On Monday 5th June 2023 PropelHer’s Book Club will discussed The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz.

 

In this summary of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz,  I’ll be briefly summarising the book to help you to make a decision about whether you should buy a copy of the book for yourself.

 

In the beginning, Don talks about The Toltecs. He describes them as “scientists and artists who formed a society to explore and conserve the spiritual knowledge and practices of the ancient ones”. Having this context is important because on the cover of the book, it says “A Toltec Wisdom Book”. 

 

Then Chapter 1 is called Domestication and the Dream of the Planet. This chapter covers a lot about our beliefs and the rules we follow. He talks about how we “learned how to behave in society” and how we hold beliefs that are lies and suffering because of it. 

 

Then the next four chapters of the book are to go through each of the four agreements in turn. The four agreements are:

 

• The First Agreement: Be Impeccable with Your Word
• The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally
• The Third Agreement: Don’t Make Assumptions
• The Fourth Agreement: Always Do Your Best

 

For each of the agreements Don will share the agreement, why it is important and what you may experience whilst trying to follow that agreement. 

 

After going through all of the agreements there is a chapter dedicated to breaking old agreements. Knowing these new agreements is all well and good, but there are likely to be agreements you are currently following that need to be broken. He also shares how to achieve the freedom many people are seeking in life. 

 

The final chapter of the book (Chapter 7) shares the new dream where you are essentially living in heaven on Earth. 

 

Then the book finishes with a prayer for freedom and a prayer for love.

 

That’s it! You now have an idea about what you can expect to find inside of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.  

Like the sound of The Four Agreements? Why not buy a copy of the book and have a read?

 

 

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz was read as part of PropelHer’s Book Club. PropelHer’s Book Club is an online non-fiction book club for ambitious women that meet monthly. Every month PropelHer’s Book Club reads a different book to help ambitious women concentrate on their personal development and professional success. You can see what else we have read so far here. If you would like to join PropelHer’s Book Club you can find full details here.

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