128: Book Reflections| The Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. 

“This book is a master class on how to release false ideas about your reality, dissolve outdated agreements that do not serve your true nature, and step into your role as the passionate artist of your own life.” Don Miguel Ruiz

This book is a must read! I absolutely loved it and just love the powerful messages contained within. Our reality is a creation by up domesticated state of awareness. If we can shift our awareness and realise the our reality is within out control, releasing ourselves from any false beliefs or attachments, we can open up a path in life that is absolutely our own.

Don talks about domestication in greater detail in this book but essentially it is how from a young age we are domestic by receiving rewards and punishment that build to form our beliefs and behaviours and therefore depicting our current reality. We often attach ourselves to these states of being that are responsible for holding us back from living a truly authentic life.

Don shares his thoughts on this and gives greater insight and understanding in how we can release ourselves from this domestication. He talks in detail about conditional love versus unconditional love and why unconditional love has the power to shift us away from living these domesticated lives with warped perceptions. Well perhaps not warped, just misguided.

As far as I am aware at this moment, the fundamentals of what it takes to be human are not satisfied when domesticated. I believe that if these fundamentals are not fulfilled we loose connection with our authentic self. It is by choosing a life that encourages growth, experience, significance, service and freedom that we become more alive to what it means to being human. In doing so we will move away from this domesticated and conformed state we exist.

We are not simply dogs that find happiness in being contained and ruled by one family as our human instincts desire more to life. Shape a life around what that means to you and watch your life flourish. Contain yourself and hide yourself from living in your true form and you will never awaken yourself to all the magic that this universe provides.

This book is right up my alley and as passionate self discovers that you all are – I am sure you will get a great deal from it also. Enjoy!

If this book sounds of interest you can purchase The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom here.

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