Law of Attraction & The Four Agreements, Part II

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Well, because of yesterday’s experience, I have committed myself to moving through all  four of the “agreements” in Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, The Four Agreements, as I see the mutual message in his book and some of the messages in the Law of Attraction material, with which I am familiar, are very similar.  I am comparing these two sources of material because I find these kinds of comparisons refreshing, confirmatory and inspirational as I seek to tweak my own emotional center on the many topics that fill my life.  The catchy phrases become my affirmations and different sources of this information contain different nuances that can keep the journey fresh and cater to the different subjects and phases of our lives.

"Don't take anything personally."  This is the Second Agreement.  Ruiz really emphasizes the aspect of not taking things personally in the form of not allowing the opinions of others to become one’s own beliefs.  (He mentions that the last 3 agreements are all part of the first agreement.)  I invite you to read again the comments about “being senior” from yesterday’s blog on the First Agreement, and then to take this information in even deeper.  Taking on the beliefs of others is a common occurrence in our world today.  It is so prevalent that we humans sometimes don’t even think about how many beliefs we take on as our own but aren’t really our personal truth.  The way we can test this regarding beliefs in our own lives is to check in with our feeling center.  If we have any sign of negative emotion within our being, we can conclude that the belief in question is not in alignment with our own truth.  Then it remains for us to find a way to release this belief.

The reverse scenario, of course, is when we try to influence others to believe as we believe.  The higher course is to allow them to discard our beliefs in favor of their own as that is truth for them.  As Eckhart Tolle has mentioned several times as he and Oprah review his book A New Earth with millions of viewers via the Web, humans often see a disagreement with their beliefs by another as a persona attack.  We all see the world differently and we are all here having our own unique journeys.  Best to be at peace about that, allowing others their beliefs and finding a way to happily allow all forms of truth to exist simultaneously.  As someone once said, “Would you rather be right, or happy?”  Trying to force our beliefs on others can always be seen as an attempt to be “right,” when what we really want in our hearts is to be happy.  

The Abraham teachings uses the analogy of minding your own pie, as in you being the baker and selecting the ingredients you want in your pie, while letting others decide what kind of pie they want to make and to choose their preferred ingredients.  This analogy takes the emotion out of the process with the realization that there are so many choices in the kitchen of life and we all have our own preferences of ingredients, content and context.  So one question we could ask ourselves is why do we place more importance on some topics and not as much on others?  If we dealt with this agreement at the level of its truest intention, we would realize that all issues have the same importance, or rather lack of importance.  

My favorite comparison other than pies and baking are religions.  I know we’ve been taught that it isn’t safe to talk about politics and religion, but give me a second here.  In my opinion, there is beauty and purpose in all religions and religions are just human vehicles mankind created to give like-minded people ways to experience and explore the divine together.  So, what do you think the world would look like if no one interfered in the religious or spiritual pursuits of another?  

Now, just some final thoughts on not taking anything personally.  I like the "What If" game so here are some quick questions to ponder:

What if you didn’t allow others to sway you but pursued your truth and only your truth?

What if you were able to hear the opinions of others but wade through them to draw your own conclusions?

What if you were clear on what resonated as truth to you?

What if you were an expert at stating your truth but in such a way as to also graciously allow the truths of others?

What if everyone in the world understood how this really worked and could remain at peace even when there was more than one opinion (belief) present?

What if you could make a shift on the planet by starting to live this enlightened reality of beliefs?

You can! !

Will you?

TTFN,

CJ