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I've read cover to cover many times

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2023

The agreements truly changed my life. I think of them every single day. This book puts emphasis on how to use the four agreements. I even bought extra copies to give out as "lenders" so I wouldn't lose my original one. I keep it in my night stand and refer back to it often.

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Uninspired

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023

I loved the 'Four agreements' and bought the 'Fifth agreement'. While I went through the 1st book in no time, it has been months of me starting the second book and putting it aside in disappointment. It is very wordy, goes in circle, there are contradicting statements within a single chapter, which can be frustrating. To be honest it is somewhat depressing and discouraging. I definitely expected more. Not sure if I can bring myself to buy another book written by the father/son duo. I am however very grateful for the Four agreements and will re-read it as prompted!

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I've read cover to cover many times

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2023

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Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2023

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Great book . Arrived early. No complaints

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You need to read this book.

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2023

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Life changing.

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shelli plesser

Another promise.

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2023

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Easy and quick.

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Harold L. Hart

Choose truth and love

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023

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Having read the Four Agreements did not prepare me for this journey into the Fifth Agreement but I’m happy to have taken the trip. Simply what is true and what is the lie - knowing and choosing love, respect, and truth are keys to the ultimate freedom and happiness.

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B. L. Keller

A Lot of Food for Thought

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021

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After reading the Four Agreements, I was pretty excited to read The Fifth Agreement. I was a little disappointed, though, because a lot of the content rehashed the first four agreements, and not very much of the book was dedicated to the fifth agreement. However, it was helpful to review the first four agreements and see how the fifth agreement fit into the picture.

The book is split into two parts:

1. The Power of Symbols
2. The Power of Doubt

The five agreements are:

1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.
5. Be skeptical but learn to listen.

The authors talk about how everything we know is expressed in our understanding of the meaning of symbols. This meaning does not necessarily represent what is true about something but rather what we believe about something.

The whole process of self-mastery starts with self-awareness. You can't fix something that you aren't aware of or don't realize could be a problem. To truly master ourselves, we need to realize that we may believe in things that are not true. We need to question everything and try to get to the true meaning of things.

Some quotes I've highlighted in the book that I want to spend more time thinking about include:

• "You sacrificed your personal freedom to live according to somebody else's point of view."
• "The result of practicing the fifth agreement is the complete acceptance of yourself just the way you are, and the complete acceptance of everybody else just the way they are."
• "…every word in our mind has a meaning, but not because it's real, not because it's truth. It's just an agreement with ourselves and with everybody else who learns the same symbology."
• "The truth is that all of our knowledge, 100 percent of it, is nothing more than symbolism or words that we invent for the need to understand and express what we perceive."
• "The truth leads to self-mastery, to a life that's very easy; our distortion of the truth often leads to needless conflict and human suffering. Awareness makes all the difference."
• "The mastery of the human mind requires complete control of the attention—the way we interpret and react to information we perceive from inside us and outside of us."
• "Be skeptical is masterful because it uses the power of doubt to discern the truth."
• "Use the power of doubt to challenge every message that you deliver to yourself."

I'm nowhere near the point of mastering any of the five agreements, but having an awareness of them is helping me to be more conscientious of my thoughts and is helping me question some of my own beliefs and my self-doubt. I hope to continue working on these agreements, growing as a person, and improving my life by applying them.

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Lakshmi

Another classic!

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2023

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Great addition for those who love The Four Agreements!

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Randy Lustig

If your a thinker you will love this book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023

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This book is full of good life practices. It is well written and understandable. Young or old, well grounded or an addict at rock bottom you will find rain and clarity here.

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David Amer

Guidelines for a life of freedom from the social norms that determine how we unconsciously live our lives

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2014

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The second book in this series that I have read. This book, inspired by the wisdom of the Toltec People of southern Mexico,known as "men and women of knowledge" a society to explore the spiritual knowledge of ancient peoples.

The authors, Don Miguel Ruiz and his son Don Jose are descendants of the Toltec and have devoted their lives to imparting the teachings and wisdom of their ancestors to the modern world, where we have all, unconsciously, become "Domesticated;" that is, we live our lives based on symbols that we have been taught and have then used as our belief system to live our lives. Unfortunately our belief systems are untrue, they are just made up, passed on from generation to generation. In his first book, Don Miguel introduced 4 agreements that we could make with ourselves that, if we could live by them, would release us from this domestication to live a life of truth, releasing us from the symbols that ruled our lives. The 5th agreement took the original 4 agreements to another level that provided an additional level of wisdom that would make following this path easier to do.

This book is a brilliant in its analysis of how we live a life based on lies and in a sub conscious state of unawareness, and challenging in offering us a radical, yet intuitively obvious way to change our lives to a life based on what is true, understanding that the life story we create for ourselves will, to a great extent, become self fulfilling. So why not create a happy and prosperous story rather than a sad story based on lack. Doing this knowingly and understanding that everybody else is living a story they have made up (Unconsciously) and treating what they say and do accordingly, will help us to live a happier more fulfilling life.

This book is capable, over time, of changing the future of humanity in a most positive way.
Congratulations to Don Miguel and Don Jose for having the courage and the vision to present this to the world.:Lets hope that in time, humanity can grasp the wisdom and leave the lies and illusions of our current virtual realty behind us.

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Li G

Great buy

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023

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Fast delivery. Exactly as advertised

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