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    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings
    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings
    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings
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    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings

    By Don Miguel Ruiz

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    Don Miguel Ruiz is the author of The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, and numerous other bestselling books. He is also one of the most influential spiritual teachers on the planet, having touched the lives of millions and millions of people around the globe.

    No person has been affected more by his teachings than his own son, don Miguel Ruiz Jr., and in this groundbreaking work, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. has compiled the wisdom of his father into one little, albeit extremely powerful, book.

    The essential teachings contained within these pages have been selected from don Miguel’s recorded lectures, workshops, interviews, and most importantly, the private moments between a father and his son.

    If you are one of the many people who love The Four Agreements, this book offers in-depth teachings that are designed to bring more insight, inspiration, and joy into your daily life

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHierophant Publishing
    Release dateMar 27, 2017
    ISBN9781938289613
    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings
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    Don Miguel Ruiz

    Don Miguel Ruiz is the international bestselling author of The Four Agreements (over seven years on the New York Times bestseller list), The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, and coauthor of The Fifth Agreement. He has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books, lectures, and journeys to sacred sites around the world.

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      I really enjoyed this little book..lots of great tips on how to live successfully in this world.

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    don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom - Don Miguel Ruiz

    Here is my father's own account of his near-death

    experience and the realizations that followed.

    The story of Miguel Ruiz changed dramatically for me in one night, when I was a young medical student. This particular night, I made the same mistake that many young people do. I drank too much at a party, and afterwards I decided to drive back to Mexico City. This was, of course, a very bad decision. Not surprisingly, I fell asleep at the wheel and I hit a concrete wall. The car was totaled and my body was unconscious, but unhurt.

    Now what is incredible is that when this happened, I saw the whole accident as though it was in slow motion. I saw my own body, unconscious at the wheel, and I knew my brain was unconscious as well. I saw that the car was totaled, but my body was completely safe. At that moment, I knew: I am not my physical body. Before then, I had heard so many times from my mother and grandfather that I wasn't my physical body, and of course I believed them, but from then on it was no longer a theory—for me it was a fact. That changed the course of my life completely, because this experience created a desire to learn even more.

    After the near-death experience in the car crash, my whole personality changed. The way I perceived life was completely different: before the accident I thought everything was so important, and after the accident I could see everything I thought was important before—school, work, etc.—was completely irrelevant. I became consumed with one question: what am I? After the accident, I knew I wasn't this physical body; it was obvious. And it was obvious that I was not my identity either—Miguel the soccer player, or doctor, or husband, or whatever. Suddenly, since I was not what I believed I was prior to the accident, I realized I didn't know what I was. That really scared the knowledge in my mind. I know that many other people have had the same kind of experience, but some have denied it to themselves, and they just let it go and they adapt to life. They let knowledge take back over. I went in exactly the opposite direction; I really wanted to know who and what I am.

    So I went deeper into the Toltec training of my family's tradition, and I was guided by my mother, my father, and my grandfather. It wasn't long before I had another profound experience.

    It was in the summer, at around midnight, and I was in the desert. It was so hot that night that I couldn't sleep, so I decided to just walk around the desert. The moon was full, and as I gazed up at the sky, I had an experience that changed my understanding of everything yet again.

    In that moment, I turned my face to the sky and I saw all those millions of stars. Without words, without thought, I knew that the light I was perceiving from all those stars, it came to me from millions of light-years away, and that all those stars were shining from different distances, but I was perceiving all those stars at the same time.

    In that moment, I knew that some of those stars probably didn't even exist anymore. Maybe they had stopped existing thousands of years ago, or even millions of years ago, but I perceived everything in that single, present moment. It was so obvious to me then that everything I perceive is simply light coming from all the different directions to a place that seems like it is right behind my eyes and just between my ears, a place that represents only one point of view.

    I also knew without a doubt that in the same way that I perceive the stars, the stars always perceive me. It was at this moment that I understood there is only One being that truly exists, and that being is alive. I saw my own body and I understood without a doubt that my body is a whole universe, it is complete in and of itself. Further, as I looked at my hands, I knew that every single cell of my body is also a whole universe. I looked around and saw the beautiful desert, and, without a doubt, I knew that the earth is a living organism and that I am a part of this Planet Earth. I understood also that all of the humans, all of us collectively, we are only one living being.

    In this way, humanity is one organ of this beautiful Planet Earth. The oceans are another organ, the forests are another organ, all species taken together are yet another organ. We all work together for the benefit of this Planet Earth. Of course, at that time, I couldn't have put this into words; I just knew, and it's difficult to explain it even now. Please remember that the words I am using only point to the truth, as what I experienced cannot be fully explained with words.

    That night in the desert, when I perceived all of this, I felt so much gratitude that it was overwhelming. That gratitude turned into generosity from that moment on, as my purpose became what it is today—to share the experience wherever I go and to let everybody know that life is so simple, so easy, but we make it very complicated. We complicate everything, and if we look at the story of humanity, we can see how we complicate things through violence, injustice, war, and more. You know this part of the story, of course.

    In that moment of awakening, I knew that love is nothing but a perfect balance between gratitude and generosity. I also knew I had to make a choice, because I could deny the experience and forget about it, or I could embrace it and really share it with my own kind, with all of you. I knew in that moment that real love is completely unconditional. That realization changed my life completely.

    I also understood that I am an artist, that every single human who lives on this Planet Earth is an artist, and that I was perceiving a masterpiece of art. The entire universe is a masterpiece of art, and as I was perceiving it, I was also recreating everything in my own brain.

    What we call knowledge is simply the result of this perception we all have and our efforts to make sense of it to one another. In that moment, I understood that through my unique perception I create my own reality, my own world, my own universe. Of course I also understood right away that every single human around me does exactly the same thing, with or without awareness that it is happening. Each person creates their own reality, using the word as the instrument to create a story about that reality and themselves. That is why, for me, the impeccability of the word is the most important agreement that we can have with ourselves and with everybody around us, because it creates a world. Like me, everybody is an artist. Whatever I perceive is beautiful. Without a doubt, I know that perfection is the only state possible in existence. We humans, with or without our awareness of this fact, are perfect just the way we

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