Quotes About Self-awareness

You can make this agreement today: I choose to honor The Four Agreements.

The Voice of Knowledge by don Miguel Ruiz* Ruiz transforms complex human issues into simple common sense. He tells us that all of our emotional suffering is because we believe in lies — mainly about ourselves.

Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind;

Si eres impecable con tus palabras, no te tomas nada personalmente, no haces suposiciones y siempre haces lo máximo que puedas, tu vida será maravillosa y la controlarás al cien por cien.

imagen de perfección. Nos resulta imposible perdonarnos por no ser lo que desearíamos ser, o mejor dicho, por no ser quien creemos que deberíamos ser. No podemos perdonarnos por no ser perfectos.

Belki gerçekten istediÄŸiniz ÅŸeyi bilmek için kendinize yalan söylemekten vazgeçmeniz gerekebilir.

Eres tú el que controla el conocimiento o es el conocimiento el que te controla a ti?»

Al volver a respetar su propia humanidad y la ajena, empieza a darse cuenta del poder de su voluntad.

When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don't take things personally.

We are so well trained that we are our own domesticator. We are an autodomesticated animal. We can now domesticate ourselves according to the same belief system we were given, and using the same system of punishment and reward.

Every person is capable of seeing himself, hearing himself, and modifying what he sees—not because he sees imperfection, but because he sees infinite potential.

Para que los dos seáis capaces de mantener la felicidad, será necesario que mantengas tu mitad en perfecto estado. Eres responsable de tu mitad, que contiene una determinada cantidad de basura. Tu basura es tu basura. Y quien tiene que hacerse cargo de ella eres tú, no tu pareja. Si tu pareja intenta limpiar tu basura acabará con la nariz rota. Tenemos que aprender a no meter la nariz donde no nos llaman.

Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about "me." During the period of our education, or our domestication, we learn to take everything personally. We think we are responsible for everything. Me, me, me, always me!

Un pecado es cualquier cosa que haces y que va contra ti. Todo lo que sientas, creas o digas que vaya contra ti es un pecado. Vas contra ti cuando te juzgas y te culpas por cualquier cosa. No pecar es hacer exactamente lo contrario. Ser impecable es no ir contra ti

the result is: I am. I am what I am; you are what you are, and the complete acceptance of whatever you are is what makes the difference.

Today I will be impeccable with my word, I will not take anything personally, I will not make any assumptions, and I am going to do my best.

Ser impecable es no ir contra ti mismo. Cuando eres impecable, asumes la responsabilidad de tus actos, pero sin juzgarte ni culparte.

The domestication is so strong that at a certain point in our lives we no longer need anyone to domesticate us. We don't need Mom or Dad, the school or the church to domesticate us. We are so well trained that we are our own domesticator.

The mind can also talk and listen to itself. The mind is divided as your body is divided. Just as you can say, "I have one hand, and I can shake my other hand and feel the other hand," the mind can talk to itself. Part of the mind is speaking, and the other part is listening. It is a big problem when a thousand parts of your mind are all speaking at the same time. This is called a mitote, remember?

Pero puedes hacer lo máximo posible. No esperes no volver nunca más a tomarte las cosas personalmente; sólo haz lo máximo que puedas. No esperes no hacer nunca más ninguna suposición, pero sí puedes hacer lo máximo posible.

When you overdo, you deplete your body and go against yourself, and it will take you longer to accomplish your goal. But if you do less than your best, you subject yourself to frustrations, self-judgment, guilt, and regrets.

Even the opinions you have about yourself are not necessarily true; therefore, you don't need to take whatever you hear in your own mind personally.

We were brought into this world as authentic beings, and then we began to practice "who we are" until it became a mastery. At any stage in our adult lives we can unpractice; we can let go of our attachments to an identity . . . and we can be.

How many times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is thousands of times. The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for the same mistake. The rest of the animals pay once for every mistake they make. But not us. We have a powerful memory. We make a mistake, we judge ourselves, we find ourselves guilty, and we punish ourselves.