The Four Agreements

[VectorM]

So yesterday, my therapist suggested that I get my hands on the book " The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Anyone read this? She said it contains some of the basics of my therapy, and that I could ignore all of the tribal history stuff in it, and focus on the philosophy itself.

[BogosityForumUser]

Interesting enough book.  Basically, he says people hold themselves back.  In order not to do that, you need to do four things: 1 Don't lie. 2 Don't take anything personally. 3 Don't make assumptions (which is finer stated in the book). 4 Always do your best.

It may be worth the read just to have those things reinforced, but there is a large amount of newage (rhymes with sewage) in the book about how this is lost wisdom and the like, which is in almost any self help book.  But the four suggestions themselves  and how they are described can be worth wading through the other stuff for.  It all depends on how much you can stand that stuff.  But if she says you could find it helpful, then I'd at least try it.

Interestingly enough, but totally expected for stuff like this, he "found" a fifth one after running out of things to say about the four, namely 5. Be Skeptical but Learn to Listen. 

[VectorM]

It may be worth the read just to have those things reinforced, but there is a large amount of newage (rhymes with sewage) in the book about how this is lost wisdom and the like, which is in almost any self help book.  But the four suggestions themselves  and how they are described can be worth wading through the other stuff for.

Yeah, even my therapist gave the impression, that there is some garbage in that book, but it can be ignored for the other stuff. And it's not like I have to follow anything, it's just something she suggested, that could help me on the way to recovery.

It all depends on how much you can stand that stuff.

That's the thing, I've seen some pretty stupid stuff about the author online, but I guess I could still get something from this book, if I concentrate on the actual agreements. Kind of like how Ron Paul is a Christian, yet I like his views on freedom and economics.