Whatever happens around you, don\u2019t take it personally. Using an earlier\u00a0example, if I see you on the street and I say, \u201cHey, you are so stupid,\u201d without knowing you, it\u2019s not about you; it\u2019s about me. If you take it personally, then
\nperhaps you believe you are stupid. Maybe you think to yourself, \u201cHow does he\u00a0know? Is he clairvoyant, or can everybody see how stupid I am?\u201d You take it personally because you agree with whatever was said. As soon\u00a0as you agree, the poison goes through you, and you are trapped in the dream of\u00a0hell. What causes you to be trapped is what we call personal importance.Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of
\nselfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about \u201cme.\u201d
\nDuring the period of our education, or our domestication, we learn to take\u00a0everything personally. We think we are responsible for everything. Me, me, me,always me!
\nNothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All\u00a0people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely\u00a0different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally,
\nwe make the assumption that they know what is in our world, and we try to\u00a0impose our world on their world.
\nEven when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it\u00a0has nothing to do with you. What they say, what they do, and the opinions they\u00a0give are according to the agreements they have in their own minds. Their point\u00a0of view comes from all the programming they received during domestication.<\/p>\n
If someone gives you an opinion and says, \u201cHey, you look so fat,\u201d don\u2019t take\u00a0it personally, because the truth is that this person is dealing with his or her own\u00a0feelings, beliefs, and opinions. That person tried to send poison to you and if\u00a0you take it personally, then you take that poison and it becomes yours. Taking\u00a0things personally makes you easy prey for these predators, the black magicians.\u00a0They can hook you easily with one little opinion and feed you whatever poison\u00a0they want, and because you take it personally, you eat it up.You eat all their emotional garbage, and now it becomes your garbage. But if\u00a0you do not take it personally, you are immune in the middle of hell. Immunity to\u00a0poison in the middle of hell is the gift of this agreement.
\nWhen you take things personally, then you feel offended, and your reaction is\u00a0to defend your beliefs and create conflicts. You make something big out of something so little, because you have the need to be right and make everybody else wrong. You also try hard to be right by giving them your own opinions. In\u00a0the same way, whatever you feel and do is just a projection of your own\u00a0personal dream, a reflection of your own agreements. What you say, what you do, and the opinions you have are according to the agreements you have made\u00a0\u2014 and these opinions have nothing to do with me.
\nIt is not important to me what you think about me, and I don\u2019t take what you\u00a0think personally. I don\u2019t take it personally when people say, \u201cMiguel, you are the best,\u201d and I also don\u2019t take it personally when they say, \u201cMiguel, you are the worst.\u201d I know that when you are happy you will tell me, \u201cMiguel, you are such\u00a0an angel!\u201d But, when you are mad at me you will say, \u201cOh, Miguel, you are\u00a0such a devil! You are so disgusting. How can you say those things?\u201d Either\u00a0way, it does not affect me because I know what I am. I don\u2019t have the need to be\u00a0accepted. I don\u2019t have the need to have someone tell me, \u201cMiguel, you are\u00a0doing so good!\u201d or \u201cHow dare you do that!\u201d
\nNo, I don\u2019t take it personally. Whatever you think, whatever you feel, I know\u00a0is your problem and not my problem. It is the way you see the world. It is nothing personal, because you are dealing with yourself, not with me. Others
\nare going to have their own opinion according to their belief system, so nothing\u00a0they think about me is really about me, but it is about them.\u00a0You may even tell me, \u201cMiguel, what you are saying is hurting me.\u201d But it is
\nnot what I am saying that is hurting you; it is that you have wounds that I touch\u00a0by what I have said. You are hurting yourself. There is no way that I can take\u00a0this personally. Not because I don\u2019t believe in you or don\u2019t trust you, but
\nbecause I know that you see the world with different eyes, with your eyes. You\u00a0create an entire picture or movie in your mind, and in that picture you are the director, you are the producer, you are the main actor or actress. Everyone else\u00a0is a secondary actor or actress. It is your movie.
\nThe way you see that movie is according to the agreements you have made\u00a0with life. Your point of view is something personal to you. It is no one\u2019s truth\u00a0but yours. Then, if you get mad at me, I know you are dealing with yourself. I
\nam the excuse for you to get mad. And you get mad because you are afraid,\u00a0because you are dealing with fear. If you are not afraid, there is no way you\u00a0will get mad at me. If you are not afraid, there is no way you will hate me. If
\nyou are not afraid, there is no way you will be jealous or sad.
\nIf you live without fear, if you love, there is no place for any of those\u00a0emotions. If you don\u2019t feel any of those emotions, it is logical that you will feel\u00a0good. When you feel good, everything around you is good. When everything
\naround you is great, everything makes you happy. You are loving everything that\u00a0is around you, because you are loving yourself. Because you like the way you\u00a0are. Because you are content with you. Because you are happy with your life.\u00a0You are happy with the movie that you are producing, happy with your\u00a0agreements with life. You are at peace, and you are happy. You live in that state of bliss where everything is so wonderful, and everything is so beautiful. In that\u00a0state of bliss you are making love all the time with everything that you perceive.<\/p>\n
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\nTHE FOUR AGREEMENTS<\/strong><\/em>
\nDON MIGUEL RUIZ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n