The Mastery of Love A Practical Guide to the Art of

Relationship

Visit the link below to download the full version of this book:

https://medidownload.com/product/the-mastery-of-love-a-practical-guide-to-the-ar
t-of-relationship/

Click Download Now

 Also by don Miguel Ruiz

THE FIFTH AGREEMENT

A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS

A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK

Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life

PRAYERS
A Communion with our Creator

THE VOICE OF KNOWLEDGE

A Practical Guide to Inner Peace

LOS CUATRO ACUERDOS

Una guía práctica para la libertad personal

CUADERNO DE TRABAJO DE LOS CUATRO ACUERDOS

Utiliza Los Cuatro Acuerdos para gobernar el sueño de tu vida

LA MAESTRÍA DEL AMOR

Una guía práctica para el arte de las relaciones

ORACIONES
Una comunión con nuestro Creador

LA VOZ DEL CONOCIMIENTO

Una guía práctica para la paz interior
A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

A
Toltec
THE MASTERY OF
LOVE

Wisdom
Book

DON MIGUEL RUIZ

AMBER-ALLEN PUBLISHING
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
 Copyright © 1999 by Miguel Angel Ruiz, M.D.

Published by Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc.

P.O. Box 6657
San Rafael, California 94903

Editorial: Janet Mills

Typography: Rick Gordon, Emerald Valley Graphics
Cover Illustration: Nicholas Wilton, Studio Zocolo
Cover Design: Michele Wetherbee
Author Photo: Ellen Denuto

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part
without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who
may quote brief passages in a review; nor may any part of this book be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other,
without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ruiz, Miguel, 1952– The mastery of love : a practical guide to the art of
relationship / Miguel Ruiz. p. cm. — (A Toltec wisdom book)
1. Love — Religious aspects — Miscellanea.
I. Title. II. Series: Ruiz, Miguel, 1952– Toltec wisdom book.
BL626.4.R85 1999 99-18199
299′.792 — dc21 CIP

ISBN 978-1-934408-03-2
To my parents, my children, my siblings, and the rest of my family, with
whom I am bonded not only by love, but by our blood and ancestral roots.

To my spiritual family, with whom I am bonded by our decision to create a

family based on unconditional love, mutual respect, and the practice of the
Mastery of Love.

And to my human family, whose minds are fertile for the seeds of love
contained in this book.
May these seeds of love flourish in your life.
 CONTENTS

Introduction: The Master

1
The Wounded Mind
2
The Loss of Innocence
3
The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Love
4
The Track of Love, The Track of Fear
5
The Perfect Relationship
6
The Magical Kitchen
7
The Dream Master
8
Sex: The Biggest Demon in Hell
9
The Divine Huntress
10
Seeing With Eyes of Love
11
Healing the Emotional Body
12
God Within You

Prayers
 About the Author

Note

To avoid using the masculine gender exclusively when referring to both

male and female readers, we have randomly used masculine and feminine
pronouns throughout the book.
 Acknowledgments

I WISH TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO JANET MILLS who, like a

mother with her own child, gave form to this book with all her love and
dedication.
I would also like to thank those people who gave of their time and their
love, and helped us with the realization of this book.
Finally, I want to express my gratitude to our Creator for the inspiration
and beauty that gave this book Life.
 The Toltec

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THE TOLTEC WERE known throughout

southern Mexico as “women and men of knowledge.” Anthropologists have
spoken of the Toltec as a nation or a race, but, in fact, the Toltec were
scientists and artists who formed a society to explore and conserve the
spiritual knowledge and practices of the ancient ones. They came together
as masters (naguals) and students at Teotihuacan, the ancient city of
pyramids outside Mexico City known as the place where “Man Becomes
God.”
Over the millennia, the naguals were forced to conceal the ancestral
wisdom and maintain its existence in obscurity. European conquest, coupled
with rampant misuse of personal power by a few of the apprentices, made it
necessary to shield the knowledge from those who were not prepared to use
it wisely or who might intentionally misuse it for personal gain.
Fortunately, the esoteric Toltec knowledge was embodied and passed on
through generations by different lineages of naguals. Though it remained
veiled in secrecy for hundreds of years, ancient prophecies foretold the
coming of an age when it would be necessary to return the wisdom to the
people. Now, don Miguel Ruiz, a nagual from the Eagle Knight lineage, has
been guided to share with us the powerful teachings of the Toltec.
Toltec knowledge arises from the same essential unity of truth as all the
sacred esoteric traditions found around the world. Though it is not a
religion, it honors all the spiritual masters who have taught on the earth.
While it does embrace spirit, it is most accurately described as a way of life,
distinguished by the ready accessibility of happiness and love.
A Toltec is an artist of Love, an artist of the Spirit, someone who is creating
every moment, every second, the most beautiful art — the Art of Dreaming.

Life is nothing but a dream, and if we are artists, then we can create our life
with Love, and our dream becomes a masterpiece of art.
INTRODUCTION
 The Master

ONCE UPON A TIME, A MASTER WAS TALKING TO A crowd of

people, and his message was so wonderful that everyone felt touched by his
words of love. In the crowd there was a man who had listened to every
word the Master said. This man was very humble, and he had a great heart.
He was so touched by the Master’s words that he felt the need to invite the
Master to his home.
When the Master finished speaking, the man walked through the crowd,
looked into the eyes of the Master, and told him, “I know you are busy and
everyone wants your attention. I know you hardly have time to even listen
to my words. But my heart is so open and I feel so much love for you that I
have the need to invite you to my home. I want to prepare the best meal for
you. I don’t expect you will accept, but I just had to let you know.”
The Master looked into the man’s eyes, and with the most beautiful smile
he said, “Prepare everything. I will be there.” Then the Master walked
away.
At these words, the joy in the man’s heart was strong. He could hardly
wait to serve the Master and to express his love for him. This would be the
most important day of his life: The Master was going to be with him. He
bought the best food and wine, and found the most beautiful clothes to offer
as a gift to the Master. Then he ran home to prepare everything to receive
the Master. He cleaned his entire house, prepared the most wonderful meal,
and made the table look beautiful. His heart was full of joy because the
Master would soon be there.
The man was waiting anxiously when someone knocked at the door.
Eagerly, he opened the door, but instead of the Master, he found an old
woman. She looked into his eyes and said, “I am starving. Can you give me
a piece of bread?”
The man was a little disappointed because it was not the Master. He
looked at the woman and said, “Please, come into my house.” He sat her in
the place he had prepared for the Master, and gave her the food he had
made for the Master. But he was anxious and could hardly wait for her to
finish eating. The old woman was touched by the generosity of this man.
She thanked him and left.
The man had barely finished preparing the table for the Master again
when someone knocked at the door. This time it was another stranger who
had traveled across the desert. The stranger looked into the man’s face and
said, “I am thirsty. Can you give me something to drink?”
The man was a little disappointed again because it was not the Master.
He invited the stranger into his home, and sat him in the place he had
prepared for the Master. He served the wine he had intended to give the
Master. When the stranger left, the man again prepared everything for the
Master.
Someone knocked at the door again. When the man opened the door,
there stood a child. The child looked up at the man and said, “I am freezing.
Can you give me a blanket to cover my body?”
The man was a little disappointed because it was not the Master, but he
looked into the eyes of the child and felt love in his heart. Quickly he
gathered the clothes he had intended to give the Master, and he covered the
child with the clothes. The child thanked him and left.
The man prepared everything again for the Master, and then he waited
until it was very late. When he realized the Master was not coming, he was
disappointed, but right away he forgave the Master. He said to himself, “I
knew I could not expect the Master to come to this humble home. Although
he said he would come, something more important must have taken him
elsewhere. The Master did not come, but at least he told me he would, and
that is enough for my heart to be happy.”
Slowly he put the food away, he put the wine away, and he went to bed.
That night he dreamed the Master came to his home. The man was happy to
see him, but he didn’t know that he was dreaming. “Master you came! You
kept your word.”
The Master replied, “Yes, I am here, but I was here before. I was hungry,
and you fulfilled my need for food. I was thirsty, and you gave me the wine.
I was cold, and you covered me with clothes. Whatever you do for others,
you do for me.”
The man woke up, and his heart was filled with happiness, because he
understood what the Master had taught him. The Master loved him so much