Klimsink what is sacred. In this podcast, Eckhart says it's vitally important

that we become familiar with the mystical aspect of our lives. However, he explains,

it is not something we can easily define, nor can we truly understand sacredness until we catch a glimpse of it.

For that to happen, Eckhart says, we must learn to stop the mind with its incessant thinking and labeling so we can become present.

Ekert reveals that on a deeper level, presence is actually the presence of God,

not the traditional idea of God, but a vast intelligence that permeates the entire universe.

For many, he says thinking and objectifying others as well as ourselves is a barrier to this direct experience.

He explains the concept is beautifully illustrated by the Greek myth of Narcissus.

My life is a narrative and for many people because they identify it with a narrative it is a heavy burden.

It's full of regrets grievances and anxiety and the burden of past and future.

You may have heard the ancient Greece, there's a mythological tale of a young man, there's very deep wisdom

in mythology, hidden in mythology.

So there's a great mess of narcissus.

He looked into this pool of water,

and he realized that was him.

And according to the tale,

he fell in love with himself.

I am so beautiful.

Suddenly, he wasn't himself anymore.

A second self arose, which was an image self.

This mythological tale describes the beginning of the human ego.

An entity arises that is an image, a mind-made image of who you are.

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