He first observed people switching from one role to another at his brother’s funeral, when he was only 10, and he could see the people around him being sad one moment, then gossiping with a friend in the next. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” The idea that we create not only our own perception of reality but also our identity is something Don Miguel has long thought about. In the play “As You Like It,” William Shakespeare wrote that “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. “Language is how we create ourselves,” he says. “It’s life revealing secrets to us.” He’s always been known as a storyteller who uses that form to convey his spiritual wisdom. “Many people say they learn in the school of life, and that’s really what it is,” Don Miguel explains. The second in the series, The Myth, will come out later this year, as will the third. Don Miguel has steadily written other books since, including Master of Love, The Toltec Art of Life and Death, and The Three Questions, among others.Īt age 68, the Mexican-born, San Diego-based author has just published The Actor: How to Live an Authentic Life, the first in a mystery school series. and has been translated into 46 languages. Published in 1997, this classic has sold more than eight million copies in the U.S. Even if you haven't read Don Miguel Ruiz’s first book, The Four Agreements, you know someone who has.
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