectfully to the multi-surfaces of self and other and perhaps beyond, to the Angels and into the "non-human" animal and plant realms, and wider still--into the songs of the rocks and molecules. This dictum to "listen" invites us all to embrace the ultimate challenge of the heart--opening to the entire Cosmos, in all of its mystery of design, at last, carrying us far into what we remember as Truth...
This book has great points, and although the authors talk about how we use language and symbols to label things, I found that it was over-written. The concepts were great and the messsage they convey, but it could be told more simply, whenever I read one of Miguel Ruiz's books I find that instead of relieving anxiety and making me feel more peaceful because it's told in such detail it causes me more anxiety. His books are great but I just don't think it's for me.
THE FIFTH AGREEMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SELF-MASTERY comes from the author of the seven-year bestseller THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, that revealed how education can make us forget inner wisdom. This continues the discussion, offering a new perspective on the Four agreements and adding the fifth for a deeper awareness of the power of the Self. Collections seeing popularity from its predecessor won't want to miss THE FIFTH AGREEMENT's continuing dialogue.
***Spoiler Alert*** The Fifth Agreement is.....
Be Skeptical But Learn To Listen.
Thank goodness because the gems of this book are buried underneath wayyyy too much repetition. The symbols you put so much faith and meaning into are just that... symbols...got it...I got it the first 20 times....Doubt is your friend...got it....
Among the gems however, is the call to let go of the shame from your past, both from your own actions and the actions of others, they don't need to rule your life now and yo...more
Be Skeptical But Learn To Listen.
Thank goodness because the gems of this book are buried underneath wayyyy too much repetition. The symbols you put so much faith and meaning into are just that... symbols...got it...I got it the first 20 times....Doubt is your friend...got it....
Among the gems however, is the call to let go of the shame from your past, both from your own actions and the actions of others, they don't need to rule your life now and yo...more
This book is an additional tool in the application of wisdom books. It was a reminder on the application of the Four Agreements and the introduction
of the Fifth Agreement which is to be skeptical but learn to listen. Doubt is a tool to be used to stop believing in lies. Important lesson to be remembered is truth does not need anything, not even for us to believe it.
I love this book as I do all the other ones in this series. I will continue with the Mastery of Love.
of the Fifth Agreement which is to be skeptical but learn to listen. Doubt is a tool to be used to stop believing in lies. Important lesson to be remembered is truth does not need anything, not even for us to believe it.
I love this book as I do all the other ones in this series. I will continue with the Mastery of Love.
A good review of the 4 agreements, plus the 5th: Be skeptical; listen with respect.
All sound advice, although I thought it was interesting that even though one of the "agreements" is "Make no assumptions," the author seems to assume that the reader is having a terrible life and has suffered some terrible past that needs to be forgiven and/or forgotten. Otherwise, a decent perspective.
All sound advice, although I thought it was interesting that even though one of the "agreements" is "Make no assumptions," the author seems to assume that the reader is having a terrible life and has suffered some terrible past that needs to be forgiven and/or forgotten. Otherwise, a decent perspective.
At first is was easy for me to miss the depth and breadth of "Listen, but be skeptical." Only through trying to live this in my daily life have I realized the extent of its application and its necessity.
I enjoyed this book, perhaps more than the rest of don Miguel Ruiz's, because he explores the process of transformation and growth in more depth and with more guidance.
I enjoyed this book, perhaps more than the rest of don Miguel Ruiz's, because he explores the process of transformation and growth in more depth and with more guidance.
The Fifth Agreement by don Miguel and don Jose Ruiz is an addition to The Four Agreements book published by the same father/son duo. Based on principals of The Toltec, the book shares principles that can turn ones thoughts from Hell to Heaven.
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It seems that no matter how many books I read I forget to apply all of these wonderful things and acts of kindness to my everyday life. It is making it easier, when I remind myself, be kind to this person I do not know what they are going though in their life today. Peace be with them ! Now I must remember the 5 agreements too. Wonderful book.
I've read several books by the author, Miguel Ruiz. This book is a continuation of my all time favorite of his books, The Four Agreements. While this book seemed to drag on, I still enjoyed it. Ruiz's ideas have always really resonated with me and I find myself thinking much clearer in all aspects of life while reading his books.
Very good ideas to put into practice. The 4 agreements are wonderful ways to allow yourself to be comfortable with who you are and your place in the world. The 5th agreement gets a little heady and he tends to repeat himself, but it ultimately comes down to accepting yourself and loving yourself so you can accept and love everyone around you.
I'm not exactly sure why this required a whole book - a series of animal posters, one each with an agreement - would have sufficed. I'm still not exactly sure what "self mastery" is, or how Don Ruiz knows about Toltec wisdom. The five agreements do make sense as some sort of life guide though; but wading through the pop new age bullshittery was a bit too much for me.
I read the Four Agreements when it first came out - and really enjoyed it. I use the 4 agreements a lot in my life
The fifth re-explains the 4 agreements - but then adds a fifth one
- to be skeptical - to doubt - to understand that what people are saying is their own creation - a story. That includes "you" and your story - what you are saying - to also doubt your own story.
I used a lot of the ideas in my communication class I teach
The fifth re-explains the 4 agreements - but then adds a fifth one
- to be skeptical - to doubt - to understand that what people are saying is their own creation - a story. That includes "you" and your story - what you are saying - to also doubt your own story.
I used a lot of the ideas in my communication class I teach
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Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers, and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated that Miguel would embrace their centuries-old legacy of healing and teaching, and carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Instead, distracted by modern life, Miguel chose to attend medical school and become a surgeon. A near-dea...more
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