I was initially skeptical of the Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz, but now I completely get it. He’s 100% right, according to my experience. And it is literally possible to “live in heaven“. There are certain things which must be overcome through a process of inner union or yoking (yoga) before that can happen though:

The mitote can be compared to a huge marketplace where thousands of people are talking at the same time, and nobody understands each other. This is the condition of the human mind - a big mitote, and with that big mitote we cannot see what we really are. In India they call the mitote maya, which means illusion. It is the personality’s notion of “I am.” We cannot see who we truly are; we cannot see that we are not free.

The programming in the mind - all of those agreements we have made - are not necessarily compatible with each other. Every agreement is like a separate living being with its own personality. All these little living beings create inner conflict because they are alive and they each have a voice. There are conflicting agreements that go against other agreements and on and on until it becomes a big war in the mind. The mitote is the reason humans hardly know what they want, how they want it, or when they want it. They don’t agree with themselves because there are parts of the mind that want one thing, and other parts that want exactly the opposite. Only by making an inventory of our agreements will we uncover all of the conflicts in the mind and eventually make order out of the chaos of the mitote.

Speaking of mitote, I had a super awesome keg party this weekend which I am finally recovered from. As a result of the weekend’s festitivities (as well guestivities and creative conversations), I have about a million things to post today. So better strap in!