His work is best-received among members of the New Thought movement that focuses on ancient teachings as a means to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Miguel Ángel Ruiz Macías, better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of Toltec spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts. Who is the Author of The Four Agreements? By making a pact with his suggested four key agreements, an individual is able to dramatically impact the amount of happiness they feel in their lives, regardless of external circumstances.
The author identifies sources of unhappiness in life and proposes four beneficial agreements that one can make with oneself to improve one's overall state of well-being. The author also believes that to find personal joy, one must get rid of society-imposed and fear-based agreements that may subconsciously influence the behavior and mindset of the individual. The book states that these self-limiting agreements are what create needless suffering. In these agreements, people may tell themselves who they are, how to behave, what is possible, and what is impossible. According to the author, everything a person does is based on 'agreements' they have made with themselves, with others, with God, and with life itself.
