The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence

This guide is profoundly experiential, just in its reading but there are simply meditations throughout the book that guide the reader to drop into the experience of what is being shared. The author's experience, learning and desire to share and serve is palpable. It is a multi-dimension offering about the heart which is incomplete without the understand of its context in the physical, energetic & spiritual body. Simply practical, deeply impactful.

What I loved about this book were the exercises that went along with the topics discussed. This is a really active book, not just theory and thinking about concepts - the point is to do the work to move into presence and feeling what that means for you. It's a book of personal and universal discovery and I loved the combination of psychotherapy and spirituality.

Nothing that I haven't read many many times before and more succinctly. Became very bored very quickly.Style of writing did not suit me at all.

In his heartfelt new book "The deep heart" John prendergast takes us on a journey into the depth of the heart. On this journey into the deep, he covers the layers of ego, soul and Self. We are taken onto an expedition from seeing ourselves as merely the tip of a wave (ego) through the depth of the wave (soul) to the vast ocean of the Self, in which all the waves exist and through which they are held and conneccted.We are taken by the hand and gently guided to discover how the space of meditation holds all experience unconditionally (chapter three), how meditative inquiry works to solve deep questions from the level of heart (Chapter 4) and how the dense physical body can be discovered to be made from space and vibration (Chapter 5). Then we are encouraged to dive deep into contractions, emotional pain and holding patterns (chapter 6) and discover which beliefs hold them in place and how to meet them (Chapter 7). The rest of the book seeks to discover the great heart, which is discovered through not knowing (Chapter 8), which holds the broken human heart (Chapter 9) and shines in the world as joy and love (chapter 10). After a short Chapter on the Hara (Chapter 11), the book concludes with how living from the deep heart translates into relationship (Chapter 12,13).Personally I was especially touched by the quiet sense of presence that was transmitted through this book and how the book evoked the feeling of how the great heart really holds and broken, hurt or closed human heart with all its scars and hurts. I am also really looking forward to Johns next book on the hara.

I was first introduced to the clear, insightful, eloquent writing of John Prendergast reading “in touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself.” When first reading the title, I thought, ah ha! this could be just what I need! And it was.Then, along came “The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence.” I couldn’t wait to get into it. I found, though Deep Heart builds on its predecessor, it is a powerful - and for me - life-changing book, that stands equally well on its own. Life-changing for me because, while coming to understand the futility of the “self-improvement project” - through John’s kind words and guided meditations - I find myself improved! By that I mean, more patient, accepting of myself and others, peaceful and loving. His work - truly - has been just what I needed. And I will forever be grateful.