The Seer Within

In The Five Agreements program, don Miguel and don Jose speak about the path of The Seer. The Seer is not a fortune teller or someone who sees the future. The seer is the one who sees with awareness. To be The Seer means we look at life without rushing to judge it as right or wrong, true or false. We receive our surroundings as information, and from there we choose how to respond.

When we act from that clarity, something powerful happens. We’re no longer trying to change anyone or anything and we release the need to control. Our presence itself becomes the influence. The way we live ripples outward, touching others gently, allowing ourselves to grow even more. 

Over time, we begin to notice the deeper patterns: why we see things the way we do, where those beliefs were learned, and whether they still serve us. From there, we can choose whether to continue in the same direction or create a new path.

This is why skepticism matters. The truth is, we can’t fully trust what we see or believe. Our minds are storytellers, always weaving, interpreting, inventing. There’s nothing wrong with that. Stories and imagination are part of being human. But before we take them as truth, we pause. We reflect. We choose with awareness.

This is the gift of The Seer, to see life for what it is, and to live with the freedom to respond rather than react.