The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (Hardcover)

~ don Miguel Ruiz (Author), don Jose Ruiz (Author), Janet Mills (Author)

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Since 1997, The Four Agreements has transformed the lives of millions of people around the world with a simple but profound message.

Now bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz and his son, don Jose Ruiz, collaborate with this powerful sequel The Fifth Agreement.

The Four Agreements provides the foundation for breaking thousands of agreements that create needless suffering and with The Fifth Agreement you recover all the power of your authenticity, which is who you really are when you are born.

 

About the Author

Don Miguel Ruiz is the international bestselling author of the Toltec Wisdom series, including The Four Agreements (over 7 years on The New York Times bestseller list), The Mastery of Love, and The Voice of Knowledge. He continues to share the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through lectures, workshops, and journeys to sacred sites around the world.

Don Jose Ruiz was chosen by his father to carry on the centuries-old family legacy of healing and teaching. For the past 7 years, he has lectured widely across the United States and at sacred sites around the world.

 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing (December 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878424688
• ISBN-13: 978-1878424686
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it. Read it. Live it., December 17, 2009

By	James F. Morris "Jim Morris" (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I just this minute finished reading don Miguel's new book, The Fifth Agreement, for the first time. It opens with a recap of the first four agreements, which is a little draggy if you've read The Four Agreements three times, but which is still worth reading because it is a reminder of the ramifications of the four agreements, and a chance to refocus on them in a new light. The fifth agreement, be skeptical, but learn to listen, is a stealth stunner.It seems simple and basic, but it's one of those that if carried to it's obvious conclusion, leads to complete freedom. In sum, it is a great book, a book to read, and reread, and read again. It is a book to practice and to live.
Don Miguel has a great knack for taking "keep it simple, stupid" to it's optimum.
Get it. Read it. Live it.

47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expanding on Toltec Wisdom, December 17, 2009

By	C. DeGetmon (Earth) - See all my reviews

Don Miguel picks up where he left off in the Four Agreements. The book is again written in the first person much like carrying on a conversation with someone face to face, which, in my view, adds to the power of the propositions being offered.

There is some redundancy in rehashing some issues of his previous books, but this is no reason to avoid or reject the book. From the point of view of a new reader to the Toltec wisdom, or not having perviously read the The Four Agreements, this book is a good place to begin, because the Four Agreements are summarized before getting to the Fifth Agreement material.

The new information is well worth the price of admission and rather than spoil it in advance of your reading the book, suffice it to say that the fifth agreement material, perhaps holds a powerful tool for personal transformation beyond the original material.

It differs significantly from the original material in that it advocates for us using all our sense perceptions to ascertain what values are perpetuated in the Dream of the Planet. In my view, a good thing. But more importantly, the book provides added tools for personal transformation engaging the full scope of our personal powers that have been domesticated by the forces and powers of our contemporary world.

By my reckoning, a very important proposition for creating a life of joy and happiness. What else could be more important than health, happiness, and joy?

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living the 5 Agreements, December 15, 2009

By	K. Langie "Living and loving the 5 agreements" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The Four Agreements along with all the other books written by Don Miguel Ruiz have elevated everyone I have passed them on to. These books have done amazing things for my life. And now to continue to strive for true happiness and freedom along comes The Fifth Agreement. This book is well beyond worth the read, and once you've done that pass it on!!!