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The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

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Some might argue that the problem lies in the upbringing of children, but the real problem prevails in the programming of our minds. Although I was not big on the slightly religious undertones in some of the chapters, I do believe that we are here for a reason and if that is the case, something created us. It may be faulty logic to some, but it could also be completely logical. It may not be the God that Christians believe in, and it may not be the God that Muslims believe in, but I can hold true to the fact that there is a creator in all of us. We are our own god. We create our own dream/life. The religious aspect of the book was easily overlooked because of the depth of perception that it gives to living life the way we believe it to be.

Mastery of Love Summary - Don Miguel Ruiz - 12min Blog The Mastery of Love Summary - Don Miguel Ruiz - 12min Blog

If a person is not behaving right with you, have some empathy and understand that he is hurt inside. He needs more love than ever. When you buy something you don’t need, it ends up in the garbage. It’s the same in a relationship.” People build different images to get accepted by their parents, by friends & by society, and we are the ones who domesticate our children towards acceptance, fear, right, and wrong which gives a spark to different images. When we pretend to someone else who we are not, to live up to that image we lie or live in fear to maintain the facade. So in asking yourself who was in the wrong, was it the woman who doubted for a moment? No, it was the man who decided to place his entire happiness in someones hands. If we place all of our happiness in the control of others, how can we ever expect to be happy? It is entirely up to us to be happy, and if we choose to be happy with someone else, we're all the better. We cannot rely on them to make us happy.

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On the positive side, this book contains some healthy and true messages about how we love, and why we fail, and how so many of our actions and reactions are based on fear. There were some messages in this book that I needed to hear, but I could have removed a lot of fluff of the analogies and stories. They either just felt off the wall to me, or not really well told. I even skimmed through some sections instead of reading them properly.

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From today’s vantage point, we can all see that angels, demons, and saints are nothing other than a human creation.

This lesson is not only in reference to other human beings, but it also conveys the meaning of being in peace with yourself. What you are is a force--a force that makes it possible for your body to live, a force that makes it possible for your whole mind to dream...You are life” Expectations & the constant desire to change someone according to our own "dream" adds friction to the relationships with friends & family. We give control of our happiness to others as soon as we have expectations from others, and end up setting ourselves for failure.

Mastery of Love Book Summary - Soul Primacy The Mastery of Love Book Summary - Soul Primacy

They are living in the moment. They are not ashamed of the past; they are not worried about the future. Little children express what they feel, and they are not afraid to love.” Realizing and practicing the relationship with ourselves is the greatest mastery of the Toltecs. This is the Mastery of Love. Remember, the only way we can master love is to practice. “Love creates the master,” Ruiz puts it simply. So, as a response, the child instinctively strives to become the master of anger. You can apply the same process to almost any external phenomena such as: When a human is born, his or her existence is intact and clear of emotional baggage. In other words, the human is healthy pretty much until it hits the age of four. Then, the first wounds begin to crop up, and as time goes by, the emotional wounds only become more painful and poisonous. The man was a little disappointed again because it was not the Master. He invited the stranger into his home, and sat him in the place he had prepared for the Master. He served the wine he had intended to give the Master. When the stranger left, the man again prepared everything for the Master.Disclaimer: Not all the material in this book is ludicrous, obtuse, & repetitive. Some of the concepts are practical. Love yourself, your responsible for your own happiness & not an outside source. You're only responsible for your half of a relationship. BC it's only fair, I'll include quotes below. The fear of getting hurt, can only be described as a fuel on the fire, or to use a more sophisticated term, it leads to the creation of a: big denial system. You must forgive those who hurt you, even if whatever they did to you is unforgivable in your mind. You will forgive them not because they deserve to be forgiven, but because you don’t want to suffer and hurt yourself every time you” The author: Miguel Ruiz once went to medical school and became a surgeon. Later in life after a traumatic accident he forsook it all to learn the healer’s ways and become an “Eagle-Knight” in the Nagual tradition. He has since studied the “Toltec” people and written about their teachings. He has written a few books now, the most successful being “The Four Agreements.” Love is based on respect. Fear doesn't respect anything, including itself. [...] If I don't respect you, then I try to control you. [...] When I don't respect myself, I feel sorry for myself, I feel I'm not good enough to make it in this world.

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The Master replied, "Yes, I am here, but I was here before. I was hungry, and you fulfilled my need for food. I was thirsty, and you gave me the wine. I was cold, and you covered me with clothes. This is one of those perfect books, that sits on my bookshelf, and then miraculously falls into my bag, just as I head away for a long weekend - just when I need it the most. You know the times, those short breaks, when you need to take some time out to try and make sense of the world, and where you fit into it. This book answered those questions perfectly. In fact Don Miguel Ruiz's explanation of the hell that is earth, and how and why we have so foolishly created this for ourselves, was just what I needed to hear. It was exactly the explanation I needed. Currently studying animal welfare, I am often confronted with human actions that make finding a place of 'love' in my heart for the people who inflict these heinous actions, utterly impossible. In fact, there are days I cannot bear even being branded as a 'human' myself when I see the things humans are not only capable of doing, but then, actually DO. I went away wondering if in fact I needed to leave this area of study, as it was so hard for me to handle. But instead, this wonderful gem of a book helped to find explanations for these horrible crimes. And most importantly, it told me this... this will be going on the wall, to remind myself every day, that my shoulders cannot take the weight of everyone else's actions, and nor do they have to. I have tried to do that for far too long!!

In the process, you are not just hurting yourself, as these notions preclude you from forming strong bonds with other people. Nurturing positive relationships becomes more distant to you, as you delve into lies and denial. There’s no problem with being gorgeous. If you walk through a crowd of people and they tell you “Oh, you are beautiful.” You can say “Thank you, I know,” and keep going. It doesn’t make any difference to you. But it will make a difference if you don’t believe that you are beautiful and someone tells you that. Then you are going to say “Am I really?” This opinion can impress you, and, of course, that makes you easy prey." Evidently, we’ve been doing this since the beginning of time, and it is nothing other than an attempt to master your own personality and define your principles.

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