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From: THE FOUR AGREEMENTS by DON MUGIEL R.

. 𝖯𝖱𝖠𝖸𝖤𝖱 𝖥𝖮𝖱 𝖫𝖮𝖵𝖤

𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 — 𝖺 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾. 𝖨𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅, 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗒. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝖽𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋. 𝖠𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝖽𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗌. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝖿 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖧𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒, 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒, 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒: “𝖬𝗒 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. “𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗀, 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 — 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. 𝖨 𝖡𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿, 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒. “𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝖨 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝖾𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉, 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝖨 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗉𝗂𝖾𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋, 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗌, 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀. “𝖨 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗉𝗂𝖾𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅, 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽, 𝖨𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝗍, 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗁.

Once there was an island where all the feelings lived together. One day there was a storm in the sea and the island was about to drown. Every feeling was scared but Love made a boat to escape. All the feelings jumped in the boat except for one. Love got down to see who it was, it was Ego! Love tried and tried but Ego didn't move. All the other feelings asked Love to leave Ego and come back to the boat but Love was meant to Love, it remained with Ego.

All other feelings remained alive but Love died. Because of EGO.

I think if ego is strong enough to kill love, it's strong enough to survive! So ego survives and reaches the shore, sits there for a while and ponders about what happened. If it realizes that love died because of it and accepts that it was it's fault ( which is very tough for it to do) then it tries not to let the same thing happen in it's future relationships. If it doesn't realize that it was it's mistake, the saga continues and in the process it will hurt others and itself. After all, ego is self destructive too!

So why do we have an Ego? Does it have a purpose ?

.....The purpose of Ego....
Ego has a big and beautiful purpose in our life. It is said that the purpose of ego is to cause you great levels of unhappiness and suffering so that hopefully one day after trying to change the world and people around you, you can look inside and decide to change yourself.

But what is ego then? the best definition I have found so far is: System of beliefs and limitations that prevents the ability to love. Ego is the idea you have of yourself, your systems of beliefs, culture and everything that makes you who you are. However, you didn't come to this world with an ego, you created it in this world. When you where a baby and a little child you where in a state of innocence, but innocence gets contaminated with everything that culture sold you and you took for granted as truth, because as you were in state of innocence you didn't have any prior information to confront those ideas or beliefs. That is why we as kids accepted almost everything without questioning it. The thing with ego is that it gets every time more structured with what you studied, with the views you have of the world, with everything you learn and hear. Ego creates a mold of yourself and every passing years it gets more and more solid, just like a rock. Ego then is what doesn't let you enjoy life, is what tells you that life and people should be in a specific way and that reality is wrong, is that urge you feel to impose your beliefs, to have the reason, to be the first and is what divides the world in good and bad. Ego is why you suffer.

The thing is that you have an ego but you are not your ego, you created it, but you are too much identified with your ego. What is the purpose of ego then? it lets you verify that the world and people are not like you think or belief they should be and that trying to change them brings you only pain, unhappiness and suffering and all of this because your ego= beliefs, judgements and prejudices. When you start to clean your ego of that, you start changing your system of beliefs into a new information, an information of truth, understanding and love. How do you know is an information of truth? because of the results you have in your life, which are positive results, better relations, acceptance, adaptability, better health. These are positive indicators, you can´t fool yourself with them.

Ego brings you then from the state of innocence into purity, and that purity can never be polluted again.

~... from a convo

But as you do, keep track of the effects. Try keeping a log or journal of your experiences, noting any challenges, successes or insights that you gain along the way. By conducting these experiments, you give yourself the opportunity to explore an alternative path – without having to commit to it in the long term. Not yet, anyway.

These little experiments involve recognising that the journey to alignment is not one with a clear end-goal. It’s a never-ending process. As we navigate the laboratory of our lives, we must be willing to embrace experimentation – and to learn as we go.

¤》 Alignment Experiments

Learning to think about productivity like a scientist.

To experiment with what brings you meaning. And use those experiments to inform the decisions you make every hour.

‘Alignment experiments’ can help you test theories about what might bring you closer to alignment in your day-to-day decision making.

It’s a process with three stages.

» First, identify an area of your life where your actions feel particularly unfulfilling.
- Think about it – is there anywhere you feel things aren’t going well?

» Second, come up with your hypothesis.
- That means adopting an experimental mindset.
- The one thing you change to see what effect it could have.
- If you were to change one – just one – independent variable in your life, what would it be? And what effect do you think it would have on your situation?

» Step three is the most crucial: execute.
- Make a change. And as you do so, see what effect it has on your situation – and your sense of alignment.
- For this to work as an experiment, it’s important that your change is localised.
- If you dramatically transform every sphere of your life, you won’t know what’s driving any changes in your mood and sense of alignment.
- So to start with, keep it small.

¤》 The Three Alignment Quests

To integrate long-term values into day-to-day decisions draws upon a simple fact: short-term targets feel much easier to reach than long-term ones.

It helps overcome the distance between where we are now and where we want to be.

Each morning, simply choose three actions for the day ahead that will move you a tiny step closer to where you want to be in a year’s time.

Under each of the areas of health, work and relationships.

Three alignment quests for the day could look like:

H – Go for a 30-minute run after class
W – Spend an extra hour studying for tomorrow’s exam
R – Catch up with Katherine over coffee after study session

H – Take a 15-minute walk during my lunch break
W – Complete the project proposal draft by lunchtime
R – Cook a healthy dinner for the family and spend quality time together

By focusing on the immediate, short-term steps – rather than on the whole year ahead – you turn living your values into something immediate. And achievable.