It took me several years of spiritual seeking, therapy, and working with don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements), to realize we can never be perfect by working on perfecting ourselves.

To suffer is to be a victim, to feel hurt or angry about how we are treated by the world. It is the feeling that the world goes against us. We feel betrayed by the world. And we have no control over what the world does to us….

This is a “must read” for anyone who wants to understand the deepest gift of the Toltec Wisdom: We are all dreaming reality, all the time.

In his book The Four Agreements,™ Miguel Ruiz begins by telling the story of “a human just like you and me.” This human is dreaming in a cave, and in his dream he sees himself going out, looking up into the starry night sky, and discovering something very wonderful….

Throughout history, humans have wanted to know about the future, about what is going to happen with humanity. We live in a universe whose real nature is unknowable, and, to a human mind that has the need to know, it appears unsafe….

We awaken to the truth that “reality” is all a dream and we are the dreamers. In your nightmare, you are running and running… there is no way to escape… you feel the fear pounding through your body. Suddenly, you awaken, maybe drenched in sweat, and realize that it was only a bad dream. You were dreaming it, and it was not real…..

In early 1995, I had this dream: I was leaving a simple cafe, probably in Mexico. As I walked past a booth, I saw a man earnestly speaking to his young companion. My instant thought was “That is a Nagual, talking to his apprentice. That is the teacher I have been looking for!” I hesitated, then heard they were speaking Spanish, and, in disappointment, continued out the door…..