This is about how to be in healthy relationships, romantic and otherwise. Although it uses Toltec spirituality as a framework, the main ideas here will be familiar to anyone who has read Eckhart Tolle or other works about mindfulness: the main message is that before you can be in a healthy relationship with someone else, you need to have a healthy relationship with yourself, and you need to be able to heal old wounds. ( )

I liked this book, but compared to The Four Agreements, it is not as tight or tidy, so to speak. The book presents some very good points, but it is a bit repetitive at times. In other words, what he did in about 200 pages, he could have done in 100, or at least 150, without losing the essence of the message.

The main thing I took away from it was the need to look into ourselves. This is a common sense concept and important because it leads to the idea that we cannot love or respect others if we do not love or respect ourselves first. You need to be aware, then you need to work towards forgiveness, then attain love. Some of the ideas from his previous book are here, particularly the idea of not taking things personally. Very often, people do things which may seem personal but are not. Notice I say "very often." I have struggled with Ruiz's idea of not taking it personal because there are always one or two not so nice people out there more than willing to harm you. Maybe it is the cynic in me, or maybe I just need to work more on some things. Anyhow, it is a book well worth reading. I think it may be beneficial for some couples as well, but do be warned, it can get a bit wordy sometimes. And that wordiness is what made me give it just the three stars instead of four. It made the pacing go a bit slow for the reading. ( )

Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, he shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.

I really enjoyed reading this. A quick read but important. Certainly opened my eyes to some of the things I was doing without realizing. I can see myself reading this (Along with The Four Agreements) at least once a year as a good mental reminder on things I should and shouldn't be doing (For my own mental health) ( )

This book took a while to read. Hard to understand at times because of how it's written, but overall a good book. Repetitive at times too, but I guess that's the whole point. Glad I stuck with it. Personally, what would summarize it best would be, "Life is nothing but a dream, and it you create your life with Love, your dream becomes a masterpiece of art." ( )