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THE FIFTH AGREEMENT Also by don Miguel Ruiz THE FOUR AGREEMENTS A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life THE MASTERY OF LOVE A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship PRAYERS A Communion with our Creator THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE A Practical Guide to Inner Peace LOS CUATRO ACUERDOS Una guía práctica para la libertad personal CUADERNO DE TRABAJO DE LOS CUATRO ACUERDOS Utiliza Los Cuatro Acuerdos para gobernar el sueño de tu vida LA MAESTRÍA DEL AMOR Una guía práctica para el arte de las relaciones ORACIONES Una comunión con nuestro Creador LA VOZ DEL CONOCIMIENTO Una guía práctica para la paz interior A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery A Toltec Wisdom Book THE FIFTH AGREEMENT DON MIGUEL RUIZ DON JOSE RUIZ WITH JANET MILLS AMBER-ALLEN PUBLISHING SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA Copyright © 2010 by Miguel Angel Ruiz, M.D., Jose Luis Ruiz, and Janet Mills Published by Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc. P. O. Box 6657 San Rafael, California 94903 Cover Illustration: Nicholas Wilton Cover Design: Janet Mills Typography: Rick Gordon All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other, without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ruiz, Miguel, 1952– The fifth agreement : a practical guide to self-mastery/ Miguel Angel Ruiz and Jose Luis Ruiz ; with Janet Mills. p. cm. “A Toltec Wisdom book.” (alk. paper) 1. Conduct of life. 2. Belief and doubt. 3. Toltec philosophy -- Miscellanea. 4. Ruiz, Miguel, 1952-Four agreements. I. Ruiz, Jose Luis, 1978- II. Mills, Janet, 1953-III. Title. BJ1595.R73 2010 299.7′92—dc22 2009043960 ISBN 978-1-934408-05-6 To every human who lives on this beautiful planet, and to the generations to come. CONTENTS Acknowledgments The Toltec Introduction PART I 1 … IN THE BEGINNING It’s All in the Program 2 … SYMBOLS AND AGREEMENTS The Art of Humans 3 … THE STORY OF YOU The First Agreement: Be Impeccable with Your Word 4 … EVERY MIND IS A WORLD The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally 5 … TRUTH OR FICTION The Third Agreement: Don’t Make Assumptions 6 … THE POWER OF BELIEF The Symbol of Santa Claus 7 … PRACTICE MAKES THE MASTER The Fourth Agreement: Always Do Your Best PART II 8 … THE POWER OF DOUBT The Fifth Agreement: Be Skeptical, but Learn to Listen 9 … THE DREAM OF THE FIRST ATTENTION The Victims 10 … THE DREAM OF THE SECOND ATTENTION The Warriors 11 … THE DREAM OF THE THIRD ATTENTION The Masters 12 … BECOMING A SEER A New Point of View 13 … THE THREE LANGUAGES What Kind of Messenger Are You? EPILOGUE: Help Me to Change the World About the Authors