Five Principles of Unity Parallel Toltec Agreements, Part 3

The Four Agreements and the follow-up book, The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz is probably one of the most familiar contemporary New Thought books read today.  Many of the ‘agreements’ are frequently quoted in articles and talks when describing attributes to follow for a fulfilling life.

But, have you ever heard that the five Toltec agreements parallel the five Unity principles?  Rev. Temple Hayes explains the similarities in the following excerpts from the May/June Unity Magazine.

Give Me Five:  How the Five Principles of Unity Parallel the Five Toltec Agreements
~ Rev. Temple Hayes

NOTE:  Part three of a five-part series of select excerpts from the May/June Unity Magazine article.

Third Principle / Second Agreement

The third Unity principle:

I create my experiences by what I choose to think and what I feel and believe

… goes along with the second agreement:

Don’t take anything personally.

We create our lives by the way we think, but too often, we spend time trying to set something right instead of seeing it right.  When we take something someone else says or does personally, Ruiz says, “We make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to impose our world on their world.”

Think about it.  If someone can upset you to the point that you’re still stewing over it later, you are the one who chose to stay in a bad mood.  When we take it personally, it becomes personal only because we made it so.  That is true whether you are downsized from your job, get evicted from your apartment, or break up with a partner.  The truth is that you can’t remain in whatever tiny box doesn’t fit anymore.  This is not a time to hold on to the wrong kind of energy and turn God off.  It’s time to be filled with the right energy because you’ve turned God on.  Let go and let God.  Step into the energy field of who you really are and see your situation in a new way.  Don’t cling when you can sing.

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