Introduction Once upon a time, in ancient India, there lived a wise sage named Uddalaka. He had a young son named Svetaketu, a boy full of curiosity but more interested in playing with his friends than studying. Concerned for his son’s future, Uddalaka sent Svetaketu to live and study under a respected guru. Years passed. When Svetaketu returned home, he was filled with pride over the vast knowledge he had acquired. Uddalaka noticed this change. He knew that true wisdom comes with humility and sought to teach his son a deeper truth—one that could not be found in textbooks alone. One day, Uddalaka called Svetaketu and asked, “My son, have you learned that by which we hear the unhearable, think the unthinkable, and know the unknowable?” Svetaketu was puzzled and admitted he had not. Uddalaka then picked up a lump of clay and said, “When a potter makes a pot, it changes shape, but it is still clay. Just like this, everything you see in the world—no matter how different in form—is made fro...
Introduction Today the world is full of chaos and uncertainty. Beautiful emotions such as love, compassion, and care lives under the weight of fear, anxiety, insecurity, and competition, etc. These negative emotions cling us to societal norms and demands that make us a prisoner to this worldly order. All of us now seek some kind of liberation in one form or the other. The Toltec Wisdom is a thousand years old society in Mexico to conserve the spiritual knowledge and practices and teaches us the way of life where we make few agreements to ourselves which are life-changing and liberating. The Four Agreements 1. Be Impeccable with your word Being impeccable with your word is the first agreement. Whatever we speak brings a great deal to our life. We should always speak with integrity that is we should always be truthful and honest while communicating with others one should always say what he means as it strengthens the character of the person. One should avoid using the words to speak agai...