For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
Don Miguel Ruiz on freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz30 quotes“For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.”
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read ‘The Four Agreements’, you hear another voice beneath the story, the voice that comes from your integrity, your spirit.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Humans believe so many lies because we aren’t aware. We ignore the truth or we just don’t see the truth. When we are educated, we accumulate a lot of knowledge, and all that knowledge is just like a wall of fog that doesn’t allow us to perceive the truth, what really is.
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Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.
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