The Second Agreement

A very powerful book that greatly influenced me several years back - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz - is back on my daily reading. Reviewing key lessons from A Course in Miracles and relearning (and applying) the Four Agreements reminds me of where my priorities must lay - and that's inward. I seem to have fallen far from my point of contentment and it's been a struggle to get back - of course that itself may be part of the trouble. Self contentment shouldn't be a struggle - but it too often is - until it isn't (if that makes sense) You see after every struggle the is a letting go and a sense of ease and grace that settles on the soul. Yet first we struggle. I'm not sure f we have too or if that is one of the agreements we have made with ourselves. And that brings me back to the Four agreements - here they are:

 

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word.
2. Don't Take Anything Personally.
3. Don't Make Assumptions.
4. Always Do Your Best.

It's the second one I seem to be struggling with right now - allowing the thoughts and actions of others to affect me. We're not really free until we have a sense of detachment from the roller coaster of our emotions. Note I didn't say we were free of emotions - but that there is an interior spaciousness that allows us to maneuver freely without being gripped by the power of our emotions. So I need to spend some time with this agreement (we make with our self) and cultivate my own sense of spaciousness again. It's time.

Peace,
Eric