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29 Oct 2026 - 29 Oct 2026
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    • The bad kind of agreement, in The Four Agreements. The normal everyday kind of stories we tell ourselves about who we are.
    • He doesn't use the term, that's my coinage. He might not even approve of it. It's too judgy. It's not like some agreements are bad and others good, its more: some work to produce happiness, others don't. And we are free at any time to swap them out, if we feel attached to them when they don't bring happiness, let them go, you don't owe them anything.
    • Neurosis is basically the inability to do this; a state of being trapped in non-working agreements.
    • He says, in effect, here's a new set to replace your old ones which obviously aren't working out very well for you. A few embarassingly simple rules. Not rules exactly, more like incantatory spells. Things you can tell yourself that actually work.