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Toltec Wisdom

Sonya Burdge RN, MS
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The Four Agreements
The Toltec wisdom tradition
Originated in Mexico thousands of years ago. It has reemerged in recent years through many teachers. It originated with the Toltecs, a society of artists and spiritual seekers who came together more than two thousand years ago to establish cities. For many centuries, they explored their external and internal universes, and learned a great deal about the nature of the human mind.

I studied Toltec Wisdom for a year with Susan Gregg and find it's ideas very revealing and useful to help us detach from old restricting beliefs and set out on a new journey.

One of the main books written in modern times that expresses some of the main tenets of Toltec wisdom is The Four Agreements.
Domestication
Adults taught us how to behave and what to believe. We agreed with the information and stored it.
Our inner judge now comments on everything we do - "Poor me, I'm not good enough, I am not worthy. "
The more we tolerate self-abuse the more we allow others to abuse us.
Agreements from fear take a lot of energy, but those that from love conserve and even gain extra energy.
95% of the beliefs we have stored in our minds are nothing but lies!
The Four Agreements
Adopting these four agreements will create enough power to change the entire system of your old belief. You will be free to create a new life!

Be Impeccable with your Word
Being impeccable is not going against yourself.
Take responsibility for your actions but do not judge or blame yourself.
Tell yourself how wonderful you are, how great you are and break all those agreements that make you suffer.
Don't Take Anything Personally
You take things personally because you agree with whatever was said.
We assume that everything is about ourselves.
Nothing other people do is about you, it is about them.

Don't Make Assumptions
Sadness and drama are rooted in making assumptions.
We are afraid to ask for clarification.
We only see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear.
It does not matter if the answer is correct, just that the answer makes us feel safe.

Always do your Best
This allows the other three to become deeply ingrained habits.
If you do less than your best you subject yourself to frustration, self-judgment, guilt and regret.
When you do your best you learn to accept yourself.
Doing your best always, over and over again, you will become the master of transformation