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The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship (Paperback)
by Don Miguel Ruiz
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Powerful, heartfelt, and spiritually freeing, the love and relationship teachings by a Toltec master will will you bring you inner joy and geneine peace. |
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Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing
Pub. in: May, 1999
ISBN: 1878424424
Pages: 224
Measurements: 7.3 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00346
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Winner of Man Booker Prize, from author of The Four Agreements, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list more than 6 years. |
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“Every relationship can be wonderful, but it's going to begin with you. You need to have the courage to use the truth, to talk to yourself with the truth, to be completely honest with yourself.”
The above quote is from the chapter entitled The Dream Master. As this quote indicates, The Mastery of Love is abundant with the power of self-love and self-truth. Don Miguel Ruiz has such a gift in helping us all understand how to honor our own selves, and then we will be authentic enough to heal a relationship that has been damaged, or begin a new one stemming from truth. This book is beautiful and profound. In looking at the state of many heartbroken relationships today, Ruiz's message is both needed and timeless. Ruiz somehow touches your soul.
The other perspective is that we can learn to love others from self-discovery. In the course of this self-discovery, Ruiz points out that we need to become aware of how trained our minds have become to suffering. Once we recognize where we are using our minds to diminish our sense of well-being, we have a choice in letting go of destructive behaviors.
We believe the book will empower you to take control of your life, and of the consequences of the choices you make. We can’t quote all the passionate reviews, you feel a zeal there about what The Mastery of Love can bring to you. So many readers admitted that reading this book had improved their relationships, or changed their lives. MSL highly recommends this classic on relationship to everyone. Buy this book for yourself, and buy a copy for someone you love. You will learn a lot that will bring you genuine peace.
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Anyone who wants to make improvements in his/her relationships.
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Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers, and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated that Miguel would embrace their centuries-old legacy of healing and teaching, and carry forward the esoteric Lotec knowledge. Instead, distracted by modern life, Miguel chose to attend medical school and become a surgeon.
A near-death experience changed his life. Late one night in the early 1970s, he awoke suddenly, having fallen asleep at the wheel of his car. At that instant the car careened into a wall of concrete. Don Miguel remembers that he was not in his physical body as he watched himself pull his two friends to safety.
Stunned by this experience, he began an intensive practice of self-inquiry. He devoted himself to the mastery of the ancient ancestral wisdom, studying earnestly with his mother, and completing an apprenticeship wit a powerful shaman in the Mexican desert. His grandfather, who had since passed on, continued to teach him in his dreams.
In the tradition of The Toltec, a nagual guides an individual to personal freedom. Don Miguel Ruiz, a nagual from the Eagle Knight lineage, has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec.
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In a refreshingly honest investigation of the true nature of love, don Miguel Ruiz brings to light the commonly held fallacies and misplaced expectations about love that permeate most relationships. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda, he uses inspirational stories to impart the wisdom of three fundamental Toltec masteries (Awareness, Transformation, and Love). The themes explored include the Toltec wisdom of the heart, the track of love, and the war of control.
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Jonni O’Connor (MSL quote), Canada
<2006-12-30 00:00>
This is the fourth in the Toltec Wisdom Series - so be prepared for a beautiful read. In it Ruiz writes about peeling away the layers, the voices of those we allowed to be caught up in our belief system and that now interfere with our creative, authentic expression. Ruiz calls these voices the voice of knowledge. It's our moneymind, our ego, "the voice in our head' that is so often about pain and drama, fear and sorrow. He talks about how we abandon the true self because we substitute those other voices for ours, and his book is filled with awareness and insights about what we can do about it.
In his wonderfully personal and conversational style Ruiz tells stories of stories. Life is a matter of storytelling: theirs or ours, it's our choice. My favorite chapter he calls "Writing Our Story with Love". That says it all.
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R. Freier (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Of all the inspirational books I have read, I must say that this is my favorite. I struggle to find the right words to describe this book! When I first read it so many things began to make sense. Causes for so much unhappiness in my life became so much clearer. I could let go of my disappointment with family, religion and society for letting me down because I finally understood where all this poison came from. There was no longer a need to find someone to blame and with that came an incredible release perhaps some would call forgiveness. Now, every time I read it my eyes open up even wider and I can tell that I am changing. And I like the person I'm changing into. What a blessing is that!
My life has not been easy and because of that I've exercised my God given right as a victim to blame others. The only problem with that is, I've lost myself in the process. I have spent years of my life in therapy trying to come to terms with that. While therapy has been vital in my growth, and subsequent inspirational books have contributed to my asking of questions, I credit this book with clarifying things, providing explanations and helping me with were to go from here.
We each search for truth and when we find it, it resonates with us and we feel its impact in our lives. The Mastery of Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz resonates with me and my life will not be the same again. Thank you Don Miguel! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I read The Four Agreements, The Four Agreements Companion Book, The Voice of Knowledge and this book, The Mastery of Love. I read The Mastery of Love the first time after The Four Agreements but before The Voice of Knowledge. So, the first time reading The Mastery of Love, I could not get as much out as what I wanted to. However, the second time I read through it (after the reading of The Voice of Knowledge), I have such a deep appreciation of what the author's message is. I was applying many of the techniques I learnt from the author in this one relationship. I learnt so much about practicing love in and out of this one relationship even though it did not end up living happily ever after with this person. The book helps me understand why relationship can still end; even I exercised love through full acceptance of who he is.
1)The projection of the many selves that hurts relationships
We project so many versions of ourselves to others just to win their approvals, consciously and subconsciously. In my situation, I realize I was presenting who I was, or at least I make a conscious effort to be truthful and honest. I loved him for who he is with full acceptance (despite the circumstances happening in his life and our huge difference), and with acknowledgement of my own inner fears, ego so I can put my second attention to the track of love, rather than track of fear.
The broken part is that he could not acknowledge the subconscious projection he had (he projected himself with the one full of love and care towards others - which is true but one dimensional), and maybe has suppressed many of his deepest fears about relationships.
In addition, I realized at the end he also had a false impression of me. He thought that I need his love in order for me to survive (that one pizza while I can cook all my food - love, in my own "Magical Kitchen"). He thought I could not love myself and be independent. He thought I need to be taken care of. At least that is how I perceive through that projection.
When there are too many projections in the relationship, you cannot accept who a person is truly. Without acceptance, then, where is love?
2) Love is About Acceptance but Not about Drama
This is what I learnt from Don Miguel Ruiz's teaching. Love is about creating heaven on Earth through acceptance. You can create that heaven by yourself and you can create that heaven with others. There is no need to invite drama (which is often inflicted by sense of fear, ego, anger, jealousy which are often hardly acknowledged) which drives the need to control, and the need to be right.
I am glad I went through Don Miguel Ruiz's teaching when this relationship started and ended. It helped me to intensely love in the moment and treated the person the best I know how without the perfectionism paralyzing me. It was the first time I loved someone with acceptance and acknowledgement of fear. I was happy when I was in that relationship and I am still grounded falling off from it. It is too bad relationships ended. However, I always remember Don Miguel Ruiz's teaching about loving myself without judgment. With that being said, I also drew boundaries with this person at the end for the sake of not inviting drama into both lives again. He is wonderful just the way he is. And I will always remember the romance and the dance. He was the one who inspired me to see the true beauty of spirit. Thank you.
What I am writing here is hoping to bring you an awareness in a practical sense that maybe you are living in true love, the love that helps you create the dream of heaven and not hell. However, your partner might not understand your well intention and things might still end. Why did it end? Why search for the answers when you realize there are so many projections out there and you might never find the truth? I hope my review here can inspire you that you can still love yourself the fullest possible, and enjoy your life the best way you can despite any life situation. Life is still beautiful after all if you have unconditional love about yourself. It does not matter when it starts or when it ends. For, all human mind has a "magical kitchen" that is capable to love self and others but some how that was lost during the "domestication" process.
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Mirna Zepeda (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
After my painful divorce I waited two years before getting involve with a new person, I dated this person for seven months and I fall in love so deeply, suddenly this person walked away from me, I never understood why this man did not loved me, I had all Don Miguel book's, and I do try to practice the four agreements, and I control my knowledge voice, I also use the Prayer, but when I read the Mastery of Love, I found myself now I understand that nobody else can break my heart, because my heart has me and I will never walk away from my own heart, we have each other and that's all it counts I have mastery my self love.
This book is so simple to read as all Ruiz books he writes in a manner that is so clear it also teach you how to cure your emotional pain, it is so clear and refreshing that I had to read it twice and it has change my perspective of how to find love.
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