Spiritual

What exactly is Mitote? The concept can be confusing and vague. The outside dream – the world – is full of unpleasantness, drama, violence, fear, war and injustice. Fear and false beliefs control the outside dream. Because we’re integrated strongly into this outside dream, our personal dream is also ruled by fear. The agreements and beliefs we store in our heads stop us from seeing the truth – that justice, beauty, joy, and freedom can be our personal dream This inability to see the truth is a fog of perception the Toltecs called a mitote. The mitote clouds our vision,

The process of surrendering to these outside beliefs is called “the domestication of humans.”

As children, through this domestication process, we’re trained just like dogs. We’re rewarded for doing what Mom and Dad want us to do. We’re punished when we go against the rules. We fear punishment, but moreso we fear being rejected and not being good enough.

The fourth agreement is also a simple concept, but it will allow the other three agreements to become more deeply ingrained and effective. After all, the first three agreements can truly work only if you do your best.

Doing your best frees you from guilt and shame. You feel great about yourself when you’ve given your best effort.

Making assumptions is dangerous because we often have no idea what is really going on in a situation. We fill in the blanks in our minds without enough information, and then we’re pretty convinced we know what’s going on. Spoiler alert: We don’t. We’re prone to mistaken beliefs, and acting on these mistakes will cause more trouble.