Don Jose Ruiz announces a power journey to Teotihuacan in March 2017 centered on making "an agreement of love"—a deliberate commitment that works to transform one's personal dream and awakening. In this brief invitation, he frames Teotihuacan as a sacred place where human consciousness awakens and becomes truth, offering participants the opportunity to engage in a transformative agreement within a location historically associated with spiritual significance.
What Is an Agreement of Love in the Toltec Tradition?
Don Jose Ruiz introduces the core concept of the gathering: "an agreement of love, an agreement that will change our life our dream" (0:10-0:12). In the Toltec teaching framework—rooted in the work of his father don Miguel Ruiz—an agreement is not merely a casual promise but a conscious commitment made with oneself and others. An agreement of love specifically targets the transformation of how we live, dream, and perceive reality. Rather than imposing external rules, this type of agreement works from within, aligning intention with action in a way that honors both personal autonomy and interconnection.
The Toltec tradition teaches that most human suffering arises from agreements made unconsciously—inherited beliefs, cultural conditioning, and childhood programming that operate without our awareness. By contrast, an agreement of love is made consciously, with full presence and intention. When someone participates in such an agreement at a sacred site like Teotihuacan, they are not merely signing up for a workshop; they are stepping into a ceremonial context designed to amplify intention and transformation.
Why Teotihuacan as the Setting for Transformation?
Don Jose describes Teotihuacan as "this beautiful place where human awake and becomes the truth" (0:17-0:19). This phrasing points to Teotihuacan's historical and energetic significance in the Mesoamerican spiritual lineage. Teotihuacan, located near Mexico City, is one of the largest pre-Columbian cities in the Americas, with roots going back to at least 100 BCE. The ancient Aztecs called it "the place where the gods were created," and it has long been considered a center of spiritual power and awakening.
From a Toltec perspective, certain locations hold concentrated power because of the intentional work done there over centuries—both through ceremony and through the presence and consciousness of those who inhabited and visited the site. Teotihuacan's pyramids, particularly the Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon, are geometrically aligned with celestial bodies and are said to serve as anchors for elevated states of awareness. When Don Jose says humans "awake and becomes the truth" in this place, he is suggesting that the environment itself—its geometry, history, and energetic signature—supports shifts in consciousness toward greater authenticity and clarity.
The Connection Between Place, Intention, and Awakening
A central teaching in the Toltec path is that consciousness and environment interact dynamically. The location is not incidental to the work; it is part of the agreement itself. By gathering at Teotihuacan to make an agreement of love, participants are harnessing the amplifying power of the site. This is not mystical in a vague sense; it reflects a practical understanding that certain locations, shaped by history, geometry, and collective human intention, make it easier for individuals to access deeper states of awareness and commit to meaningful transformation.
When Don Jose invites people to "celebrate in this beautiful place," he is emphasizing that the gathering is not solemn or dutiful but joyful and alive. Celebration, in this context, is a form of genuine presence and alignment—moving beyond struggle into flow. The agreement of love, made in such a place, becomes something that can be felt, witnessed, and anchored in the body and memory of those who participate.
How Agreements Transform Personal Dream
Don Jose specifically mentions that the agreement "will change our life our dream" (0:10-0:12). In Toltec teaching, the word "dream" refers to one's personal reality—the specific way each person perceives, interprets, and creates their experience moment by moment. Most people live in an unconscious dream, shaped by inherited agreements and assumptions they never chose. By making a conscious agreement of love, a person begins to reclaim authorship of their dream, aligning it with their authentic values rather than with conditioning.
This is not positive thinking or wishful visualization. Instead, it is a shift in the fundamental agreement one makes with oneself about what is possible, what is true, and how one relates to other people and to life itself. An agreement of love recognizes that each person is the dreamer of their own life and has the power to shift that dream through conscious commitment.
Where to Go From Here
This brief announcement by Don Jose Ruiz points to a larger body of Toltec teaching on the power of agreements and the role of sacred location in facilitating transformation. For those drawn to explore these ideas further, the event itself—"A Power Journey to Teotihuacan: An Agreement of Love"—served as a direct, embodied learning opportunity. For others seeking to engage with this material without travel, studying the foundational teachings on agreements from don Miguel Ruiz's books (particularly The Four Agreements) and recorded teachings provides a pathway to understanding how conscious commitment reshapes life and dream. The underlying principle—that humans can awaken to greater truth and authenticity through deliberate agreement—remains accessible wherever one is located.
