You cannot order your mind to think positively, and love when you have built-up this negative mindset, which acts in a very destructive manner. Just like your dog or your cat, let her be who she is. And when you compromise, you lose a bit of happiness. In The Mastery of Love, Miguel Ruiz shares why we can't see the love around us. But still, we can take the initiative and try to change this impulsive behavior. I am not a good mother/father. They don't understand such concepts. Powerful quotes from Mastery of Love. The goal, then, is to escape the dream and return to living as we're meant to — the way children organically live. We are so selfish that we want the person with whom we are sharing our life to be as needy as we are.
In the same way, societies have created their own heroes, villains, and people to be venerated, our own minds have the power to do the exact same thing. I thought it was something not everyone had access to. This is a main teaching of the Toltec — that we are all living in a dream — a paradigm — that has been created for us, and we all are already masters of our dream. BUT — when we rest in the comfort and knowledge of our own inner magical kitchen, we no longer enter into hungry or abusive relationships. Some Favorite Quotes. It's your choice, but either way, you're good! We wear a social mask because it's too painful to see ourselves or to let others see us as we really are. This love is all you need. FAQs about The Mastery Of Love by Miguel Ruiz. But when we know that our heart is a magical kitchen, we are always generous, and our love is completely unconditional. We are going to use the truth as a scalpel to open the wounds. It's about being empathetic. If you have read The Voice Of Knowledge by the same author, you don't need to read this book. It hurts because it opens up our mental wounds and carves out disease.
If you are too involved in your drama, you will try to fit every person or situation into that. You can see this dynamic so clearly because usually in every relationship there is one who loves the most and the other who doesn't love, who only takes advantage of the one who gives his or her heart. It takes years for a person to reach a certain level of mastery. Healing the Emotional Body. The art of relationship is also a real mastery, and practice is the only way to reach mastery.
You can apply the same process to almost any external phenomena such as: - Jealousy. Take a look and let me know what you think: 1. Well, it can hardly get any better than this. The Toltecs call this the "Parasite" — those beliefs that rob us of our vitality and joy. To heal the emotional body, we are going to do the same thing.
And thus make our relationships with our family and friends better. But since we are so ignorant, we never realize this thing. That way, you lose your time and mental energy. When in a relationship, honestly ask yourself if one of you is the provider and the other the addict — and if so, ask yourself if that's what you really want in life. We'd Like to invite you to download our free 12 min app, for more amazing summaries and audiobooks. Click To Tweet Toltec knowledge arises from the same essential unity of truth as all the sacred esoteric traditions found around the world. If you just focus on who you are in reality, you won't bring unnecessary suffering to you. It is a war for freedom from the Dream that controls your life. Note: Direct link to PDF. Of course this will vary in intensity with each human according to his intelligence and his education.
Why can't our minds be like two or three-year-old children? And these concepts take our innocence away from us. "When you make it your goal to create the perfect relationship between you and your body, you are learning to have a perfect relationship with anyone you are with, including your mother, your friends, your lover, your children, your dog. That's one of the reasons that adults find it hard to trust other people. You can give your love with no conditions; you can be generous with your love because you have a magical kitchen in your heart. They are not ashamed of the past; they are not worried about the future. This quote reminds us that human beings have to overcome fear. And that wound keeps growing over time. The truth is like a scalpel because it is painful to open our wounds and uncover all of the lies. Your body is smart, and it generates stimuli that are in line with your needs, society, on the other hand, cannot provide the same level of honesty when it comes to addressing your cravings. He has lost touch with his true nature. It also helps you understand that all of us are masters, whether we are aware of it or not – it doesn't matter. But our knowledge makes us think that we lack something; we don't deserve to be happy.
The book could be more concise. And that knowledge causes unnecessary conflicts in our thoughts. It's all a thing of the past. Human mind is sick with a disease called fear.
You must start with loving yourself — and with setting a high price.