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The Toltec Agreements – What do you need to know?
1st Toltec Agreement
May your word be impeccable.
Translation :
It is undoubtedly the most important agreement, but also the most difficult to respect. Your word is not only a communication tool: it is also a force allowing to create the events of your life. She therefore possesses a powerful power, capable of causing chaos around you.
This is why it is recommended to speak only with integrity and to say what you really think, avoiding slander and lying.
Practical exercise :
Keep a workbook and list the things you said about which you had doubts.
Below each lyrics, answer these questions:
– Do you agree with the deep meaning of these words?
– Do they correspond to what you want to achieve and who you are?
– What words could you have used instead?
– What repercussions can this change have on the future?
2nd Toltec Agreement
Whatever happens, don’t make it personal.
Translation :
This agreement denounces behaviors induced by susceptibility such as sulking, backbiting or revenge. To avoid them, it is important to keep in mind that what others do or say is only a projection of their reality. It is therefore advisable to be immunized against the opinions and actions of others.
Practical exercise :
Observe and note your reactions to the behaviors of others in your environment.
Do you criticize them?
Does your behavior seem reprehensible to you?
Where you want to be free, give the same freedom to others.
3nd Toltec Agreement
Don’t make any assumptions.
Translation :
The assumptions lead to many misunderstandings, dramas, disputes, separations, anguish. The third Toltec chord prompts you to use your courage to ask the questions and express what you really want. It sounds like a simple deal, but in reality it really transforms the way you are.
Practical exercise :
Think about an attitude, a behavior, a way of proceeding from an individual (relative, friend, individual in the media) that you initially displeased.
Imagine several reasons that may explain why he might have acted this way, and see the differences in feelings that this causes in you.
4nd Toltec Agreement
Always do your best.
To put this agreement into action, you must remember that “your best” changes according to the situations, the years, the periods of your life. Whatever the situation, do your best so that you don’t have any regrets or feelings of guilt.
Practical exercise :
Program simple and quantifiable actions to improve your satisfaction.
Put them into action and then observe the effect they have on you. Did you do your best?
Detail the areas of your life that arouse some form of dissatisfaction in you and try to plan new actions by doing the best you can.