We tend to think of meditation as a formal practice that we schedule a special time for each day. But what if every moment of your life was your meditation?

For Eckhart Tolle, meditation shouldn’t be approached as a chore or a means to an end. Rather, meditation is something that you live. “The aim of meditation,” states Eckhart, “is that it eventually becomes your normal state of consciousness.” Essential Meditations points the way toward this life-changing shift in awareness—where practice gives way to the realization of your innermost identity.

This retrospective collection gathers rare talks and classic meditations from Eckhart’s extensive teachings, many of which have only been available to retreat participants. Over the course of eleven sessions, Eckhart leads you in meditations for breaking attachment to the stream of thought, easing suffering, discerning your “formless” self, and embodying Presence in every single moment.

Discover:

• The traditional inquiry practice of asking “Who am I?”
• Stillness: the antidote to a cluttered or unruly mind
  The true source of all creativity
• The evocative poetry of Steve Taylor
• Why awakening is a process of unlearning your assumptions and biases
• The infinite space hidden between your thoughts
• Recognizing yourself as embodied Presence rather than an accumulation of narratives
• Detecting the movement of chi or prana (your life force energy) in the body
  The liberating simplicity, serenity, and joy of present-moment awareness
• How to rise above the thinking mind rather than sinking below it