Featuring 14 progressive approaches that Eckhart uses in his own daily life—and it's quite likely that you do too—Doorways into Presence includes:
🗓️ Week 1: Opening Practices
Eckhart discusses the need at this time for a collective awakening of consciousness, then leads you in two foundational practices: "Sitting Quietly" and "Awareness of Objects."
🗓️ Week 2: Bringing Presence to Daily Activities
We greatly diminish our lives, teaches Eckhart, if we reduce the present moment to a means to an end. In week two, he shares three exercises to avoid this habit: "Performing an Action Consciously," "Present Moment Awareness," and "Enjoy Your Drink Consciously."
🗓️ Week 3: Interacting with Nature
One of Eckhart's greatest strengths as a teacher is to help us lift "the veil of concepts" in order to connect to our surroundings in a deeper, more alive way. In week three, he brings you two delightfully enjoyable practices: "Presence with Animals" and "Connecting with Nature."
🗓️ Week 4: Getting Out of Your Mind
Experience Eckhart's approach to two classic meditation practices for stepping out of thinking and into Presence: "Breath Awareness" and "Awareness of Sounds and Silence."
🗓️ Week 5: Discovering Your Identity Beyond the Physical
The ego is not bad. But our lives become dysfunctional if we only know ourselves as "a story in the head." In week five, Eckhart leads you in Ramana Maharshi's revered inquiry, "Contemplating 'Who Am I?,'" followed by his signature practice, "Inner-Body Awareness."
🗓️ Week 6: Expanding Consciousness and Sharing Presence
Majestic horizons and star-filled skies evoke awe for a simple reason: they stop the mind in its tracks. Eckhart guides you in two wonderful practices: "Contemplating the Sky" and "Silent Transmission"—an advanced exercise for sharing Presence through words, touch, or the eyes.
🗓️ Week 7: Keeping the Doorways Open
Take part in a centuries-old, worldwide practice with "Candle Flame Meditation," a peaceful way to rest in the stillness of Presence.
