Life is not the body; it is not the mind; it is not the soul. It is a force.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZLife is not the body; it is not the mind; it is not the soul. It is a force.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZTo have faith is to believe unconditionally.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZYou are immortal; you exist for billions of years in different manifestations, because you are Life, and Life cannot die. You are in the trees, the butterflies, the fish, the air, the moon, the sun. Wherever you go, you are there, waiting for yourself.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZFor thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZYou can live in heaven right now. Heaven or hell is here and now; you don’t need to wait to die. If you take responsibility for your own life, for your own actions, then your future is in your hands, and you can live in heaven while your body is alive.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZHow many times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is a thousand times for the same mistake. The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for ONE mistake. The rest of the animals pay once for every mistake.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZOur minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions – they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZDon’t Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZMaybe we cannot escape from the destiny of the human, but we have a choice: to suffer our destiny or to enjoy our destiny.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZBefore we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were here before us taught us how to be human.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZWe learn to be right and to make everyone else wrong. The need to be right is the result of trying to protects the image we want to project to the outside. We have to impose our way of thinking, not just onto other humans, but even upon ourselves.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZThe whole world can gossip about you, and if you don’t take it personally you are immune.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZIf you always do your best there is no way you can judge yourself.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZForgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZIf you are not afriad, thereis no way you will get mad at me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will hate me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will be jealous or sad.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZHappiness begins with impeccability of the word. The way to measure the impeccability of my word is to ask, “Am I happy or am I suffering?” If I’m suffering, then I’m not being impeccable with my word.
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