The Three Questions: How to Discover and Master the Power Within You

by don Miguel Ruiz, Barbara Emrys

Overview

The beloved spiritual teacher builds on the message of his enduring New York Times and international bestseller The Four Agreements with this profound guide that takes us deeper into the tradition of Toltec wisdom, helping us find and use the hidden power within us to achieve our fullest lives.

In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz introduced seekers on the path to enlightenment to the tenets of Mesoamerican spiritual culture—the ancient Toltec. Now, he takes us deeper into Native American practice, and asks us to consider essential questions that drive our lives and govern our spiritual power. Three eternal questions can help us into our power and use it judiciously:

• Who am I?
• What is real?
• How do I express love?

At each stage in our lives, we must ask these simple yet deeply profound questions. Finding the answers will open the door to the next stage in our development, and eventually lead us to our complete, truest selves. But as Don Miguel Ruiz makes clear, we suffer if we do not ask these questions—or if we fail to pay attention to their answers—because we either never act on our power or use it destructively. Only when power is anchored in our identity and in reality will it be able to be in synch with the universe—and be of true benefit to ourselves and to others.

The three questions provide a practical framework that allows readers to engage with Ruiz’s transformative message and act as a vehicle for overcoming fear and anxiety and discovering peace of mind. An essential guide for all travelers pursuing self-knowledge, understanding, and acceptance, The Three Questions is the next step in our unique spiritual metamorphosis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062391117
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/26/2018
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	211,018
File size:	618 KB

About the Author

Don Miguel Ruiz is the international bestselling author of The Four Agreements (over seven years on the New York Times bestseller list), The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, and coauthor of The Fifth Agreement. He has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books, lectures, and journeys to sacred sites around the world.

Barbara Emrys is a spiritual teacher and the author of The Red Clay of Burundi: Finding God, the Music, and Me.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The Three Pearls of Wisdom 3

2 Opening the Door 7

Question 1 Ask Yourself, "Who Am I?"

3 The First Pearl 23

4 The Voice of Me 29

5 One Mind, One Community 45

6 The Mind as Government 53

7 Justice and the Judge 61

8 The Commander in Chief 71

Question 2 Ask Yourself, "What Is Real?"

9 The Second Pearl 87

10 Life Under Tyranny 95

11 Getting Out of Jail 107

12 The Diplomat 111

13 Peace and Sanity 121

Question 3 Ask Yourself, "What Is Love?"

14 The Third Pearl 135

15 The Love of Your Life 145

16 Lovers and Sweethearts 151

17 Love for Humanity 159

18 Fear and Knowledge 171

19 Peace in Our Time 183

20 Afterword 195

Editorial Reviews

Expansive . . . insightful . . . thought provoking, the book [takes] readers on a journey to self-knowledge, transformation, and truth. . . . Ruiz’s [many fans] will not be disappointed.” — Booklist

“Ruiz and Emrys espouse an inner revolution that begins when we ask the first question: ‘Who am I?’” — Spirituality & Health

From the Publisher

Ruiz and Emrys espouse an inner revolution that begins when we ask the first question: ‘Who am I?’

Spirituality & Health

Expansive . . . insightful . . . thought provoking, the book [takes] readers on a journey to self-knowledge, transformation, and truth. . . . Ruiz’s [many fans] will not be disappointed.

Booklist

Expansive . . . insightful . . . thought provoking, the book [takes] readers on a journey to self-knowledge, transformation, and truth. . . . Ruiz’s [many fans] will not be disappointed.

Booklist

Ruiz and Emrys espouse an inner revolution that begins when we ask the first question: ‘Who am I?’

Spirituality &Health

Narrator Christian Barillas offers a well-modulated, low-key narration of this deeper exploration of Native American Toltec spiritual practice. Many listeners may be familiar with Don Miguel Ruiz’s earlier bestseller, THE FOUR AGREEMENTS. The framework here presents the need to ask oneself three eternal questions: “Who am I?” “What is real?” and “How do I express love?” The work theorizes that our complete selves will be revealed, provided we ask these questions continually as we progress through the crucial key stages of our lives. Barillas’s voice offers crisp diction. While it seems a bit youthful for such profound and wise philosophical considerations, it effectively moves the content forward with style. W.A.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2018 - AudioFile

Narrator Christian Barillas offers a well-modulated, low-key narration of this deeper exploration of Native American Toltec spiritual practice. Many listeners may be familiar with Don Miguel Ruiz’s earlier bestseller, THE FOUR AGREEMENTS. The framework here presents the need to ask oneself three eternal questions: “Who am I?” “What is real?” and “How do I express love?” The work theorizes that our complete selves will be revealed, provided we ask these questions continually as we progress through the crucial key stages of our lives. Barillas’s voice offers crisp diction. While it seems a bit youthful for such profound and wise philosophical considerations, it effectively moves the content forward with style. W.A.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2018 - AudioFile