Quotes from Don Miguel Ruiz

Our emotions act like a filter through which we see the rest of the world.

When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do. Even if others lie to you, it is okay. They are lying to you because they are afraid. They are afraid you will discover that they are not perfect.

What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream. You are dreaming right now in this moment. You are dreaming with the brain awake.

The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.

He looked at the stars again, and he realized that it's not the stars that create light, but rather light that creates the stars.

Kona?no, ako ste svjesni toga da vas nitko drugi ne može usre?iti i da je sre?a posljedica ljubavi koja izvire iz vas, to je najuzvišenije majstorstvo Tolteka,majstorstvo u ljubavi.

Mi možemo govoriti o ljubavi i o njoj napisati tisu?u knjiga, ali ljubav ?e biti sasvim druk?ija za svakoga od nas, jer je moramo iskusiti. U ljubavi nije rije? o na?elima, nego o djelima. Ljubav na djelu može stvarati samo sre?u. Strah na djelu može stvarati samo patnju.

Someone can intentionally send emotional poison, and if you don't take it personally, you will not eat it. When you don't take the emotional poison, it becomes even worse to the sender, but not in you.

Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.

Svemir je jednostavan, onakav kakav jest ili onakav kakav nije, ali ljudska bi?a sve kompliciraju.

Sva su ljudska bi?a pripovjeda?i koji pri?aju sa svojega vlastitog, jedinstvenog stajališta. Kad to shvatimo, više ne?emo osje?ati potrebu da svoju pri?u name?emo drugima ili branimo ono u što vjerujemo. Umjesto toga, sve ?emo ljude promatrati kao umjetnike koji imaju pravo stvarati vlastitu umjetnost.

Ono što ?ete zatim otkriti 53 nevjerojatno je. Otkrit ?ete da ste sila - sila koja daje život vašemu tijelu, sila koja umu omogu?uje da sanja.

Nikada ne možete biti ono što niste. Možete biti samo ono što jeste i to je sve. A upravo ste ovoga trenutka ono što jeste i to bez ikakva napora.

Ne svi?a li nam se vlastita pri?a, možemo je promijeniti. Jer mi smo, na kraju krajeva, njezini autori.

Ono što vjerujete o sebi projicirate na druge ljude i to je ono što drugi vjeruju o vama. Dakako, i oni se prema vama ponašaju u skladu s tim, što samo daje snagu vašem uvjerenju da niste vrijedni. A što je istina? Istina je da jeste vrijedni: svatko je vrijedan.

When we went against the rules we were punished; when we went along with the rules we got a reward. We were punished many times a day, and we were also rewarded many times a day. Soon we became afraid of being punished and also afraid of not receiving the reward. The reward is the attention that we got from our parents or form other people like siblings, teachers, and friends. We soon develop a need to hook other people's attention in order to get the reward.

Don't take anything personally

Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant. We become selfish when we believe that maybe tomorrow we won't have any pizza but when we know that our heart is a magical kitchen, we are always generous, and our love is completely unconditional.

To love is just a choice. We choose love, or we choose fear; we cannot serve two masters.

Tell yourself how wonderful you are, how great you are. Tell yourself how much you love yourself. Use the word to break all those teeny, tiny agreements that make you suffer.

Let me love and accept myself without judgment, because when I judge myself, I find myself guilty, and then need to punish myself.

Because we are afraid to ask for clarification, we make assumptions, and believe we are right about the assumptions; then we defend our assumptions and try to make someone else wrong. It is always better to ask questions than to make an assumption, because assumptions set us up for suffering.

Wyobra? sobie ?ycie bez l?ku przed podejmowaniem ryzyka i poznawaniem ?wiata. Nie boisz si? czegokolwiek straci?. Nie boisz si? ?y? i nie boisz si? umrze?.

How many times have you hooked other people's attention, and spread poison about your loved one in order to make your opinion right? Your opinion is nothing but your point of view. It is not necessarily true.