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The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace (平装)
by Don Miguel Ruiz
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Inner peace, Spirituality, Inspiration, Self help |
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Packed with compelling wisdom and extremely empowering, this book is an excellent companion to The Four Agreements. |
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Jay Crutcher (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
This is a perfect companion to The Four Agreements. I just finished this and I can't wait to read it again. There are stories from the authors past, explaining his journey, and making this book wonderfully personal. The book discusses how to not listen to that voice within us that causes us so much drama and pain. How to forget, and change our 'programming', the domestication, and the lies that have permeated our lives. The book even briefly goes back over The Four Agreements. This book is truly a must have. It, like all his other books, is a gift from above. They leave you feeling incredible and the more that they are read, the greater the message becomes. I know that I have said that in other reviews of Ruiz's books, but it is the truth and it is worthy of repeating. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much from Ruiz's fourth book on his philosophy. The ideas expounded upon in The Four Agreements and its companion volume are simple enough that I didn't really think much more could be done with them. Also, Ruiz seems to have progressively picked up more New Age buzzwords since his first book, and the samples I'd seen of this work suggested that it might be fluffier than his previous writings. Still, I hadn't been disappointed by one of his books yet, so I added it to my wish list and received it as a gift. And I really think it may be his best work to date.
The Voice of Knowledge doesn't dazzle at the beginning. It does have some fluff to open with, but as with his other books, the narrative progresses into crystal clarity, almost completely free of superfluous elements. Thankfully Ruiz never falls into the abyss of misusing the New Age vocabulary as a substitute for real content. The focus is a little more autobiographical, and one of its most engaging aspects is that the whole thing reads like a story, even where the biographical elements are not the focus. This alone makes it an exceptional piece on Ruiz's part.
But more compelling to me is that somewhere along the way - I can't place where - I found the narrative prodded something in me, stirred it up something fierce. The ideas in The Four Agreements have been incredibly useful to me in recent years, but few things have had the ability to really stir something up in my psyche as this work has.
I'll note that I generally loathe inspirational works, as their usual purpose is to make you feel good and leave you with very little real benefit. The Voice of Knowledge is a rare work that finds that perfect balance between theory, practicality, and inspiration - inspiration that exhilarates and engages rather than that which merely placates.
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Aubrey Wade (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
Days after finishing the new offering from Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills, I found the essence of its meaning reaffirmed time and again, and frequently "heard" the teaching in the middle of daily issues or challenges. Just like the wonderful Four Agreements, this book presents valuable lessons for practical use with everyday living.
We learn in Chapter One that the Voice of Knowledge is not a benevolent one, but the incessant chattering that humans unconsciously perpetuate daily, the "...voice in our head. You can call it thinking. I call it the voice of knowledge." (Chapter 1) Ruiz' descriptions of his grandfather's teachings are an immediate wonderful antidote to the wearying Voice of Knowledge that we so often succumb to. His words are beautiful encouragement to rediscover the wonder of childhood. One of his great lines sticks with me: "Faith is the power of creation that all humans have, and it doesn't have anything to do with religion." He goes on to describe the difference between having faith in one's own goodness versus believing the lies of others who might convince us we're not good enough or smart enough.
The realizations that Ruiz experiences in Chapter 4, A Night in the Desert, are an inspiring description of one mind grasping the Truth of the Ages. His account of experiencing the universe experiencing him is an eloquent and understandable report of an epiphany that's a joy to read. I call page 47 the "truth page". Soon after this exhilarating evening in the desert, we learn about the "Storyteller", the essence of the Voice of Lies that pervades our consciousness all too often. I think "storyteller" is an apt term for that demon we all wrestle with - Little mind, monkeymind, maya, etc. etc. The authors do a fine job of offsetting the depressing strength and pervasiveness of storyteller with thoughtful conversation about faith and intent. Suggestions for transforming the storyteller, and the beautiful descriptions of love, wrap this valuable book up and leave one with a sense of relief and anticipation - this world is full of beauty, hope and possibility.
If you're interested in this book, chances are you gravitate towards inspirational reading. We've all read books that promise great healing, wisdom and illumination, but not all deliver on their grand guarantee. The litmus test of a true work of useful wisdom is whether the material is applicable in mundane, real-world situations. I've had a dozen instances of hearing the words of "The Voice of Knowledge" in everyday situations in my life, and a month later, I return to re-read my favorite parts just for the fortification. The ancient wisdom to be learned from the worlds' great Speakers is here, portrayed in a relevant, and sometimes lyrical, manner. |
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Kosovar (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
Don Miguel Ruiz is a very smart man and he writes very simply about the most important things for better lives! In Voice of Knowledge he really makes us fully understand what Toltecs really stand for! He gives us some brilliant ideas on how can we lead a lot more better lives then we are now. He writes about The Voice of Knowledge which in truth is our inner voice or as Don likes to refer to it, The Liar. He is so right when he recommends to us that if our inner voice is our verbal abuser and says negative things about us - we should learn to totally ignore it or at least not believe what it says to us.
Then... what I liked the most about the book is regarding the "Nobody's Perfect"! Well if you're one of those who still believe that nobody or nothing's perfect then read this book and you'll never get to feel that way again.
After all, this book is wonderful by all means and in my opinion I think every person should read it. As there's something for everyone in it. Highly recommended. |
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D. Price (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
You can believe it or not, but Don Miguel is a living Christ or Buddha. But, we are too. If we don't see this its because we are blinded by our concepts, our thinking. We have a desire to know, but all we really know is a story. Quantum Theory tells us this, Anthropology tells us this, Semantics tells us this, History of Science tells us this. Self dialogue is not the problem, its that we believe our dialogue. Self-dialogue is just a story describing what we perceive. You are the narrator. You are the artist. Once we realize its a story we disconnect our emotions from the story. Don't be afraid to give up your story. I can promise you that there is a whole other world of Love, which is all around us, but is obscured by the chatter of the collective story we call culture.
The beginning of the 6th Sun has started a new phase in mans evolution. Life is a Dream. Heaven is a Dream and Hell is a dream. The 6th Sun, through Don Miguel, has given us a new Dream based self-love, not morality.
Morality does nothing but create self-rejection and confusion, because you can never be moral enough. You must judge the man behind you as inferior to justify your morality. You must be unconscious for morality to work because the man behind you is you. There can be no concept of bad without the concept of good. There can be no saved without the sinner.
You can dream this new dream. Each person who dreams it makes the dream stronger. The Dream of concepts is strong, but the Dream of Truth is getting much stronger.
For those of us who have tasted Heaven, but have become discouraged through multiple attempts and failures due to a lack of Wisdom Don Miguel has provided us with a powerful path of Wisdom which is strong enough to finally guarantee that you will never have to fall again. Heaven is attainable right here and now, and you do not have to do anything but love yourself. It doesn't take years to get their either.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-02 00:00>
Another precious literature from Don Miguel Ruiz. The Voice of Knowledge is another book that brings us to be the greatest artist in life. It is an excellent companion book after you have read The Four Agreements and The Four Agreements Companion Book. Don Miguel Ruiz's books are meant to be read over and over again to help us deepen our understanding of the truth in life that leads us to live in the heaven.
That voice, the voice of knowledge, those lies, those old agreements, those false beliefs we adopted from the past during the domestication process when we were a child, are always talking and judging. These voices talk very loud in our head to convince us we are not good enough. However, the voices are lies and we believe in those lies. We walk through life day after day believing we need others to validate and provide us the self-esteem. We walk through life day after day looking for external gratification to satisfy that voice.
I like Don Miguel Ruiz's stories, particularly his interpretation of the Bible about Adam and Eve, his personal experience in the dessert and his story with his grandpa.
I like Don Miguel Ruiz's interpretation about the fallen angel (the snake that lives in that tree in Eden, which is called the tree of knowledge). The snake symbolizes our own judgment, fear, anger and ego while the tree symbolizes the book of law. The snake goes on talking in your head starting the day Adam and Eve ate the apple, which to me is a symbolism of us adopting the voice of knowledge. The paradise we lived in turned out to be the hell, where mankind suffers. We are all trapped in the cycle of judgment, fear, anger and ego and day after day, we think that satisfying these feelings are the way to happiness. The snake wants to survive in your head, it will always talk. However, we have the power to turn that voice into love and compassion.
The night in the dessert helps me understand whatever we see at the moment is a reflection of light. Our brain perceives the light and makes its own interpretation. I think Don Miguel Ruiz brought us the truth here. You might think you know someone well. You do not understand why that someone hurts you deep. It is simply because people are also the reflection of light. We only see the reflection of others and we only understand the projected self of others. Asking the question "why" certain things happen is nonsense, because we will never know the truth. The truth only comes from within self and happiness comes from within.
Don Miguel Ruiz's story with the grandpa is empowering. I respect the author telling us his personal story about how he turned his demon (his ego, and his past in projecting a false image to others) into the voice of truth. It is a powerful message and his story raised my level of awareness about self and about my own ego in the past which controlled my life. Thank you for the author's guidance. When you read this book with an open heart, I am sure you can find the road to happiness yourself. |
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