Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy - The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz by Mary Carroll Nelson, don Miguel Ruiz
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Book Reviews of Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy - The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz
Book Review: Great book - one of my favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed reading this. It does overlap some of the philosophies stated in his other books, but finds a way to go in different directions too. I liked the way the two styles of writing played out between the two authors. Overall I found it to be very inspiring and I could read it over and over again. Book Review: Open Your Mind and Evaluate Honestly
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're ready to honestly look within yourself and see what's there with open eyes, and if you can put your personal belief system on a shelf and see through Don Miguel Ruiz's eyes for the duration of the read, then you will get something from this book and will appreciate it fully. If you are not ready, you won't learn from the analogies and parables presented in the book. This book has helped me look within and see why I do some of the things I do, and has helped me to let those things go.Book Review: Beyond fear
Summary: 4 Stars
This little book has slowed me down and helped me to quiet my mind when encountering stress, then remembering the four agreements helps me put those stressful events in proper perspective.Book Review: Excellent way to understand the four agreements even better
Summary: 5 Stars
If you enjoyed "The Four Agreements", you'll love this book. After reading Don Miguel's book, and even taking a spiritual journal down to Mexico City to do the work in Teo, I picked up this book and that's when it all made sense. This book provides you with a wonderful way to learn even more about the four agreements and to process this work and make it your own.
Absolutely highly recommended!
Michael Z, author of The Wisdom of the Rooms "A Year of Weekly Reflections"
Book Review: Release the fears that keep us in the dream of hell
Summary: 5 Stars
This "Toltec Guide To Freedom and Joy" is based on teachings by Don Miguel Ruiz. There are many words that are directly from him, and shown as such, but the book is written by Mary Carroll Nelson who has collected and recorded Don Miguel's teachings.
I picked up this book on several different visits to the bookstore trying to decide if I should buy it. I found many spiritual principles that I'd already read and understood from other places, and more that peaked my interest. The idea that this is all an illusion is sometimes difficult to understand even though I can believe it. The teachings about fear and how we are conditioned to it and how to break out of it are the main course of the book.
There's lots of info here that I hadn't come across before. The ideas of hell and the Judge and Victim. The part about how "Everything we do is based on agreements" -and how that limits us. As I read this through the first time, there were some things that were foreign and hard for me to grasp. When I finished the book I almost felt like I'd just finished a sci-fi book. It's not that I don't believe what I read, it's just that some of the ideas are new to me. There are lots of intriguing thoughts and ideas about spirituality, life, death and fear and love expressed here.
Near the beginning of the book, Miguel was in Egypt via trance travel where he found himself in a long hallway underground. There was an old man who served as his teacher who showed him some glyphic figures on a wall and Miguel knew that this man was a Hierophant. Later on, Miguel realized that the images he had seen were illustrations from The Book Of Thoth and what we know as Tarot cards. After studying the cards, he found that none were entirely accurate but that the ones designed by Pamela C. Smith (under direction of AE Waite) are based in love and the ones by Aleister Crowley are based on fear. I found this section and his findings particularly interesting. The author, Mary Carroll Nelson says that "Miguel will write a future interpretation of the Tarot." -I hope he does because I would love to read that.
Overall, this is an interesting book and there is a lot here to absorb and learn from. It's something that I've returned to several times and I think I gain more understanding each time. The information is beneficial and can aid in advancement spiritually, but at the same time, I think one has to be ready to read this. (Due to our present conditioning) Otherwise, it could seem very unreal.