Good day friends,

Over the next few weeks, I am reading, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Some days  I will Quote a page or just give you a summary of what I read and how I understand it. I am just an ordinary person, and I find it interesting how different people and cultures see the world. This is not based on any typical religion. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Please keep an open mind.

Domestication and the Dream of the Planet: Part 10

“During the process of domestication, we form an image of what perfection is in order to try to be good enough. We create an image of how we should be in order to be accepted by everybody. We especially try to please the ones who love us, like Mom and Dad, big brothers and sisters, the priests and the teacher. Trying to be good enough for them, we create an image of perfection, but we don’t fit this image. We create this image, but this image is not real. We are never going to be perfect from this point of view. Never!

Not being perfect, we reject ourselves. And the level of self-rejection depends upon how effective the adult were in breaking our integrity. After domestication it is no longer about being good enough for anybody else. We are not good enough for ourselves because we don’t fit with our own image of perfection. We cannot forgive ourselves for not being perfect.

We know we are not what we believe we are supposed to be and so we feel false, frustrated, and dishonest. We try to hide ourselves, and we pretend to be what we are not. The result is that we feel unauthentic and wear social masks to keep others from noticing this. We are so afraid that somebody else will notice that we are not what we pretend to be. We judge others according to our image of perfection as well, and naturally they fall short of our expectations.”

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

WOW, today this few paragraphs really hit the nail on the head. Sometimes we set the standards so high that we can’t even reach it ourselves. When you are in a new relationship you say and do what you think the other person wants to see and hear. We all do it. Why do we do it? No one wants to be rejected so we dishonor ourselves to please others.

With all my heart, thank you for your continued support.

Have a Blessed day.

Coreen

Schedule for Gratitude. Love. Positivity Posts

• Monday – Practicing Gratitude (Using The Magic by Rhonda Byrne as guideline)
• Tuesday & Wednesday – Talk about current book. (The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz)
• Thursday – Quote on a photo.
• Friday – Refer to something in The daily Teachings by Rhonda Byrne
• Saturday and Sunday – Quotes

List Of Books used in Gratitude. Love. Positivity posts:

1. The Everything Law of Attraction Book by Meera Lester
2. The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
3. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
4. The Magic by Rhonda Byrne
5. The Power by Rhonda Byrne
6. Hero by Rhonda Byrne
7. Daily Teachings by Rhonda Byrne
8. The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne
9. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
10. The Master of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz
11. The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz