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articles here as well http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-
Power-of-Your-Intuition

THE POWER OF DOUBT:

WHEN BEING SKEPTICAL

IS A GOOD THING

Don Miguel Ruiz is the international bestselling author of The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, and The
Voice of Knowledge. For nearly three decades, don Miguel has shared his unique blend of ancient wisdom and
modern-day awareness through lectures, workshops, and journeys to sacred sites around the world. In the tradition of his ancestors, he has
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Have you ever asked yourself if something you heard opinions from Mom, Dad, siblings and society. They sent all
was actually true? Have you ever wondered if some- those images of how a body should look; they expressed all
one was lying to you, or worse yet, have you ever those opinions about the way you are, the way you are not,
wondered, "Am I lying to myself?" Do you believe those the way you should be. They delivered a message, and you
voices in your head that are giving you opinions? Do you tend agreed with that message. And now you think so many things
to believe other people's opinions? If you answered yes to any about what you are, but are they the truth?
of these questions, you will understand when being skepti-
cal is a good thing. Right now, you're delivering a message to What is the truth and what is the lie? Humans believe so many
yourself and to everyone around you. You're always delivering lies because we aren't aware. We ignore the truth or we just
messages, and you're always receiving messages from one mind don't see the truth. When we are educated, we accumulate a
to another mind. But the most important messages are the lot of knowledge, and all that knowledge is just like a wall of
ones you deliver to yourself. What are those messages? The fog that doesn't allow us to perceive the truth, what really is.
word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifesta- We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want
tion of that force, the expression of the word, which is your to hear.
own life. The way to measure the impeccability of your word is
to ask yourself: Am I happy or am I suffering? If you're suffer- Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what
ing, it's because you're telling yourself a story that isn't true, we believe. In our development, as we grow throughout our
but you believe it. lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated,
and we make it even more complicated because we make
the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.
When you look at yourself in a mirror, do you like what you
see, or do you judge your body and use the word to tell your- We never stop to consider that our beliefs are only a relative
self lies? If you believe that you are not attractive enough, truth that's always going to be distorted by all the knowledge
then you believe a lie, and you are using the word against we have stored in our memory. As children, we are innocent;
yourself, against the truth. Is it really true that you are too we believe almost everything that we learn, but everything
heavy or too thin? Is it really true that you are not beautiful? that we learn isn't true. We put our faith in lies, we give them
If you're telling yourself: "I'm fat. I'm ugly. I'm old. I'm not good power, and soon those lies are ruling our lives.
enough. I'll never make it," then be skeptical. Don't believe
yourself, because none of these messages come from truth, Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young
from life. These messages are distorted; nothing but lies. child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before
opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful and
free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just
The truth is, there are no ugly people. There's no universal
book of law where any of these judgments are true. Every like the ocean, just like the sun. There is nothing to justify,
judgment is just an opinion—it's just a point of view—and that nothing to believe. You have no mission except to enjoy life.
point of view wasn't there when you were born.
Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe
about yourself, is because you learned it. You learned the ...continued on page 13...
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