Sunday, February 18, 2001
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Be
Impeccable With Your Word |
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Don't
Take Things Personally |
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Don't
Make Assumptions |
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Always
Do Your Best |
The Four Agreements like the teachings of
Jesus are very simple at first  glance, but like Jesus, don Miguel Ruiz
makes these statements in the subjective. This is true mysticism
and it would be impossible and unfair to examine this book without
personally meeting and discussing the insight behind the statements with
the author. The written word cannot express the feeling and the
sense of Love that don Miguel expresses in person. In a discussion
I had with other ministers who attended the don Miguel Ruiz seminar at
City of Angels Church last week, each of us were amazed at the
differences in our ideas about these agreements before the seminar and
after. don Miguel is truly a beautiful spirit who teaches from his
soul as he gives so freely to the audience. I sat with him on the
panel at City of Angels, and I could feel the love and warmth of this
man even though I was surrounded by hundreds of people. His voice
and manner magnetizes your attention. His teaching is truly a gift
from the One Infinite Soul.
Be Impeccable With Your Word:
This is the most important of the Four Agreements and this is nothing
new to either students of the teachings of Jesus or other metaphysical
teachings. We know the Word is the most powerful tool we have as
humans and we must be consistent with the Truth. Every word we
speak is powerful, not just the words we use in prayer. If we lack
integrity with the words we speak this lack of integrity will carry over
into our prayer life. We must make a demand
upon ourselves to always be in Truth no matter how uncomfortable it may
make us. We then, automatically, find greater freedom in our life.
don Miguel often quoted statements from Jesus during his message and it
was obvious that he is attuned to the subjective message that Jesus
gave. The Word can either free us or enslave us and once again the
message is so clear to Science of Mind students, however, don Miguel
inspired me to go even deeper in my understanding of this power.
Whatever words we use, either for or against ourselves or for or against
others, have power and generate energy that works through the Law of
Cause and Effect. Don't believe people, don't
even believe yourself, BELIEVE GOD. Believe that you
are created in the image and likeness of Love, Peace, Harmony, Joy,
Power and Freedom and "choose" only to speak and accept words
that speak to the highest thought of yourself and all others. We
must forgive ourselves for not believing the highest and greatest
thoughts of ourselves and we must forgive ourselves for denying God and
accepting and using words that diminish us and others. We are
beautiful, we are Love, because we are expressing God - what else could
we be? LET THE HOLY SPIRIT EXPRESS ITSELF
THROUGH YOUR WORDS!
For adults, negative statements are more easily removed from our
consciousness. Don't Take Things Personally:
especially negative statements. This is common sense, but we must
be careful to stay out of ego with this one for no one escapes the Law
of Cause and Effect. God does not come to us in the negative, only
as Love. Children may not have arrived at this understanding, but
as don Miguel stated, we are no longer children. He tells us we
must forgive, just as Jesus did. Forgive everyone and everything,
including our cats and dogs because we let everything abuse us in one
way or another through our limited thinking. And
then, we must forgive ourselves, because we abuse ourselves by not
believing how truly magnificent and beautiful we are. We
are God in expression, perfect, whole and complete.
Don't Make Assumptions: The problem
with making assumptions is that we believe them as the truth, we act on
them, we emotionalize them, make judgments and opinions based on them
and we stubbornly cling to them even in the face of truth. We must
have the courage to "ask" what each other means, and the
courage to say what we really mean. We must
never deny or fear the Truth and we must strive to seek the Truth in all
things. The Truth frees us to live
joyously with peace of mind. Assumptions are emotional
poison. They poison us, those we love and those who love us.
Always Do Your Best: This agreement
makes all the other three possible. Although our best is always
changing, we must continually strive to do our best. I asked don
Miguel how we can keep these agreements and he was very candid in
stating that we must each find our own way. In Science of Mind, we
use Scientific Prayer, meditation and contemplation. I personally
don't see how it would be possible to do so otherwise. Our human
will does not have the strength to battle the race consciousness and
world beliefs that attempt to abuse and victimize us. We
must turn to God and away from the world's influences.
I applaud the success of don Miguel Ruiz. This book will reach
hundreds of thousands of people who will find greater spiritual
enrichment because of it. Even for Science of Mind students and
teachers, it is a wonderful reminder of what we know and what we must
practice persistently. The mysticism of these wonderful agreements
will not be fully realized by the typical reader without attending a don
Miguel Ruiz seminar and I would encourage anyone who feels guided to
discover more of the Wisdom of the Toltecs to do so. As
for don Miguel Ruiz, God bless You and thank you!
And
So It Is!
Letting
Love use me in Its own Good Way,
Henry
Lee BatesP.,
City of Angels Church
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