The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

by Miguel Ruiz

You are Life passing through your body, passing through your mind, passing through your soul.

The whole universe is a living being that is moved by that force, and that is what you are. You are Life.

Artemis, the divine huntress.

all of us are hunters, and all of us are prey. Everything that exists is both hunter and prey.

everything she needed was inside herself.

We are hunting for love. We are hunting for justice and happiness. We are hunting for God, but God is inside us.

If you remember the story of Artemis, you will always find the love inside you. Humans who hunt each other for love will never be satisfied; they will never find the love they need in other humans.

we call ourselves warriors because a warrior is the hunter who hunts herself.

If you don’t take it personally, it will be so easy for you to have a wonderful relationship with your partner.

If you reject your own body, what can other people expect from you? If you accept your own body, you can accept almost everyone, almost everything.

The relationship you have with yourself is reflected in your relationships with others.

You have to love your body and allow your body to be free to just be, to be free to give, free to receive, without being shy, because “shy” is nothing but fear.

We resist aging; we believe that because someone is old, it means she is not beautiful.

You are what you believe you are. There is nothing to do except to be just what you are.

You have the right to feel beautiful and enjoy it. You can honor your body and accept it as it is. You don’t need anyone to love you.

Love comes from the inside. It lives inside us and...

You no longer depend upon the success of a relationship from the outside.

Imagine all the possibilities in sharing your love this way.

You don’t even need to touch. Just looking into each other’s eyes is enough to fulfill the needs of the mind and the needs of the soul.

The body is already satisfied because it has all your love. You are never lonely anymore, because you are...

God is everywhere. Life is everywhere.

But if you have the eyes of love, you just see love wherever you go.

When you perceive with the eyes of love, you can connect your will with the will of another dreamer, and the dream becomes one.

Two thousand years ago, one of the greatest Masters told us, “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

What is true right now is not true later. Then it could be true again.

The first rule is very easy: Don’t believe me. Rule number two is more difficult: Don’t believe yourself. Don’t believe all the lies you tell yourself

Don’t believe you are unworthy of happiness or love.

Don’t believe you are not beautiful. Don’t believe whatever makes you suffer.

Open your ears, open your heart, and listen.

The second rule is a difficult one: Don’t believe yourself. Rule number three is: Don’t believe anyone else.

The world is alive; it’s a living being, and it’s more intelligent than all of us together.

Don’t believe me, don’t believe yourself, and don’t believe anyone else.

Everything is what it is. You don’t need to justify what is true; you don’t need to explain it.

we have the power to make a choice. We can believe or not believe.

The same Master gave us the solution two thousand years ago: Forgiveness.

You must forgive those who hurt you,

You will forgive them not because they deserve to be forgiven, but because you don’t want to suffer

You will forgive because you feel compassion for yourself. Forgiveness is an act of self-love.

You will know you have forgiven someone when you see him and you don’t feel anything anymore. You will hear the name of the person and have no emotional reaction.

Forgive others, and you will see miracles start to happen in your life.

When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows. That is the supreme forgiveness — when you finally forgive yourself.

Love is the medicine that accelerates the process of healing. There is no other medicine but unconditional love.

It is just to love. Love yourself, love your neighbor, and love your enemies.

Love coming out of you is the only way to be happy. Unconditional love for yourself.

You have the right to love, to smile, to be happy, to share your love, and to not be afraid to receive it also.

That is the healing. Three simple points: the truth, forgiveness, and self-love.

Jesus called “Heaven on Earth,” Buddha called “Nirvana,” and Moses called “The Promised Land.” It is a place where all of us can live in love because we put our attention on love. We choose to love.

We are born with the right to be happy, with the right to enjoy life.

everything that exists is perfect. You are perfect just the way you are.

You no longer try to change other people or impose your point of view. You respect other people’s beliefs.