Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator [Paperback]

Don Miguel Ruiz (Author), Janet Mills (Author), Miguel, Don Ruiz (Author), Janet Mills (Author)

Book Description

Series: Toltec Wisdom | Publication Date: December 10, 2001

In The Four Agreements don Miguel Ruiz touched the lives of millions of people with his four guided principles for life transformation. In Prayers he introduces his favorite prayers and meditations. Don Miguel begins each of his lectures and classes with a prayer or guided meditation to inspire and invoke a receptive frame of mind and to reinforce the concepts being introduced. Similarly, readers can use this book as a source of inspiration in times of need or as daily encouragement. The prayers address such topics as wisdom, healing, courage, love, self-love, forgiveness, integrity, freedom, happiness, and truth.

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About the Author

Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers, and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera(healer) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated that Miguel would embrace their centuries-old legacy of healing and teaching, and carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Instead, distracted by modern life, Miguel chose to attend medical school and become a surgeon.  

A near-death experience changed his life. Late one night in the early 1970s, he awoke suddenly, having fallen asleep at the wheel of his car. At that instant the car careened into a wall of concrete. Don Miguel remembers that he was not in his physical body as he watched himself pull his two friends to safety.  

Stunned by this experience, he began an intensive practice of self-inquiry. He devoted 

himself to the mastery of the ancient ancestral wisdom, studying earnestly with his mother, and completing an apprenticeship with a powerful shaman in the Mexican desert. His grandfather, who had since passed on, continued to teach him in his dreams.   

In the tradition of the Toltec, a nagual guides an individual to personal freedom. Don Miguel Ruiz, a nagual from the Eagle Knight lineage, has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing (December 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878424521
• ISBN-13: 978-1878424525
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Prayerbooks

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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Better than the Four Agreements!, October 25, 2004

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A Reader with Gratitude and Appreciation (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator (Paperback)

"Prayers" is even a better book than the Four Agreements, though the Four Agreements build you a foundation. It is meant to be a book we will read when at the quest of love and peace. The book is meant to be read when you are angry, sad, experiencing fear and judgment. Of course you still need to find other ways to work on your anger, this book simply have the power to help you let go of those nasty thoughts. This book is not meant to be used to suppress/deny the existence of anger and fear, for, we need to accept human has all ranges of emotions. There is no right and wrong for whatever and however we feel things. At the end of the day, we are just saying prayers to let go of the emotional poisons. That is the essence of this book. The words of the book can only be experienced and felt. You cannot use your judgmental mind to think and to understand nor can you try to rush finishing the book. Some books, for example this one, just are not meant for speed reading because you cannot experience the peace the author wants to give you. When you open your heart and feel the power of the words, you experience lots of love and compassion to yourself and others. That is how you want to use this book to open your spiritual eyes and stay there. This book is easy to understand. It is meant to be read again and again, especially during turbulent times where we are most easily to slip back to the judgmental self. I definitely recommend this book to someone who is experiencing some sort of a significant loss in life (whether it is a loved one's death, a lost of job or a loss of marriage). May we all come out from the turbulent times and experience love and care, which help us return to our authentic self - with love and care and without judgment about self and others?

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that rates next to the Bible, August 24, 2004

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Lady of Cut-outs "Soul of Glee" (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator (Paperback)

I went to a spiritual retreat and found this book. I was so deeply touched, I bought and sent copies to my friend in New York. She said, "This book is next to the Bible." She cried and
told me that since her divorce (two yrs. ago) that when she went to bed that night after reading two chapters, she didn't feel lonely; that she felt love and peace in her heart.
I read the Circle of Fire prayer and try to live it everyday.
You can't go wrong with this book!

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is no fluff, this is REAL PRAYER!, April 24, 2002

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Charles Wildbank (Westhampton Beach, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator (Paperback)

All of Miguel Ruiz' books I have read until I heard this most recent book was out. The author really transcended all his books this time! This book left me feeling enthralled rather, and that is just what the spiritual states are. You take on this small booklet and it takes you right on to that wavelength by use of his amazingly apt imagery. My intuition kept telling me, "This is it!!!" as I immersed myself into the soul stirring pages. How often does this happen to anyone? What is interesting is all of the words feel more natural than ritual. Felt very real to me and hit a nice nerve.