pThe ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream, and thus fall victim to believing that we have no control over it./ppiThe Mastery of Self/i takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal dream and reveals how we can live as our true, authentic, loving self, not only in solitude but in any situation or scenario that confronts us./p
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The main premise of the book has some serious flaws around it which is why I'm giving it two stars. Miguel keeps restating that people should see themselves as perfect and complete. He gives an example where he himself is perfect, but needs to be healthier. The idea of seeing yourself as perfect is to allow yourself to unconditionally love yourself, because you're already perfect.
The issue I have here is that this is delusional. No one is perfect, and the book should be teaching to love yourself DESPITE imperfections. How can someone be perfect if they need to be more healthy as his own case?
A perfect person, thing, or being is one that does not need improvement. If people listen to his guidance literally, then people would stop thinking about how to better themselves, as perfection has been reached already.
While you may think this is a technicality, it isn't. The wrong message will still get imprinted on people. An honest message is to teach people to love themselves despite being imperfect, but maybe that's more difficult to write about.
