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The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz

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Just like any other self-help book, it sounds like a cyclic-repetitive dance of words. Don't know if it intentional  or that's how all the self-help books end up sounding due to brimming plagiarism . But this too for me  was juvenile, banal and repetitive . This book is filled with platitudes about how one should go on condemning  the prevailing and existing to set onto the journey of betterment.  I am not against it, but was expecting this book more on S hamanism,  exposition of nature for self-healing and Toltec  wisdom from this erudite who was a surgeon and then turned into a Toltec spiritualist. Author Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of Shamans and went onto attending medical school to become a surgeon. His bloodline inspired him to explore more of his ancient ancestral wisdom.  Four Agreements is a synopsis of his findings and ancient wisdom. The concoction of the four agreements is -  1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take a...